Axis of Wanna Be Bubblegum Pop princess Evils- or mainstream radio for short.
2004-07-21||xx||12:21 a.m.
Sometimes I really wish i were better read, or even smarter, that i could instantly understand politics and the study thereof. It takes me a while for some reason, whilst other topics I absorb right quickly. Anyways, I recently bought a cd from an old, well, i can hardly say friend, though I certainly knew of her when I first began on the internet. It's Otep and I have some of her early stuff when she was a member of a band called karma souljahs. My friend Mike got me interested when he joined the group briefly as their guitarist. (Not my brother Mike, but a friend who went on to form a band called Palephace.) Where they are right now I haven't the foggiest idea.
Anyways, i bought Jihad and was suprised to see how much I enjoyed it. So, I did a little research. See this weekend was the weekend I was supposed to go to Ozzfest and see Otep as well as a few other notable bands, but I did end up getting sick. So I soon found myself on her webpage looking at stuff and found a link to her diary on diaryland. And as I was scrolling through I found several interesting things she had written. Well read, intelligent to the max and free thinking, her thoughts are like the poetry i used to write, when I cared nothing about form or grammar. As long as it flowed...
anyways, here are the excerpts for those wondering what i am talking of.
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 6:29 PM
from CNN.com
-- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signs order to send additional 35,000 troops to Persian Gulf.
heaven's going to be busy soon
and...
Axis of Evil Wannabees
by John Cleese
"Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil", Libya, China and Syria today announced that they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil", which they said would be more evil than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in his State of the Union address.
"Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new Axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are just as evil . . . in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best evils . . . best at being evil . . . we're the best."
"Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil. "They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"An axis can't have more than three countries", explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So, you can only have three, and a secret handshake. Ours is wickedly cool."
"International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered. Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in what has become a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan and Serbia announced that they had formed the "Axis of Somewhat Evil", forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the "Axis of Occasionally Evil", while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the "Axis of Not So Much Evil Really as Just Generally Disagreeable...."
"With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the "Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics".
"Canada, Mexico and Australia formed the "Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Some Nasty Thoughts About America", while Scotland, New Zealand and Spain established the "Axis of Countries That Want Sheep to Wear Lipstick". "That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do", said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
"While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axis, although he rejected the establishment of the "Axis of Countries Whose Names End in 'Guay", accusing one of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.
"Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but privately world leaders said that's only because no one asked them."
* John Cleese is a founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus & star of several films and tv series.
from www.presidentlincoln.com
K- that last one wasn't her but I felt it deserved to go up on this site. Hilarity abounds.
Cephy