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Darrell

Don't go around acting as though the world owes you something; the world was here first

About Me

I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad. I'm a teacher.

My Interests

Theories of the effect of education on a democracy, especially those of John Dewey.

I'd like to meet:

Noam Chomsky; Kurt Vonnegut; Ralph Nader; Dennis Kucinich; Fred Shuttlesworth

Music:

Dylan; REM; Beatles; Stones; Replacements; Stevie Wonder; Traffic; FUGAZI; I'm not as much a music fanatic as some would have me to be, or as much as I would like to be. It's cliche, but I like good music; I don't like cheap music. The Whole Fantastic World; Pilot to Gunner; GBV; My Morning Jacket; early Elton John; Joni Mitchell; AC/DC fuckin rock; as does the Zep. Add some!

Movies:

currently "Syriana" and "Breakfast On Pluto" longtime "The Crying Game," "Apocalypse Now," "Blade Runner"

Television:

An odd mixture of PBS and Law and Order...any of the variations.

Books:

"Manufacturing Consent" Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman "For Reasons of State" Noam Chomsky "Parting The Waters" Taylor Branch "Raise High the Roofbeam Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction" J. D. Salinger "In Time of Torment" I. F. Stone "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Boy On Earth" "Battle Cry of Freedom" James McPherson Anything except "Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut

Heroes:

Chomsky; Vonnegut; Nader

My Blog

Whatcha readin?

Didn't know what else to categorize this blog under.  Reading Joshua Ferris' "Then We Came To The End," and I ran across this line. "No religion, either, for what was religion but one group seek...
Posted by Darrell on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:19:00 PST

Plamegate and on and on and on

Watching CSPAN tonight.  Saw a congressional committe meeting on CIA Leak Investigations.  Plame was testifying, and a Republican congressman actually asked her what political party she supp...
Posted by Darrell on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST

aren't they all

I don't know much about the field of candidates that the Republicans have running for 2008.  I know McCain's a war criminal from Vietnam; Guiliani's a mayor that exploited his city's tragedy for ...
Posted by Darrell on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

meet the new boss, same as the...

HOLY SHIT!!  THAT HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!  GET ME A BUCKET OF GASOLINE TO THROW ON IT!! --- my impression of Bush's speech tonight about his "new" policy in Iraq. And, of course, (except for ...
Posted by Darrell on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

my family tree

Thanksgiving, 2006: My sister: "Well, that is before they shipped all the jobs to Mexico." [commenting on a job she once had, but had been laid off because the company outsourced all the work] Me: "An...
Posted by Darrell on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:20:00 PST

the king is dead; long live the king

Robert Altman died last night.  Comments? I just read a great article in the new Harper's.  I want to see all of Werner Herzog's films.  Also, there's a great article about fundame...
Posted by Darrell on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:23:00 PST

i know this is old, but so am i

Bush's lesson drawn from American involvement in Vietnam NOT: Imperialism is wrong, no matter who perpetrates it. NOT: All people have a right to self-government; in whatever form they see fit. NOT: T...
Posted by Darrell on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:32:00 PST

I am opening the dark doorway

Goddamn, it has been since July that I've posted on here.  What the fuck is up with that? Okay, here goes. Today at work some guy accosted the Muslim woman who works there.  I'm not sure of ...
Posted by Darrell on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:55:00 PST

an obviously biased viewpoint

Yesterday in the Birmingham News, the Commentary section ran a point/counterpoint style column comparing the Israeli and Arab views of the current US backed Israeli war.  I thought I would take a...
Posted by Darrell on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:10:00 PST

here's the problem

Today, congress failed to approve the suggested minimum wage increase. While gas prices soar and a loaf of bread becomes a days pay for some of our fellow americans; the ones making the judgement...
Posted by Darrell on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:31:00 PST