so when me and jim play shows offten he gets on me for talking too much, often it irratates me, but offten he has a good point. Alot of times when I talk before I play a song, I do so because I feel like I have to and not that I want to. He says that when I talk when I really feel empassioned to talk , I can say some decent things, but when I talk for the sake of talking I just sounded like a irratated man on record. Anywho.. thats kind of what this post will be… I feel the need to get this post down, even though there are really more imporant things on my mind… but that is for another time.
This monring on the drive in I did my standard hour and a half npr listen. Today im sure holden got scared about me w/ the ammount of screaming I was doing at the radio. The concept of this innaguration just pisses me off on so many different levels. If it were so damn cold out, and holden being but 10 almost 11 months old thus ill suited for the elements, I would have taken off work and get pushed into my “designated protesting area” and make as loud a ruckus as I could (even though no one will listen). Ive come to grips with the fact that our country is full of idiots who have decided they would like one of their own as our leader… I guess what gets to me w/ all of this… is how it effects dc locally and how its emblamatic for the administrations games.
First off when the dc goverment asked the federal gov for some funds for security and other things the feds told them “take it our of your homeland security funds”. Excuse me… this isn’t the city of dc’s party, its yours… and you should be paying for the party favors. So dc has to pay out of pockets for police , security, fucking band stands , clean up etc… out of a budgets of homeland security money… which is low to begin with… especially for a city which is target #1 or #2 for such a thing which would involve the need for homeland security money. To me this shows 1) a lack of interest for the closest local goverment to the feds… thus if they dont care about their neighbor next door what does that show for their neighbors elsewhere 2) Shows that homeland security is just a slogan and means nothing… if your essentially tellling a government to use it as “petty cash” 3) Another example of not looking down the road to consequences, and how it effects other “real” people.
Then there is the 40 million dollar price tag. Imagine if the feds took that 40 million dollars, and oh I dont know fund their no child left behind initiative? A million dollars alone to a struggeling school district can do mounds… they could have given a hell of a life to 40 struggeling school districts, instead of a pretty party and an excuse for a parade. That 1 million dollars to dc, would be a god sent to the school district and their children.
Then there is hearing this morning that the theme is “freedom on the march”. While the marching its self is controlled, and stripped of freedom by only allowing protetstors in designated areas, and reserving the bandstands for sanctioned guests. Its a hard sell to the world, that your fighting for freedom when your controlling the medium its sent on.
I know I shouldnt be supprise, I know I should be used to being disapointed / upset by now… but its frustrating. In the words of fugazi, “americas is just a word, but I use it” … heres to hopping this isnt just another step in removing any meaning from said word.
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