Mick Jagger Fag Dancing
This content was originally published June 30, 2010. … There is a common surgical procedure called rhinoplasty, or nose job. When nature gives too much of a good thing, the plastic impulse is to reshape and reduce. This is the opposite of the boob job, where the general concept is the add on. What nature has forgotten, stuff with cotton. Rhinoplasty sounds like RINO, or republican in name only. While purists might want those with inconvenient opinions surgically stricken, this only sounds the same. There is an H in the mix … where rinoplasty would get the h out, the nose job has the h left in. …
… Both expressions have the same origin as Rhinoceros. As Erica Jong once noted, if you place the bobbed noses in Los Angeles end to end, it might go all the way back to Poland. Going in reverse order, a botched nose job played a key role in Skin Tight, a Carl Hiassen story. (All his books tell the same story, with different weirdos and ecological outrages). A doctor was performing a “routine” r-plasty, while listening to a Miami Dolphins game on the radio. At the point of the procedure when he breaks the patients nose with a hammer, someone scored a touchdown. …
… The doctor celebrated by slamming the hammer down a bit too hard, the chisel went into the persons brain, and killed him. The body was disposed of, by a landscaper with a grinder. Which brings us back to “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues”. While Tom Robbins has similar books, only one has Sissy Hankshaw Gitche, the girl with the huge thumbs. When Sissy was a girl, her parents took her to a plastic surgeon, with the hopes of making her normal. A normal person in a Tom Robbins novel ? After many adventures, Sissy returned to her hometown, and looked for the plastic surgeon. …
This content was originally published June 30, 2010. … “The Rolling Stone Interviews” is a slick collection of interviews from the magazine, published in 2007. As Jann Wenner tells the story, The Who played a show in San Francisco, and Pete Townsend did not smash his guitar. Wenner went backstage to ask him why. The result was the first Rolling Stone Interview. Modeled after the Playboy Interview, this became a feature of the magazine. I bought my first copy of Rolling Stone in 1971. It had the interview with John Lennon. This became a part of the Lennon legend, with its comments about Mick Jagger and his fag dancing. …
… Rolling Stone was different in the early days. It was printed on cheap newsprint, and had a lot more to read than today. It was The Great Speckled Bird on steroids. Thirty eight years later, a slick compilation of interviews turns up at the library. The book has a few highlights. RS hired Truman Capote to cover a tour of the Rolling Stones. For whatever reason, TC never produced any product. Andy Warhol comes to visit, and brings a tape recorder. They go to Central Park. Mr. Capote does not think Mick Jagger can sing. Later, they go for drinks. …
… Neil Young was drunk when he made “Tonights the Night”. Oriana Fallaci would ask Jesus if he slept with Mary Magdalene. Miss Fallaci would like to find the grave of Jesus, and see if it is occupied. Joni Mitchell played Bob Dylan a tape of “Court and Spark” and he fell asleep. David Letterman is asked what he is like in a relationship, and he says “moody drunk”. Bill Clinton talked to Richard Nixon a great deal. Nixon admired the way Clinton dealt with the press. And on and on. The library wants the book back tomorrow. It is not worth an overdue fine. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress These men were soldiers in the War Between the States · selah ©Luther Mckinnon 2025
Minimal Degree Of Creativity
What Not To Say To A Friend With A Mental Health Problem
I Always Knew You Had A Problem There, Need To Get Out More Its All In Your Mind
You’re Not Pushing Yourself Enough To Care, You Don’t Ever Know What You’re Going To Find
Things Aren’t That Bad Could Be So Much Worse, But You Have Nothing To Worry About
Your Own Damn Fault You Don’t Have To Curse, Nothing Wrong With You Chill The Fuck Out
You Just Have A Negative Attitude, Sounds Like You Are Going Crazy Dude
Complaining All The Time Just Grow A Pair, Nobody Ever Said That Life Was Fair
Go Snap Out Of It I Never Get Bored, Get Over Yourself Do You Know The Lord – 2018
Bucket List
Step Out Of My Comfort Zone For A Spell, Mark Another One Off The Bucket List
Memorize Piece About Living In Hell, Get Out In The World To See What I Missed
Don’t Take A Skateboard To A Gunfight Ma’am, Don’t Hail Satan At A Catholic Mass
Don’t Read Your Sonnet At A Poetry Slam, Judges Will Totally Hand You Your Ass
