Hallo everybody. Hail Diesel. All shower with much respect his efforts to keep politics a lively part of the discussion on this board of boards. I remember when we used to have the opposite problem. It was all we intraslipfanaticgeeks(C) could think about. We were obsessed with getting one man out and another equally bad one in. MY My My. How things have changed.
Things have changed, and I'm not quite sure why. Things don't change, people do, or as Brad says, they MUST. And to clarify, I'm talking about the decline of heated political discussions in the world, and the inverse change in political action. What has caused this shift between so much squawking and so much walking? We can only wonder. Are we to really believe that people have finally "woken up" or "fed themselves ill on the garbage they once voted for?" (to not quote the Dealy Llama)
I for one have not had the time to squawk. And I'm a big advocate of doing both. Always have been, as some of you may remember. These days, I could make the time, but I have chosen not too. Now... Is it because I have forgotten my favorite fans of my favorite band and the lively discussions of planes hitting buildings by remote controll passed? Nay. Naaaaayyyy. Nay.
The reason, my slippies, is that I have a limited amount of energy, life force, spirit, soul, essence, prana, apana, kundalini shakti, karma, dharma, obama, (just kidding), or whatever, on this planet in this most fortunate youthful time in my life. I wanna use it to make something good that lasts. We all want the same thing.
Not just here, everywhere. People have changed. The results today prove that. We are on the cusp. The voting machines haven't changed. The problems we are faced with remain. But the people are different. I feel different. Diesel feels good. That says something. We're evolving. I just wanna take this oppertunity to step back and ask everybody to STOP.
War is Over.
If We want it. And today, in America, I am certain my neighbors and fellow citizenry do crave it and feel that craveing growing hourly. I had my doubts leading up to this election. And they caused me to stay mum in the fleeting moments when I could have spoken, here or in general. I've just been putting my head down and walking into the cold north wind, waiting for it to change.
I had my doubts that people would vote. Can you blame me? I figured the 911 truthies like myself were going to stay home because of big bad brother Diebold. And I am entirely relieved they did not. (If Blues take the senate back, I can really breath a sigh of relief. the implications are huge, as we all know. Let's assume that happened) I imagined the disenfranchised african americans in Ohio would stay home for similar reasons to the truthies. But that has been shown to be not so. Americans came out and voted in a way that big brother Diebold was not anticipating, nor capable of (micro)managing: we turned out in record numbers for an off season election. We matched turnouts for previous presidential elections, if I'm not mistaken. WHich is huge. But you wouldn't have known it was gonna happen from talking to people in their homes and neighborhoods. For people in this day in America, like myself, have no more breath for just talking. They want coordinated action and they earned it yesterday by utilizing the greatest tool they had at their disposal, and it proves we've overcome one of the darkest problems our society has ever faced, but we're still not in the clear yet. By no means. Why?
Because the 911 truthies were and are still right. That's why. I still say it. Where's the tape from the hilton of the pentagon crash? There is a huge iceberg conspiracy, and 1/3 of Americans know that by now, according to sources close to diesel.. And that means that in the grand scheme of things, yesterday accomplished very little. All we did is set the ground work for future change. But this change has to be fueled by the biggest grassroots fire we've ever seen. And I'm certainly a little concerned by my own compulsion to sit on my heels and relax today, drinking the sweet smell of honesuckle syrup success.
I have the day off. Elections were my longest work day in the past two months. I'm using the first day off in all that time to ask you all to considere this election not as a victory, but as a seashell horn of battle. We haven't drawn first blood yet my slippies. From the people, to the ruling class, the war is on. And most of us don't even realize it yet. But it's there, in most people's eyes, on the busses and subway platforms, that need to revolt. And the true litmus test (thanks phrazz) is the drastic change in people's behavior between the last two elections. Last time we were squawking. Now we are walking, and the more the movement grows, the more it picks up steam.
So please get involved and use your energy, life force, essence, prana, apana, kundalini shakti, karma, dharma, obama to a common end, with a common theme: revolt! hold your local senator accountable by organizing a long list of your friends and allies and coordinating phone calls on the issues. You must have a friend who's doing this already. Ask them to show you how!! We have a precious window of oppertunity before the corporations sway the weak willed rooks in the senate and house, locking up all the lobbying oppertunities. Call Senator Russ Feingold repetetively and thank him for introducing the bill that could lead to Bush's impeachment for misleading our country into war. Ask him to continue working on getting it advanced. Support Neal Young and The Slip. Not that The Slip's music was ever political (nor I for that matter). Which it's not. But it does seek the evolution that I'm talking about, and the evolution that today, more than ever before, I'm certain is possible.
PUT up large signs in places both public and private that say: SPEAK TRUTH!
We all need that reminder sometimes. The Slip is my reminder. Since I'm on the subject, I wanna thank them and their fans for the impact they've had on my life. I feel very strong and healthy based on a life that is very much intwined with all of yours. The things I've learned at shows, through random serendipity and intiutive searching, have made me who I am today. Alright, I'm gushing now. I love this album and I may post a review, but let's count this as it for right now. Take care friends. Diesel.
Oh and deisel, even in my absence, I was always on the lurk mode, even in the crunch times
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