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www.notinourname.org
We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in our names
Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions
of blood for oil
Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless
Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for
Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil
Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us
Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil
Not by our will
and Not in our name
We pledge resistance
We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity
We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice,
freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.
I'd like to meet:
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."- Jack Kerouac, On The Road, 1957
Music:
Honestly I can listen to anything. A few of my favs include Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin, Def Leppard, Tool, U2, Corrine Bailey Ray, Howie Day, Citizen Cope, Joe Purdy, John West, Dave Matthews, Weekend Players, Morcheeba, Jamie Cullum, Pink, Sublime, Blue October, Skye, Dave Seaman, A Perfect Circle, etc.
Movies:
CRASH - MOTORCYCLE DIARIES - FINDING NEVERLAND - BLOOD DIAMOND - HOTEL ROWANDA...BEST FUCKING MOVIES EVER!!! Garden State, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, The Professional, Big Lebowski, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Adventures in Babysitting, The Life of David Gale, Rat Race, Casino, Ronin, A Bronx Tale, Gia, Better Than Chocolate, I could seriously go on for days................................
Television:
Burn Notice, Man vs. Wild, Myth Busters, anything on the History or Discovery Channel.
Books:
I read like there's no tomorrow. Human struggle and triumph is my fav genre. Other than that, popular fiction or biographies. Eat, Pray, Love:The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry:I Know This Much is True:Sophie's World:House of Leaves:Ceremony:The Toughest Indian in the World:Funny Boy: Muting White Noise:Plato's Complete Works:The Truth About Stories:The Tao:Tuesdays With Morrie:Dante's Divine Comedy: Atlas Shrugged:The Vagina Monologues:This Painted House: Kite Runner:Tipping the Velvet:Clockwork Orange:A Million Little Pieces:My Sister's Keeper:White Oleander:ALOUD: Poetry from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe:Miguel Pinero's Poetry:Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a beautiful author,....I could go on forever!
Heroes:
Nkosi Johnson - R.I.P. Your dream and legacy continue to inspire.
Friends of Bill W. Anyone who has ever crossed my path in life, even if only briefly.
