Some of the land, the mountains and the forests, are still nice. The places were people don’t want or not allowed to own and live.
Some of the people are amusing to talk to. I can’t really go all Abel Meeropol united front with that: “and especially the people, that’s America to me” but I like some of us, you know like y’all and our odd little Alternative Front, Matt, Chris, Cornell, Glenn, you know.
Some of the Bread and Circus is still amazing, currently The Righteous Gemstones, even The Boyz (thanks space Jeffie!)
I kinda like that it’s all on it’s last legs while regretting that it will end up destroying so much to keep itself going.
Maybe it will physically patch itself up and the beat will go on in its demented corpse intentionally forgetting what its ideals were supposed to be along with the stuff that got swept under the info rug.
The landscape of the US is still really beautiful, even with our abuse of it. And there are many people I still greatly care about and conversations that are still worth having. I think things I love about the US are things that most people value and care about in their own countries.
I complain because things I grew up thinking are really important are getting twisted and used in a way that feels like “opposite day”.
I’m pretty sure that happens in all places, sometimes getting worse and sometimes people working to retain a certain value succeed.
I like that we at least had a premise that we could bring about change by voting and working together to pass laws. We’ve never had a “true” or “pure” democratic republic, when humans put theories into practice they get messy and corrupted.
Mark Twain’s cynical views were not new in his era. I hope someday we can laugh at ourselves again.
It seems like more Americans are becoming disenchanted with the Corporate Political Duopoly, the fur balls it keeps coughing up. This appears to be more conspicuous on the conservative side of the aisle, as lefties like Jimmy Dore, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, et al. have considerable cross-over appeal, and someone like Tucker Carlson has made such a point of mocking the Establishment that FOX finally fired him for it. So maybe some form of Left-Right coalition is indeed possible, or even forming. Biden's a bum, a corporate shill and warmonger, and his corrupt regime might be the catalyst for just such a thing...
I will celebrate my two favorite American things today, baseball and rock’n’roll! Our greedy, war mongering empire is picking up speed as it circles the drain and the Whitey White power structure is straining its nuts to hold on to what can’t be held. If only my great political guru, George Carlin, were still here to help the rest of us laugh our asses off while we go down. I’m a 71 year old man who has helped to raise four great daughters and, as grandfather to their seven kids, I feel kind of sad that my generation, like all before it, has bent the knee to capitalism and bullshit patriotism but, god damn, the fucking propaganda is relentless. I do what I can to put love and kindness into the world on a daily basis and I give back to my community as a volunteer at the SPCA five days a week. I love my life, my wife, my family and my tribe (yes Katie you and Matt and Aaron are in it) and cannabis helps me find the sweet and mellow to balance out the incessant gaslighting that is rained down upon us all like piss pouring out of a boot. I am a happy pessimist because, to quote The Grateful Dead, “I may be goin’ to hell in a bucket, baby, but at least I’m enjoying the ride.”
Some of the land, the mountains and the forests, are still nice. The places were people don’t want or not allowed to own and live.
Some of the people are amusing to talk to. I can’t really go all Abel Meeropol united front with that: “and especially the people, that’s America to me” but I like some of us, you know like y’all and our odd little Alternative Front, Matt, Chris, Cornell, Glenn, you know.
Some of the Bread and Circus is still amazing, currently The Righteous Gemstones, even The Boyz (thanks space Jeffie!)
I kinda like that it’s all on it’s last legs while regretting that it will end up destroying so much to keep itself going.
Maybe it will physically patch itself up and the beat will go on in its demented corpse intentionally forgetting what its ideals were supposed to be along with the stuff that got swept under the info rug.
The landscape of the US is still really beautiful, even with our abuse of it. And there are many people I still greatly care about and conversations that are still worth having. I think things I love about the US are things that most people value and care about in their own countries.
I complain because things I grew up thinking are really important are getting twisted and used in a way that feels like “opposite day”.
I’m pretty sure that happens in all places, sometimes getting worse and sometimes people working to retain a certain value succeed.
I like that we at least had a premise that we could bring about change by voting and working together to pass laws. We’ve never had a “true” or “pure” democratic republic, when humans put theories into practice they get messy and corrupted.
Mark Twain’s cynical views were not new in his era. I hope someday we can laugh at ourselves again.
It seems like more Americans are becoming disenchanted with the Corporate Political Duopoly, the fur balls it keeps coughing up. This appears to be more conspicuous on the conservative side of the aisle, as lefties like Jimmy Dore, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, et al. have considerable cross-over appeal, and someone like Tucker Carlson has made such a point of mocking the Establishment that FOX finally fired him for it. So maybe some form of Left-Right coalition is indeed possible, or even forming. Biden's a bum, a corporate shill and warmonger, and his corrupt regime might be the catalyst for just such a thing...
I will celebrate my two favorite American things today, baseball and rock’n’roll! Our greedy, war mongering empire is picking up speed as it circles the drain and the Whitey White power structure is straining its nuts to hold on to what can’t be held. If only my great political guru, George Carlin, were still here to help the rest of us laugh our asses off while we go down. I’m a 71 year old man who has helped to raise four great daughters and, as grandfather to their seven kids, I feel kind of sad that my generation, like all before it, has bent the knee to capitalism and bullshit patriotism but, god damn, the fucking propaganda is relentless. I do what I can to put love and kindness into the world on a daily basis and I give back to my community as a volunteer at the SPCA five days a week. I love my life, my wife, my family and my tribe (yes Katie you and Matt and Aaron are in it) and cannabis helps me find the sweet and mellow to balance out the incessant gaslighting that is rained down upon us all like piss pouring out of a boot. I am a happy pessimist because, to quote The Grateful Dead, “I may be goin’ to hell in a bucket, baby, but at least I’m enjoying the ride.”
Nothing touches American rock music, American professional wrestling, and baseball my favorite things about America