Same 80-20 Rule!!
Saturday, July 30, 2005
The Eighty-Twenty Rule Explains A Lot
Every now and then (for what it’s worth) I stumble upon an insight.
For some time I’ve wondered why Wall Street, business gurus, and others cheer when thousands of workers get laid off. I’ve wondered why these same folks positively report small increases in the number of NEW jobs, but downplay the vast differences between these new minimum-wage/no-or-reduced-benefits jobs and the jobs from which the “new” workers were laid off. I’ve wondered how they could cheer when the number of new jobs fell short by half compared to what the “experts” had much earlier said was required each month – OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS - just to catch up with what had been lost.
I’ve wondered why, as the numbers laid off increased and the numbers relying on food banks increased (I’ve visited the food banks – ask them if you don’t believe me), and the numbers giving up on finding work (and thus being removed from the totals of the “unemployed”) increased, the official line was that “the economy has turned the corner” and that “all the economic indicators are good.”
How could this be?
I’ve wondered why we could end the inheritance tax, cut the taxes for the wealthy (and make those “temporary” cuts permanent), make war on Iraq (whether we really needed to or not), and give tax handouts to Halliburton, oil interests, and others - without the slightest regard as to whether we could pay for it – while being most certain that we CAN’T afford Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid .
Hmmmmmmmmmm . . .
I’ve wondered how non-Social Security pensions could be dropped or degraded without an uproar, how such a destructive loss could be seen as a PLUS for America.
It all seemed crazy. Then two things converged: “The Corporation” Disk 2 and The Wall Street Urinal Editorial Report on PBS.
If you get the chance, see, rent, borrow, whatever “The Corporation.” It’s quite informative and – depending on where your eyelids presently rest - eye-opening. On Disk 2, which offers commentary not in the film, Noam Chomsky reports on a “law” taught in business schools (of which I – and probably you too – had never heard):
“ Every corporation knows – in fact it’s a rule, a law, taught in business schools. It’s called ‘the eighty-twenty rule,’ which is that 20% of your customers give you 80% of your profit, and if you can figure out a way to get rid of the other 80%, you’re better off. By now there are ways to do that.”
Well, that explains it, if you ask me.
The thousands who get laid off, the few who get shitty “new” jobs, those who give up on finding life-sustaining jobs, those who are pressed into frequenting food banks and charity-handout clothing outlets, those who have lost their pensions and health care, those who never had a pension or health care, those who will be screwed by the putting off of and the downsizing of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; all of these folks are in the 80% that business schools teach should be “gotten rid of.” No big F’n deal! Actually, OUR problems are a PLUS for THEIR America – at least from the perspective of the 20% who RUN America and run the Business Schools!
OK, you think I’m over-reacting, that I’m hyperbolizing! Well that’s where “The Wall Street Urinal Editorial Report” on PBS comes in!
I’m not making this shit up!
Tune in to these morons some time (their most recent excess is at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/072905/briefing.html . They are like vampires sitting around bitching about how their victims resent having their blood and independence sucked right out of them by their “betters.” My god!! How gauche we all are!! The 80% should shut up, kiss these fucker’s bourgeoisie asses and shut up! They smirk and chuckle in disbelief at our outlandish notions of reality.
They report – and they are astonished – that a large majority of us (according to polls) think the economy is getting worse and that an even larger majority of us believe that Bush’s policies are not helping. Impossible!!
These assholes are perfectly ecstatic over the plight of the 80% - it helps the 20% (they actually express glee that unions are declining, and that pensions and health care are being eliminated). It helps the 20 %! Fuck the rest of us!
Hey! It all makes sense. Everything that happens here and in the world is measured by how it affects the few shit-heads on top. The next time some news report sounds confusing, just look at it as if you are one of the anointed, and even if you don’t like it or agree with it, at least you’ll UNDERSTAND it.
- Uke Man
For some time I’ve wondered why Wall Street, business gurus, and others cheer when thousands of workers get laid off. I’ve wondered why these same folks positively report small increases in the number of NEW jobs, but downplay the vast differences between these new minimum-wage/no-or-reduced-benefits jobs and the jobs from which the “new” workers were laid off. I’ve wondered how they could cheer when the number of new jobs fell short by half compared to what the “experts” had much earlier said was required each month – OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS - just to catch up with what had been lost.
