Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children... This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
Hearing about your day. Falling asleep quickly. Waking up early and then going back to sleep. Coffee and cigarettes. Alcohol and intimacy. Seeing local news anchors around town and acting either really rude or super star-struck depending on my mood. Driving with a sense of self-importance and infallibility. Petting the one-eyed kitten. Watching TV without commercials. Pointing out what W did wrong today. Pasta stuffed with something. Keeping a mental list of music for my wedding. NPR. Quoting stuff I think is meaningful but really isn't when delivered second-hand. Running an interior narrative of my life i.e. Christmas Story & Wonder Years. Kashmir, Seviche and Jack Frys. Drawing up detailed budgets and abandoning them quickly. Cahoots, Outlook, Highland Tap Room & Hideaway. Traveling the world. Checking you out.
People who love America and want to protect it from the psychopathic cowboy.
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Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sade, Rondo Sterling, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, The Doors, Shakira, The Beatles, Talib Kweli, U2, The Roots, Rolling Stones, Tribe Called Quest, Simon & Garfunkle, Bach, De La Soul, Herbie Hancock, Blondie, Miles Davis, The Time, Keith Jarrett, Wu Tang Clan, Manu Chao, Beethoven, Buena Vista Social Club, Ice Cube, Weezer, Soundgarden, Depeche Mode, The Police, Kool Keith, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Clash, The Cure, Nirvana, Public Enemy, Lou Reed, Pharcyde, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Elton John
Fist of Legend, Spirited Away, Fight Club, Rules of Attraction, Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Moulin Rouge, The Grudge, LOTR, Transformers, A Streetcar Name Desire, Anchorman, American Beauty, On the Waterfront, Seven Samurai, Old School, Batman, The Hustler, Fifth Element, Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
The Office, 30 Rock, Colbert Report, Daily Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, SNL, DBZ, Sealab 2021, Boston Legal, Discovery Channel
Wigfield, Sirens of Titan, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Glamorama, Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them, America, You Shall Know Our Velocity, LOTR, 1984, Harry Potter, Bushwacked, A Farewell to Arms
Abe Lincoln, Bill Walton, FDR, Gandhi, Kurt Vonnegutt, Eddie Izzard, Stephen Colbert, Optimus Prime