“Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat.”
~ Mark Twain
Labor day was made a federal holiday after the Pullman Strike. It was a national strike of railway workers. The Pullman Strike ended in a bit of tragedy. The President sent the National Guard and US Marshals to end the strike. Death and injury resulted, as well as large amounts of property damage. Eugene V. Debs led the strike. He was eventually incarcerated on a minor charge. It was while in jail that Debs read the works of Karl Marx. Debs became a socialist and ran for President in 1900.
Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most – that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.
~ Eugene V. Debs
We owe a lot to these organizers, of unions and protests, in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was these brave people who stood up to corporate thuggery and government force. They paved the way for workplace safety standards, fair wages, fair conditions, and many other labor laws that save thousands of lives every year.
While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
~ Eugene V. Debs
Today is Labor Day. Let us not forget what “Labor” means in Labor Day. It means the worker. Labor day is not “Production Day.” It was a national holiday created in support of the labor that keeps society going.
I’m not saying this book will change your life. But, this book will change your life! Get your copy of The Facial Hair Handbook now!
Some people believe a book is just pieces of paper, marked with ink and bound in one volume. That is sometimes true. I happened upon a copy of Twilight in the drug store one day . . . and really, it was just text on pages. After an incomplete sentence and two misspelled words, I put it back.
Other times, there are books that can change your life. Who needs Dianetics when you can have The Facial Hair Handbook? This is a must have for everyone. Ladies, don’t have a beard: that is just fine. You can just get this book for the cover and the eloquent prose within it. (Ladies: If you do have a beard, you might want to shave it.) Men, if you do not have a beard, you might some day, you need this book!
The guy’s got swagger in spades…and that attitude comes through on the pages. That makes the book a fun read – even if your aspirations for facial adornment never move beyond the milk-mustache phase.
– LA Times
I recommend every man have two things: A beard and this book.
– Phil Olsen, Captain of Beard Team USA
“That would be as silly as loving it,” I said. “It’s impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn’t interest me. It’s no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can’t think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can’t believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.”
This has been a quote I have been fond of for most of my life. The author was a WWII Veteran that was captured by the Nazi’s and held prisoner in Dresden. He was a POW during the bombing of Dresden.
Here are a few direct quotes from this man who fought for the freedoms of the United States:
“By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East?” he wrote. “Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.”
“I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d’etat imaginable. And those now in charge of the federal government are upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography, plus not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka ‘Christians,’ and plus, most frighteningly, psychopathic personalities,or ‘PPs.’”
This American author praised men such as Eugene Debs and Trotsky. (Both Socialists.)
Mos Def reads from Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s book Voices of a People’s History of the United States, November 11, 2006, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California. For more information, visit: http://www.peopleshistory.us.
The world is pretty crazy right now. To all of my readers overseas, let us examine what is really going on:
In America, we know that “gay marriage” is a terrible thing. We have to ban it. This “sacred institution” needs to be preserved. We need this institution. It was started as a means to subjugate women. What could be more important? First we let gay people get married, and then we have to figure out: Who is the husband? Which one owns the other one? Who gets to take most of the money in the divorce? We might even have to make wedding cakes with two brides on the top.
Sex with goats. That has a lot of gray area. Florida recently failed to ban beastiality, and it is a good thing too. I mean, how do we know if the animal is consenting or not? Do not let this cloud your judgment, though. If men like having sex with men, it does not matter if it is consensual. They need to do it the good, old fashioned way: In a sleazy hotel with a lot of crystal meth, preferably with a male hooker or employee. If you are in a hurry, you could always just jerk each other off in the restroom. But to actually live with someone that you love and share in their life is unacceptable if you are the same gender. (Gay women should not be allowed to marry, but we don’t want to talk about it too much, because all the straight men will get erections thinking about it, although, lesbians never have mullets and skull tattoos in heterosexual lesbian fantasies.)
These are important issues, not like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Governor of Texas let us know that the oil spill was “God’s will” and that “nothing could have been done about it.” When I farted in the elevator last week, that was God’s will, too. Hurricane Katrina was also God’s will. And the Earthquake in Haiti was “God’s will.” This is not important. What is important is covering up the cartoon breast on the seal of the State of Virginia. This is a much more pressing issue then the coal mines that collapsed next door. The State of Virginia is also currently celebrating their loss in the War of Northern Aggression. They do not want to be concerned with trivial issues like slavery, but want to delve into the spirit of what caused them to lose the war against the United States government and be forced to have a tit on their state seal.
People from Mexico coming into the United States has nothing to do with “God.” Illegal immigrants are another big issue. Everyone is concerned. The people on the Right are so outraged that Mexican children are working in the fields and building their houses with no workplace standards, they want to enact an Apartheid system. Apparently, it is much easier to get a nanny from China or Africa and beat her into submission, because she can’t just leave. The people on the Left are all worked up about illegal immigration, too. They claim that “no one is illegal” even when they are not legal. Everyone has a very strong stance on the issue and are consumed with the details so much that they don’t have time to actually look at what is going on in Mexico. While the drug cartels are assassinating the entire government of Mexico, we have so much to worry about, like sex with goats, gay marriages, and abortion.
The abortion issue is currently a big deal because of Universal Healthcare. Apparently, the President passed a bill that provides Universal Healthcare. This is terrible. It is so terrible, that people logically loaded their guns and marched on National and State capitals. (I know that it shouldn’t even need to be said. Whenever I think about healthcare, my first response is to load my assault rifle.) These people know what is really going on, the things that are not written anywhere. They can read between the lines:
First we let gays marry, and then we give poor people preventative healthcare, and the slippery slope starts… next thing you know, everyone is being forced into gay marriages and Communist death panels start deciding who is getting a gay abortion. Meanwhile, God is dumping oil along the coastline, so you have to have sex with your goats farther inland… no animal sex on the beach.
We also have a Black President with a funny name. This means he is a follower of Marx, a Muslim, a Communist, a BlackNationalist, a Socialist, the Anti-Christ, a Zionist and a black Stalin/Mao/Castro. He is NOT, under any circumstances Se Seko Mobutu. Mobutu may have caused the death of half a million people a year, but he was not a Communist and all of those people were Black Africans, so they were probably going to die in a year or so anyway. (We all know that is all that happens in Africa… people kill each other, or get a disease, and die – while the noble animals are all sitting around discussing important issues, like what people to have sex with and not letting gay animals have married abortions.) This Communist President bailed out private automotive industries to help them keep people employed. He also bailed out banks and financial institutions. He did not nationalize these institutions, because he does not want to show his hand yet… the Communist Conspiracy of Kenya. Continue reading It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Recent Comments