I’ve wondered why, as the numbers laid off increased and the numbers relying on food banks increased (I’ve visited the food banks – ask them if you don’t believe me), and the numbers giving up on finding work (and thus being removed from the totals of the “unemployed”) increased, the official line was that “the economy has turned the corner” and that “all the economic indicators are good.”
How could this be?
I’ve wondered why we could end the inheritance tax, cut the taxes for the wealthy (and make those “temporary” cuts permanent), make war on Iraq (whether we really needed to or not), and give tax handouts to Halliburton, oil interests, and others - without the slightest regard as to whether we could pay for it – while being most certain that we CAN’T afford Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid .
Hmmmmmmmmmm . . .
I’ve wondered how non-Social Security pensions could be dropped or degraded without an uproar, how such a destructive loss could be seen as a PLUS for America.
It all seemed crazy. Then two things converged: “The Corporation” Disk 2 and The Wall Street Urinal Editorial Report on PBS.
If you get the chance, see, rent, borrow, whatever “The Corporation.” It’s quite informative and – depending on where your eyelids presently rest - eye-opening. On Disk 2, which offers commentary not in the film, Noam Chomsky reports on a “law” taught in business schools (of which I – and probably you too – had never heard):
“ Every corporation knows – in fact it’s a rule, a law, taught in business schools. It’s called ‘the eighty-twenty rule,’ which is that 20% of your customers give you 80% of your profit, and if you can figure out a way to get rid of the other 80%, you’re better off. By now there are ways to do that.”
Well, that explains it, if you ask me.
The thousands who get laid off, the few who get shitty “new” jobs, those who give up on finding life-sustaining jobs, those who are pressed into frequenting food banks and charity-handout clothing outlets, those who have lost their pensions and health care, those who never had a pension or health care, those who will be screwed by the putting off of and the downsizing of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; all of these folks are in the 80% that business schools teach should be “gotten rid of.” No big F’n deal! Actually, OUR problems are a PLUS for THEIR America – at least from the perspective of the 20% who RUN America and run the Business Schools!
OK, you think I’m over-reacting, that I’m hyperbolizing! Well that’s where “The Wall Street Urinal Editorial Report” on PBS comes in!
I’m not making this shit up!
Tune in to these morons some time (their most recent excess is at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/072905/briefing.html . They are like vampires sitting around bitching about how their victims resent having their blood and independence sucked right out of them by their “betters.” My god!! How gauche we all are!! The 80% should shut up, kiss these fucker’s bourgeoisie asses and shut up! They smirk and chuckle in disbelief at our outlandish notions of reality.
They report – and they are astonished – that a large majority of us (according to polls) think the economy is getting worse and that an even larger majority of us believe that Bush’s policies are not helping. Impossible!!
These assholes are perfectly ecstatic over the plight of the 80% - it helps the 20% (they actually express glee that unions are declining, and that pensions and health care are being eliminated). It helps the 20 %! Fuck the rest of us!
Hey! It all makes sense. Everything that happens here and in the world is measured by how it affects the few shit-heads on top. The next time some news report sounds confusing, just look at it as if you are one of the anointed, and even if you don’t like it or agree with it, at least you’ll UNDERSTAND it.
- Uke Man
Friday, July 29, 2005
Fun @ Talita's
Hey! The band met tonight at Talita’s Tex-Mex Restaurant on North High Street as a kick off planning session for a September tour of
East Coast venues.
It looks like NYC September 22, Boston September 23, and Providence September 24.
A good time was had by all!
Hey!! This is fun!!! More in a while.
- Uke Man
East Coast venues.
It looks like NYC September 22, Boston September 23, and Providence September 24.
A good time was had by all!
Hey!! This is fun!!! More in a while.
- Uke Man
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Democracy & Freedom on the March - Good thing we went to war
News item:
A draft of the upcoming Iraqi Constitution says, “Islam is the official religion of the state and is the main source of legislation . . . No law that contradicts with its rules can be promulgated.” The document also grants the Shiite religious leadership in Najaf a “guiding role.” AP 7-27-05
Yes sir!!! Democracy and freedom are on the march!! Can’t wait until Christianity becomes the “official religion of [our] state” so no laws can be promulgated that conflict with the views of Pat Robertson and Rod Parsley - in their “guiding role.”
Yes sir! Democracy and freedom are on the march!
(in full faith-based retreat!)