Another Caucasian With Attitude, Get That Rhyming Shit Out Of Here Dude
It’s Not Gonna Work Just Grow A Pair, Nobody Ever Said That Life Was Fair
You Gotta Go Out There And Take Your Shot, Some People Like It But Others Will Not – 2024
Sausage Jockey
Brothers Of The Fudge Big Boy Combo Play, Microwave Popcorn Hot Dog Engineer
Bowling In The Basement Hershey Highway, Liquor In The Front Poker In The Rear
Anal Chainsaw Massacre Backstage Pass, Kamikaze Big Chicken Rodeo
Intestinal Tourist Private First Class, Backdoor Barbeque Curly Larry Moe
Hunker Down Brown Town Slammer Jammer, Take It All The Way In Lower Alabama
Ride The Sausage Jockey Creeper Peeper, Stick It In Stick It In Deeper Deeper
Dance The Chocolate Chacha Elton John, Driving On On On On The Autobahn – 2016
Cha Cha
Many Opinions ’bout White Folks Who Dance, Some Look Down Their Nose At The Spectacle
We Are Having Fun So We Take The Chance, So What If Its Not Quite Respectable
Some People Don’t Like Caucasian Cha Cha, No Matter What We Do Or Don’t Wear
Giggle And Point And Call Our Moves Caca, We Will Have Too Much Fun To Care
Call It Cultural Appropriation, Ecclesiastical Abomination
Disco Wonder Blunder Panacea, Or Terpsichorean Diarrhea
An Opinion Is Often Compared To A Hole, Lay Down The Beat And Light Up Your Soul – 2023
Wonder Weasel
Its Got A Beat And You Can Dance To It, Shake Hands With A Salami Cluster Bomb
Spray Wonder Whipped Cream Banana Split, Whitewashing The Fence With Huck And Tom
Triggering Therapeutic Trouser Snake, Satin-Headed Serpent Carnal Knowledge
Tenderize Happy Lumberjack Tube Steak, Putting Mr. Kleenex’s Kids Through College
Pulling Your Own Baloney Pony Weight, Playing Tag With Your Pink Torpedo Freight
Put Relish On Your Hot Dog Spaghetti, Wax A One-Eyed Wonder Weasel Chevy
Calibrate Satanic Surge Protector, Tip Off The Crazy Hand Jive Inspector – 2017
Blanche Debris
They Come From The City Floating On Glee, Seeking Perpetual Indiscretion
From Gentrified Hollows In Tennessee, Sinners Reborn By Glorious Fashion
Dance Till You Drop By The Flickering Fire, Fanning The Flames With Fabulicity
Drums On The Land Go Higher And Higher, Slobbering Consensual Ecstasy
Come For The Spirit And Stay For The Bash, When It Is Over Who Takes Out The Trash?
Technicolor Piles Of Yesterday’s Drag, Goddess Worship In A Walmart Bag
Twisted Knickers From Guilty White Savior, Blanche Debris Does Radical Behavior – 2019
Wanted To Sleep
Been To The Mountaintop Been To The Sea, Your Body Part Insults And Boring Jive
Heard Happy Talk About Being Free, It’s A Fabulous Time To Be Alive
Laughed With Morticia Lusted For Lurch, Got Tested For Drugs And A Pesky Disease
Wanted To Sleep So I Dropped Out Of Church, Back Skull Feet Eyes Blood Pressure Knees
Blow Twenty Five Points In The Super Bowl, Jesus And Satan Fight Over My Soul
I Gave Up The Reefer And Gave Up The Beer, One Thing I Will Never Give Up Is The Queer
It’s Taken This Long To Find My Voice, Every Breath Is A Time To Rejoice – 2025
Blessed Be
When You’re Alienated From Jesus, God Of The Bible Or Bible Word Of God
Shameless Hustle For Something To Please Us, Authority Doctrine From Men Who Are Flawed
Bad Faith Babble About Life After Death, Loudmouth Bullies Who Think Its The Way
We Often Forget To Cherish Each Breath, Finding It So So Difficult To Pray
Thank You For Letting Me Be Here Now, For All The Times That We Get To Say Wow
Please See That The Living Are Loved And Fed, Help Us Trust You To Take Care Of The Dead
Thank You For The Life You Have Given Me, We Are All God’s Children Blessed Be – 2024
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These poems are the copyrighted property of Luther Mckinnon. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in November 1939. “Untitled photo, possibly related to: Turkey pickers waiting for work to start. Cooperative poutry plant, Brownwood, Texas”. These pictures are in the public domain. ©Luther Mckinnon 2025
Do You Condemn Hamas?
This content was originally published June 2, 2009. … George Tiller performed abortions. Bill O’Reilly denounced him on national television dozens of times. He was shot in church. In Little Rock AK, a man called Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad opened fire at a military recruiting center. Mr. Muhammad was a convert to Islam, formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe. William Long died as a result of the shooting. From Centurion: “Two killers, two victims. One murder gets twice as many national news stories than the other.“ There was a link to a site called newsbusters, with the motto : “Exposing & Combating Liberal Media Bias”.
