tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post115158941784427961..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Don't Sugarcoat It Follies - Alyosha McBainFran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-52881080195703866482007-04-22T16:04:00.000-05:002007-04-22T16:04:00.000-05:00HI Blue GalI like your spirit. Keep up the good wo...HI Blue Gal<BR/>I like your spirit. Keep up the good work. I am an artist, special ed. teacher, doc student. Live in NYC- so know just what you are writing about.<BR/>Manhattan has become another theme park. 911 was not bad enough, we have had to suffer Bush, his insane coterie of thugs and sycophants, the war,to add to our misery. I curated a bunch of shows that were antibush (Undo, Counting Coup) Antiwar (Artists Against War) hoping to get the word out. I am not sure- did not get a great response at the time. But have tried to create autonomous zones for the people over the years.<BR/>m aim now is to do deep healing from within, because, the oppression, rigidity and lies are within us-or at least me. I have spent the last few years doing a roto-rooter from the inside out. The only thing I could do during this time -the darkening of the light. You might be able to google the shows or me if interested<BR/>Frank ShifreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151706754535133022006-06-30T17:32:00.000-05:002006-06-30T17:32:00.000-05:00An airplane filled with jet fuel was enough of a b...An airplane filled with jet fuel was enough of a bomb. No pre-wiring needed (which would have been much more suspected than the box cutters, btw) <BR/><BR/>Thanks much for the nice words, TisCharm. I really like being a mid-list blogger. The big boys have their benefits, but it's real cosy here...Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151675298303409202006-06-30T08:48:00.000-05:002006-06-30T08:48:00.000-05:00I'm becoming more convinced that the attacks on 9/...I'm becoming more convinced that the attacks on 9/11 were created by Bushco -- looking at a variety of anomolies makes me more and more uncomfortable. Now I wonder if Giuliani knew that the Twin Towers had been targeted; and, as some contend, had been pre-wired for controlled demolition?DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151632632252367902006-06-29T20:57:00.000-05:002006-06-29T20:57:00.000-05:00WOWWWWWW!!!!!March 1, I went on a medical leave fo...WOWWWWWW!!!!!<BR/><BR/>March 1, I went on a medical leave for a herniated disk, and by some quirk of fate found the "blogosphere." I guess I was one of those proles, living in ignorance, up till that time, but since.... I am continually amazed at what I find out here. I am especially amazed at what I find on the "Little Blogs," (BlueGal, JurassicPork, Firestarter, and now, Alyosha) as opposed to the "pros," like Kos, etc. <BR/><BR/>Being somewhat cynical, I'm not easily amazed, but what has amazed me so much since 2000, is the fact that W gets his most support from the people he's screwing the hardest. His big bucks come from the wealthiest... the what, top 1%? Those assholes still only have one vote per person (unless they vote on Diebold machines), and should easily be steamrolled. <BR/><BR/>Sure you gave the company I worked for for 30 yrs a tax break when they dismantalled my plant and sent it to Asia, and sure you let them wipe out my pension because of their dire straits, and sure you gave their CEO a HUGE bonus through bankruptcy court (paid for from my liquidated pension) because of the wonderful things they've done for their stockholders, while I'm without health insurance, and have to shop for groceries at foodbanks..................... <BR/><BR/>I'll vote for you.<BR/><BR/>Call me stupid, but I don't see how gay marriage and flag burning earn that support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151618259326749212006-06-29T16:57:00.000-05:002006-06-29T16:57:00.000-05:00I would suggest looking up a writer by the name of...I would suggest looking up a writer by the name of Hakim Bey; his concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone, a self-created interactive network between yourself and the world you live in, is a fine training method as far as mental independence is concerned. To paraphrase, the T.A.Z. is a psychic refuge from the various assaults of ultramodernity that can be created anywhere at anytime with any number of people (along with yourself, of course). All it involves is a willingness to look at reality with your own eyes, rather than the eyes that American society wishes you to see through. Some methods of accomplishing this can be choosing your own books to read, music to listen to, and turning off the television (or at least shutting off the sound and forcing other media to interact with it, like music or your own invented dialogue). <BR/><BR/>Ignoring mass culture and advertising is very difficult, but ultimately very necessary. Train yourself to constantly think your own thoughts and be a living countermeasure to the easy lies offered up to the proles by the insidious hands of the plutocracy. That's how the good fight is fought; not by wallowing in the pigslop tossed about by such right-wing hatemongers as Limbaugh, Coulter, and O'Reilly. There was an old Simpsons Halloween episode where large advertising icons came to life as the result of an offense given by Homer. The icons run wild through Springfield until Lisa gets together with Paul Anka and writes a jingle. When confronted with the mortal danger of the giant shills, she advises that we "just don't look". True words indeed, for the attention that we give to annoyances enlarges their significance in our daily lives until we feel we can no longer combat them. There is always hope for something better.alyosha mcbainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340534290990956554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151602391257670042006-06-29T12:33:00.000-05:002006-06-29T12:33:00.000-05:00Orwell said, (and I'm paraphrasing) that hope lies...Orwell said, (and I'm paraphrasing) that hope lies with the proles.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the proles suffer from a disease called ignorance. <BR/><BR/>If I knew how to fight against years and years of anti-intellectual banter and dirty tricks, I would be a happy person.<BR/><BR/>Your thoughts?Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1151591718211213972006-06-29T09:35:00.000-05:002006-06-29T09:35:00.000-05:00fan-f----ing-tastic. the simpletons will vote for...fan-f----ing-tastic. the simpletons will vote for him in droves.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.com