It appears that the deadly conflict which has broken out in the month of August, 2008 between Russia and the former Soviet state of Georgia over Georgia's reluctance to allow South Ossetia seccede may be part of a larger conflict which involves NATO and the United States, as well.

  As published by blog.foreignpolicy.com ;

[Russian News Source] Kommersant reports that 2,500 to 3,000 mercenaries from Ukraine, the Baltic states and the South Caucuses are fighting in Georgia under the direct command of U.S. military instructors.

 

  So it would appear, that when presented alongside Russia's statements in this USAtoday article;

Q. What are Georgia and Russia fighting over?

A: Georgia launched a military strike on the province of South Ossetia, aiming to reclaim it after 16 years of semi-independence. In response, Russia sent tanks in. Moscow says Georgian forces had killed Russian peacekeepers there and were committing acts of "ethnic cleansing" of native Russians living there.

  that the United States is directly commanding the Georgians to commit ethnic cleansing, using their mercenary forces? Similar facts reported in many other sources may stir the mind that something may not be as it seems if one were to "listen to the filter," of the U.S. news media at large. 

According to wire service RIA Novosti, U.S military transport planes were being used to fly in Georgian troops from Iraq to join the fighting. Vladimir Putin has also commented on this.

  Public statements by our officials have all uniformly chastised the Russians as the aggressors, though even the aforementioned USAToday article, and even that paragon of modern yellow-journalism, Fox News, have had published irretrievable proof the U.S. is involved, the Fox article refers to the United States air-transporting Georgian soldiers from Iraq into the hot-zone in Georgia, something that has now inescapably entered the record of fact. Does this involvement mean that the USA is trying to foment a conflict with Russia, in an already hyperactive and possibly self-destructive age of American military profusion? Or is there something ulterior afoot in this conflict, perhaps collusion between the U.S.A and Russia to cause this conflict for reasons as yet to be revealed? One thing is certain, it will not be good for the citizens of any country involved, including the United States. 

  It is the duty of citizens in this country to rail against involvement in provocateured conflicts, and reckless involvement in foreign conflict. If the Iraq War is not evidence enough of that, then our eyes truly are closed to the truth. Please wake up and get involved! Be a Paladin for the Truth! 

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more on this subject to come...

Somnambulist’s Soliloquy

When the rivers dry up and the Ocean rolls in,

You won’t give a damn ‘bout TV again.

Won’t care about scrapbooks or shiny new rims,

When the Earth rises up to claim you again,

When the mountains turn to fire and the beach becomes glass

You’ll burn your last dollar to save your ass

You gotta

Wake up

The sleeper must awaken,

I’m not surprised at all, at how long it has taken, to

Wake up,

Cuz history’s for makin’

Gotta

Wake up

Wake up

The Gulf Coast drowned in two thousand five

Now I hear my neighbors blaming them, for being alive

I know its all part of a New World Plan

Manufacturing divisions any way they can

Keep us all separate, and most of us poor,

But I aint looking at the Evil Eye no more

I gotta

Wake up,

Yes, the sleeper must awaken

I’m not surprised at all, at how long it has taken, to

Wake up,

Cuz history’s for makin’

Gotta

Wake up

Wake up

When the rivers run dry and the Ocean rolls in,

You won’t give a damn ‘bout your stupid Television.

Won’t care about Soda Pop or Video Games,

When the Earth rises up to claim your body again,

You’ll miss clean water and             Fresh fruit

You’ll miss safe shelter and your sturdy boots

We gotta

Bump bump

Bump bump

They try keep us all separate, and most of us poor,

But I aint gonna work on Orwell’s Farm no more,

No I aint gonna work on Maggie’s Farm no More

No I aint lookin’ at the Evil Eye no more.

Wake up

                                                                ~Jeremy Anderson 10/10/2007

Damn you to Hell, Microsoft

To the very bowels of Stygian Furnaces Unknown to Mortal Man!
TO HELL, HELL, HELLLLL!!!1!!!1!!

For those of you who are not web-coders, a bit of highly compressed history is in order: It was not uncommon, in the past, for browsers to display html, css and other code in incompatibly different ways, but largely thanks to the folks over at The Web Standards Project those days are mostly over. Mozilla's Firefox, Opera, and other major browsers generally follow the standards set by the W3C, for both html, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) implementation. However, Microsoft is determined to defecate in the collective cornflakes of web developers everywhere, by apparently refusing to comply with the standards set by the primary governing body over internet coding standards.

To their credit, MS IE4 really was far superior to Netscape4 when it came to standards compliance, but since that time, they have trodden the path of least compliance, it seems, all the while giving lip service to their newfound dedication to standards, displaying a lack of compassion and integrity simultaneously.

I am going to write more on this later, but for now, I have to fix my fucking layout by writing AN ENTIRE SEPARATE STYLE SHEET JUST FOR That insufferable piece of shit!