This content was originally published June 4, 2009. … There is a post at Obsidian Wings. It is about the responsibility of those who denounce abortion in the most inflammatory manner possible. Certainly, there has been tons of purple prose produced by the anti abortion people. At what point does this translate into the murder of George Tiller? Much of what I have read this week has been along the lines of we denounce violence, but abortion is still horrible. When the bile monger is the Roman Pedophile Church, the hypocrisy scorekeepers have to work overtime to keep up. …
… The killing of Shani Fecht was the sort of “routine” killing that goes without notice. According to the AJC, the alleged killer said after his arrest “Can I ask you a question? Am I going away for a long time? If I do go away for a long time, I would like it [to] be in a hospital.” This alleged killer is Zeke Cordell, the 18 year old son of Mrs. Fecht. Who is supposed to denounce this killing? Those who advocate for the “right” of an apparently disturbed teenager to have access to a rifle? …
This content was originally published June 1, 2009. … The first and third commandments are very underrated, and much violated by Jesus Worshipers. At the very least, to take a text like the Bible and call it the word of God is a violation of the first commandment. The holy trinity business is another rupture of the first commandment. And when preaching results in ill will, that is a violation of the third commandment. The third commandment is more than God’s last name. I see G-d as being like the elements…earth, air, fire, and water. …
… I suffer from what I call “Jesus Fatigue”. Tired of the wrangling, tired of the personal attacks from those who disagree, tired of speculation about life after death, just plain tired. I realize that I have heard almost all of these arguments before, and they don’t make any more sense this time. Jesus Worship is a religion of beliefs rather than practices. These beliefs are based on a book, which is considered the “word of God”. This foundation tends to lead to these endless arguments, and the anger and alienation that comes with them. …
… I see Jesus in the words and deeds of those who believe in him. He is a spirit that lives in these believers. This spirit shares little more than a name with the Jew who lived in Palestine 2k years ago. The historic Jesus was killed because he was a troublemaker. His death and reputed resurrection has nothing to do with what happens to me when I die. As Jesus might/might not have said “Forgive them Father, they know not what they do”. Of course, Jesus did not have to deal with the likes of Evangelicals who believe that salvation can be found in gotcha arguments. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. John Collier took the social media picture in November 1942. “Untitled photo, possibly related to: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Andy Piatenick and family.” … Selah
Something Is Going On
This content was originally published June 20, 2009. … Something is going on in Iran. There was an election, and the incumbents had the bad taste to announce the results before the polls had closed. To hear them tell it, the presiding President, and fashion icon Mahmoud Ahmedinejad won a landslide. The supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi do not agree, and have been expressing themselves in the streets. It is getting nasty. The genuine power in Iran is a cleric named Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Exactly how much power the President has is a tough call. …
The Iranian people have had a wild ride. They threw out the Shah, aka the Persian Saddam. They held Americans hostage at the embassy. They were invaded by Iraq, who was supported by the United States. A gruesome eight year war followed, with the United States and Israel cynically selling weapons to Iran. In the past few years, next door enemy Iraq was conquered. An unfortunate man was elected President of Iran. When he ran for reelection, the people decided it was time for another revolution. … With neighbors like Iraq, Israel, and the Stan countries, is it any wonder that some in Iran want the bomb? …
This content was originally published June 5, 2009. … How different our world would be, if we heeded the advice of this message/Time For God/ Read only if you have time for God/ Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom/ I almost deleted this email but I was blessed when I got to the end/ God, when I received this e-mail, I thought…I don’t have time for this… And, this is really inappropriate during work/Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is… Exactly, what has caused a lot of the problems in our world today/We try to keep God in church on Sunday …
This content was originally published June 5, 2009. … One of those pesky blogs has a series about President Reagan this week. The lead quote:“He was an actor, and he understood there was somebody who planned the lighting, somebody who built the set and wrote the script.” Meanwhile, in Cairo, the Reagan of the new age gave a speech. BHO has this thing about blockbuster speeches. While America is getting bored, the rest of the world is a fresh audience. If this speech does for USA-Islam relations what his race speech did for black-white relations …
… A blogger called Sandmonkey copped a ticket to the Cairo speech. His take: “The speech was everything was expected and more. The guy achieved his goals and executed it effectively and brilliantly. It was big on comfort and platitudes, and short on substance, but really, what does one expect other than that from an Obama speech? If you are going to see Obama, you are going to watch an expert showman. Just don’t expect much beyond entertainment.” SM then left the hall, and was confronted with the spectacle of code pink, carrying signs about Israeli conduct in Gaza. …
… This might be more appropriate than you think, considering the help Egypt has given Israel in the Gaza Roast. And some still say that Israel is the only ally America has in the Middle East. … There is more to report, but between the internet, cable television, and the surviving newspapers, Chamblee 54 is confident you can keep up. If you choose to go to New Bethel Church in Louisville, Ky, Pastor Ken Pagano has organized an “Open Carry Celebration.“ You are encouraged to bring a handgun to church. No one is speculating what impact this will have on the offering. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. These men fought in the War Between the States.