- Uke Man
A draft of the upcoming Iraqi Constitution says, “Islam is the official religion of the state and is the main source of legislation . . . No law that contradicts with its rules can be promulgated.” The document also grants the Shiite religious leadership in Najaf a “guiding role.” AP 7-27-05
Yes sir!!! Democracy and freedom are on the march!! Can’t wait until Christianity becomes the “official religion of [our] state” so no laws can be promulgated that conflict with the views of Pat Robertson and Rod Parsley - in their “guiding role.”
Yes sir! Democracy and freedom are on the march!
(in full faith-based retreat!)
- Uke Man
Monday, July 25, 2005
Back to Kacy's for its Last Show - Wednesday
Hey Folks, The Ukulele Man will be appearing Wednesday night (July 27) at Kacy's Bar and Grill, 480 East Wilson Bridge Rd., Worthington Ohio 43085 (614-847-0780) doing up to 30 minutes on the open stage. Tyler Barnes, bass player of the band will be helping out, covering my ass.This venue is produced by my friend John Locke ( http://www.anenglishmanabroad.com/ ), singer/song-writer/story-teller/and more.
This will be the final presentation of John's excellent weekly presentation! So, drop in!! Or be square!!
The evening starts at 8:00. Directions:http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=480+East+Wilson+Bridge+Rd.&csz=Worthington%2C+Ohio&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=- Uke Man
This will be the final presentation of John's excellent weekly presentation! So, drop in!! Or be square!!
The evening starts at 8:00. Directions:http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=480+East+Wilson+Bridge+Rd.&csz=Worthington%2C+Ohio&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=- Uke Man
Sunday, July 24, 2005
"What's to worry? We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize THEY can be killed TOO! - Does this dress make me look fat?"
Vell, I'll tell you vhat. Not to vurry!! I'ffe said it before, undt I'll say it again. Ve kahn't let a little demokracy stand in the vay of Amerikan interests (vink-vink/nudge-nudge - they kouldn't lick my Dick und they kan't lick my Bush!! - Ask Pinochet!!).
"Don't worry!!! The "Hammer" will TELL you when to worry ... the itsy bitsey spider went up the water spout ...
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Don't Mess with Hillbillies
I’ve started reading Gwynne Dyer’s “Future:Tense.” Not far into it I was reminded of my “Hillbilly” theory.
My mom was born and raised in Chillicothe, Ohio, a working class town which, in the time of her youth – even more than now – the elite would have characterized as made up of hillbillies. My father was born and raised in Kendalville, Indiana; and the elite might have characterized his home town as being even more backward than Chillicothe.
I say this to let you know I identify with and respect “hillbillies,” a type of individual some may look down upon.
In any case, I went on record - before the war began - saying that Bush & Co. were wrong to invade Iraq, that they couldn’t win, and that they thought they COULD win only because they didn’t understand hillbillies (how could they, blinded by the reflection of the silver spoons in their mouths?).
Hillbillies have been looked down upon for a LONG time. They are not well-educated or cosmopolitan, have very little in this “ownership” society, barely get by, and have been getting barely by for a long time. They don’t complain much about that, although they may love Jesus and be less than kindly oriented toward minorities, gays, Catholics, “uppity women,” and “Liberals.” Nevertheless, hillbillies DO have certain, positive characteristics that the elite ignore at their peril.
Hillbillies have pride! They have very little else, and should you threaten THAT, you put your life on the line. “Freedom” ’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” You’d better be serious if you want to mess with a hillbilly’s pride.
Hillbillies have relatives – lots of ‘em. And none of them have EVER been treated properly, and all of them have LIVED with that and, nevertheless, STILL have never fucked with anyone - outside the “holler.” Now YOU want to destroy the “nuthin” that they have and cherish.
You are looking for trouble, and you are going to get it, and you are going to lose. You can’t kill enough hillbillies to convince the survivors to give up the only thing they’ve ever had. Every one you kill has a hundred relatives who KNOW what you did to Jed and what you want to do to them; and, “By God!” that’s only going to happen over their dead bodies! And those bodies will present themselves for destruction MUCH longer than you can stomach the presentation and ignore your personal cost.
The difference is that THEY are men and women who are not willing to live without self respect. THEY will die before they will knuckle under to your fantasy of self-serving domination. They HAVE no material future; they have only their self-respect; and they’ll die – almost every last one of them – to stop YOU from taking that just to add a nickel to your pile of wealth!
