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Consumer Whore (generic)
xmas/thanksgiving is a consumer farce
09.28.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

October is almost here.

Soon you will be buying things again.

i wonder what time it is appropriate to start selling christmas items? we are after all in a war. wouldnt it be good for everyone if we all started buying shit we dont need before mid october?

since the 30′s thanksgiving has been a marker not only of our american beginnings (though twisted to be peaceful) but is also a marker of when consuming is considered “appropriate”

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In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be the next to last Thursday of November rather than the last. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought this would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would aid bringing the country out of the Depression. At the time, it was considered… Read the rest
Meh = Misc
Suzuki Beane
09.27.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Suzuki has started her own site to track daily activities and thoughts.Check it out if you get the chances.

http://www.processinfinite.com

It is under construction as her and i have the chance to go through ad make changes so do not be surprised at links that may be working improperly.
Rants
Charlie horse
09.24.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments
I am sitting at work and notice my left leg has gone to sleep.
I flex my foot and calve, trying to get the pins and needles to subside.
I feel like the poster child for political/corporate immobilization tactics..
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Kept sitting in one position long enough that the numbness can set in, we find ourselves participating in a plan to consume, passify, justify the unjust, and push buttons/pull levers instead of working a machine designed by someone else, as opposed to one of our own design. Don’t worry, just sit it out. We will have a break soon. In the meantime, we are prompted to entertain ourselves, try to take our minds off the feelings we are experiencing. We all know waiting sucks though… so..

Once the numbness sets in, we are allowed the privilege of a choice:
1. Stay still and hope it gets better/goes
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Touchy Subjects
143 years ago
09.24.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

an interesting quote i ran across in a book recently.
unsure if its accuracy, i did some research and was able to locate and confirm where it was gleaned from.

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”

– U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864

From a letter to Col. William F. Elkins
Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)
Photograph was taken a month later in December 1864
Meh = Misc
vid.
09.21.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

as someone else stated…

“The voltage hits me so hard
Makes me say oh my Lord “
Consumer Whore (generic)
naked mighty mango
09.18.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

VS

A co-worker just came back from a trip to california on business and found that he had the greatest receipt in his pocket. as you can see in its glory now that we have scanned it. it is the small things in life that make my giggle box rumble.

[naked man eric from passivepro, well worth reading, generally not naked]
Meh = Misc
douchebag \ funny shit
09.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

From – http://kerry.senate.gov/cfm/record.cfm?id=283508

09/18/2007

Kerry Statement on Florida Campus Incident

WASHINGTON D.C. – Sen. John Kerry issued the following statement today, in response to the arrest of a student at the University of Florida.“In 37 years of public appearances, through wars, protests and highly emotional events, I have never had a dialogue end this way. I believe I could have handled the situation without interruption, but I do not know what warnings or other exchanges transpired between the young man and the police prior to his barging to the front of the line and their intervention. I asked the police to allow me to answer the question and was in the process of responding when he was taken into custody. I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building. I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were… Read the rest