in the village there was a conjureman

TUESDAY

hitting them while they down

this doesnt even rate as news to anybody with an iq over 12
but let me do my part to pile on and get a punch in while they down

that woodward book is just full of goodies, but news it is not
its value is that it reinforces what everybody already know

god i love it when they start tripping over their lies

the july 10 2001 meeting a case in point, cia say they tried to warn bush admin
went by personal to make urgent case - say condi gave them the brush off

first condi say what meeting, i dont remember no meeting
but the pesky records say meeting, now she say o that meeting

nothing significant in that meeting she say
we were getting a lot of what she calls 'alarmist reports'

pesky records say same briefing given to ashcroft and rumsfield
what briefing they say, we didnt get no briefing

pesky records say different but when have facts ever fazed bush admin
then they say if it was real why didnt 9/11 commission report it

the exec dir of 9/11 commission, (now condis top aide) say we
didnt hear anything about it, nobody told us about no meeting

pesky records trip them up again, apparently they was told
they just didnt include it in their 'comprehensive' report

makes you wonder what else they left out

this makes a farce of their little terrorism election strategy
the foley case makes a farce of their holier than thou strategy

it will be interesting to watch them dance thru this one
but dance they will

pesky facts have never stopped them in the past

its the lack of shame that makes them effective
bushite masters of the okeydoke:
who you gon believe, me or your lying eyes

ricks election tips:
#1: i always vote early w/an absentee ballot

to make sure no emergencies keep me from voting on election day
and to free myself up for get out the vote duty w/some org i trust

as a child of the 60s and the voting rights battles of the south
when folk marched and died for the right to vote, i always vote

it might be a trick and my vote might not count, etc etc etc
but i vote irregardless and do what i can to turn out the vote

i consider it a sacred duty

after the reign of bush the naked emperor, anybody who dismisses
electoral politics is a bigger fool than they play us for

im outta here
rdoc

SATURDAY

playing us for the fools we are

that new woodward book is full of tidbits
cant wait to dig into it

wish it had come out nov 1st maybe
so that anger be still full tilt on the 7th

but one that caught me eye immediately
is the allegation that gas prices have been
pushed down for the election

ever since bonnie brought it to my attention

i been seething as hard over low prices when
i pull into the gas station as i was over high ones

thinking if they could do it for the election they
could do it all the time

but i was wondering how everybodys
price went down at the same time

wondering if maybe my oil conspiracy theory was inoperable
wondering how could they get all the gas companies to do it in tandem

woodward explains it in a conversation between bush and his
boy saudi prince bandar bin sultan

"they could go down very quickly." woodard says bandar told bush "that's the saudi pledge. certainly over the summer, or as we get closer to the election, they could increase production several million barrels a day."

so thats how they did it

these conveniently low prices been irking me
as much as when they were skyhigh

they way they play us
ought to be against the law

THURSDAY

this bug been a revelation
coudnt carry my regular load

there is a certain freedom in being sick
laying there free of obligations and responsibilities

certain sicknesses you feel new upon recovery
like you can start all over w/a fresh slate

brand new you, brand new attitude

gon savor that sensation long as i can
new flowers gon be way more ruthless bout his time

got back in the saddle today, started taking care of biz again
but in my heart im listening to the spheres

everything is on minimum maintenance
and on that note some commentary:

i notice bush complaining
about the leakers of that nie report

"trying to create confusion in the
minds of the american people"

its amazing how so often they indict themselves

thats their modus operandi, creating confusion in the minds
of the american people

whoever leaked it had excellent timing because it
nullifies bushs recent pr push using security and the detainee issue

the basic problem here is that our hamfisted policies
breed terrorists faster than we are killing them

the misery being imposed on the palestinians is
a case in point - its immoral and stupid too

nobody questions that america has to fight terrorists
the question is how do we go about it

this is a war of ideas and bush and crew are clueless
their bumbling incompetence is losing this war and

this is a war we cannot afford to lose

if we do regain power
we progressives will have to have a security plan

unlike some progressives
'i dont mind calling an enemy an enemy

i do say we simply cannot afford 2 more years of unrestrained
republican rule by clueless presidential fiat

and then there is all the hoopla over this guy allen in virginia
is he or aint he a racist

the confederate battleflag and the noose
hanging in his office says all that needs

to be said far as im concerned

give that man some bar b que and
let him go on bout his business

also i notice in darfur that the african union mission
been extended and more boots (4000) on the ground

a fall back position of the global community since the sudan wont allow
un troops in  (of course they wont, why would they)

the arab league has offered financial support in a venal attempt to facilitate
the continued genocide/ethniccleansing/whatever by their 'arab brothers'

if i was the african union - if anybody was paying attention
to what the old conjureman got to say - this my hoodoo advice:

i would use the desperation of the global community
to do something anything in darfur to beef up my enforcement muscle

enhance my ability to discipline rogue african states
and become more of a true force

then i would show the sudan - and the arab league,
what time it is

thats what i would do
if i was in charge

if i had the hoodoo say so

in struggle
rdoc

MONDAY

hello world

i dont believe i told the multicultural folk yes
god flowers, when will you learn

been dreaming lately, laying there all
drugged and feverish

very vivid dream last night, pretty clear
to me and anybody who know me

will use it as seed for a story one day
let me write it down while its still fresh

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in the village there was a conjureman
the conjureman was once valued in the village

but he was older now and often distracted. listening to sounds only he heard
many began to doubt his value, he began to doubt his own

one day strangers appeared, an old man and two sons
those with vision saw them as malignant forces, many did not

but when they set up shop they drew the worst to them and gave them power, caused
dissention where harmony sat, turned family against family and degraded the village soul

and none dared protest when the old man drew his sign
on the village post

the conjureman found them on the outskirts of the village
i have come to reason with you he said

but when he went close to them a powder was thrown in his face,
he retreated and considered his position

1st he wiped the powder from his eyes, sniffed it, tasted it, rubbed it between his fingers
he did not recognize it and so he ignored it

if it was magical no one could match his magical power
and if it was pharmaceutical his studies could not name it

as is too often the case, his knowledge was lacking
i shouldnt have closed with them he thought, that wasn’t smart

the oldman and his sons said we have nothing to say
well then said the conjureman, what do you have to say to this

1st he floated up into the air in order to better see,
and knowing this would discombulate them

then he gathered his power, every iota of it, and
depleting himself, he flung it at them

the watching villagers saw only his motions
but the two sons fell foaming at the mouth and writhering on the ground

you will remove your sign or your sons will rot

the old man removed his sign w/the quickness
this was a conjureman of a different order

from his favorite hill and listening to the song of the spheres
the village conjureman watched them leave

pleased that he will have the respect of the village again
that if but for the moment he was theirs again

that is all
this work is done