04/23/04 11:57 - ID#22183

sport the war

war ensemble

sport the war, war support
the sport is war, total war
when victory's a massacre
the final swing is not a drill
it's how many people I can kill

what do you think?

The Dept. of Defense is not allowing media to show images of incoming caskets at Dover Airforce Base from Iraq, casualites of war, images of the caskets draped in an American flag.

I heard this on Democracy Now! this morning, about how the NYTimes and several other papers nationwide have published a photo of the caskets (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/national/23PHOT.html), but it turns out that they have published it because of the following website...I actually just came across the site myself, done by someone who claims he filed an FOIA (Freedom of Info Act) request after hearing about the DoD ruling.

Either of these two links will take you to the blogger site containing those photos, The Memory Hole. There are a ton of photos, so be warned if you've got a slow connection. (http://warblogging.com/mirrors/www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/) (http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/)

Old Washington Post article about the DoD policy, it's dated October 2003..(http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A55816-2003Oct20&notFound=true)

I've heard again and again that one thing that ended the Vietnam War was all of the visual footage of the dead, all of the horror of what was happening overseas. These images really changed public opinion. In this time of 'collateral damages' where even that term is adopted by the media and further distances us from the scenario, it is just such a shame that the only lessons our administration has learned from history and from the Vietnam war is to NOT show those visual images.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/19/04 08:13 - ID#22178

i'm still alive btw..

allentowners against bush

in wake of bush's visit to buffalo tomorrow to tout the patriot act, banner hangings at different locations in the allentown neighborhood have appeared proclaiming neighborhood residents' anger and disbelief in this administration's policies. check them out as you pass through the neighborhood.. pictures to come.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/15/04 07:51 - ID#22177

where will you be on tuesday 4.20?

Does anyone find this offensive?

GWB is coming to town to tout the administration's and the FBI's work on the Lackawanna case.

Patriot Act Brings Bush To Buffalo (http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1789135&nav=0RapMKi2)

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/15/04 01:20 - ID#22176

an image in my head

this is my friend standing on a fallen tree in nothern california, in the redwood forest. gigantic things aren't they

i miss that and the eucalyptus grove. where are the pretty trees on the east coast, can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/14/04 06:24 - ID#22175

feeling sick, sick, sick

in all the towns in all the world

everyones excited for tuesday. but who knows anything?

you can't kill jobs and regulations and expect that no one will care. you are not welcome in our city.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/10/04 06:44 - ID#22174

put your dupa in, put your dupa out

afternote

so after i put up that post about my dog eating half of my sandwich, two days later she struck again. i'm sitting at my low table doing work on the computer and in walks sam, beeline for the table. before i know it shes stolen the half of a pizza slice i left on the table next to me. oh brother.

just listen to paul alright

yay for the butchies and kimya coming back. and damn everyone for not having the new butchies album in stock. and look out for the quails, theyre coming to town soon too.

pull out the kielbasa and sauerkraut

monday is dyngus shmingus. get your kraut out.. we're celebrating in style if you d like to partake in the fun. whats going on? (http://www.gobuffaloniagara.com/events/dyngus_day.cfm)

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/10/04 01:40 - ID#22173

i hope i spelled that right

go buy yourself an atlas and keep going

the universe is shaped exactly like the earth

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/06/04 12:49 - ID#22172

etd's

im sorry if anyones getting crazy emails from my (e:strip) mail acct. its running rampant, getting filled up with stupid fake emails and apparently sending out fake emails with fake viral attachments and whatnot. so if your acct is catching the electronically transmitted d's then my apologies go out in full force to yoo.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/05/04 01:23 - ID#22171

the importance of having a title

i wishi washi this would work

I've got a toy web cam plugged in but it doesn't seem to be registering.. i was hoping to provide proof of how clean my room is, i'll just have to rely on a before and after polaroid..

a song in the midst of my meeting

damn death cab for being sold out, but i called over to nietzche's to confirm the fact of it, and whoever answered the phone was nice enough to leave it off the hook so i could hear a song. til the next time someone decides to come to town.. actually i think theres some show tomorrow night.

speaking of spam

regardless of my childhood memories of the stuff, i have to say im not liking the virtual stuff. i keep getting crap messages (mostly from your acct paul!) with crap attachments. help!

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/01/04 01:55 - ID#22170

oh the nerve!

samdog just stole the peanut butter half of my sandwich! im left with half an elvis sandwich. %-O