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 Planet of
the Mexicans
Well, the Mexicans of LA
are angry again, and for the
usual reason: Immigration. Last
week half a million people
marched through downtown Los
Angeles to protest the suggestion
that maybe there are enough
uneducated busboys, dishwashers,
domestic housekeepers and fender
and body men to last for a while.
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 California
Recall
Well, I
just finished watching the
California recall candidates'
debate, and nothing that I
witnessed changes my
"No" vote on the recall
portion of the ballot. Indeed, if
there was a winner tonight it was
Gray Davis, and he wasn't even
there! |
 American
Empire
I don't
mean to sound alarmist, but as I
watch and read about political
events unfolding I'm reminded of
Frederico Fellini's 1970's-era
film "Satyricon", which
depicts a brutish, violent,
surreal world of debauchery and
despair set within the decay of
the declining Roman Empire. |
 Heroes And
Mythology
If you
happen to be the perfect home
maker living in New York City who
loves baseball, then it hasn't
been a very good couple of weeks
for you: Martha Stewart was
indicted for obstructing justice,
the New York Times printed
fabricated stories, and Sammy
Sosa got caught cheating at the
plate. These are giants of their
industries, icons to countless
millions, wealthy beyond
reason...and they let their
followers down. |
 Post
War
Last fall,
one of my columns began this way:
"Of all the things that one
can call Saddam Hussein, `Islamic
Fundamentalist` is not one of
them. For now, let's just keep
things as simple as possible in
the region and leave him right
where he is". |
War
As of this
writing, the war in Iraq is
scheduled to premier tomorrow
night at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. (three
hours earlier for viewers on the
West Coast). My wife is
positively plugged-in to CNN for
the trailers, not because she's
fascinated by international
geopolitics, but because this
will be the Mother of All Reality
Shows, and it's about to start! |
 Voice Of God
Contemporary
Islam is fast becoming the 21st
Century version of 1930's-era
Fascism, complete with a
fanatical, expansionist-minded
leadership and an acquiescent
Islamic world populous only too
willing to accept hateful
propaganda as a basis for
political doctrine. Muslims truly
want to believe, hence they
become Believers in malicious
rhetoric designed to fan the
flames of fanaticism in a
Medieval display of human
brutishness. |
 Lott O'
Blues (Race In America)
As I'm
writing this, Trent Lott has just
resigned his position as Majority
Leader of the U.S. Senate. Seems
the gentleman from Mississippi
had a few drinks at a party, then
gushed about retiring
segregationist Strom Thurmond's
political career. I didn't hear
what everyone else did, because I
didn't hear a racial slur, any
more than I hear one when LAPD
chief William Bratton declares
"war" on street gangs.
But the good ol' boy committed a
fatal error by saying what he did
in front of C-Span cameras! Real
smart, Trent. Anyway, Adios Juro.
You still get to be a
senator.
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 No More Guns
Some years
ago, West Hollywood became the
first city in the country to
outlaw the sale of small, cheap
handguns otherwise known as
"Saturday Night
Specials". Though more a
symbolic gesture reflecting the
city's pro gun-control stance,
the measure was vehemently
opposed by the NRA on principle
alone. I remember the local
lobbying campaign, as well as the
immense satisfaction I felt upon
its passage and implementation.
Here, finally, would be change
for the better. One small step
for a city... One giant leap for
civilized man... |
 9/11/02
"I've been in that
building." My wife's words
were the first, and only, ones
that I remember from that morning
a year ago Sept. 11, as we gaped,
wide-eyed, at the surreal
spectacle on the screen. And they
still echo in my mind when I
recall that day. |
 The Melting
Pot
Secession.
It's a searing, tearing word. A
ripping of social fabric that
proclaims civic, cultural and
political failure. Separatism by
another name. And it's what our
neighbors in the Valley and
Hollywood are intent upon
accomplishing come the November
election. How did it come to
this? The municipal rending of
the country's second largest city
didn't happen in a vacuum. So who
fell asleep at the wheel? |
 X
Why does
Gen. X rise up in outrage to
fight the breathtaking, pitched
"Battle of Seattle"
against international corporate
elites, but won't make a move to
march on, and lay seige to,
Washington D.C. to protest
capitalist brutality of the
home-grown variety? |
 George
of the Jungle
Come on! An
84% approval rating?! Who are
they talking about here, George
Bush or God? Is the bar really
that low as to warrant those
numbers, or is there just a
dearth of real leadership in this
country? One must admit that
George is a very lucky guy, and
maybe luck is better then talent
in the long run. But maybe it
isn't.
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Idolatry
Of The Elites
Wake up, my
friends! We're being lulled
softly to sleep by that old
lullaby, "What's Good For
Business Is Good For The
Country". And things are
certainly good for business, if
not the country. Big Tobacco
reaps a fortune at the cost of
our health. Big Energy reaps a
fortune at the cost of our bank
accounts. Big Oil reaps a fortune
at the cost of our freedom and
national security. What is it
about getting screwed up the rear
that we don't understand? |
 Sic
Semper Avaritia
Finally! A
Capitalist with honor and
dignity. Greed displays a
conscience, after all. Who woulda
thunk it? Last week, J. Clifford
Baxter, a former top executive
for collapsed energy giant Enron
Corp., recaptured his lost
humanity and took his own life
over misdeeds perpetrated by,
for, and of his company. |
S.D.S
It's funny. Karl Marx had
the right idea. He just chose the
wrong people. The Russians have
as much business attempting to
institute socialist
"Utopia" as they do
trying to fit into a good suit.
It's like putting a saddle on a
cow. Good luck! |
 Guillotine.....
I've had it
with that "Let them eat
cake" routine from King
George II. He could at least
pretend to care about us, and
we'll pretend to believe him. |
Your
Move...
In the chess match of
international geo-politics, a
move by Pakistan and India toward
conflict in Kashmir would likely
put the United States in
"check", facilitating a
countering move that would do
little other than keeping the
game in progress. At this point,
it's a no-win situation, as a
move in our interest would end up
being a move against our
interest, which indicates our
opponents are very able players.
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Values
This is a good time to
reexamine the values Americans
wish to present to the rest of
the world, a good time for the
type of serious introspection
necessary to compel the
transcendence of culture that our
society desperately needs, and a
good time to look deeply into our
hearts, to determine,
honestly,whether or not we, as
the world's preeminent
civilization, are on the right
path. |
How
Long Before.....
Just how
long will it be, pray tell,
before Islamic mosques in the
United States begin to sound the
clarion call to
"Jihad", right here at
home, over some perceived slight
of Muslim sensibilities by
American culture? And just how
long will it be before Americans
are faced with the same sort of
foreign injected, homeland based
Islamic terrorist organizations
that have plagued European
democracies for decades? How long
before our security as a nation
and our peace of mind as a people
begin to slip away? |
Keith's
Beef
Why are we
so skittish about possibly
exacerbating Muslim sensibilities
over the bombing of Afghanistan?
In the current new world order,
it can't be avoided. |
ARCHIVES
Work
A
Gold Muddle
Valentine's
Day
As
I look into my wife's
beautiful brown eyes and
ponder our successful
marriage, only one word
can truly describe not
only my feelings, but
also the very essence of
our union...incongruity.
It's a good word. It
means "unsuitable,
inharmonious, not in
agreement,
incompatible". It
describes my marriage to
a "T", and is
probably the reason it
has lasted. A more
incongruous pairing of
two people would be
difficult to find. |
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