Bush can’t win fucking with Arab hillbillies - he won't even get their oil.
Here’s how Gwynne Dyer put it:
“In anti-colonial guerrilla wars, the locals always win. The Dutch learned that lesson in Indonesia, the French in Viet Nam and Algeria, the British in Kenya and Cypress, and the Portuguese in Angola and Mozambique. The United States went through the same learning process in Viet Nam, and the Russians in Afghanistan. It’s all about how much time and how many lives the two sides are willing to spend on the issue. The fighting might go on for years, the better-equipped foreigners will win almost all the battles, and ten or twenty guerrillas may die for each foreign soldier, but there is an endless supply of locals and very little patience for a long war with high casualties back in the foreigners’ home country. In the end the foreigners invariably succumb to the temptation to cut their losses and go home, because otherwise there will be no end; the guerrillas are never going to quit and go home, because they already are home. And it makes no difference how noble the foreigners think their motives are; only the opinion of the locals counts.
Almost all of America’s friends and allies in the world understand this, which is why they have been trying to make it easy for the United States to get out of Iraq quickly without losing too much face. That was the purpose of the Security Council resolution in June 2004 that retrospectively cast a cloak of legitimacy over the U,S. presence in Iraq and the puppet regime it was installing there. French president Jacques Chirac, as blunt as ever, called it ‘an exit strategy from a crisis,’ but he supported it too.
Nobody was willing to send more troops into the Iraq cauldron or to bless the occupation as a UN operation – the whole point of the exercise was to get the U.S. troops out – but they were all willing to indulge in a little hypocrisy if it would speed American troops on their way. They were well aware that chaos might reign in Iraq afterwards, but Iraq was in chaos already. The priority for the whole world was to get the U.S. defeat in Iraq over with and forgotten as soon as possible and with the least possible damage to American self-esteem, rather than submit to the inevitability of a long, bitter, losing guerrilla war that would set the United States against the rest of the world, feed Islamist extremism, and undermine the whole project for great-power collaboration in the service of peace.”
So, what's the point?
Don’t fuck with hillbillies. They don’t have anything to begin with - except their lives and their honor. You mess with that, Mr. Powerboy “Spread Democracy & Freedom” Entrepreneur, and you’ll end up being sorry, and you’ll never hear the end of it. We won't let you.
- Uke Man
My mom was born and raised in Chillicothe, Ohio, a working class town which, in the time of her youth – even more than now – the elite would have characterized as made up of hillbillies. My father was born and raised in Kendalville, Indiana; and the elite might have characterized his home town as being even more backward than Chillicothe.
I say this to let you know I identify with and respect “hillbillies,” a type of individual some may look down upon.
In any case, I went on record - before the war began - saying that Bush & Co. were wrong to invade Iraq, that they couldn’t win, and that they thought they COULD win only because they didn’t understand hillbillies (how could they, blinded by the reflection of the silver spoons in their mouths?).
Hillbillies have been looked down upon for a LONG time. They are not well-educated or cosmopolitan, have very little in this “ownership” society, barely get by, and have been getting barely by for a long time. They don’t complain much about that, although they may love Jesus and be less than kindly oriented toward minorities, gays, Catholics, “uppity women,” and “Liberals.” Nevertheless, hillbillies DO have certain, positive characteristics that the elite ignore at their peril.
Hillbillies have pride! They have very little else, and should you threaten THAT, you put your life on the line. “Freedom” ’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” You’d better be serious if you want to mess with a hillbilly’s pride.
Hillbillies have relatives – lots of ‘em. And none of them have EVER been treated properly, and all of them have LIVED with that and, nevertheless, STILL have never fucked with anyone - outside the “holler.” Now YOU want to destroy the “nuthin” that they have and cherish.
You are looking for trouble, and you are going to get it, and you are going to lose. You can’t kill enough hillbillies to convince the survivors to give up the only thing they’ve ever had. Every one you kill has a hundred relatives who KNOW what you did to Jed and what you want to do to them; and, “By God!” that’s only going to happen over their dead bodies! And those bodies will present themselves for destruction MUCH longer than you can stomach the presentation and ignore your personal cost.
