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I am David 'Shadow' Velasquez
I'm an american expat living in Belgium. I have three kids and a dog. I sculpt in copper, bronze, paper maché. I have a serious fire fetish as I enjoy spinning fire poi and staff. I play guitar, bass, keyboards(although not so great on the ivories) -and sing I've been writing songs and poetry for as long as I can remember. I've played in a number of bands since 1977. As the former lead singer of 80's band Necropolis Of Love I've recorded three singles and the album the Hope.... to which I'm told we had a dance hit in Uruguay at some point in the 1980's. Other bands and recording projects include the Saucers, the Allies and Subsubkultur.
When I was a kid I ranaway from home to be on the streets of Berkeley, California during the last riots of the Vietnam War. After having helped to "liberate" People's Park I was schooled in social philosophies by radical students and street revolutionaries; by itinerent Vietnam vets, street preachers, musicians, madmen and mystics. I've spent part of my youth as an activist/organiser with the Yippies an anarchist organisation and later as a community activist in southern California. Later I decided my best foot forward was on the cultural front heeding the observation of Herbert Marcuse in his 'An Essay on Liberation' how "one good song is worth a thousand speeches" by throwing myself headlong into the burgeoning punk scene... yet never wandering too far from the political scene Though I live far from home....I keep close tabs on political events as they unfold in the US and do my best (at a great distance) to be part of the political debate.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 5:58:19 PM
Article : "We Get Hate Mail"
Yes, I call them tea baggers.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 12:35:18 PM
Article : "The Trend to Extreme Right in Europe and the USA is Explaine"
Yeah, that was a sickening shocker
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 2:52:31 PM
Article : "The Trend to Extreme Right in Europe and the USA is Explaine"
A load of nonsense, pal
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 4:23:54 PM
Article : "As a Jew You Should"
Good post
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 1:08:05 PM
Article : "Who Pulls Obama's Strings?"
What alot of assumptions
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 12:06:04 PM
Article : "Not in My Jewish Name."
I keep hoping that at some point...
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:00:13 AM
Article : "Democratic Presidential Bush Enablers Rehabilitate Criminal "
Good point, Rob!
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 1:59:24 PM
Article : "Why the Focus on Tiger-Sh*t?"
Rob, dude.... dead on correct!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:25:33 AM
Article : "Blaming America - Planting Discord in Los Angeles"
Biased much?
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:27:09 PM
Article : "When 1st and 2nd Amendment Conflict: Protests, Guns and Dou"
Corr: Sorry I meant to say 'Dave' not Rob
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:21:12 PM
Article : "When 1st and 2nd Amendment Conflict: Protests, Guns and Dou"
I don't recall guns ever being allowed near a US president
Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 6:20:38 PM
Poll : "Poll: POLL: Is Iran Being Worked by the CIA or Do you Suppor"
Does it really matter?
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12:20:28 PM
Article : ""The propaganda war against Iran" by Bill Van Auken; submitt"
You're only about half right
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 1:50:49 PM
Article : "John Yoo Warns Against "Results-Oriented" Sotomayor"
Yoo, Cheney and Bush Talkin Torture Blues
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 9:07:47 AM
Article : "Omaba Chooses Sonia Sotomayo, A Latina SCOTUS Nominee!!"
Let's hope Sen Nelson (D- Neb) approves
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 1:57:55 PM
Article : "Are the Days of Free Internet News Coming to End?"
They've tried but they couldn't do it
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 1:42:26 PM
Article : "Are the Days of Free Internet News Coming to End?"
Of course he does
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 10:57:49 AM
Article : "I'm Not Against Religion, I'm Against Religious Hypocrisy"
Agreed
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 10:07:00 AM
Article : "UN Treaties Fail to Respect American Sovereignty and the Con"
Typical Libertarian Paranoid Tripe
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 3:41:01 PM
Article : "The Justice Myth in America"
There are many miscarriages of justice
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 11:37:27 PM
Article : "Miss California is Right to Scream About Beauty Contest Hypo"
What a load of nonsense, Earl
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 9:52:56 AM
Article : "Enough already with Obama's "lesser of the evils" Presidency"
Hmmm.... the lesser of two weevils?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:57:17 PM
Article : "Senator Arlen Specter to Switch to Democratic Party"
Oh great, another 'Blue Dog' Democrat in the making!
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 1:45:43 AM
Article : "Olbermann and Garafalo Accuse Tea Party Protesters of Being"
And you wonder why?
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 6:13:27 PM
Article : "Obama's New World Order"
Great article but the title is misleading
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 11:58:08 AM
Article : "When Hippies ruled the worlds."
It's possible you miss the point
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:21:45 AM
Article : "Nadya Suleman is a one woman mini-bailout: Taxpayers may bea"
What a waste of emotional capital
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 12:33:15 AM
Article : "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
Thank you so much for compiling this!