Not White Supremacy
This content was originally published June 1, 2016. … There was a tasteful meme on the facebook thingie today. It was about BHO, who may go down in history as the Meme President. The block of JPG text began When a faithfully married black president … (text of 91 words)
Some people quote the first sentence in a situation like this. In this rant, the first sentence has 91 words. It has more grammar mistakes than a sportscaster seminar. It boils down to: when A is considered B by C who D. And what does D do next? Those 91 words are an insult to the Queen’s English. (91 is the product of 7, a lucky number, multiplied by 13, an unlucky number.)
There are eight more words at the end. “This is white supremacy folks. Plain and simple.” A comma might help in the sentence. Does he mean that the two players in the 91 word sentence are “white supremacy folks.”? Or is the author calling the attitude described “white supremacy”.? In any event, “Plain and simple” is not a complete sentence, nor does it describe the 91 word sentence.
This is a case where the medium is as important to the story as the message. When looking for information about the meme, I typed “When a faithfully married black president who was the son of a single mother” into the wonder window. The algorithm replied: “Did you mean: When a faithful married black president who was the son of a single mother.”
The first reply was from the dependable PuffHo, This Is Not White Supremacy. It made some good points. A few spots down the google page, we see THIS IS NOT WHITE SUPREMACY. That is the original posting of the commentary. PuffHo aggregated it, without paying the original author.
So mush much for the medium. Lets look at the message. BHO, as you may know, is mixed race. The “single mother” of the piece was white. To our racially obsessed culture, this means black. America has had nine years to get over the ethnicity of BHO. It has failed miserably. To some, any criticism of BHO is racist. They mindlessly defend anything BHO does, and say that the critics are members of the KKK. Others are upset because a dark skinned man is in the White House. To these people BHO can do nothing right, because he has dark skin.
Either way, the people who see the skin, and not the man, are doing America a disservice. After January 20, 2017, we will find some other mindless excuse to trash our leaders. (UPDATE: It is so, so easy to find fault with DJT JRB DJT.) This is how politics works. You say whatever you can think of that is negative about the opposition. You gloss over the negativity of your own side. After a while, a lot of people don’t believe a word that either side is saying. When everyone is shouting, nobody is heard. This is politics. The generalizations are plain, and the minds are so, so simple.
There is an attitude among some that “racism” is a metaphysical evil. The R monster must be defeated. Collateral damage is not a problem. If you are going to make an omelet, you need to break eggs. When I hear talk like this, I feel like an egg.
One problem is that everyone has their own idea of what “racism” is. They are correct, and you are mistaken. To some, it is systemic institutional oppression. To others, it is cultural appropriation and microaggressions. Some cynics say that “racism” is anything that rubs you the wrong way. Agree or disagree, you need to check your privilege.
I saw a video last week, A Rant Against an Anti-Millennial Rant. “And we use words like “racist” to describe someone who thinks that the word “bae” isn’t real because it didn’t originate from a white, Eurocentric vernacular.” These are strange times.
If you are getting itchy, this is almost over. If you like, you can skip over the rest, and look at the pictures. They are from The Library of Congress. Image #06663: “Fifth International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eleventh Annual Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1930”
UPDATE: This is a repost. While looking over the text, I saw a paragraph about an obnoxious video. It turns out the video features Dylan Marron, who says “And we understand that surface gestures are totally cool but they do nothing to dismantle systemic patriarchy.”
Alleged comedian Bill Maher got in trouble this week for saying a forbidden word on TV. A national hissy fit resulted. This communal pearl clutching is an example of a surface gesture. Screaming “MOMMY HE SAID THE N-WORD” does nothing to dismantle systemic patriarchy.
Carrie Prejean Boller
Most Of This Is Real appeared on chamblee54 on May 1, 2009. It is about Carrie Prejean, Miss California in the 2009 Miss USA beauty pageant. There was a fuss, after she said marriage should be between a man, and a woman. Public nuisance Perez Hilton was a judge, and had a disruptive hissy fit. Miss Prejean made some noise of her own. The mini-scandal got fifteen minutes of attention.
Finally, Miss Prejean was fired as Miss California. The Miss USA pageant was owned by Donald Trump, and the headlines were predictable: Donald Trump to Miss California: You’re Fired! There were some zesty pictures taken. Miss Prejean filed a lawsuit, settled, and wrote a book: “Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attacks.”