The difference is that THEY are men and women who are not willing to live without self respect. THEY will die before they will knuckle under to your fantasy of self-serving domination. They HAVE no material future; they have only their self-respect; and they’ll die – almost every last one of them – to stop YOU from taking that just to add a nickel to your pile of wealth!
Bush can’t win fucking with Arab hillbillies - he won't even get their oil.
Here’s how Gwynne Dyer put it:
“In anti-colonial guerrilla wars, the locals always win. The Dutch learned that lesson in Indonesia, the French in Viet Nam and Algeria, the British in Kenya and Cypress, and the Portuguese in Angola and Mozambique. The United States went through the same learning process in Viet Nam, and the Russians in Afghanistan. It’s all about how much time and how many lives the two sides are willing to spend on the issue. The fighting might go on for years, the better-equipped foreigners will win almost all the battles, and ten or twenty guerrillas may die for each foreign soldier, but there is an endless supply of locals and very little patience for a long war with high casualties back in the foreigners’ home country. In the end the foreigners invariably succumb to the temptation to cut their losses and go home, because otherwise there will be no end; the guerrillas are never going to quit and go home, because they already are home. And it makes no difference how noble the foreigners think their motives are; only the opinion of the locals counts.
Almost all of America’s friends and allies in the world understand this, which is why they have been trying to make it easy for the United States to get out of Iraq quickly without losing too much face. That was the purpose of the Security Council resolution in June 2004 that retrospectively cast a cloak of legitimacy over the U,S. presence in Iraq and the puppet regime it was installing there. French president Jacques Chirac, as blunt as ever, called it ‘an exit strategy from a crisis,’ but he supported it too.
Nobody was willing to send more troops into the Iraq cauldron or to bless the occupation as a UN operation – the whole point of the exercise was to get the U.S. troops out – but they were all willing to indulge in a little hypocrisy if it would speed American troops on their way. They were well aware that chaos might reign in Iraq afterwards, but Iraq was in chaos already. The priority for the whole world was to get the U.S. defeat in Iraq over with and forgotten as soon as possible and with the least possible damage to American self-esteem, rather than submit to the inevitability of a long, bitter, losing guerrilla war that would set the United States against the rest of the world, feed Islamist extremism, and undermine the whole project for great-power collaboration in the service of peace.”
So, what's the point?
Don’t fuck with hillbillies. They don’t have anything to begin with - except their lives and their honor. You mess with that, Mr. Powerboy “Spread Democracy & Freedom” Entrepreneur, and you’ll end up being sorry, and you’ll never hear the end of it. We won't let you.
- Uke Man
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Uke Man - Wednesday Night at Kacy's - Worthington
Hey Folks, The Ukulele Man will be appearing Wednesday night at Kacy's Bar and Grill, 480 East Wilson Bridge Rd., Worthington Ohio 43085 (614-847-0780) doing up to 30 minutes on the open stage. Tyler Barnes, bass player of the band will be helping out covering my ass.This venue is produced by my friend John Locke ( http://www.anenglishmanabroad.com/ ), singer/song-writer/story-teller/and more. It starts at 8:00. Stop by.
Directions:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=480+East+Wilson+Bridge+Rd.&csz=Worthington%2C+Ohio&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
- Uke Man
Directions:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=480+East+Wilson+Bridge+Rd.&csz=Worthington%2C+Ohio&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
- Uke Man
A Sick Puppy named Rove-R
Karl (“K” not “C”) Rove has kept a pretty low profile, but by now most Americans have seen pictures of the Doughboy.
Now, I don’t claim to be svelte or a “face boy” myself; and if I try really hard to be objective when gazing upon the Rovian visage, I’d have to say he’s average-looking – not an ugly guy but not Robert Redford either – he’s soft and smooth and has a flaccid little double chin – he’s not attractive but not repulsive either (I didn’t say HE wasn’t repulsive – just that his LOOKS aren’t).
Having said that, I still think we can tell a lot simply by looking at the creature John Stewart described as the one man in Washington with flesh-colored hair.
It’s been reported that as a child, Kkkarl was beaten-up by a girl. That says a lot! And looking at him, you know it’s true and that he’s never gotten over it.
Kkkarl, by all accounts isn’t stupid; he’s gifted, but everything indicates that he never recovered from his ass-whuppin’! Instead, he turned to the dark side and began making the world pay for his humiliation. He’s been an under-handed, win-at-all-costs sumbitch ever since his high school debating team.
