"Oh, Mesopotamia"
When the warriors return from battle...Will they return with Tales of the Arabian Nights...And of sacred sites and water works,All visited and "saved"?:Will they be able to recount to generationsYet unbornOf the wonders of the BIRTHPLACE OF CIVILIZATION?Of the "Fertile Crescent" between Tigris and Euphrates?This was Home to Hammurabi and the code of LAWChiseled in cuneiform hieroglyph in stone...Home to The Diaspora...Home to "the tower of Babylonia"..."Oh, Greater Mesopotamia"......Now that we have left YOU in ruins...Release us, please, from "your grip"..."Oh, Mesopotamia",All along YOU knew:WATER IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD (or oil)..
Knock Your Socks off with KUNG FU HUSTLE
Christopher Chow's movie on dvd,
Kung Fu Hustle, has to be a Cult Classic*** in the kung fu-kick boxing movie genre.Taking place in Pig Sty City this is a surreal, socialist-realism story of venality and corruption-- the down and out tenant-dweller Guang Dongers facing off against the men-in-black city slickers fromShanghai-- as well as a story of love (lost and regained), of a battle for the heart and soul of kung fu, 'ku li' allegiance and loyalty.The kung fu is awesome, 'ku li', as well.All I can say is:This beautifully filmed and choreographed film will
knock your socks off.
Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose: "The more things change, the more they remain the same..."
CHUCK'S predictions:DEMOCRATIC PARTY controlled House in 2006.DEMOCRATIC PARTY controlled SENATE in 2008.KERRY Presidency in 2008.* * *
HOWEVER, sadly, the "FROSTING on the CAKE " may be that...THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY may CO-OPTTHE OIL IMPERIALISM POLICY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
No Need" To Beat Around The Bush"
I have been "beating around the Bush" for too long. The problem in the United States is much deeper than the "Bushies"...after all "YOU GOTTA LOVE 'EM"...and, sadly, their values reflect the values of many, many AMERICANS.The COUNTRY'S PROBLEM- and it is a longstanding problem- is that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has become a LEECH sucking up PLANETARY REAOURCES and CHEAP THIRD-WORLD LABOR for a long, long time.And , by and large- in spite of idealistic rhetoric about equity and fairness- AMERICA LIKES ITS 'FREE LUNCH'. Third World Rage at AMERICA'S INSATIABLE CONSUMING APPETITE was the root motivation behind 9/11/2001- whether the act was planned at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or, as the Bush Administration has concocted its version... in a cave in Afghanistan.Either way, the message is the same:THIRD WORLD 'ECONOMIC SLAVES' CHOOSE NOT TO FEED EARTH'S RESOURCES TO THE CONSUMING MONSTER THAT THE USA HAS BECOME.Can you blame them?
