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Found a new one. Actually he linked to us first. It is called ClockWork. I like it, but then again I am a big Clockwork Orange fan...
See what I mean: ClockWork
Link also added to the list on the left. Cheers!
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"A Thanksgiving Prayer"
By William S. Burroughs
To John Dillinger, in hopes that he is still alive:
Thanks for the wild turkey and passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through holes in American guts.
Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.
Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.
Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin, leaving the carcasses to rot.
Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.
Thanks for the American Dream: to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through.
Thanks for the KKK, for nigger-killin' lawmen feelin' their notches, for decent church-goin' women with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces.
Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers.
Thanks for laboratory AIDS.
Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.
Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind his own business.
Thanks for a nation of finks.
Yes, thanks for all the memories--alright let's see your arms! You always were a headache and you always were a bore.
Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986
<-- 7:48 AM MT -->
To all you USA Citizens out there, Happy Thanksgiving!
To all you Native American Indians out there, sorry about the stupidity of the past few hundred years.
Of course, Thanksgiving is not really about history anymore. We as Americans seem to forget the meaning behind things rather quickly, and adopt more general "feel good about yourself" ideals for our most important pieces of history. July 4th no longer signifies the independence of the USA from the British, it is the day you get to go blow stuff up and try not to get caught in most areas. Thanksgiving is a day to eat tons of food, and try to forget the fact that it marks the day in history that began the genocide of 100 million Native Americans.
Christmas is the worst of them all. No longer does it signify the “birth of Christ,” rather it is the day you get lots of stuff from the people you know. Bastardized to the point that even non-religious people celebrate it just to get presents. Isn’t the Christian faith fun? Coupled with the mentality of today’s “American” we can forget about history and get on with eating and getting free stuff from our loved ones.
So today, as you are stuffing your face with all kinds of good food, take a moment and think about the 100 million Native Americans who gave their life and their land so that you can be here to forget about them. Think about all the culture and history that has been swept under the corporate carpet that we call the USA. Think about the people who are living (impoverished) on government subsidized land not quite big enough for them to carry on their rich culture. Think about all of this and then try and stomach your turkey. Remember history is all around us, and if we don’t learn from it, we are doomed to repeat it.
Manifest Destiny was no better an ideal then Hitler’s “Nationalism.”
Found a new one. Actually he linked to us first. It is called ClockWork. I like it, but then again I am a big Clockwork Orange fan...
See what I mean: ClockWork
Link also added to the list on the left. Cheers!
<-- 7:01 PM MT -->
"A Thanksgiving Prayer"
By William S. Burroughs
To John Dillinger, in hopes that he is still alive:
Thanks for the wild turkey and passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through holes in American guts.
Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.
Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.
Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin, leaving the carcasses to rot.
Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.
Thanks for the American Dream: to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through.
Thanks for the KKK, for nigger-killin' lawmen feelin' their notches, for decent church-goin' women with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces.
Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers.
Thanks for laboratory AIDS.
Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.
Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind his own business.
Thanks for a nation of finks.
Yes, thanks for all the memories--alright let's see your arms! You always were a headache and you always were a bore.
Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986
<-- 7:48 AM MT -->
To all you USA Citizens out there, Happy Thanksgiving!
To all you Native American Indians out there, sorry about the stupidity of the past few hundred years.
Of course, Thanksgiving is not really about history anymore. We as Americans seem to forget the meaning behind things rather quickly, and adopt more general "feel good about yourself" ideals for our most important pieces of history. July 4th no longer signifies the independence of the USA from the British, it is the day you get to go blow stuff up and try not to get caught in most areas. Thanksgiving is a day to eat tons of food, and try to forget the fact that it marks the day in history that began the genocide of 100 million Native Americans.
Christmas is the worst of them all. No longer does it signify the “birth of Christ,” rather it is the day you get lots of stuff from the people you know. Bastardized to the point that even non-religious people celebrate it just to get presents. Isn’t the Christian faith fun? Coupled with the mentality of today’s “American” we can forget about history and get on with eating and getting free stuff from our loved ones.
So today, as you are stuffing your face with all kinds of good food, take a moment and think about the 100 million Native Americans who gave their life and their land so that you can be here to forget about them. Think about all the culture and history that has been swept under the corporate carpet that we call the USA. Think about the people who are living (impoverished) on government subsidized land not quite big enough for them to carry on their rich culture. Think about all of this and then try and stomach your turkey. Remember history is all around us, and if we don’t learn from it, we are doomed to repeat it.
Manifest Destiny was no better an ideal then Hitler’s “Nationalism.”
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