Carlin

George was a man of honor in that he never said what he thought would please the POWERS. I appreciate his candor in fact he probably inspired the type of raw honesty I have used to defend myself in times of certain hypocrisy and flakiness.
He seemed to believe in justice without the fear/need of God. In a way this makes him a little more a man than those motivated by fear and the proposition that they might get to reap a reward of heavenly proportions(you name it the Christians, Hindus even the Buddhist NKT promises a "Pure Land" in the end and the Muslim harem of virgins for the patriot warriors) It seems that war gets a lot of nastiness out of the way. It clears away any doubts about who is right and conversely who is wrong... Which, as Carlin so aptly spoke about, is what gets us so readily into wars and conflicts. It's to protect our "stuff". The stuff of madness he won't have to defy anymore. Peace be with you Mr. Carlin.

Little Scotty

How does Karl Rove allow Little Scotty McClellen to speak his peace to the House Judiciary Committee? Rumor has it that McCain won't make it to the election. I think Scotty may have some unseen health concerns also and soon. This may be why he has seemed to have a crumb in his craw to clear his slate before he moves on for good. Even though we have his new book it is not going to reveal exactly what inspired him to turn on the BFEE.

Homeland Security

On my way back from the bike shop, I stopped at the rowing club to rest a bit and have some medicine and watch the sailboats and other watercraft. I noticed our Local Coast Guard boat heading up the channel. I counted the crew(6) and noted they were out at a nice time of day after lighting up I turned around and saw they were now towing another water craft. My first thought, "OK, They're arresting someone, or No they're helping a stranded craft get safely out of the navigation channel." BINGO. Only one hitch, the stranded craft was another Local Coast Guard Craft." Now were they training in rescue techniques or do our Local Coast Guard watercraft need a tune-up just in case the 4th largest port in North America has a problem?

I hope I am being naive and it was just rookies getting a handle on stringing out a tow line. And not a case of, as in Iraq, equipment that is substandard and failing in the everyday operations in smooth seas and moderate temperatures. I am being ever vigilant anyway until I know things are safely back in the hands of the other guys.

No Singing Allowed

I called the White House Comment Line. 202-456-1111. I wanted to speak a little about my pride in guys who are still working for me in D.C. Mr Kucinich once more started impeachment articles. Mr Wexler joined him in the work. I called the comment line and started to sing "I'm So Proud" with new words. The volunteer started to shout "Don't Sing! Don't Sing!" I was taken aback by this censorship and then i realized this is a volunteer, they don't want to have to try to transcribe the words to a song sung over the phone. It is hard for even a trained musician to decipher the sounds of distortion. Another sign of the loss of freedom. The silencing of the song. Isn't singing a pursuit of happiness? What does the new signing statement constitution look like? When W re-writes the damn piece of paper will it resemble anything that the founders wrote? i hardly think so and if it does it didn't come from the brain of Dick Cheney(Darth).

Hate Speech

Michael Reagan is now promoting hate speech which if he were a leftist would be considered terrorism. In fact it is terrorism. To call for murdering babies and mothers and the final solution, killing all the residents of the Middle East.
It is a sad state of affairs when someone who claims the name of Grandpa Reagan and acts like Joseph Goebells. If he was broadcasting in Germany he would be arrested and tried for war crimes. Thank God the war is protecting his right to hate and to ask others to hate and hope for murder and mayhem. Thank God his sponsors are getting their money's worth from Mr Reagan. They won't get my money though and they will get my boot in the ass if I ever get that close, but no grenades. Grenades are exclusively for fascists like Michael Reagan to kill 1 year old babies and their mothers.

Regrets

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/opinion/15dowd.html?em&ex=1213761600&en=b127e362f13ca708&ei=5087%0A

The article By MoDowd from Paris tells how Mr Bush has not really changed at all since 2002. It is the sign of a sociopath that kills so many people and has no regrets. I have regrets maybe I am making up for his insensitivity to the mayhem and violence perpetrated by his war on terrorism. The use of cluster ordinances on civillian targets in Afghanistan and Iraq the detention and torture of children and the wiretapping of US domestic communications without warrants. Only three of 35 articles of impeachment presented to the US Congress one week ago.

At least I do not regret voting for the guy or standing sliently as he declared his wars. I only regret the ineffeicency with which the congress and the citizens of this great nation had in delaying or defeating the fascist putsch of the Neocon (Perl Wolfowitz Rumsfeld) forces that ruled foreign policy.
7 dollars for some commodities.

Home

Its Saturday and I am listening to www.kboo.fm bluegrass music in fact from 9-12 in the morning. I am writng here because my other blog is down for some reason www.myspace.com/bcmartinmusic
There is a video of my present musical endeavor. There is a picture of me age 3 before I had my innocence taken from me. How did I know I was going to be a Buddhist? Yeah the fat guy they burn incense on. Shakymuni was not obese and not an ecstatic either though nirvana is approached in his teachings. Speaking of teachers I saw Matthew Fox walking through my space where I actually play. It's our church, Mat. Come on by and you don't have to partake in the sacraments but if you listen carefully you can hear all the places Jazz was in our jams.
The next day after I talked to Mat and invted him to come by and listen, I was at the rowing club on the bench medicating and a young man approached around the corner and asked if he could sit dowm. i smiled and said of course to which he commented that some people are not so friendly. His story in short, evicted for being poor HIV+ and can't handle the rent increase on disablilty SSI. Thrown out of a shelter after being taken for his last 20$ and wondering where he is going to sleep, if he should take his meds without food even though he knows it will make himsick.
I gave him some medicine. I gave him my scarf I recieved from my musician friend from Thailand. I gave him 10 $ I just happened to have for such emergencies. I thought of Matthew at that time. Am I a "minister"? where is my sangha? How do I transform and do the "work". It costs money to be a mystic healer. Can you send me some please Ms Universe?
Just enough not too much.
Thank you