Bush's popularity is plummeting, his own party is fractured and in revolt over the port deal.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/27/opinion/polls/main1350874.shtml
Even the neoconservatives are turning on Bush.
Michael Ledeen:
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Conversation_with_Controversial_Neoconservative_0228.html
William Buckley:
http://www.uexpress.com/ontheright/
Just about any Republican up for re-election:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-na-portassess26feb26,0,5202745.story?coll=la-home-business
Tar and Feathers
Oh beautiful, for spacious skiesf
or golden promise and dream
for hope of many immigrants
for forest, plain, and stream
Oh Manifest Destiny
a thing to be plucked clean
a thing to rape and ruin
a corpse laid bare, obscene
Oh fortunes to be pillaged
mountains to be mined
portfolios to fatten
pockets to be lined
We the People living
we the undersignedt
he tax paying citizens
the ones you have maligned
We call you on the carpet
hold you to account
we who write your paycheck
we can throw you out
Don’t try to take us lightly
we will not be ignored
you’ll find your tenure terminatedt
ar and feathers your reward
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
"Fascism is on the march" -George W. Bush
Actually, the word he used was "freedom", but we all know what he really meant.
Excessive secrecy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1140584400&en=aefb4d8fc1e315bc&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin
(requires registration)
Suppression of free speech:
http://www.nsarchive.org/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060224/ap_on_go_ot/irs_politics
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/260424_spies22.html
http://www.unionleader.com/columns.aspx/Opinion?channel=139832ce-97eb-4460-bf99-b71df3b7f0cc
And persecution of dissent/political threats:
http://leenrage.blogspot.com/2006/02/who-are-detainment-camps-for.html
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0221-32.htm
Work Makes You Free
“There are always ways to fall asleep,
but to be alive
is to forsake the fear of blood
And dreams aren’t excuses anymore”
from Bleed Through by Joy Harjo
The alarm no longer buzzes
you have overslept
you can’t hit the snooze button
even one more time
A thief has smashed the walls
of your Neiman-Marcus dreams
and you will never be allowed
to enter dream land again
Even your Wal-Mart waking life
no longer belongs to you
you have become
a property of the State
You now live in a world
where a pound is really only half
where capitalism is enforced
with tear gas and pepper spray
and everything you see
belongs to the corporation
You are not dreaming
you will never dream again
because you traded liberty
for the security
of a split-level ranch style
V-8 leather buckets
9:00 tee time
central air conditioning
Gucci ski vacation at Vail
roaring drunk
Cancun fantasy
And the only thing you will see
from this day on
will be the words above the gate
Arbeit macht frei
Auschwitz
is open for business
Excessive secrecy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/politics/21reclassify.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1140584400&en=aefb4d8fc1e315bc&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin
(requires registration)
Suppression of free speech:
http://www.nsarchive.org/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060224/ap_on_go_ot/irs_politics
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/260424_spies22.html
http://www.unionleader.com/columns.aspx/Opinion?channel=139832ce-97eb-4460-bf99-b71df3b7f0cc
And persecution of dissent/political threats:
http://leenrage.blogspot.com/2006/02/who-are-detainment-camps-for.html
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0221-32.htm
Work Makes You Free
“There are always ways to fall asleep,
but to be alive
is to forsake the fear of blood
And dreams aren’t excuses anymore”
from Bleed Through by Joy Harjo
The alarm no longer buzzes
you have overslept
you can’t hit the snooze button
even one more time
A thief has smashed the walls
of your Neiman-Marcus dreams
and you will never be allowed
to enter dream land again
Even your Wal-Mart waking life
no longer belongs to you
you have become
a property of the State
You now live in a world
where a pound is really only half
where capitalism is enforced
with tear gas and pepper spray
and everything you see
belongs to the corporation
You are not dreaming
you will never dream again
because you traded liberty
for the security
of a split-level ranch style
V-8 leather buckets
9:00 tee time
central air conditioning
Gucci ski vacation at Vail
roaring drunk
Cancun fantasy
And the only thing you will see
from this day on
will be the words above the gate
Arbeit macht frei
Auschwitz
is open for business
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Why Do They Hate Us?
Let me count the ways:
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060227fa_fact
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Memo_that_warned_about_detainee_abuse_0220.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article346382.ece
http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/?060227onco_covers_gallery
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/20/content_4202421.htm
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/022106a.html
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13880387.htm
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2006/02/barbarian-nation-torturers-win.html
What?