After seeing the 2009 post, I wondered what happened to Carrie Prejean. A quick Google search turned up an Instagram spot, “carrieprejeanboller. Carrie Prejean Boller Miss CA USA 2009 👸 1RU Miss USA 2009 Author: Still Standing Mother❤💙 Wife of NFL QB Kyle Boller🏈 Trump Campaign Advisory Board Member @womenfortrump20 maga-mamas moms night in nc april 30.” @BethanyHudsonNC Calling all you MAGA MAMAS! @susantillis will be joining @heytana, @carrieprejean1, and me tonight! #WomenForTrump #NCBoots #LeadRight RSVP now to reserve your spot @carrieprejean1 “Can’t wait!!!!”
Kissed and made up! Runner-up Miss USA Carrie Prejean swoons over Trump at rally after she accused the New York Times of ‘twisting’ quotes for ‘hit piece’ on The Donald. · Fast forward to 2016. Mrs. Boller makes a splashy appearance at a Trump rally. This is despite some unflattering things she said about “The Donald” in her book. ‘They took a little tiny thing from my book and they twisted it. … And if they would have actually read on, I talk very highly of Mr. Trump. I don’t say anything negative about him. … Just below what they quoted, on page 68 [of her book], I said that most of us respect Donald Trump and he’s an amazing businessman and leader. Why didn’t they put that in the piece?”
The NYT piece has some juicy quotes. “His level of involvement in the pageants was unexpected, and his judgments, the contestants said, could be harsh. Carrie Prejean, who was 21 when she participated in the Miss USA contest in 2009 as Miss California, was surprised to find Mr. Trump personally evaluating the women at rehearsal. “We were told to put on our opening number outfits — they were nearly as revealing as our swimsuits — and line up for him onstage.”
“Donald Trump walked out with his entourage and inspected us closer than any general ever inspected a platoon. He would stop in front of a girl, look her up and down, and say, “Hmmm.” Then he would go on and do the same thing to the next girl. He took notes on a little pad as he went along. After he did this, Trump said: “O.K. I want all the girls to come forward.” … It became clear that the point of the whole exercise was for him to divide the room between girls he personally found attractive and those he did not. Many of the girls found the exercise humiliating. Some of the girls were sobbing backstage after he left, devastated to have failed even before the competition really began to impress “The Donald.”
While promoting her book, Miss Prejean appeared on the Larry King show. She did not make a good impression. Miss California USA Executive director Keith Lewis released a statement. “The public is finally getting a glimpse of the real Carrie Prejean who lives in her own delusional world. The childish behavior, her negative attitude, the sarcasm and condescending tone, the disrespect and continual lying she is demonstrating now is only a fraction of what we endured during her reign and after. Anyone who buys her book is supporting a woman who is actually the opposite of everything she claims to be. I sincerely hope she is able to get the psychological help I believe she has shown to clearly need.” … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Marion Post Wolcott took the social media picture in September 1939. “Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County” This content was originally published May 1, 2020. More chamblee54 content about CPB can be found here.
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this is your weekly reader for this neo-summer monday. The picture below was taken in 1955, at the 14th Street bridge over the expressway · Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. The social media picture was taken August 17, 1955. “Phillips 66, Bankhead and Hightower” · 2008 was a simpler time and place. Neal Boortz said we were winning the war in Iraq. Barack Obama was fixing to run against John McCain. Sarah Palin was just another governor. Oil shale was the energy source that was going to end foreign dependence. · My government name is Luther Mckinnon. I write a blog, chamblee54.WordPress.com, along with other unwholesome activities. I have been searching for something I read at the Bilerico blog. The internet archive gave me a list of 10K pages, which I am still not sure I can access. Other search engines are useless. · Anyway, the post involves a young man weaseling his way into meeting his idol, Christopher Isherwood. The young man asks him about gay liberation. Isherwood asks the man who arranged the meeting, do you speak German? The two proceeded to have an exagerrated conversation in German, and the young man was ushered out of the room. · If this doesn’t ring any bells, I would not worry about it. I suspect this is going to be another internet holy grail, like what happened to that boyfriend I last saw in 1978. · this post is a re-run from 2014. The pictures are much better than the text. The spell check suggestion for Silverman is Silverware · Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. The social media picture was taken May 7, 1951. Glenn Iris Supper Club · Today’s visit to the archive includes lethal injection, drone strikes, an ill-fated trip to WalMart, and a facebook friend who is better looking than Charles Bukowski. · The social media picture: “Corporal John A. Hartshorn of Company A, 19th Maine Infantry … Photograph shows identified soldier John A. Hartshorn, who volunteered to enlist in the army as a substitute for John W. Crane in August 1863. Hartshorn died on May 23, 1864 of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Harshorn wears a sack coat and forage cap and holds a musket wit fixed bayonet missing its ramrod.” · For my enemy is dead—a man divine as myself is dead; I look where he lies, white-faced and still, in the coffin—I draw near; I bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin. · Reconciliation Walt Whitman · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in April 1942. “Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese arrive at the Santa Anita reception center” · The picture below was taken April 1942. “Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese arrive at the Santa Anita reception center” · rejected superpowers that i don’t want · @shadihamid I honestly don’t know what to say. It makes me angry that so many can look away from this and say “well, sorry guys, war sucks.” There’s a kind of racism at work. Arabs and Muslims simply don’t count. Their lives don’t matter. That’s what it comes down to. · Pictures for this last monday morning of spring are from The Library of Congress. Marjory Collins took the social media picture in August 1942. “New York, New York. O’Reilly’s bar on Third Avenue in the “Fifties” · selah
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
This content was originally published June 25, 2009. … I went on his bike to look at the yard sales. Before I was twenty feet off my driveway, I saw a pile of broken glass. A thoughtless person threw a Jarritos bottle in the street. A car did not miss it. I was lucky to see that broken bottle in time. … Kind people of the internet, Enjoy your beverage, and throw the glass bottle in a trashcan. If your beverage is a legal drug, enjoy it in a home or a bar, but not in a moving vehicle.
