Jack Burns Lives!

One of my favorite fictional characters, Gus McCrae from Lonesome Dove, talked about appreciating the little things in life, like “a warm bed or a glass of buttermilk.” I ain’t so fond of buttermilk, but I fully appreciate the point of being thankful for the little things. For the necessities and what some call [...]

Looks like the guvment has decided to try its hand at theatre with the New York based “trial” of alleged 9/11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. With the economy in the tank, the military bogged down in what everyone knows is an “unwinnable” war and the healthcare fiasco, the guvment needs something to derail attention [...]

“Be of good cheer, the military-industrial state will soon collapse. Meanwhile, we must do all in our power to oppose, resist, and subvert its desperate aggrandizements. As a matter of course. As a matter of honor.”-Edward Abbey
It’s time to get busy with the real work of bringing the beast to its knees. No more support [...]

Hayduke, I think it’s time. Time for us to get busy and do the messy work these young pups apparently ain’t willing or don’t know how to do.
I’m takin’ Whiskey to the livery for some shoes, picking up a good mule and some supplies and will be headed toward the old rendezvous spot. She’s [...]

Bathed in sunlight, I start to slip away.
Into that realm just before sleep, a sort
of semi-consciousness, a restful place
between here and there where strange, random
images and thoughts seemingly appear out of
nowhere. You’re not thinking; they’re just
there, like clouds floating in the October wind.
As I drift away in the warm sun, I find myself
within a shower [...]

From Democracy Now:
CBS: Obama to Send Up to 40,000 Troops to Afghanistan
More reports are emerging that President Obama has decided to send as many as 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. CBS News reported last night that Obama plans to send four combat brigades plus thousands of additional troops beginning in early 2010. Over the [...]

Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower
The Guardian UK
“The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.
The senior official claims the US [...]

Audio is here.

“If we’re going to fight wars as a nation, then we need to draw our warriors from a wider swath of the population and give them the full and complete support that they need and deserve. We’ll no doubt be analyzing the twisted psychological state of Nidal Malik Hasan every which way from sundown. But [...]