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.
126 comments
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
Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 12:32:31 PM
Article: "Using and Banning Handles and Pseudonyms on OpEdNews"
Hmmm,..." Smurf Mugger".....lol! Love it!
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 4:46:10 PM
Article: "Attack of the Wal-Mart-istas"
Some images and thoughts came to mind while reading this
Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 4:19:11 PM
Article: "Is the White House Keeping a Lid on a Hot Story? NASA Scient"
Not surprising at all
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 3:23:50 PM
Article: "Banning some words HERE on This Website"
Just to add to the flow...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 1:25:09 PM
Article: "Yet another gay-bashing Republican goes down"
I had to wonder....
Monday, August 27, 2007 at 8:04:28 PM
Article: "Chertoff to be Recess Appointed?"
You're dead on right!
Friday, August 24, 2007 at 7:18:24 PM
Article: "What To Do With an Administration that Refuses To Follow the"
Kinda hard to form a dedicated opposition
Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 11:47:35 AM
Article: "The Ron Paul REvolution – The Road to Freedom"
The only confusing being done is from Ron Paul himself
Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 10:08:45 AM
Article: "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran"
Yup, ...the plutocrats of the oil-igarchy
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 9:05:13 PM
Article: "The Ron Paul REvolution – The Road to Freedom"
Is Ron Paul becoming less than libertarian?
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 6:08:49 PM
Quicklink: "White House Manual Details How to Deal with Protesters"
All I can say is...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 5:15:12 PM
Article: "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran"
Yeah I had to wonder
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 5:10:47 PM
Article: "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran"
Wow..... this is sobering.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 12:41:49 PM
Quicklink: "Why Germans Supported Hitler"
Hitler, like Bush was never elected
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 11:07:41 AM
Article: "Blaming All Americans for Bush's Debacle in Iraq?"
on a further note...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 10:43:51 AM
Article: "Blaming All Americans for Bush's Debacle in Iraq?"
Tell that to those who went to jail
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 8:33:27 PM
Article: "Blaming All Americans for Bush's Debacle in Iraq?"
Oh no,... I'm not taking the rap for this!
Monday, August 20, 2007 at 4:01:30 PM
Article: "Newark Massacre: Where's the Outrage?"
My outrage lies with this blatant hate mongering
Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 8:13:01 PM
Article: "U.S. + Iran Against Israel... and Why 500 Yazidi's Died"
I've yet see this emnity towards the Yezidi's explained
Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 2:04:07 PM
Article: "Terrorist Nation? It Takes One to Know One"
Alright Munich.... let's open the books!
Monday, August 13, 2007 at 6:57:45 PM
Article: "Cheney helped force Rove out"
Resumés ready
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:45:02 PM
: ""
So what else is new?
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 8:03:51 AM
Article: "Thug-o-phobia"
So his defence essentially was
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 8:27:48 AM
Article: "Time To Privatize Bridges? Or Time to protect America from P"
Privatization isn't the way to go
Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 9:21:50 PM
Article: "Can We IMPEACH With Facebook Alone?"
By the way,....
Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 9:17:34 PM
Article: "Can We IMPEACH With Facebook Alone?"
I will never get a Facebook
Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 7:58:32 AM
Quicklink: "Teen can't chalk names of war dead"
The Police typically are overstepping their boundaries
Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 9:06:55 PM
Quicklink: "Elton John: Why we must close the net"
Just to 'ditto' that...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 10:39:31 AM
Quicklink: "Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure, Foaming At The Mouth"
I don't agree
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 9:35:14 AM
Article: "Dems to Start Gonzales Impeachment"
There's some real gloomy gusses out there
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 7:43:07 AM
Article: "Dems to Start Gonzales Impeachment"
Other possible symptoms?
Friday, July 27, 2007 at 8:31:50 PM
Article: "It's Official : The DOJ will not enforce the House Contempt"
You gotta wonder what it takes 4 Pelosi to take a hint
Friday, July 27, 2007 at 8:22:17 PM
Article: "Martial Law Threat is Real: Lucky the Military is Breaking D"
This isn't the first time
Friday, July 27, 2007 at 6:18:01 PM
Diary: "Ron Paul is a FAKE !!"
I like Kucinich too...
Friday, July 27, 2007 at 5:47:07 PM
Diary: "Ron Paul Scores A 100% Constitutional Voting Record"
Good that you disagree...
Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 11:52:25 AM
Quicklink: "North American Union -- connecting the dots"
Yeah, yeah.....and flouridation is mind control plot
Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 11:49:13 AM
Diary: "Ron Paul Scores A 100% Constitutional Voting Record"
Do all these Ron Paul blurbs qualify for spam yet?????
Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 3:45:56 PM
Diary: "From Unreal to Real - Religious Zealots Disrupt Senate Praye"
Three brave souls? .....my anal orifice!
Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 3:22:15 PM
Quicklink: "Bush to cede power to VP during colonoscopy"
I was worried about that too....
Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 12:54:45 PM
Quicklink: "Left could push pro-Israel voters to GOP"
I'm not an antisemite
Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 9:28:22 PM
Article: "Impeachment Countdown: Are Bush and Cheney Starting to Lose"
Guess what's going to be coming for dinner?
Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 9:21:26 PM
Article: "Clone Cindy's Pelosi Strategy In Your Backyard"
Pelosi has to realise
Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 5:53:12 PM
Quicklink: "Sheehan plans run against Pelosi unless..."
To Hell with Pelosi ...Run, Cindy, Run!
Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 7:42:35 AM
Diary: "Google impeachment within news and see what you get"
Shouldn't this signal the end of the Two Party system?
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 3:44:49 PM
Article: "Bush Provokes Britain's Terrorists With: "THIS IS AMATEUR TI"
Excellant point...
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 1:30:09 PM
Article: "Blacked Out by Corporate Media, Impeachment Advances"
The only ones stalling us are those consumed with 2008
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 1:10:33 PM
Article: "I Know Where All The Young (non)Protestors Are"
The problem is
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 12:48:49 PM
Article: "I Know Where All The Young (non)Protestors Are"
Good god I hope not
Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 12:35:59 PM
Article: "Bush Provokes Britain's Terrorists With: "THIS IS AMATEUR TI"
I have to agree with Joe Bob here
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 7:57:54 AM
Diary: "US Supreme Court Rules for Corporations over public interest"
It should dispel the myth of Alito being a constitutionalist
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 8:04:13 PM
Article: "The New Slavery"
For all the other abusive practices of the Beijing Gov't
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 4:10:13 PM
Article: "The New Slavery"
Subjugation does indeed take many forms
Friday, June 15, 2007 at 6:55:30 PM
Article: "Hamas Victory is Bush "War Against Terror" Failure"
I understand
Friday, June 15, 2007 at 11:40:05 AM
Diary: "Thursday: Rob's BLog"
I'm living in belgium right now
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 2:42:46 PM
Quicklink: "Ron Paul for President?"
Oh please
Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 2:08:51 PM
Quicklink: "True Patriotism by Ron Paul"
Ron Paul the demogogue
Friday, June 8, 2007 at 1:23:09 AM
Article: "Libby Gets Scootered"
I hope they'll remember this
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 4:06:21 PM
Article: "RATTLING RUSTING SABERS"
Glad you posted the India and Pakistan conflict clipping
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 5:32:58 PM
Article: "PRESIDENT BUSH ADMITS TO CONSIDERING TREASON!"
Correct me if I'm wrong...
Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 4:30:01 PM
Article: "Profiles in Cowardice"
Can someone please explain to me...
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 1:21:23 PM
Quicklink: "John Dean: The Dissembling of Gonzales"
It must be more than it appears
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 12:01:25 PM
Diary: "Pure Propaganda"
From the Sixth Senseless
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 8:10:50 PM
Article: "Ron Paul, Future of the GOP?"
Ron Paul....the voice of reason???
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 10:28:07 AM
Diary: "Lou Dobbs incorrectly asserts that immigrants are bringing l"
Geez, doc....what did you swear?....a hypocritic oath?
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 5:17:16 PM
Quicklink: "Bush dilutes support for embattled Wolfowitz"
My guess.....
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 12:57:26 PM
Article: "Bush and the Media: Playing Us for Fools"
RE: I'm not insulted.
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 10:51:02 AM
Article: "Inciting a New Cold War: Hypocritical U.S. Views about Russi"
And for the rest of it...
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 9:34:35 AM
Article: "Bush and the Media: Playing Us for Fools"
Meanwhile...
Monday, May 14, 2007 at 8:31:00 AM
Article: "Three infinitely important lessons George Bush has taught Am"
Not much to argue with
Friday, April 27, 2007 at 7:55:41 PM
Article: "Progress Towards Impeachment is Going Well"
Progress?.....one can only hope.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 9:02:18 AM
Article: "AIPAC is Bad for Israel. It needs Competition"
Re: Bad for Israel and bad for the US
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 2:03:46 PM
Diary: "Stop the PC POLICE's "FASCIST" stance against IMUS"
On the nature of the Don Imus' debate