This content was originally published June 26, 2009. … In the wake of 911, an email wormed its way around the internet. This letter references an appearance by Anne Graham Lotz on “The Early Show.” AnGel Ministries said, in an email, “Any mutation of it on the Internet would have occurred without Mrs. Lotz’s involvement.” … “Subject: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT i recently got this email from a close relative and i was left in awe about what Billy Grahams daughter says on TV. also the things that she says is shockinly true. i hope you read” …
… “Are you laughing? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you’re not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it… no one will know you did. But, if you discard this, don’t sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!”
This content was originally published June 25, 2009. … There is a report out about the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in America. The study was compiled by Andrew Schiller and NeighborhoodScout.com. This is a service for people looking to move to an area. You can get a report on any “neighborhood” in America. You will need a paid subscription to the service. The study uses FBI data regarding murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. It is a standard statistical soup of incidents per thousand residents. …
… 1. Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.) 2. Chicago (State St./Garfield Blvd.) 3. Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.) 4. Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.) 5. Baltimore (North Ave./Belair Rd.) 6. Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.) 7. Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.) 8. Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.) 9. Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.) 10. Richmond, Va. (Church Hill) 11. Memphis, Tenn. (Bellevue Blvd./Lamar Ave.) 12. Dallas, Texas (2nd Ave./Hatcher St.) 13. Springfield, Ill. (Cook St./11th St.) 14. St. Louis (14th St./Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.) …
This content was originally published June 25, 2009. … Mark Sanford is the Governor of South Carolina. He is a Republican and a flaming Jesus Worshiper. He recently got caught with his pants down. I am not fond of the word hypocrite. I would rather look at the person’s deeds. Mark Sanford spent father’s day with this mistress. … Let’s look at the emails the exchanged with his mistress. He quotes The Bible in an email to his mistress. To be specific, I Corinthians 13. “ Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude”. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in April 1942. “Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese arrive at the Santa Anita reception center”
Be Not Curious About God
Beautiful that war, and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost;
That the hands of the sisters Death and Night,
incessantly softly wash again, and ever again, this soil’d world:
…For my enemy is dead—a man divine as myself is dead;
I look where he lies, white-faced and still, in the coffin—I draw near;
I bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.
Reconciliation was written by Walt Whitman. During the War Between the States, Mr. Whitman served as a volunteer nurse in Washington DC hospitals. That hospital was full of the human cost of war. Mr. Whitman looked past the so-called causes … slavery, states rights, banker profits … and saw the price paid, by the men who fought.
“In 1862, Whitman received word that his brother George had been wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. During the worst, he traveled down to the Virginia battle site. Much to Whitman’s relief, he found that his brother had sustained only minor injuries. While he was there, Whitman was moved by an especially brutal scene. … He records a dramatic moment where he’s standing in front of this field hospital and sees at the foot of two trees a pile of amputated limbs. He says, “A full load for a one horse cart.” And these are limbs that had been thrown out the windows of the surgery in the haste of the battle and the emergencies.”
Walt Whitman emerges as a type of Jesus figure. His words are analyzed 150 years later, looking to find a meaning that pleases 2023 America. At least Mr. Whitman left a written record, in English. This does not prevent him from being misrepresented.
“Song of Ourselves? Walt Whitman and the American Imagination” talks about Mr. Whitman living in Brooklyn before the War, and how he came to be involved in that conflict. At some point, the hosts talk about … a framed quote, “Be curious, not judgmental.” I was curious about the context, and did a little digging. There are plenty of meme-mongers selling this quote. This does not answer the question … how did Walt Whitman come to say this?