In the meantime, I certainly encourage you to contact microsoft and ask them questions about any of the bugs found at Mr. Gérard Talbot's site, and why their browser, with all the resources ($) at their disposal, has so many bugs.

aka "Oh No, Not Another Peavey Amp!"

Now, despite the subtitle of this article, I have nothing against Peavey gear, in fact nowadays, I think they make some of the greatest mass-prodcued basses, and truly professional PA systems of any manufacturer. I am talking about all the old 80's solid-state guitar amps I was 'blessed' with as a young player. They all sounded like a one-winged goose strapped to a bicycle wheel and rolling down the hill into the pond in the park by the river, or something, just atrociously poor tone. This post is about gear that is nothing like that.

Gear that doesn't suck isn't as rare as the marketing people, and trendy tattooed and pierced kids at the music store would have you believe.

 Having been a musician for more than 20 years now, and a lower-middle class peasant all my life, I have some experience at trying to obtain decent gear and still eat food daily. Gold is where you find it, and I have found interesting and quality tones from instruments that were not what you might expect. More importantly, to the purpose of this article; a lot of great sounds can be squeezed out of equipment that has fallen into disfavor with the cool kids at the music store.

 In my small city of Boise Idaho, there is a strong bias toward and against certain equipment and/or types of equipment.The bias itself has remained consistent over the last 20 years, because the old-boys network has somehow extended its philosophy to the once-youthful inheritors of Boise's flaccid musical history. That is to say, my generation, who is largely running those music stores nowadays has the same views and biases that the guys from the 70's heydays had. The interesting thing about this to me is that the technology has changed so much, but "rock-gear philosophy," has not. This article will examine the pros and cons of this perspective, and how to benefit from this prevalent technological ignorance.

I want to clarify, all-tube guitar amplifiers are one of the philosophical elements of the classic rocker mentality that I totally agree with, they sound fantastic when you find a good one. However, not all tube amps are good, not all Solid-State amps are bad.

Brand Names:

 People get all wound up about brand names, most people seem to use the brand name of their new music toy as a rank insignia on their social uniform. You will never see a long-haired rocker playing through a Polytone amplifier, even though there is no real reason that they should not. You will rarely,if ever see a jazz player playing through a Marshall product, though the newer Marshalls  can produce a nice shimmering clean tone to rival a Polytone.

This is supposed to be a political funk/country song lyric, but, I like it enough (for some reason...) that I thought I would include it here.

 
Sadly, I regret, most people that I've met 
Haven't made it quite yet to the Jet Set.
Yes, yet, you better get set, to place a bet on the plate that you've set
For yourself.
That's the truth, forsooth, you see;
It's uncouth to set nail or tooth
Against your mother, or your brother
Your love, or any other
With religion or a color 
light or duller.
Revolution is a class thing
Peasants versus Kings
All the people sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yea-uh
Everybody's got a right to be somebody! 
If people laugh when you speak the truth, it means they are afraid.
Valued, lovely ignorance, its bliss for which they've paid.
Friendly numbing television makes the anger fade.
Hooray for middle-class troglodytes that barely made the grade!

And let's give thanks to Cecil Rhodes and the Rothschilds
And let's give thanks to the Rockefellers and Morgans
And let's give thanks that the Government doesn't print our currency, 
Even though that's what they want us to think.

And Lets Give thanks to the Harrimans and Warburgs
Let's give thanks to the Federal Reserve Banks
And let's give thanks that they're building camps,
To protect the USA, and shelter every Royal Family

"Sweat!" She cried, to Noone, in Particular.
Noone said he wanted Out, but You knew he had to fill the canoe with mangoes.
Chaos and Disorder flooded the streets, but at least Noone's boots got wet. 
"I've got some way to float my boat," he thought hesitantly, 
and instantly he slipped the stream between the scene. 
The great grey Wall Street edificio was seen to behave beneath the wave he rode, 
the way the hero crows lifts your heavy loads.
Give up the bomb y'all, load it in my coffee cup. 
Chihuahua prices have doubled from the beef-driven Taco-God Frankenstein mind control onslaught. 
The fools have filled the paper with Shamrocks, and I don't care.
My love speaks loud words, to frightened children, and in Particular, 
that's acceptable to the housewives and their dildos. 
The Chamber of Commerce moved to have the proposition ratified, 
and I stole The Chair. 
But in their position they could not hide their own skins under an animal hide. 
The paperboy on the corner cried, "Your God-King lied!" 
I wonder, could he catch a ride. Banana. That night, he died. 
			

When winter's chill begins to crystallize the moisture which streaks the skies,
In the night of a year grown old, in homes bedecked red, green, and gold,
Everyone, woman, child and man count their blessings on every hand.
We heed the call, every year, of family and friends, far and near.
To give gifts to folks unknown and dear.
If anything remains unclear, let's chalk it up to holiday cheer!
And if the weather's not right for a Christmas White,
At least we know the spirit's here.