A Definition of Noise

These Bitches should be Pilloried

latchkeykid1970 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:57:24 +0000

Some of the most vocal critics of the role of government and advocates of personal responsibility are also amazing hypocrites. Michelle Bachman, Max Baucus, Sam Brownback, and Blanche Lincoln have been steadfast in their contention that healthcare reform is part of a severe government overreach. They hold that we should be wary not only of growing deficits but also the expansion of government power. They are some of the taxpayers’ most staunch advocates. These Senators and this congresswoman are also enormous hypocrites who personally benefit from the largesse of the taxpayer.

I have to give a big fat swollen bacon wrapped shout out to Doris Brown, Southside Magnet School, the City of Chattanooga, and Facebook!

latchkeykid1970 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:38:24 +0000

Convoluted

latchkeykid1970 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:37:47 +0000

I have twisted myself into knots

my vision is not clear

I move with a cumbersome blind inertia

what is it that I have done

I do what we all have done

created my own fear and pain

gladly and willingly surrendered my power

I feel shallow and cold

distant and alone

how dare I

with so much life to live

and so much life to share

latchkeykid1970 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:56:26 +0000

“This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century — solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others.” ~Ellie Wiesel~

driven to distraction

latchkeykid1970 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:42:35 +0000

I am animated by the most perverse energy

it can be corrosive

so plodding along

plodding along

i find myself wherever i need to be

and i happen to be wherever i need to be

some call it grace

but i am driven to distraction

Precious

latchkeykid1970 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:22:26 +0000

fault

no fault of my own

ripped away

Love

is energy

and it does not die

what it becomes is unknowable

it is supple

and so I will shape it

bend it to my better self

and become precious

Bat shit crazy

latchkeykid1970 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:33:12 +0000

George W. Bush is an asshole. He managed to taint and corrupt an already unstable foundation of ideals. He subverted the 1st amendment with free speech zones . He can not take credit for the failure of the press. That stunning dereliction lies at the feet of the corporate media. He plunged us into two wars with more than 4,000 U.S. casualties and uncounted(at least by us) Iraqi and Afghan deaths. Two wars financed by slight of hand and off the budget. The military has been stretched to its limits. Recruitment and reenlistment was so bad that stop loss was initiated as a back door draft and enlistment standards were veritably thrown out the window. He demonized nations and peoples and our unilateral military campaign against Iraq on the most mendacious of reasonings has made the U.S. a pariah on the world stage. He took a surplus and plunged the nation into a record deficit with the ready assistance of a Republican majority legislature for 6 of his 8 years.

This is what we elected Barack Obama to contend with.

President Barack Obama is being portrayed as a Nazi, a cartoon cat, the Muslim Communist Joker, etc etc. He is being hung in effigy. Someone painted a swastika on the sign of Georgia 13th District Congressman David Scott. A man ripped up a sign bearing the image of Rosa Parks at Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill recent town hall meeting. A man with a gun strapped to his thigh showed up at President Barack Obama’s healthcare townhall in Portsmouth, NH. The man was holding a sign ‘It is time to water the tree of liberty’, a statement reminiscient of Timothy McVeigh’s T-shirt “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” The tshirt he was wearing he bombed the Alfred P. Murah building in Oklahoma City, OK. People who either themselves or their family receive government healthcare are some of the most vocal opponents to healthcare reform. The environment is toxic and stupid. It maybe toxic simply because it is so very stupid. Obvious lies and distortions are magnified and there is only the most obligatory efforts to counter. Broadcast and cable news broadcasters and pundits and analysts are so amazingly inane and useless. They are spineless and ineffectual. They are sniveling and contemptible. They are fully participating in and perpetuating the utter stupidity and outright lies. There is however an unmistable racial component to this cognitive dissonance. There is a segment of the population that can not bring themselves to accept this Black man son of a white woman and Black man. His father was born in Kenya and muslim to boot. I can understand the suspension of belief that Barack Obama demands. A man from this background becoming the leader of the free world has to fuck with your head in a way. His existence and success and bearing flies in the face of so many of our most firmly held ideas. Black men are criminals, junkies, and absentee fathers. America is rascist to its core and that is irrevocable. But here we are and it is driving people bat shit crazy.