Beyond reports to this effect by his high school contemporaries, it’s been documented that he met the elder George Bush when Poppy was called on to mediate an internecine struggle among collegiate Republikkkans – a war over voter irregularities in a contested student election involving Kkkarl (sound familiar?).
Poppy knew an effective, dirty-tricks operative when he saw one and immediately took his side and brought him into the “Family.” Not long after this, gopher-Kkkarl was assigned to deliver a set of keys to Boy George as he stepped off a train.
It was love at first sight; “W” was everything Kkkarl wasn’t; “W” was his ticket to self-respect. “W” wouldn’t let some girl kick his ass; and while “cute” (Kkkarl thought he had more charisma than anyone he’d ever seen), “W” wasn’t fully lit, an easily led trophy-cheerleader who could take Kkkarl places.
Yes!!!! The Empire would strike back!!! Kkkarl would work for “W,” and that would work for Kkkarl – he’d be the man behind the curtain no one would pay attention to, but who would make everyone wish they had.
Kkkarl would have his revenge!!!
Well, he’s had enough, but he’ll probably get more. “W” is backtracking on his “You’re fired!” stand; and such brilliantly underhanded manipulators as Rove will destroy the world before they’ll be taken down alone (see the theology on Lucifer/Satan).
Kkkarl will probably survive, but we can take solace that just as virtue is its own reward, duplicitous neurosis is its own punishment. Until recently we haven’t seen much of Kkkarl, but each day preparatory to further outrages, the Doughboy shaves and must look in the mirror to curse that face and the little girl who kicked his wimpy ass so many years ago.
Now, I don’t claim to be svelte or a “face boy” myself; and if I try really hard to be objective when gazing upon the Rovian visage, I’d have to say he’s average-looking – not an ugly guy but not Robert Redford either – he’s soft and smooth and has a flaccid little double chin – he’s not attractive but not repulsive either (I didn’t say HE wasn’t repulsive – just that his LOOKS aren’t).
Having said that, I still think we can tell a lot simply by looking at the creature John Stewart described as the one man in Washington with flesh-colored hair.
It’s been reported that as a child, Kkkarl was beaten-up by a girl. That says a lot! And looking at him, you know it’s true and that he’s never gotten over it.
Kkkarl, by all accounts isn’t stupid; he’s gifted, but everything indicates that he never recovered from his ass-whuppin’! Instead, he turned to the dark side and began making the world pay for his humiliation. He’s been an under-handed, win-at-all-costs sumbitch ever since his high school debating team.
Beyond reports to this effect by his high school contemporaries, it’s been documented that he met the elder George Bush when Poppy was called on to mediate an internecine struggle among collegiate Republikkkans – a war over voter irregularities in a contested student election involving Kkkarl (sound familiar?).
Poppy knew an effective, dirty-tricks operative when he saw one and immediately took his side and brought him into the “Family.” Not long after this, gopher-Kkkarl was assigned to deliver a set of keys to Boy George as he stepped off a train.
It was love at first sight; “W” was everything Kkkarl wasn’t; “W” was his ticket to self-respect. “W” wouldn’t let some girl kick his ass; and while “cute” (Kkkarl thought he had more charisma than anyone he’d ever seen), “W” wasn’t fully lit, an easily led trophy-cheerleader who could take Kkkarl places.
Yes!!!! The Empire would strike back!!! Kkkarl would work for “W,” and that would work for Kkkarl – he’d be the man behind the curtain no one would pay attention to, but who would make everyone wish they had.
Kkkarl would have his revenge!!!
Well, he’s had enough, but he’ll probably get more. “W” is backtracking on his “You’re fired!” stand; and such brilliantly underhanded manipulators as Rove will destroy the world before they’ll be taken down alone (see the theology on Lucifer/Satan).
Kkkarl will probably survive, but we can take solace that just as virtue is its own reward, duplicitous neurosis is its own punishment. Until recently we haven’t seen much of Kkkarl, but each day preparatory to further outrages, the Doughboy shaves and must look in the mirror to curse that face and the little girl who kicked his wimpy ass so many years ago.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Sunday, July 17, 2005
the Rant at Dick's Den
The Circus of Cool was cool Saturday night. I had fun, and the crowd liked the rant. For those of you who couldn't make it it's posted below (sans the wonderful jazz of that evening).