Wikiquotes lists BCNJ as Disputed. “While consistently attributed to Whitman, this popular motivational quote has no source. It is occasionally listed as occurring in Leaves of Grass, but the closest phrase found in that collection is “Be not curious about God.”
And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God,
For I who am curious about each am not curious about God,
(No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and about death.)
I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least,
Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?
I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass,
I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign’d by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe’er I go,
Others will punctually come for ever and ever.” … Song of Myself, Part 48.
This is a repost from 2019. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. The social media picture: “Corporal John A. Hartshorn of Company A, 19th Maine Infantry … Photograph shows identified soldier John A. Hartshorn, who volunteered to enlist in the army as a substitute for John W. Crane in August 1863. Hartshorn died on May 23, 1864 of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Harshorn wears a sack coat and forage cap and holds a musket wit fixed bayonet missing its ramrod.”
Fun With Commodes
01. The film “Psycho” was the first movie to show a toilet flushing – the scene caused an inpouring of complaints about indecency.
02. Pomegranates studded with cloves were used as the first attempt at making toilet air-freshner.
03. In a 1992 survey, British public toilets were voted the worst in the world. Following quickly behind were Thailand, Greece, and France.
04. Hermann Goering refused to use regulation toilet paper – instead he bought soft white handkerchiefs in bulk and used them.
05. Over $100,000 US dollars was spent on a study to determine whether most people put their toilet paper on the holder with the flap in front or behind. 3 out of 4 people have the flap in the front.
06. King George II of Great Britain died falling off a toilet on the 25th of October 1760.
07. The average person spends three whole years of their life sitting on the toilet.
08. The first toilet cubicle in a row is the least used. (and consequently cleanest)
09. An estimated 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to proper toilet facilities, particularly in rural areas of China and India.
10. The Roman army didn’t have toilet paper. They used a water soaked sponge on the end of a stick.
11. The toilet is flushed more times during the super bowl halftime than at any time during the year.
12. 90% of pharmaceuticals taken by people are eliminated through urination. Therefore our sewer systems contain heavy doses of drugs. A recent study by the EPA has found fish containing trace amounts of estrogen, cholesterol-lowering drugs, pain relievers, antibiotics, caffeine and even anti-depressants. Modern urine is expensive.
13. Lack of suitable toilets and sanitation kills approximately 1.8 million people a year.
14. The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch.
15. While he didn’t invent the toilet, Thomas Crapper perfected the siphon flush system we use today. He was born in the village of Thorne – which is an anagram of throne.
Add.1-An amusing feature of the water closet is the tendency of people to die there. Elvis comes to mind immediately. There is some debate about this, as some say he was stricken on the throne, fell off, and perished on the floor. Judy Garland is also known to have met her maker while doing number two. Add.2- It seems that this is a real problem with older people that have constipation issues. When you are in delivery mode, and you push too hard, you can cause something called Valsalva’s maneuver. To make a long story short, all that squeezing can pinch the arteries going into the heart. This is not good for you. According to a commenter here, it is .06% of all deaths.
This is a repost from 2009, based on a Listserve article, 15 Fascinating Facts About Toilets. LS continues to produce fresh content in 2025. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. The social media picture was taken January 7, 1911. “Bris (Briscoe Robotham) Lord, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics”. … Selah
Tough Act To Follow
This content was originally published June 8, 2008. … So Barack H. Obama is going to run for President. The long suffering former first lady threw in the towel, and now it is BHO against that other guy. Lord, this is going to be a long election. The right wing has shown their love of slander and dirty politics for the sheer fun of it. While I think it is cool that a dark skinned man is running, unless common sense is shown by some this could get ugly. Being threatened with urban riots if BHO loses is one sure way to turn people to JSM. …
… Georgia is so red that it glows. Her electoral votes are almost certain to go to JSM. This being America, you can always make your voice heard by donating money. Our local monopoly ad-rag has printed a selection of positions taken by BHO. A word of thanks to Neo Prodigy for steering me to these. I seldom buy or read the fishwrapper these days, and would have missed this otherwise. Likewise, if a similar position rundown is printed on JSM, I would like to see and comment. … The war in Babylon is empowering Iran, bleeding our economy white, …
This content was originally published June 17, 2008. … The Governor was speaking to a group of reporters. He was announcing the appointment of a Black man to a Selective Service Board. The reporter said it was the first Black man to serve on a draft board since reconstruction. The Governor said “Gee” The screen returned to the Channel Five newsroom. The weatherman looked up at the camera and said ” Thats a tough act to follow” Whatever you might say about Lester Maddox … and there is no shortage of bad things to say … there has never been a public official that entertaining. As for being a tough act to follow, the next Governor was Jimmy Carter.