"You've got it backwards, you idiot!"I shout at the television
The clown who calls himself our President
claims they hate us
for our freedom
and not
for what we do
to their countries
to their cultures
to their loved ones
to their children
to each other
to ourselves
to the earth
Stop it!
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060227fa_fact
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Memo_that_warned_about_detainee_abuse_0220.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article346382.ece
http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/?060227onco_covers_gallery
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/20/content_4202421.htm
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/022106a.html
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13880387.htm
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2006/02/barbarian-nation-torturers-win.html
What?
"You've got it backwards, you idiot!"I shout at the television
The clown who calls himself our President
claims they hate us
for our freedom
and not
for what we do
to their countries
to their cultures
to their loved ones
to their children
to each other
to ourselves
to the earth
Stop it!
Ignore What They Say, Watch What They Do
Today, George Bush will visit the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, in a photo opportunity to push his renewable energy inititiative.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/bush.energyfunding/
Right.
Last week, 32 employees of NREL, were laid off. Wayne Allard, our Republican Senator and Bob Beauprez, our Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate for Colorado have consistently voted against continued funding for this facility. All of a sudden, $5 million is "found" to restore funding cuts (at least according to the CNN article linked to above). I have seen several different figures in just the last 24 hours, all the way from $5 million to $70 million. I just don't know what to believe.
In addition, the aforementioned Bob Beauprez, wrote a glowing column in the Rocky Mountain News in support of Bush's initiative for alternative energy:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/speak_out/article/0,2777,DRMN_23970_4476808,00.html
I guess he has to make himself look good, he is running for Governor.
But as of this morning, per Jay Marvin's morning show on AM760, not one of the laid off employees had yet been contacted about returning to work.
So the questions to ask are:
Will the funding actually be restored and the workers rehired?
If the funding is restored, will it be maintained?
Or is this just one more fluff photo op, all talk and no substance?
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
Trust
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
They say they want to stop terrorism
so they terrorize their own people
They say they want to create jobs
so they send them overseas
They say they want to make America safe
and sell their ports to the terrorists
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
The say they want democracy
yet they rig elections
They say they want to end tyranny
then they invade and occupy
They say they want to make life better
yet everything they touch is ruined
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
They say they want accountability
yet hide everything they do
They say they want a strong military
yet fail to provide the proper tools
They say they want to reduce government
yet they create the biggest ever seen
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
Why do they hate America?
Sure, you can trust the government
Just ask the Indians
Watch your back
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/bush.energyfunding/
Right.
Last week, 32 employees of NREL, were laid off. Wayne Allard, our Republican Senator and Bob Beauprez, our Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate for Colorado have consistently voted against continued funding for this facility. All of a sudden, $5 million is "found" to restore funding cuts (at least according to the CNN article linked to above). I have seen several different figures in just the last 24 hours, all the way from $5 million to $70 million. I just don't know what to believe.
In addition, the aforementioned Bob Beauprez, wrote a glowing column in the Rocky Mountain News in support of Bush's initiative for alternative energy:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/speak_out/article/0,2777,DRMN_23970_4476808,00.html
I guess he has to make himself look good, he is running for Governor.
But as of this morning, per Jay Marvin's morning show on AM760, not one of the laid off employees had yet been contacted about returning to work.
So the questions to ask are:
Will the funding actually be restored and the workers rehired?
If the funding is restored, will it be maintained?
Or is this just one more fluff photo op, all talk and no substance?
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
Trust
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
They say they want to stop terrorism
so they terrorize their own people
They say they want to create jobs
so they send them overseas
They say they want to make America safe
and sell their ports to the terrorists
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
The say they want democracy
yet they rig elections
They say they want to end tyranny
then they invade and occupy
They say they want to make life better
yet everything they touch is ruined
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
They say they want accountability
yet hide everything they do
They say they want a strong military
yet fail to provide the proper tools
They say they want to reduce government
yet they create the biggest ever seen
Ignore what they say
Watch what they do
Why do they hate America?
Sure, you can trust the government
Just ask the Indians
Watch your back
Monday, February 20, 2006
War on the Environment II
A $1-Billion Public Land Sale Proposed
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-021006forest_lat,0,1030546.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
The Bush administration today called for selling off more than $1 billion in public lands over the next decade, beginning with the sale this year of $800 million worth of national forestland.The 300,000 acres of forestland proposed for the auction block includes 85,000 acres in California, scattered across most of the state's 18 national forests, including the Angeles, San Bernardino, Los Padres and Sierra National forests.
Pending congressional approval for the plan, the proceeds will go toward funding rural schools and roads. Future sales of land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management would be used to offset federal budget reductions.