People to the Power

latchkeykid1970 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:54:27 +0000

We must learn to live together as brothers or we are going to perish together as fools. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

It is fairly obvious that we are facing amazing challenges. Chief in my perspective is the 9.6% unemployment rate. Which is exacerbated by the fact that wages have hit a 1 year low and the average work week has fallen to 33 hours. We are working less for less money and the costs of necessities continue to rise which further squeezes these very limited resources. As of June there are 15 million people without jobs.

This would not seem to be the time for politics. This would not seem to be the time for scandal and salaciousness. This would seem to be the time to turn a critical and visionary eye towards working people. Why is it such a difficult prospect to absorb? Our economy is overwhelmingly consumer based. If people don’t have money they can not spend and they can not support this economy not to mention the fact that poverty demands desperate choices. Do I feed myself or my children? Do I go to work when I can not afford childcare? These concerns are very rarely addressed in our painfully consumerist culture.

We demand so little.

It seems painfully obvious that we can not depend on the Democrats to sack up and really join the fight. Republicans do not deserve any consideration and have offered little else other than incessant criticism. You can not govern with invective and you can not compromise with invective. You can not claim credibility when you offer either no solutions or tried and failed solutions.

“Things are so bleak. People are so weak.” Mos Def – Umi Says.

It truly comes down to us. We can not continue to allow our perspectives and beliefs be defined for us by people who would not recognize a real person if they were being mugged by one. The punditocracy is so far removed from the experiences of actual human beings. They cavalierly discuss politics as if there were not living beings on the other sides of policy. People actually live and die on the basis of many of these debates. The average persons lives are fodder at best. A rhetorical flourish in a world where the most inane and preposterous lies go unchallenged. This is the world we allow. None of this would be happening without our passive consent. Our sedentary state extends well beyond the physical. We are not curious. We are not critical in any meaningful way. We are much much to silent.

What should we do?

I don’t know that there is any one answer to the question. I would like us to stop purchasing name brand goods despite the fact that this would lead to higher unemployment. I firmly believe the people have to exact a financial sanction against corporate power. How amazing would it be if there was a true universal default. If we all just stopped paying our credit card bills. I don’t advocate that lightly and I do not propose it as permanent solution. These institutions built their profits on unnecessary fees and punitive policies. How much sympathy should we have for them. More importantly I would love to see us organize our individual communities into support systems where individuals and families contribute what they can to support each other during difficult times. This could take a variety of forms: a food and clothes bank, a rotating deposit and withdrawal system where each family contributes say $10.00 per month and one family gets the proceeds of that pot each month. We assist in the maintenance of each others homes. We help care for each others children. We pool our talents, skills, resources, and personalities. We create communities not neighborhoods.

We can transform this society.

Family

latchkeykid1970 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:52:52 +0000

I am so sorry to say that I have allowed the true meaning of family get away from me.

My cousin Joi got married today. She was a lovely bride. There was a genuine feeling of familial love, support, and pride. I saw members of my family I have not seen in years, my Aunt Sammie and Uncle Tee, who are more like my brothers and sisters, my Aunt Hattie, and my cousins Kashia and Ahmad.

I spent the most time with Tee. I really enjoyed our conversations and for the first time I think I appreciated the esteem with in which I am held. I finally understood what I have denied myself and most damningly denied Kevin and Christina. I have no valid or credible excuses or explanations for such a tragic lapse.

My family is full of warm, loving, intelligent, witty, and beautiful people. I made connections to the person I am reflected in the faces and personalities and experiences of people I love and who love me. I am both grateful and regretful. With all certainty I will not continue to alienate my family or myself from my family.

With much respect to De La Soul

latchkeykid1970 — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:58:49 +0000

what can I drag myself to and from
how far can immerse
how deep submerse

how strange
and sudden
and beautiful I am
how desperate
how strong
how filled with contradictions
hypocrisy

I wax
on
I wax
on
I never wane
I am never diminished
I am
I be