This content was originally published June 5, 2005. … A radio whiner got talking about certain phrases. When you heard these expressions, you know the person who said them was an idiot. The suggestions were about what you could expect: neo cons, social justice, global warming etc. … Me, whenever I hear the phrase “main stream media” or “msm”, the light goes off in my head. Do not pay any more attention to this moron. The radio whiner in question works for Cox Enterprises. Cox owns the local monopoly fishwrapper, a network affiliate tv station, and lots of other things. That sounds pretty mainstream to me.
This content was originally published June 5, 2005. … Tom Waits has a swear jar in his house, where you have to put a dollar in if you cuss. He would put a ten in and not ask for change. … I saw Tom Waits at a concert once. Tim Curry was playing at the Agora Ballroom, and I was wandering through the balcony. Mr. Waits was playing the next night, but I was too slack to attend. I saw Mr. Waits and some people sitting at a table. I asked this guy who looked like a guard if that was Tom Waits. “No, it just looks like him”.
This content was originally published June 13, 2008. … I recently decided to use initials to refer to the Presidential Candidates. Here is why: 01.Initials use fewer keystrokes than names. 06. Mrs. O is a lawyer, accused of being a communist. Mrs. M is an heiress, accused of being a drug addict. 07. BHO supported a loudmouth preacher. JSM dropped napalm on Vietnamese children. 09. BHO and JSM have shady friends. 10. Even if we drill in wilderness Alaska, we will still run out of oil. We need to develop other sources of energy.
11. A radio whiner asked whether BHO’s supporters should support him, just because he is the same color. I ask the same thing about JSM and me. 12. BHO smokes cigarettes. JSM has had skin cancer. 15. Nuclear Energy is big government. It is dangerous, requires constant supervision, and the fuel can be used to make weapons. None of this is true about Solar. 17. BHO used marijuana and cocaine when he was young. JSM liked to party before he went to Vietnam. 18. BHO is married to his first wife. There is controversy about JSM and his first wife. 19. BHO sounds better than BO. There is no equivalent for JSM, and we should be fair. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the pictures in October 1940. The social media picture: “Jack Whinery, homesteader, and his family, Pie Town, New Mexico” … selah
First They Came
In an early morning discourse, I said that Martin Niemöller was rolling in his grave looking for the royalties from his poem, “First they came…“.. For those of you with very short memories, here it is.
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was the son of a Lutheran minister. In World War 1, he served on a U boat crew. Harold Marcuse tells this story: “Niemöller was a commander of a German U-boat in World War I. A seminal incident in his moral outlook, … occurred when he commanded his submarine crew not to rescue the sailors of a boat he torpedoed, but let them drown instead. “
After the war Mr. Niemöller became a Lutheran Minister. Mr. Niemöller was originally a supporter of Mr. Hitler, but became an opponent. Mr. Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945. After the war, Mr. Niemöller began to speak out. The famous poem was derived from these speeches. It was never written down in typical poet fashion. There are several versions of it from him, and many more as the years rolled by.
In addition to the four groups mentioned above, the Nazis also came for mentally ill, incurably ill, or people in occupied countries. The legend is that when asked if he included Catholics, Mr. Niemöller said “I never said it. They can take care of themselves.” When the McCarthy fever hit America, he declined to mention Communists. Maybe Mr. Niemöller was a pre-mature anti-facist. … If you have a few minutes to spare, the page that quote came from is worth looking at. It is still working in 2025.
With regard to the royalties, I could not see that it was ever copyrighted. I do not know who “owns the rights”. Some have even speculated that the poem was not composed by Mr. Niemöller.
There is the Rebel looking for a cause syndrome. Many people just want to fight about something, and the cause is secondary to the lust for battle. When a poem like this is used to fire up people for a shaky cause, it brings discredit to the poem. Elie Wiesel’s Always take sides is another example.
Then there is the matter of the “Next Hitler” argument. During the run up to the first war against Iraq, Saddam Hussein was routinely called the next Hitler. While this may be a valid argument at times, it often sounds like the boy who cried wolf. The “Next Hitler” argument is covered by Godwin’s Law. On August 13, 2017, Mike Godwin updated his law. @sfmnemonic “By all means, compare these shitheads to Nazis. Again and again. I’m with you.” Whatever dude.
In 2016, I published a poem, Then They Came. … first they came for the rich, i clicked like on facebook, then they came for #racists, i tweeted a #woke #hashtag, then they came for truth tellers, i gave my #thoughts&prayers, then they came for me. A person complained that I made this about “racists”. Which was my point.
Maybe a general moratorium is needed on the use of “First they Came…”. This is a repost from 2018. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress Russell Lee took the social media picture in August 1937. “Resident of Ericsburg, Minnesota”
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