All of a sudden, the Bush administration has a concern for rural schools and roads? And, of course, he can't possibly find the money to pay for it anywhere else, than to sell off our national treasures. Heaven forbid, the ultra-rich give up any of their tax cuts, or we stop throwing trainloads of dollars at an illegal and destabilizing war.
Like an out-of-control alcoholic, he pawns the family jewels to fuel his continuing bender.
Forest
The forest is dying
No
The forest is dead
The Tongass is dead
The Amazon is dead
The Black Forest is very, very dead
The chainsaw is king
Weyerhauser rules the world
The lungs of the world have been cut down
and the forest is dead
How long can you hold your breath?
The Whole Earth Reservation
We all dance between earth and sky
In our dream dances
we see shining cities
and great prosperity
We see far horizons
and many buffalo
We see fat babiesa
nd many relatives
around our lodge fire
In our fear dances
we fenced the broad plains
killed all the buffalo
consumed the forests
pissed in the waters
and farted into the wind
Because we were afraid
Creator of all the universe
would not notice that we were here
Now we presume to sell
pieces of the sky
as the life force
from our mother’s soil
carpets the floor
of the Gulf of Mexico
Where the waters
can no longer breathe
Where the sky cries tears
that sear the ground
Where every mother’s heart
turns to ash and
every father’s work
always returns to dust
In my dream dances
I see the war chiefs
sit with the peace chiefs
and listen to their counsel
and honor them
I see the people
give thanks for Creator’s gifts
and honor them by sharing
I see Creator smiling
because the people notice
that Creator is here
and they are not afraid
Hoka Hey
Ed Hanson
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-021006forest_lat,0,1030546.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
The Bush administration today called for selling off more than $1 billion in public lands over the next decade, beginning with the sale this year of $800 million worth of national forestland.The 300,000 acres of forestland proposed for the auction block includes 85,000 acres in California, scattered across most of the state's 18 national forests, including the Angeles, San Bernardino, Los Padres and Sierra National forests.
Pending congressional approval for the plan, the proceeds will go toward funding rural schools and roads. Future sales of land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management would be used to offset federal budget reductions.
All of a sudden, the Bush administration has a concern for rural schools and roads? And, of course, he can't possibly find the money to pay for it anywhere else, than to sell off our national treasures. Heaven forbid, the ultra-rich give up any of their tax cuts, or we stop throwing trainloads of dollars at an illegal and destabilizing war.
Like an out-of-control alcoholic, he pawns the family jewels to fuel his continuing bender.
Forest
The forest is dying
No
The forest is dead
The Tongass is dead
The Amazon is dead
The Black Forest is very, very dead
The chainsaw is king
Weyerhauser rules the world
The lungs of the world have been cut down
and the forest is dead
How long can you hold your breath?
The Whole Earth Reservation
We all dance between earth and sky
In our dream dances
we see shining cities
and great prosperity
We see far horizons
and many buffalo
We see fat babiesa
nd many relatives
around our lodge fire
In our fear dances
we fenced the broad plains
killed all the buffalo
consumed the forests
pissed in the waters
and farted into the wind
Because we were afraid
Creator of all the universe
would not notice that we were here
Now we presume to sell
pieces of the sky
as the life force
from our mother’s soil
carpets the floor
of the Gulf of Mexico
Where the waters
can no longer breathe
Where the sky cries tears
that sear the ground
Where every mother’s heart
turns to ash and
every father’s work
always returns to dust
In my dream dances
I see the war chiefs
sit with the peace chiefs
and listen to their counsel
and honor them
I see the people
give thanks for Creator’s gifts
and honor them by sharing
I see Creator smiling
because the people notice
that Creator is here
and they are not afraid
Hoka Hey
Ed Hanson
War on the Environment
The War on Crows
Over the weekend, there was an article on the front page of the Denver Post:
Town under siege
Riverton, Wyo., is covered in crows. Huge flocks roost there in the winter months. So the mayor has given the police force orders to shoot the invaders on sight.
http://denverpost.com/search/ci_3517193
It seems thousands of crows have decided to pay a visit to this small town of 9,000 humans on a yearly basis in January. In typical human fashion, the solution decided upon is to shoot them, at the rate of 400 a night.
