The senate has just passed the USA PATRIOT act. It now has only to be signed by our feckless leader to become law. Bad, undermining the bill of rights, kneejerk, jackbooted thug law. I would like you to think not just about what power we the people just gave over to our federal government, but also think about Who we just gave those reins of power to. Ashcroft differs from the Taliban only in degree and power. And now he has more power. I invite you to read carefully the text of his speech today after the senate passed this monstrosity. Write off the fourth, part of the fifth, a good chunk of the first, and some of the sixth ammendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Since I've been unemployed recently I've taken to wearing my old standby of jeans and a black pocketT damn near every day.

That and I've been listening to Johnny Cash quite a bit. Maybe too much my wife thinks

look at the date on this one. 1971. not much has changed has it?

Man In Black
By: John R. Cash, © 1971
House of Cash, Inc.
Recorded February 16, 1971


Well, you
wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the
black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his
crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the
black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, we're
doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for
the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could
have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.
And, I wear
it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.
Well, there's
things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things
right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, I'd love
to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black.

This is not a door we want to even think about opening. especially after we have thrown out habeas corpus and the fourht ammanedment. not a good idea at all. thinking very seriously about moving out of the country for a few years till this shit settles down.

This may be the craziest/best idea I have heard yet. Congress hasn't issued a letter of marque in slightly less that two centuries(that whole issue with the barbary pirates). But what an interesting idea.

leave our soldiers out of it. leave the cia and the rest of the spooks out of it. bring back the privateers. When i was eight I dreamed with my best friend of growing up to be a privateer. We had it all figured out.


Anyone know what a used c-130 goes for these days? I'd like a combat talon version but I want it rigged for the jato bottles like the navy uses for launching off carriers. and one of those kiowas that fit in the cargo bay of the herc. hmmmm I've got a few calls to make.

on why you should never read your referrals

according to google I am the number two expert in the world on Killing yourself with framing nailer.

boys and girls while this is probably possible I really don't recomend it. If you're serious and really want to do it I would really recommend the drug overdose. but first make sure all the other options won't work. Spend some time with a couple different professional counselling type people (psychiatrist, priest, witch doctor, that sort of thing) before you commit to anything so permanent.

If the issue is just that you are a menace to dociety and shouldn't breed, then you should also consider the possibility of having yourself rendered surgically sterile.

for what my two cents are worth

In case any of you out there were wondering what I want for my thirtieth birthday.

a ten inch frying pan with really good abuseable nonstick. I am not fussy about brand but abuseable is the key here.

metal measuring spoons that are on a ring so that they can't be removed except by busting them

measuring cups, stackable

an assortment of bamboo cooking utensils

David Brin's _The Transparent Society_

four port router/firewall with printserver

a thirty pound anvil

assortment of smith's hammers

a shiny new katana

Iron Body Ninja cuz I am really into the workout, but get tired of having to give it back to the library each time I reach my max checkout time

A Boye Cobalt Boat Knife, left handed, with sheepsfoot blade

A small farm around two hundred acres w/barn and on a good road

Yesterday while you were forced to watch the red herring about anthrax on most of the channels here is what ashcroft and your congresscriminals were really doing.

lest I appear too angry and cranky here is a game that should help to remind you what it is all really about.

I really hate to continue to be so negative but one more time fuck you dubbya.