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Thought Crime Alert

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

What effect would it have on the world if every CEO and Public Relations hack on earth, in a suicide pact, (we can dream) were to dive into the Grand Canyon? None. What effect would it have if every Longshoreman on earth went on strike? The world would grind to a halt. What would the world be like if ordinary people everywhere were aware of this power?

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New posts coming…

Max

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Dead Prez Hilton

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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War Is Not The Answer. What Was the Question?

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Here in Arlington VA, the land of pilates mats and lattes, one will notice an abundance of vehicles with the famous “War Is Not the Answer” sticker slapped on the bumper. This is usually placed beside either a Jim Webb sticker, or, if the driver is a serious fire-breathing “radical”, a Code Pink or fading Howard Dean sticker. There has always been something about the whole “War Is Not the Answer” thing that irks me. I know I should like it, I mean they are placed on cars by well intentioned people and I suppose I am a fellow progressive or whatever we’re called these day’s, (I’d prefer super-duper, radical Leftist, but I guess that’s kinda spooky to some.) It’s not just that the expression is sort of “namby-pamby” and I kind of hate the “peace dove” thing, I mean, can’t we anti-war types be called something more bad-ass than “Doves”, how about Cougars or Hammer-Heads from now on?

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I Had A Dream . . . Once

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. - George Carlin

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People Really Do Win On A Moving Train!

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Though 400 people have visited this new site, he is the first to say hello. Mr. Brezenoff is a member of the Green Party running for Congress in California, please check out his platform.

-In Solidarity
Max B.

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True Story Tuesdays: Ward The Deer

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

I decided that for this “True Story Tuesday”, (yes I wrote this Wednesday and you’re probably reading it Thursday, play along please) I will post a little less doom and gloom. Now a quick warning: if you believe that animals, the environment and nature are a separate and disconnected “other” and that the natural world is nothing more than “resources” for exploitation, this story is not for you. I would advise you to go back to diddling your Gameboy or whatever it is the “civilized” are “supposed” to do. However, if you’re like me, you have discovered the sacred interconnectedness of everything. You have also realized that from polar bears “down” to plankton we are related. You also recognize that an assault on the natural world is an assault on us and everyone we love, (hey, do you have cancer yet? How about someone you love?) Well this quick story might give you a little smile.

I’d like to dedicate this to every burnt out animal rights and environmental activists. It’s also dedicated to a certain persecuted professor whose real “crime” was to tell the truth about the American Indians experiance. The star of this short, but sweet, tale of nature pushing back bares his name.

Ward the Deer

Ten Minutes of Justice,
Ten Minutes of Vengeance!

Day by day it becomes more clear that the earth itself and its wild members are beginning to fight back, and day by day they more strongly beckon us to join them.” - Derrick Jensen

I like that quote. Here’s my true story of a deer I have named Ward for this tale…
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Left Turn 101

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

“The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.” - Noam Chomsky

If you are curious about or new to “radical” politics, Noam Chomsky is definetly your first step. Even if you are already a committed activist, this excerpt from What Uncle Sam Really Wants is still outstanding in its second, third . . . and tenth read. In fact, this excerpt contains the words that pushed me to choose sides. Enjoy.

The threat of a good example.

“The point is to crush independent nationalism and popular forces that might bring about meaniful democracy.”

No country is excempt from this treatment, no matter how unimportant. In fact, it’s the weakest, poorest countries that often arose the greatest hysteria.

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It’s Going To Happen Very Soon. The Great Event That’s Going To End The Horror…

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
-Albert Einstein

Brothers and Sisters! I’ve got good news from the front lines. The war for human liberation is over. The good guys have finally WON!

{Thunderous Global Applause!!}

Debord and Bakunin were just broken out of purgatory and they emailed me from the future. They wrote that: “Your kind finally figured out that the state was nothing more than a conditioned mental belief system, bureaucratic institutions ran by conditioned humans to maintain the Spectacle of State belief and monopolized violence to back it up. Once your kind lost your belief, the bureaucracy crumbled and all that was left was the “authorities” monopoly of violence. However, that period was short lived. Once you people refused to build their bullets and bombs, it was pretty much over for them.

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True Story Tuesday’s!: Nino Meets Sicko

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Step one: Make believe that it’s really Tuesday. Step two: Continue reading.

Every Tuesday I plan to post a true story that highlights the misery, occasional triumph or just the absurd in everyday life. The following is the first of these posts.

Nino Meets Sicko

Around two months ago an acquaintance and former co-worker of mine was put into his grave. His death could have easily been avoided. What I wish had gone into that grave instead of him is the US health “care” system along with the hysterical and racist anti-immigrant movement that together makes his story inevitable.

His name was Nino (neen-yo). He was also referred to as “bambino” because even though he had a full mustache, he was still four foot nine and had a little baby face. To go into a lot of detail about his story would require me to meander off into the realm of bullshit. I’m not going to that. He was a dishwasher at the restaurant I manage. Though we spent a lot of time together at work, we didn’t exactly spend a lot of time bowling together after work or anything. Now let me put together a brief sketch of his story that I was able to piece together after talking with many of our co-workers, who couldn’t remember much about his personal life either. Here is what I know for sure.

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Paris Hilton Arrested For Public Nudity!

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Ok, I was just reading Mickey Z’s site and decided to steal his idea for getting some traffic to my site. Yes, I am a desperate whore. Forgive me. Now scroll down and check out my latest blog.

Maxwell Black

A Moving Train

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Archive for August, 2007

Thought Crime Alert

Dead Prez Hilton

War Is Not The Answer. What Was the Question?

I Had A Dream . . . Once

People Really Do Win On A Moving Train!

True Story Tuesdays: Ward The Deer

Left Turn 101

It’s Going To Happen Very Soon. The Great Event That’s Going To End The Horror…

True Story Tuesday’s!: Nino Meets Sicko

Paris Hilton Arrested For Public Nudity!

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