- Uke Man
Thoughts Soon After the Death of Pope John Paul
Terri Schiavo is dead and burned, just a vacant, bloated, smiling face on an infinite video loop. The Pope’s dead too, a fat, distended COOKIE, iced in red, on display for your gratification at the Basilica and on the front page.
And for a while we must, alas, forego infallibility.
But not to worry. When the fallible old men in red suits mark their scraps of paper to make white smoke, THEN infallibility SHALL return – as sure as scraps of paper burn!
They say a white smoke might bring a BLACK Pope.
I know African Anglicans hate queers. I wonder what African Catholics think.
Some African American holy men hate queers, and they know ALL the arguments against gay marriage. They heard them over and over and over from Mr. Jim Crow (but THEN it wasn’t laid on queers).
Well, ain’t life grand!!!
If god made us in his image, god must be one fucked up guy!
Millions of people prayed for Terri Schiavo.
God let her die.
Billions of people prayed for the Pope.
He died too.
My mother is dying. And I’m NOT praying for her. If it didn’t help the Pope, what good would it do my Mom?
Prayer brought us John Ashcroft and put naked justice behind the curtain.
Prayer put Truth on a permanent Tom DeLay.
Prayer put a rodeo clown in the Whitehouse to bully our heritage and enslave our future!
George Bush - our president! Befuddled, with a Roving brain.
What a joke! And how appropriate!!
Give him a pretzel; let him choke!
This fucking country deserves the self-imposed degradation of an idiot chief of state who isn’t responsible enough to wipe his own ass but doesn’t need to for all the fawning sycophants begging to do it for him, and thanking God for the opportunity.
Scum
sucking scum!
Fox News,
insane and unbalanced!!!
Spewing psychosis
24 hours a day!!! And defending the nookyoular option.
Paul Wolfowitz and William Kristol
Richard Pearl and his neo-conehead pals
Consuming mass quantities
Of insulation and inebriates!
Drunken schoolboys off on a spree
Doomed from here to eternity!!
Dog have mercy on you and me.
Bah! Humbug!
And they are so FUCKING smug!!!
They smirk and smile
And sit so straight
Inside their suits
With their empty, calcified hearts of flint
Pumping bile
A mile a minute
To drownd the so-called “beast”
To drownd the milk of human kindness!!
Grinning, dapper, Grover Norquist
needs a potty break!!
Someone drag the bastard to a bath room/ Fill the tub /And drownd the motherfucker!!!
The human race did NOT evolve for this!
Who will we drownd?
Who WILL we drownd?
Our Mother?
Who WILL we drownd?
Our Mother?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Or the Mother-Fucker!!??
- Uke Man
Thoughts Soon After the Death of Pope John Paul
Terri Schiavo is dead and burned, just a vacant, bloated, smiling face on an infinite video loop. The Pope’s dead too, a fat, distended COOKIE, iced in red, on display for your gratification at the Basilica and on the front page.
And for a while we must, alas, forego infallibility.
But not to worry. When the fallible old men in red suits mark their scraps of paper to make white smoke, THEN infallibility SHALL return – as sure as scraps of paper burn!
They say a white smoke might bring a BLACK Pope.
I know African Anglicans hate queers. I wonder what African Catholics think.
Some African American holy men hate queers, and they know ALL the arguments against gay marriage. They heard them over and over and over from Mr. Jim Crow (but THEN it wasn’t laid on queers).
Well, ain’t life grand!!!
If god made us in his image, god must be one fucked up guy!
Millions of people prayed for Terri Schiavo.
God let her die.
Billions of people prayed for the Pope.
He died too.
My mother is dying. And I’m NOT praying for her. If it didn’t help the Pope, what good would it do my Mom?
Prayer brought us John Ashcroft and put naked justice behind the curtain.
Prayer put Truth on a permanent Tom DeLay.
Prayer put a rodeo clown in the Whitehouse to bully our heritage and enslave our future!
George Bush - our president! Befuddled, with a Roving brain.
What a joke! And how appropriate!!
Give him a pretzel; let him choke!
This fucking country deserves the self-imposed degradation of an idiot chief of state who isn’t responsible enough to wipe his own ass but doesn’t need to for all the fawning sycophants begging to do it for him, and thanking God for the opportunity.
Scum
sucking scum!