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 12:01:07 AM
Article : "The Moral Dead Zone"
We've been living in an age of the irrational
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 11:54:59 PM
Article : "Israel: Losing the PR war and the Diaspora"
That's still no justification for collective punishment
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:28:43 AM
Article : "Gaza Invasion Protesters; Don't Feed the Beast-- Let's start"
It's a mix up of words and intentions, isn't it?
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 4:36:07 PM
Article : "Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endor"
And you think that justifies a genocide of their own?
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 4:06:32 PM
Article : "Hamas Should Stop"
They're responsible for their own oppression? Bollocks!
Friday, January 2, 2009 at 7:41:48 PM
Article : "The Top 10 Most Offensive Comments of 2008"
I don't find this the worst of 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 11:07:00 AM
Article : "What Did Obama Know, And When Did He Know it?"
Geez' Earl, .... Get over yourself!
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 12:34:53 PM
Article : "Pastor Rick Warren Compares Gays To Pizza"
Symbolically Warren is a disaster and a betrayal
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 9:40:19 PM
Article : "Obama exploits liberal denial"
I would never say
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 12:48:03 PM
Article : "Obama exploits liberal denial"
I agree that Obama should be taken to task
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 8:45:53 PM
Article : "Radio Treason: Hannity Continues Radical Anti-Obama Fearmong"
Hannity is just another moronic rightwing gasbag
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 3:54:15 PM
Article : "PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHY FROM 1963 - A DEEP HISTORY UTTER"
Mine is ..
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 10:02:02 AM
Article : "The Obama-Clinton Cabinet? We Voted for CHANGE, Not Recyclin"
Couldn't agree more!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 12:08:57 AM
Article : "Is voting for Obama enough change?"
I apologize
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 8:36:40 AM
Article : "Welcome to the U.S.S.A."
And this isn't?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:12:43 AM
Article : "Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction."
Your choice, but deluded
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 1:05:40 PM
Article : "Support Obama, and Vote McKinney? Not a contradiction."
You must be dreaming.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 8:03:43 PM
Quicklink : "Rick MacArthur: McCain Calls Obama a Socialist-Why is That a"
lol! ...dead on!
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 5:00:21 PM
Article : "America Must Choose Between Georgia and Russia"
It's not so much a case of just butting out
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 7:50:57 AM
Diary : "SIGN THE "F*CK HILLARY CLINTON" PETITION NOW!"
lol!
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 8:19:15 PM
Article : "Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: American Taxpayer"
And stupid minds....
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 7:59:54 PM
Article : "Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: American Taxpayer"
Oh yes, the gangs and the reality thing...
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 2:20:58 PM
Article : "Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration: American Taxpayer"
The last thing we need is another Berlin Wall
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 1:16:27 PM
Diary : "Castro Resigns After 49 Years"
I was watching this on the BBC and I thought...
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 4:38:19 PM
Article : "Ron Paul is Not A Bigot: Refuting the New Republic Charges"
The Ronbots amaze me
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 3:17:38 PM
Diary : "Breaking Story: Will the Neocon Mafia Assassinate Ron Paul?"
I don't find Daniel Estulin all that credible
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 9:38:35 AM
Diary : "Breaking Story: Will the Neocon Mafia Assassinate Ron Paul?"
Okay, I know Estulin's claim
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 7:30:59 AM
Diary : "Breaking Story: Will the Neocon Mafia Assassinate Ron Paul?"
The day we take our hard intel from PJW
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 6:53:02 PM
Diary : "Saving money and beating the system"
Dude, as a lumpen prole...
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 6:36:13 PM
Article : "ANOTHER BRILLIANT BUSH APPOINTMENT: BUT DOES IT REALLY MATTE"
All par for the course
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:53:38 AM
Article : "Bush's Impeachable Crimes, and the Growing Risks of Martial"
Great lecture
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 3:33:42 PM
Article : "Political Analysis: Explaining the Ron Paul Phenomenon"
Spare the spam!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 3:30:17 PM
Article : "Fitzgeral Should Indict Cheney Or Resign"
In all fairness
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 2:50:19 PM
Article : "All The President's Liars: Where the Hell are The Washington"
Absolutely right,
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 7:44:31 PM
Article : "Impeaching Cheney: What the Democratic Leadership Does Not G"
Oh my, mustn't rouse the knowledgeable, must we
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 2:17:57 PM
Article : "Impeaching Cheney: What the Democratic Leadership Does Not G"
Oh, what complete butt-crankery
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 2:22:53 PM
Article : "The May 13, 1985 MOVE Bombing: Suicide or State-sanctioned M"
So are you done with the anti MOVE spam yet.
