Jack Burns Lives!

Want to know what “democracy” looks like in the United States?
You should have been in Memphis, Tennessee yesterday, because you could have had a good look. Then again, you could see the same thing in almost any city, but yesterday was special for Memphis because the National Idiot was in town.
Flanked by Karl Rove and [...]

Utah.
Sunday morning.
Most of my neighbors back in Dixie are getting ready for church. Dressed in their Sunday finest, they’re preparing to meet the Lord in one of his multi-million dollar houses of warship and write the checks that are necessary to keep the devil at bay and Repugs in power.
Gawd help ‘em.
I’m also preparing for [...]

Part One: The San Juan’s
There’s more than a sufficient amount of material that’s been written about the canyon country of Southeastern Utah, so as I started thinking about how I would present my own experience, I was frankly at a loss.
What can I possibly say about the area that hasn’t already been said? Is it [...]

Home sweet home.
Not that I didn’t enjoy my time in Abbey country, but there’s nothing like your own bed and the familiar surroundings of your house. Especially after a stormy ride in a turbo prop through the mountains.
Some really nice folks went out of their way to make me feel right at home,and for the [...]

Glad you’re here, especially the visitor from Roseville, CA and his friends that stated this:
“They are a bunch of anarchists like the black shirted anarchists at counter demonstrations, I would like to walk through that crowd swinging a baseball bat.”
Abbeyeistas, if you’re interested in some more information about why Abbey has become so popular [...]

9-11-06
Today seems an appropriate day to address the topic of terrorism.
A good place to start might be for us to define terrorism and properly identify the known terrorists and terror organizations.
According to Wikipedia, a highly popular and interesting tool created by our technological exuberance, over 100 definitions of the word “terrorism” are currently circulating around [...]

You may notice some restrictions around here today. There are some cyber stalkers (terrorists) about, hoping to cause trouble and make folks (that don’t agree with their politics) miserable.
This too shall pass.
If there’s something you wish to access and need a password, please write at
jackburns@riseup.net

photo:seema jain
This Friday I leave for the West once again, and this year’s journey, like all the previous ones, is holds special significance.
Each year I pick a place that has some geographical importance or to visit people that are dear to me. Every journey yields its own rewards and lasting memories.
This year’s trip is [...]

There’s a new Abbey book out, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos From An American Iconoclast, edited by Dave Petersen (Ghost Grizzlies; On the Wild Edge) and with a forward by the well known Terry Tempest Williams.
This is an interesting collection of more than 150 of Abbey’s unpublished letters.
I don’t reckon we can ever [...]

A story that came out on Alternet today sums up what war is all about: profits.
Big ones.
As Howard Zinn said, the health of the nation is war. It’s so obvious, and I cannot, for the life of me, understand why more people can’t see this.
The United States military has somewhere between 700 and 850 bases [...]