SATURDAY
Stone Cold Hearts
The Bush Administration today announced a new medal to be given to US soldiers in Iraq
Based on the once again popular Purple Heart, the Stone Heart said the President will be given to soldiers who commit mercy killings in Iraq.
There have been a slew of such lately, one Staff Sargent Johnny Horne claimed one but
was sent to prison by mistake. "His case is still pending" declared the President.
Army Captain Rogelio Maynulet was given the first one yesterday for his mercy killing
on an wounded Iraqi soldier. The difference was that Horne shot his own first before killing
him while Maynulet killed one somebody else shot.
"Shooting your own mercy killing didnt quite seem fair." said the President "We prefer the soldiers to mercy kill Iraqis somebody else initially wounded. Otherwise anybody can claim one if they use more than one bullet."
These mercy killings have become quite the thing in Iraq lately. One mercy killing of a wounded Iraqi in a mosque during the Fallujah assault was captured on tape by an embedded reporter. Hes a sure bet" says the President, "Weve got his on tape."
The President says this proves allegations about American brutality that have surfaced in complaints about Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are baseless rumors. This new medal is given to soldiers who represent the highest principles of military ethics reflected in Bush Administration policies said the President. "As long as we have soldiers willing to carry out our policies in Vietnam in the spirit of this Administration reflects in everything it does, the evildoers will surely be defeated."
When a reporter pointed out that he had said Vietnam instead of Iraq the President replied somewhat snappishly "Okay, so I made a mistake, I hope youre satisfied"
okay okay, its weak but i enjoyed it
you can tell i was nervous cause i capped it
ima try it again tomorrow with the new guy
chosen to head the civilrights commission
hes classic bush colored conservative
he says hes never experienced racism
and hates affirmative action
where do they find these people
echo of the spirit
chester higgins new book is a joyous wonder
on so many levels
it is perhaps his most personal one yet
a pictoral/textual account of his journey
as a photographer and human being
and filled with images
that mean something to him personally
family images and images that reflect his
journey as an artist and chronicler of the spirit
accompanied w/text that speaks as much from the heart
as do the images themselves
it is a beautiful work and at 19 95 very
reasonably priced at amazon
check it out on his site
which is, as always, an experience in itself
then run out and buy one
think kwanza
FRIDAY
hey everybody
(i think for this week im riffing to buju bantons
the story never been told)
apologies for the sporadic posts lately
im in a strange space
end of semester got me humping
trying to maintain a little novel momentum
and just not feeling rootsblog lately
all the work that it entail
things been happening, i just aint been moved to account
(i notice that the support of the global community caused
the us rightwing (incl bush admin) to back off their attack
on kofi, that was good)
o things been happening but i aint been moved
i been concerned im burning out on this weblog thing
i still got those 3 nice pieces im working on
(sporadically) and all those other labor intensive projects
my online hoodoo manual
my online holybook
updating rootwork.com (which entail learning new software (flash,etc)
but i havent been doing hardly any online work
the last couple of weeks, i boot up my homepage and
see that old rootsblog post up there and cringe
but i just keep pushing
got a little miniwoodshed coming up
dont have to be back to work until january sometime
so maybe thats why im withdrawing
i go through these cycles of engagement in the world
and withdrawal to assess and manifest (produce)
but i been able to produce and weblog too so far
what im hoping is happening is that im about to reach for a new level
thinking about that end of the year report on the
strategic black posture i want to do every newyears
rickydocs annual report on the strategic posture
of the blackworld
or something like that but more graceful, hopefully
i want to be the cybervillage griot in the townsquare
everyyear strategically assessing where we been
and where we going
then this morning
i saw this column by Andy Borowitz,
that gave me some ideas for an approach i would like to master
it said that rumsfield was refusing to go into any more hostile
troop question and answer sessions without adequate body armor
"I felt totally unprotected out there," Secretary Rumsfield said, "You cannot send a Secretary of Defense out on a mission like that without full body armor."
It kept on riffing: The President replies "You go to war with the Secretary of Defense you have,"
and riffing:
"Elsewhere, congressional leaders expressed hope that the just-passed
intelligence reform bill would provide accurate, up-to-date
intelligence reports for the president not to read."
i really like that kind of political satire new report thing
im going to try to do that in a consistent manner
dont know that i will be that flip with my end of year report
but i sure would like to run satirical reports on the news like that
those of you familiar with my style know i can probably do that
if i put my mind to it - i like being funny and sharp too
so im hoping that maybe this roughspot in my blogging is
perhaps me reaching for some new ground
whatever, gotta go
gotta meet with a student
got to get my morning 3 novelhours in
gotta this and gotta that
gotta go
arf
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