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 4:50:34 PM
Diary : "Origins Of The Swastika"
I understand what you're saying
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 2:55:08 PM
Quicklink : "Dianne Feinstein, symbol of the worthless Beltway Democrat"
Never thought of Feinstein as 'liberal' or 'progressive'
Monday, October 1, 2007 at 4:13:18 PM
Article : "The Red Mass vs. the U.S. Constitution"
That's quite a misleading headline
Monday, October 1, 2007 at 11:00:21 AM
Article : "The Red Mass vs. the U.S. Constitution"
Nonetheless
Friday, September 28, 2007 at 5:37:00 PM
Article : "If Blackwater Escapes Accountability, American Credibility S"
It's not as if the Maliki gov't is giving in
Friday, September 28, 2007 at 2:17:30 AM
Article : "Should the World Boycott the Beijing Olympics? The Horrific"
This indeed is terrible but so is the enslavement of Tibet
Friday, September 28, 2007 at 1:18:05 AM
Article : "Saddam Could Have Been Removed Without Iraq War"
Oil is the point of it all
Friday, September 28, 2007 at 12:51:00 AM
Article : "Hate crimes bill "piggy-backed" on defense authorization bil"
Every crime is NOT a hate crime
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 6:31:05 PM
Diary : "The Ultimate Depravity - US Attorney for Florida Arrested fo"
Has the GOP lost the mantle of being ....
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 11:38:28 AM
Diary : "We Must Apologize To General Petraeus"
If you could capture all the tears that crocodiles shed...
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 11:33:10 AM
Quicklink : "Kissinger Admits Iran Attack Is About Oil"
Where in the entire bloody article does Kissinger say this?
Friday, September 21, 2007 at 2:45:08 PM
Article : "Urgent!! Dems Must Defend Moveon from the Right Wing's "Betr"
Absolutely!
Friday, September 21, 2007 at 2:37:51 PM
Article : "Urgent!! Dems Must Defend Moveon from the Right Wing's "Betr"
Spineless weasels every one of them!
Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 7:31:14 PM
Article : "MoveOn.org Made A Mistake"
It's Petraeus's lies that will get more people killed
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 3:19:21 PM
Article : "MoveOn.org Made A Mistake"
Speak for yourself, Sheldon
Monday, September 10, 2007 at 5:02:32 PM
Article : "Petraeus Says 'No Decision' as Americans Say 'No War'"
Gen. 'Betray -Us' now says they'll slowly reduce troops
Monday, September 10, 2007 at 8:15:45 AM
Article : "Parsing Ron Paul"
You assume that I've no interest in issues of freedom
Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 11:49:51 AM
Article : "Parsing Ron Paul"
Certainly got the RP'ers up 'n charging.
Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 3:44:26 PM
Article : "Can a Good Muslim Be a Good American? Ask a Good Christian"
Just wanted to chime in and say 'thanks'
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 10:44:28 PM
Article : "Zionism, Zionists; Defining meaning, Abuse, Overuse"
Don't know if you're still monitoring this article
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 5:26:38 PM
Quicklink : "Bare bums protest aims anti-Iraq war message at Bush"
Bollocks to Bush, huh???? ....lol!
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 3:30:24 PM
Article : "Progressivism Defined"
Is that also a dis to Dennis Kucinich?
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 11:43:57 AM
Article : "Progressivism Defined"
Ummmm, wasn't Nancy Pelosi once called a "progressive"?
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 10:43:03 AM
Article : "Ron Paul's Revolution and the Corporate Opposition"
Whether or not I agree with RP's policies
Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 7:37:53 PM
Article : "Hillary: A Clear and Present Danger"
Great article...
Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 11:16:42 AM
Article : "The Machine Turns on Ron Paul"
Much as I'm no Ron Paul fan... and never will be
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at 3:43:53 AM
Article : "Worlds Apart"
And he's the editor of a major publication?
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 7:34:03 PM
Article : "PETRAEUS WILL PULL A POWELL IN MID SEPTEMBER"
I meant ...will the press repeat the administration's lies
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 11:23:31 AM
Article : "Bush Restricts Travel Rights of More Than 100,000"
I know what you mean
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 11:11:08 AM
Article : "PETRAEUS WILL PULL A POWELL IN MID SEPTEMBER"
A case of history repeating?
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 1:38:41 PM
Quicklink : "K Street Wants Justice Up for Sale"
K street has really gone downhill from when I lived there
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 9:28:31 AM
Quicklink : "Will Anyone Stop Bush and Cheney's Planned War With Iran?"
It does feel like we're being impelled into this
Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 10:39:15 PM
Quicklink : "Pentagon "˜three-day blitz' plan for Iran"
This is scary ....IMPEACHMENT NOW ! more than ever
Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 5:07:40 PM
Article : "Towards A One World Religion"
Respectfully, I ask ....
Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 2:44:26 PM
Quicklink : "A Politicized Military?"
This gives an even greater meaning to the Pentagon's net war
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