The people most affected by [the War on Drugs] are black and brown and poor. It’s the abandoned inner cores of our urban areas. And, as we said before, economically, we don’t need those people. The American economy doesn’t need them. So, as long as they stay in their ghettos, and they only kill each other, we’re willing to pay a police presence to keep them out of our America. And to let them fight over scraps, which is what the drug war effectively is.
Saturday December 12, 2009
If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.
Thursday December 10, 2009
Tuesday December 8, 2009
So you just stepped out
of the front of my house
and I’ll never see you again.
I closed my eyes for a second
and when they opened
you weren’t there.
And the door shut shut
I was vacuum packed,
shrink-wrapped out of air
And the spine collapsed
and the eyes rolled back
to stare at my starving brain,
And fully clothed, I float away
(I’ll float away)
Down the Forth, into the sea
I think I’ll save suicide for another day.
And I picture this corpse
on the M8 hearse
and I half run away to sleep
On a rolled up coat
against the window
with the strobe of the sun
and the life I’ve led
am I ready to leap
is there peace beneath
the roar of the Forth road bridge?
On the Northern side
there’s a Fife of mine
and a boat in the port for me,
And fully clothed, I float away
(I’ll float away)
Down the Forth, into the sea
I’ll steer myself
through drunken waves
these manic gulls
scream it’s okay
take your life
give it a shake
gather up
all your loose change
I think I’ll save suicide for another year.
Stacie and I have enjoyed this song today, a lot. Epic.
there is nothing worth having like the love that lets us share our name
— Avett Brothers
Sunday December 6, 2009
Sunday December 6, 2009
Our (post)modern art form is the movie. Like all art, it is rooted in dialogue – not the dialogue within the movie, but that between the moviemaker and the audience. Movies address a public and invite a response. They do so, in large part, because the nature of film is story. Storytellers are always aware of their audience, and filmmakers are no different. Moviegoers are also aware they are seeing a story, and they respond accordingly; they actively engage the film at many levels, some of which they are scarcely aware.
-Johnston
Generally what is more important than getting watertight answers is learning to ask the right questions.
— L’Engle
Friday December 4, 2009
