Something I was thinking

This is how it starts. The tiny pebble hits the reflective pool . The ripples spread out, gently pushing the surface insects into motion. Those that can spread their webs. To secure themselves they say, but words mean nothing to those caught in the deadly nets. The victims struggle against their bonds, only creating more ripples. Their death throes serving only to feed the endless hunger of their killers. Faint sounds of weeping drift across the water. The lament of a God. Long forgotten, but forever nailed upon his Cross. If you listen very closely, perhaps you'll be cursed like me. I know why Jesus wept, Motherfucker!
If you are wondering what I am rambling on about, here it goes. The first steps to War with Iran have begun. 5 former hostages recognize the new Iranian as one of the hostage takers. I seriously doubt anyone in the MSM will question these memories or the obvious height difference between the guy in the photo and the alleged bad guy. Of course, the Iranians have never tried to hide who did what, but that won't be brought up either. Here's a list of topics I would love to see on this: The 100+ extra days the hostages were kept due to Reagan's secret deal with Iran, George H W Bush's criminal involvement in the Iran Contra Conspiracy, other current members of the Bush administration's involvement, and anything what so ever on the fact that we supplied both sides of the Iran-Iraq War.
Ah well, that is just a wish list... I'd settle for a better plate of bull sh** at this point. The lies have run out of flavor at this point.

The Smoking Media?

Here is a copy of the letter I sent out to news agencies around the country. I wanted to keep a copy around and read it some time when I am not so tiredl. well, here it is


Good sir,
I am an avid information consumer and therefore I am an occasional reader of your newspaper. I was wondering if you could help me out. I am curious as to what makes a story "News Worthy" here in the States? I first learned of the "Downing Street Memo" close to 6 weeks ago, but until recently your publication made no mention of it. I did, however, find articles about every miniscule detail of urban decay and the inherent evils of thinking to excess. The latter I agree with completely, for you see it is my thinking problem alone that has me writing this letter to you this morning. I'll admit it.. I have been thinking all night. In fact, I have been binge thinking for weeks now. I know what that makes me... I know I am a wing nut. Yes a thinking stincking wing nut!! How did I let it come to this. Thank you for pointing it out to me. Would it be too much for me to ask that you act as my sponsor? I have found it helps to be around strong people such as yourself . People who somehow found the coutrage to quit thinking cold turkey. One day at a time sweet Jesus. Well, I better go try and sleep this off. I only pray that I won't be cursed with fresh thought in the morning. Oh yeah, I know this is probably just the thought talking here, but: Would it be possible for you to forward this message to others in your organization? I am extremely interested in the criteria used to assign newsworthiness to certain stories and not to others. For now I'll just assume assume that the lack of coverage was due to unavailability of Internet access at your office and not due to the rumored "death of fourth estate" which I seem to read about more and more each day.
And if it's not too much, perhaps when the next "proof positive evidence of Executive Branch Treason" surfaces, email me and I will personally buy the addspace necessary to at least point the public in the direction of a Portal website to actual media. If there is no space for my add, please introduce the hair removal and hair regrowth people to eachother and I will take that spot.

Reverend X

PS My indignation is directed at whichever fount of Criminal Culpability is in charge of Propaganda and Censure.

An apology from the "Outlaw Fringe"

First off, please read these two pages. This won't make any sense if you don't.

I would first like to apologize for not fitting directly into either of your groups. Being within 10 years of both I would also like to apologize for most of the topics covered by Sam Smith and Jason Browne. And I would like to share in a bit of the Post-Confessional Catharsis. The category for this is the Punk/Thug Criminal Fringe of America... I categorize it as such: All those who chose the Rulin' in Hell rather than Servin' in Heaven line at the Capitalist Brunch. On September 11th, regardless of age, we went shopping near appliance stores with our "no look/no pay" cards. Very few of us would be willing to come forward and apologize due to possible legal action, but civil suits are of no concern. I will hold your agreements as binding as I hold this.

I apologize for treating times of civil unrest as personal 24 hour closeout sales. As I have said in the past, "When they riot on TV, it just means it's time to get a new TV!" I deeply regret not seeing past the TV.

I deeply regret shoplifting so much at Family Run, Independent and Co-op grocery and retail stores.

I apologize for not shoplifting at Wal-Mart enough. If they had carried any good music at all it might off made it more of a Target.

I apologize for changing "Most stolen Model" from a consumer advisory into a Car Dealer Sales Pitch.

I apologize for our degeneration of the English language as well. Using sign language for no reason, making up code words at will which eventually became Hip Slang as in, Rocket Fuel, Greenery, Pizza Toppings, etc. Also for the Tags no one can read that appear on cars, houses and public buildings. I feel the worst about turning "187 - 420" and the rest of the California Penal Code into household words.

