A turn for the worst.... A political rant

Here's a sad day that I'll hear a lot about I'm sure. I'm going off on a short political rant. Damn the flames that will ensue! Into the valley of Death rode the guy in comfortable pants and a "Monkees" t-shirt.

I'm sick and damn tired of the people in charge of the U.S. right now. It's like they're trying to cram the States into a time machine and take them back to the '50's, and it's putting a cramp in my style! I read that the U.S. senate is in the midst of creating a bill that will ban "suggestive cheerleading" at high school events. As a wise sage of a friend of mine quipped "So.... no cheerleading at all?"

And where are the radicals? Where I ask you? Hunter S. Thompson is being shot out of a cannon over his ranch, and I can't think of another radical. How sad is that? Someone protest for god's sake! I'm incredibly tempted to arrange a trip to D.C. and throw a burning American flag over the White House fence or something. The beating from security personel that I'd recieve would almost be worth it. People might ask "What right do you have to protest? You're not even from the U.S.!" Well, have you ever seen the episode of The Simpsons where Homer wears a shirt that has a picture of Uncle Sam eating the world above a caption that reads "Try and Stop Us!" That epitomizes how I feel. How long until Jr. winds up on our doorstep with an order telling the Barenaked Ladies to cover up?

Damn censorship! Damn it I say! Long live the sub and counter cultures! Save us Allen Ginsberg!

Curse those damn pinstripes who argue fiercely for ultra-conservative values, and win their arguments because they made more of a stink. Equally, curse the damn wimpy liberals who let themselves be walked over! Fight for something important! Remember when the Dixie Chicks took a beating for bashing the war? "Un-American" they were branded with white-hot pokers. I thought America stood for free-speech. How wrong I was. How long are they going to keep calling themselves "The Greatest Nation in the World"? Last I checked, Norway was.

I read in a recent Rolling Stone someone describing America as being intensely proud of its ignorance. I'd believe it. It's sad, but I'd believe it.

Hopefully this rant will be the last of its kind. I'd prefer to keep this page about art, music, philosophy, films, and my perspective on things I enjoy, as opposed to things that irritate me. Blah! I need a young priest and an old priest.

By the way...... I hate the word "Blog." Could we change that?