What the World is Saying

See this is (to paraphrase Lewis Black)one of those times when the Earth is giving you a message. And that message is: "MOVE."

I have a hard time having pity for these people, especially after the rash of hurricanes that we have had. It's like they just automatically expect the tax money of the northern states to endlessly bail them out every time they get flooded. YOU GET HURRICANES! MOVE AWAY!



I mean like these guys. I mean come on. We have the tech. Build your house underground, out of concrete, areodynamicaly-- SOMETHING that shows us you are trying instead of like the EVERLOVING FIRST and SECOND PIGS.
"Oh no! My house of sticks fell down AGAIN! I thought this time for sure it would hold..."

I heard on the radio this morning that it is going to take like 2 months to get the power back to xmillion people... Here's an idea. BURY your POWERLINES. Lots of people do it. It really just comes down to Louisiana and the rest being dumb moneygrubbing fucks who refused to retrofit anything. I mean I agree it does suck for the people who are suffering, but they should be rioting in the street over the ill preparation in their state and local government.

Yes Pat, I'd like to buy a clue...

Changing places...

I had some pictures of F'neir up recently, but had to chuck them, something wrong with the way they were up. I'll have some others later.

For we've just returned from a weekend of seeing our little niece Zoe (pic). Lovely, wonderful, beautiful girl! Her dad commented that this was the only phase of life when we can drool and poop in our pants and receive only the highest praise.

Upon return though I find my attention drawn to the church (meaning the church at large) and the changes it may face in the next few years. While there have been a lot of talk over issues like Homosexuality in the Church, I don't really think that is the biggest problem. In reality the mainstream church has been losing church members and priests and ministers for a little while now.

The reason? I'm not really sure, but I do think that the whole process of the church is kind of like what a perfect democracy is like. Built to overhaul itself from time to time. The church has become radically dis-associated from the common people. It seems that the church at some point took the street of moral superiority and infallibility instead of continuing to communicate to the people. A lot of what the "new" non denominational churches are doing is just that, finding new ways of communication. Meanwhile the Church is still trying to cling to the organ. The problem really is that mainline churches have become in some ways far to unwieldy to change as fast as they need to in order to continue reaching the people of their area.

Christianity will not fall, but many of the mainline denominations are in for a crash in a lot of ways I think.

قولى لهم

يقولون أن شيئا ما بيننا
فسخرت منهم ... بل ما زال بيننا
وقلت لهم .. بل كل الأشياء بيننا ... بل أسماها بيننا

فأنتى يا سيدتى
أيعجبك قولهم ... ؟
أيعجبك هزلهم ... ؟
فقولى لهم على لسانى
أنك تجرى منى مجرى الدم فى العروق

وقولى لهــــم
أن شذاك ... يملأ الدنيا عطرا وجمالا

وقولى لهــــم
أن شمسك تملأ دنياى ضياء

وقولى لهــم
أنك نفسى ... وعمرى ودنياى
قولى ولا تتوقفى عن الكلام
ولا تتلعثمى ... ولا تترددى

قولى لهــم ... وقولى وقولى
قولى أن الحب مازال طفلا ينمو بيننا
وأنك عندى أحب وأقرب الأشيا

Southern Hospitality goes "shubt"

Ok here is once thing that I have notice since coming here almost a year ago. Even though I wasn't really that far "North" I suppose that the difference in the two places are enough that I notice them. There really is a different purveying attitude here.

One of the WORST things is this little "just kidding" attitude that a lot of people seem to have here. It's like this backhanded way of being really mean to people.

Per example.

You ask for a day off and everyone says oh man! You think you deserve that! Or, wow, you sure haven't done enough work around here to get time off have you! And then they laugh like, ha ha, I wasn't really just an arrogant asshole just then, that was all part of this really funny joke.

I thought maybe it was just a few of the people I work with around here but the more I live in the south the more I understand it's this weird passive aggressive mentality that erupted from some warped form or kindness I think...

effin BIZARRE is what it is. SAY WHAT YOU FREAKING MEAN!!

Boo-Effing-Hoo

Israel. More to it... Gaza Strip.

These stinking fuckers are actually COMPLAINING ABOUT LEAVING. Oh, boo hoo, you poor things you are having to leave a country that never allowed you to settle there and when you did you used land that was already being used by other families and simply bulldozed them to make way for your own house. That must be rough.

Here's a message for every settler in the Gaza Strip and West Bank who are now shedding even one tear at having to leave: EAT MY SHIT AND CHOKE YOU EVIL MOTHER HUMPING ZIONIST PIGS.

Now, I know I might sound a little upset over all this, but I guess what has really gotten me is how the media seems to be twisting it like it is this awful thing as opposed to saying, "For all the love in Heaven it's about frilling TIME this happened."

There is one thing that worries me and that is the whole reason for the removal. Sharon. Not that I am complaining, but the guy has been an ass for over 30 years... Why the sudden change of heart?! It makes me feel really uneasy, like there might even be something more insidious at the heart of all this.

In the meantime though it is great to hear the whining of the "yahoodi" as they are finally forced to leave the land that was never theirs to begin with.

In all this though I am not surprised at the attitude of the americans. Their entire society was built on repeatedly taking land that didn't belong to them and either claiming divine right or some other such shite in order to cover their consciences on the matter.

Code Vomit

Ok so on the radio this morning I hear that today in my medium size NC city that we have a CODE ORANGE pollution alert, and if you don't have to go outside you shouldn't. As I am lying there I think holy fark, what the hell happened? Is there some toxic spill? Some waste dump gone awry? So I lie (lay?) there in rapt attention waiting for the details, but they mention nothing about it. As if they have just said "oh, it will be a little sprinkly outside so wear your rubbers."

Come to find out that it is a pretty usual thing around here. Like Smoky the bear saying that the forest fire alter is red or yellow. When I found this out I was like... Uh... isn't that a problem? This city is NOT New York or LA or Chicago or Atlanta!! Should we be having POLLUTION ALERTS?!

WE ARE POISONING OURSELVES!!! I'm about to the point now were people are like, oh I have cancer, and all I want to say is "SERVES YOU RIGHT." Which I guess is pretty awful.. but... come on. Pollution Alerts? Am I the only one to feel like this is a terrible problem? Are there not senators and the farking president waking up and going, "boy... maybe we SHOULD do something... since I'm not really supposed to BREATH THE AIR OUTSIDE TODAY because of the pollution."

...I'm moving to...the underside of a rock... any takers?