I wish I could take back all the drunken nights I spent telling fabricated stories of eluding police by simply accelerating away from them, to the most gullible idiots around. We knew what we were doing. Eventually the stupidest of the listeners would run a foul of the Police and decide to attempt escape down the wrong way of a highway with only:
1-2 inflated tires,
10-12 Cars in pursuit.
2-3 helicopter news teams locked on.
4-5 outstanding warrants.
2-3 coated crack pipes
1 hooker who'd been awake for 6 days.
and absolutely no idea how to get to Mexico with a gas tank on E.

I regret sending those guys to the Grocery store across town at 3am in a car with out registration, insurance, brake lights, or tags on the plates. Also for not telling them to get gas before picking any strung out hookers up.

I am sorry for not preparing better scenarios for the show "Cops" all those times they were in my home town, Albuquerque.

I am sorry for never taking out a student loan using Dubya's identity.

I regret never putting my cell phone in Dick Cheney's name.

I wish I had collected Condoleesa and not Jerry 'Rice Visa cards.

I deeply regret all the drive by's and shootings that traumatized whole cities and communities so much so that they allowed their police to para militarize.

I regret looting during demonstrations. I know it gave DA's the ammo they needed to suppress assembly and treat protesters like violent criminals.

I apologize for organizing urban youth into street gangs and not social activists.
For getting them interested in Criminal not Constitutional Law.
For romantisizing "Thug Life" and the coolness of penitentiary living to the point that incarceration was more of a ladder to success then education and as inevitable as the rising sun.

I too apologize sincerely for MTV. For listening more to NWA then Ice-T or Public Enemy.
For blasting Rage Against the Machine out my speakers all night without hearing a word de la Roca said.
Lookin back, those Jello Biafra rants are haunting me with how accurate his predictions turned out.
I guess we're here with rest of ya!
So.. we'll stop the drama/spare the trauma/ drop Osama cuz we know the bomber
was from DC/ Texas maybe/ tracked the Money/ it was easy
ripped the background/audio sound/ matched what I found / bringin it round'
with help from freakers/ a few tweakers/ story leakers/'ll hit your speakers!
aight.?

And I apologize for aight... aight?

Pray, Pray, Prey, Chain of Fools....

I just recieved a chain e-mail... A Christian chain e-mail... a well travelled Christian chain e-mail... It was a guilt assuagin', sublimatin', righteousness ratin', great way to judge the quick and the dead! I love it!! Lemme explain. Basically, it had a few pictures of starving children, some ugly lanscapes and a guy with his head up a cows ass. I assume these were meant to be examples of the desperation and lack of food, but they simply reminded me of two basic facts about humanity:
1) We suck! You know the photogragher had his lunch with him! Put down the flash and give the kid a sandwich.
2) We are sick. If your face is up a cow's ass, I am not going to assume you are there for the nutrition, so why did the author, publisher, and the photogragher draw that conclusion?
These pictures were Pharissidicaly (I couldn't think of a word for "obsequiously promoting and advertising one's one self righteousness in a manner reminiscent of those assholes Jesus seemed to have so many problems with", other than "Christian".) encircled by the email addresses of all those who chose to forward this email. Oh yeah, and some instructions: Pray that this suffering will end. Pray that God shows his light upon these poor people." So on and so forth blah blah blah. So, have you figured out the beauty of this email or are you still wondering why they put a picture of a guy with his head up a cow's ass on there? I was stuck on the latter mystery myself until I had an epiphany. Here goes- I've been reading a growing number of articles lately about the Theory of Evolution's closest competition, "Intelligent Design" or "Creationism" to us old school types. Apparently it has become "Fascist chic" to unearth Dark Age Text Books and pit them against modern theories with nothing more than an "It must be true if we're still talking bout it!" argument to back them up. I'll spare you the full on "WTF?" and just agree with the crazy guys, it's easier. OK, you may be right... Just maybe, the whole Universe was created by some absolute being. Maybe there is a scheme to things, a divine plan. I can accept the possibility, but why does it have to be yours? Fine, i'll give you the Intelligent Design, but I refuse to snowball that into a full Personality. It's a Leap of Faith to believe in a higher power, a Leap of Ego to believe you know it best.
Meanwhile, back at the Ranch... er chain letter: The beauty of this remarkably pharissidic peice of crap was it's inherent paradox. The basis of "creationism" is this ; God made it this way by his own grand design. Being infallible, the world is exactly the way he wants it. Why then would it be acceptable to pray to him and inform him that you would like him to make changes to his masterpiece. Any attempt at revision would be going directly against the Will of God! This emial is heresy!