21st Century U.S. Blues
Freezing to death on a city street, or in ones car should not be an option for anyone. If a person has the right to 'life' then social systems must see to it that no one is allowed to freeze to death...
View ArticleWhat Does Poverty Mean? political poetry and art for the 21st century
What Does Poverty Mean? (Or Did Marie Antoinette Have It Coming?), Among other things poverty means eating dried rice and beans every day,it means counting raisins and scrimping on sugar for the...
View ArticleThe Perils Of Jack And Qkjea: food stamps
Jack and Qkjea are characters I developed from photographs of flames in a trash fire. I'm using them here to plead with the elected representatives of the people of the United States not to cut food...
View ArticleA Word From Your Elected Representatives In Washington (a poem)
A Word From Your Elected Representatives In WashingtonAt the end of the month the politicians agreed:"See we took your food stamps don't bother me with your hunger pains and tales of sleeping in the...
View ArticleThe Next Time You Vote...
This speech by Mario Savio may inspire some and make others stain their drawers.If you have not come in contact with Mario Savio and the concept of 'Free Speech' this may alarm you. Often political...
View ArticleKing Carbon
A list of oil and gas pipeline failures from 2000 through 2013. Take a look at the information provided by Wikipedia in the previous link. The sheer number, along with the causes and frequency of these...
View ArticleThe Kratschitz Annual "Low Achievers" Award Winner Announced
Below is a satire I wrote criticizing the lawmaking bodies of the Federal Government for harming the poorest of U.S. citizens by removing food from their plates. Both Democrats and Republicans should...
View ArticleSome Thoughts About Climate Change and the Degradation Of the Quality Of Life
Pollution smells and looks like money to some people. Those people have no veins through which blood flows they have no lungs which require clean air or no body which is 75% water. The decimation of...
View ArticleLets Talk About Carbon
I read the news today, oh boy. I knew it intuitively already and science has now shown my gut feelings to be correct. The use of carbon based fuel is contributing to severe weather and climate change...
View ArticleJustice In Ferguson
I used my outrage at the execution of Mike Brown to make a poster. Beyond the act of killing Mike Brown there is the lack of due process. When a policeman, officer unfriendly in this case, is going...
View ArticleA Couple Poems For Mike Brown
The homicide in Ferguson Missouri involving Darren Wilson and the victim Mike Brown affected me strongly. I made some artwork which I put in my previous diary and afterward I wrote two poems. One...
View ArticleSome Thoughts About Ebola In The U.S.
I've watched with interest the reporting of the cases of Ebola in Texas.What has been reported is that a man from Liberia came to visit friends in Texas. He had the Ebola virus but claimed he had not...
View ArticleNightmare On Main Street
I wrote a short story a day or two ago after reading the news about the torture report. I felt like sharing it. Included is some original artwork. Nightmare...
View ArticleOde To The Tea Party
The other day I was riding the bus. A woman in the seat in front of me was obviously cognitively impaired. She was talking loudly so all on the bus could hear her and she was pulling out her hair....
View ArticleThe G. W. Bush Memorial Clinic
One of my favorite Presidents is G.W. Bush. His Presidency has staying power. His eight years of brilliant leadership will be a driving force behind corporate profits for decades to come. I loved...
View ArticleLet's Build A Pipeline, Let's Burn Some Oil
Let’s build a pipeline, let’s burn some oil, let’s foul the air and water, we’ll be rich. Keystone XL pipeline advocates tell us damage to the soil, clean air and water have been over-hyped....
View ArticleAllen Ginsberg & The Prudes Of Connecticut
"Your comment cannot be accepted due to the presence of profanity. Please remove any objectionable content from your comment and try again." The previous sentence is one I received when trying to...
View ArticleMr. CIA Man And The Terrorist Occupation Of The American Mind
Fear of terrorism and terrorists is the natural response to the events unfolding in the world at the present time. However you may be surprised how and why the terrorists got their training, their...
View ArticleYe Have Done It Unto Me
A short bus trip to the supermarket turned out to include a spiritual experience.No sooner did I get on the bus than someone directly behind me began coughing and hacking and it seemed as if he would...
View ArticleCarbon Poker
Most of the people on the planet have heard of the problems that carbon based energy presents. Not all of those agree with what they have heard. I made this little poster to illustrate the human...
View ArticleMy Impressions of Jimmy Carter
Upon hearing the news of former President Jimmy Carter coming down with cancer I decided to take a walk down memory lane. Carter is one of the most maligned President’s in my lifetime. I don’t think...
View ArticleThe State of the Nation
I’ve been watching Fox News of late. Let me rephrase that. On visits to my neighbors place Fox News is always on. He’s a good decent man and I like him. Fox News is the only news he feels he can...
View ArticleState of the Nation: The Usual Suspects
Beginning in 1977 the anti-Gay movement was kicked off when Anita Bryant, claiming to be a Christian, put her energies into organizing the first concerted anti-gay group which soon morphed into a...
View ArticleSo We're Gonna Have An Election
By way of explanation my computer has been down with a virus requiring me to replace my computer. Which was done by one of my sons this Xmas. So I have been cyber-ally incapacitated. I haven't been...
View ArticleSiege of Terror
What is going to be done about the political officials of Chicago and it’s police department? The most recent atrocity committed against the black people of Chi Town resulted in a boy suffering from...
View ArticleOne More Unarmed American Gunned Down
I made the poster below as a sarcastic response to the justice system that has so far exonerated those who saw to it that Freddie Gray ended up dead. Apparently I was not being sarcastic but I was...
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