jgtaylor

Failed States

When your failed states state clearly your failures, what then can you say? That it was all them? You did all that you could? No – No, you can not counter the accusations of the dead when they have thrown themselves at your feet, speaking the only language you ever taught them, The Bomb.

dead jackrabbit

… and in those deserts, those dunes lie the children of those dunes. the only time anyone is out there is when they’re looking for something. there’s a wholeness to the sadness; not this schizophrenic pursuit of happiness. the neanderthal dream, water coming to you, food coming to you, sex coming to you, it coming … Read moredead jackrabbit

Big and Small

he was a tall man often dark – spring until fall. bye and bye he became a small man always white – inside scared all year round. i never saw him so beautiful: when he was small and as afraid as I had always been. I dreamed of destroying him when he was small in … Read moreBig and Small

Baited Hooks

black cabs for a music gimick, hi-jacked urbania hipped out with the corporate gimick – i can’t tell if it’s a fight back or fight with cause i’m kicked in the head by the black spot shoe the same as I am the Pele Brazil Puma. I can’t tell – that’s the problem; am I … Read moreBaited Hooks

DC Gun Ban Shot Down

On Wednesday or Thursday [always hard to tell from here in Europe], the US Supreme Court decided that Washington D.C.’s ban on Handguns (not rifles, mind you), violated the rights of the citizen to “keep and bear arms”. You can read about it here. According to the 5 to 4 majority, “Self Defense” was a primary factor in the decision.
My Question:
Now that I can legally defend myself, must I continue to pay for the Police that do not, will not, and can not defend me? And to take it a logical step further, can I set out to defend myself against such things as a severe and potentially life-threatening encroachment upon my liberties by a Court that views the Government as “Infallible”? Am I to use my newly affirmed right to Self-Defense against those who would spy on me, search my home without a warrant, harass my friends, family, business associates, and merchants with “National Security Letters”?
Just how far does my right to defend myself go? And – I want shoulder fired missiles to use against the Police Helicopters that invade my neighborhood (when I live in DC) daily and nightly.

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Where to from here?

So, I’ve been accumulating things to write about, and not actually writing about them. It occurred to me that I should write them down in a list to return to and see what it was I wanted to write about. Oh, and I thought of something else, should anybody have any deep thoughts on these … Read moreWhere to from here?

Applying a Paradox

“I swear to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic” – and it seems to me that doesn’t jive with “some parts of the Constitution don’t apply”, like the 4th amendment. If, say, for example, Al-Queda [as imaginary as they are], were to take over our fine land, they would invalidate … Read moreApplying a Paradox

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