Void
There is a great void
a cavity in our collective soul
day by day it grows
It started small
unnoticed
as we moved toward the temporary
satisfations of the moment
Extravagance
indulgence
beame the driving force
Addiction
desolation
A hunger so loud
id drowned the cries of the lost
The world noticed
Threatened by us
the warning went out
Listen
The crows are calling
Over the weekend, there was an article on the front page of the Denver Post:
Town under siege
Riverton, Wyo., is covered in crows. Huge flocks roost there in the winter months. So the mayor has given the police force orders to shoot the invaders on sight.
http://denverpost.com/search/ci_3517193
It seems thousands of crows have decided to pay a visit to this small town of 9,000 humans on a yearly basis in January. In typical human fashion, the solution decided upon is to shoot them, at the rate of 400 a night.
Void
There is a great void
a cavity in our collective soul
day by day it grows
It started small
unnoticed
as we moved toward the temporary
satisfations of the moment
Extravagance
indulgence
beame the driving force
Addiction
desolation
A hunger so loud
id drowned the cries of the lost
The world noticed
Threatened by us
the warning went out
Listen
The crows are calling
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Welcome to Crow Poetry
Hau Mitakuye! (Hello, my relatives)
Welcome to Crow Poetry, a brand new venue for poetry lovers, progressives, and ???
On this site, I will be posting original poetry, both my own and friend's, as well as commentary on world events and announcements of poetry events in Colorado, and the Denver, CO area.
It is part of my personal mission: to help to make poetry part of the national dialogue. I consider the following poem to be my mission statement:
A Dream My Size
More than anything
I wish to write
poetry that rattles the Earth
and trembles the foundations
of human experience
I want to compose lines
that thunder across the hills
and lay low the walls
erected by the soul
to hide itself from the world
To wish anything less
would be to pursue a dream
too small for me
Some of the poetry here will reflect current events and contemporary life, and many other themes.
I will be offering poetry chapbooks for sale, both my own and friend's, and I will have an eye out for original poetry to include in a possible anthology, funds raised to go for a yet-to-be-determined charity.
I chose the name Crow Poetry for this blog, because crows have been a theme in my life, and especially in my poetry. My first chapbook is titled Crow Dreaming base on a poem by that name:
Crow Dreaming
Crows haunt my dreams
Perched on the distant edge
of my conscious mind
they call out to me
Whether to draw me
into some other life
or call me back to this one
I am not aware
I only know
I have been away
and
when I’m fully awake
they're gone
Crow is the keeper of the sacred law and the messenger of the great mysteries, the guardian of ceremonial and healing magic. Crow is a guide to new consciousness. Any time Crow is around, magic is also, and you are about to experience a change in perception. Crow is also one form of the creator/trickster god who made the world and causes mischief.
I encourage readers to post poetry. If I like the poetry well enough, I will feature it in a posting (with the author's permission). I will be moderating all comments, so if yours doesn't appear right away, please have patience, I am working a regular job as well. Maybe someday I will be able to make a full time living as a poet, but the record on that has not been encouraging.
Hoka Hey
Welcome to Crow Poetry, a brand new venue for poetry lovers, progressives, and ???
On this site, I will be posting original poetry, both my own and friend's, as well as commentary on world events and announcements of poetry events in Colorado, and the Denver, CO area.
It is part of my personal mission: to help to make poetry part of the national dialogue. I consider the following poem to be my mission statement:
A Dream My Size
More than anything
I wish to write
poetry that rattles the Earth
and trembles the foundations
of human experience
I want to compose lines
that thunder across the hills
and lay low the walls
erected by the soul
to hide itself from the world
To wish anything less
would be to pursue a dream
too small for me
Some of the poetry here will reflect current events and contemporary life, and many other themes.
I will be offering poetry chapbooks for sale, both my own and friend's, and I will have an eye out for original poetry to include in a possible anthology, funds raised to go for a yet-to-be-determined charity.
I chose the name Crow Poetry for this blog, because crows have been a theme in my life, and especially in my poetry. My first chapbook is titled Crow Dreaming base on a poem by that name:
Crow Dreaming
Crows haunt my dreams
Perched on the distant edge
of my conscious mind
they call out to me
Whether to draw me
into some other life
or call me back to this one
I am not aware
I only know
I have been away
and
when I’m fully awake
they're gone
Crow is the keeper of the sacred law and the messenger of the great mysteries, the guardian of ceremonial and healing magic. Crow is a guide to new consciousness. Any time Crow is around, magic is also, and you are about to experience a change in perception. Crow is also one form of the creator/trickster god who made the world and causes mischief.
I encourage readers to post poetry. If I like the poetry well enough, I will feature it in a posting (with the author's permission). I will be moderating all comments, so if yours doesn't appear right away, please have patience, I am working a regular job as well. Maybe someday I will be able to make a full time living as a poet, but the record on that has not been encouraging.
Hoka Hey
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