Fox News,
insane and unbalanced!!!
Spewing psychosis
24 hours a day!!! And defending the nookyoular option.
Paul Wolfowitz and William Kristol
Richard Pearl and his neo-conehead pals
Consuming mass quantities
Of insulation and inebriates!
Drunken schoolboys off on a spree
Doomed from here to eternity!!
Dog have mercy on you and me.
Bah! Humbug!
And they are so FUCKING smug!!!
They smirk and smile
And sit so straight
Inside their suits
With their empty, calcified hearts of flint
Pumping bile
A mile a minute
To drownd the so-called “beast”
To drownd the milk of human kindness!!
Grinning, dapper, Grover Norquist
needs a potty break!!
Someone drag the bastard to a bath room/ Fill the tub /And drownd the motherfucker!!!
The human race did NOT evolve for this!
Who will we drownd?
Who WILL we drownd?
Our Mother?
Who WILL we drownd?
Our Mother?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Or the Mother-Fucker!!??
Friday, July 15, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Circus of Cool - Dick's Den, 10:00 Saturday, July 16
Hey Folks,
It’s “Circus of Cool”!! @ Dick’s Den, this Saturday, July 16, @ 10:00 p.m. (High St. north of campus / south of Hudson)
An all new rant by the Uke Man, as well as a wonderful Jazz Band, other poets and ranters, and – as always – the lovely Krista!!!
Be there, and be hip, Daddy-o!! Or don’t be there, and be squaresville! Dig!?
- Uke Daddy
It’s “Circus of Cool”!! @ Dick’s Den, this Saturday, July 16, @ 10:00 p.m. (High St. north of campus / south of Hudson)
An all new rant by the Uke Man, as well as a wonderful Jazz Band, other poets and ranters, and – as always – the lovely Krista!!!
Be there, and be hip, Daddy-o!! Or don’t be there, and be squaresville! Dig!?
- Uke Daddy
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Story Corps !!
Hey Folks!
Have you heard of “Story Corps”? I heard about it on NPR. Public radio is helping people have a chance to tell their stories. You and a friend show up and get to say whatever you want (a part of it might even end up on THE RADIO [fat chance – but then, I AM fat!! Hmmm . . .] ).
I did my thing today. Pete helped me out with it (see the attractive glossies above).
From time to time I’ll try to share some of the interview with you – bit by bit – on “audio-blog” if it will work.
I know: it’s boring. But it’s all about ME; so I’ll put it on – besides, you don’t know how hard it is to keep new stuff on here all the time!
- Uke Man
Have you heard of “Story Corps”? I heard about it on NPR. Public radio is helping people have a chance to tell their stories. You and a friend show up and get to say whatever you want (a part of it might even end up on THE RADIO [fat chance – but then, I AM fat!! Hmmm . . .] ).
I did my thing today. Pete helped me out with it (see the attractive glossies above).
From time to time I’ll try to share some of the interview with you – bit by bit – on “audio-blog” if it will work.
I know: it’s boring. But it’s all about ME; so I’ll put it on – besides, you don’t know how hard it is to keep new stuff on here all the time!
- Uke Man
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Monday, July 04, 2005
Sunday, July 03, 2005
1 Year Old B-Day Party for Midnight Ukulele Disco
Midnight Ukulele Disco (M.U.D.)* (http://www.ukuleledisco.com/ ) is one year old, a wonderful creature of fun and mirth, excitement and frivolity; a happy, growing child of Manhattan’s Jason Tagg.
In celebration Uke Man threw a party and invited special guests to hear a birthday tribute song – which you can hear via the Audio-Post directly above. Took some pictures too!!
You should be able to see what Jason does with this material on his show, Tuesday, July 12. Tune in!!*
- Uke Man
* Please see earlier posting - http://www.ukuleleman.net/2005/06/uke-man-videos.html - for details on viewing this Manhattan TV show AND scouring the archives for Uke Man appearances.
In celebration Uke Man threw a party and invited special guests to hear a birthday tribute song – which you can hear via the Audio-Post directly above. Took some pictures too!!
You should be able to see what Jason does with this material on his show, Tuesday, July 12. Tune in!!*
- Uke Man
* Please see earlier posting - http://www.ukuleleman.net/2005/06/uke-man-videos.html - for details on viewing this Manhattan TV show AND scouring the archives for Uke Man appearances.
