August 4, 2008
Stroke Of Midnight:
3:30 A.M.
Modified re-post from weekend. Lotta office readers don’t or aren’t able to access with hi-speed on weekends:
“…The effects of the violent disaster at Altamont was that it exposed the dark underbelly of the counter-culture, the dark forces that had always provided at least half of its propulsion, and to burst the bubble of the youth culture’s illusions about itself…we had witnessed the famous collectivity of a generation cracking into thousands of shards. it represented the end of The Age of Aquarius”, Todd Gitlin recalls. “And no one knew what new age would replace it,”
One more time:
“…The effects of the violent disaster at Altamont was that it exposed the dark underbelly of the counter-culture, the dark forces that had always provided at least half of it’s propulsion, and to burst the bubble of the youth culture’s illusions about itself…we had witnessed the famous collectivity of a generation cracking into thousands of shards. it represented the end of The Age of Aquarius”, Todd Gitlin recalls. “And no one knew what new age would replace it.
And what did the world learn to expect from this Aquarian, Make Love Not War generation? What did they see when they imagined the future of the formidable nuclear power, America, as foreshadowed by the American socio-political events of the late 60’s and 70’s? What conclusions did they come to about how to here on in treat this wealthiest, most comfortable, and safest of lands, based on the people who now populated it?
3:38 A.M.
Marine friend of mine who just got back from the usual 7 month stretch in Al Anbar, this time right near the Syrian border, told me that they did not see 1 frickin’ IED the whole time. Gone, poof, disappeared, just like all but tiny remaining specks of Al Qaeda. However, they did manage to get into two whole firefights in those 7 months - with Albanians. Yup, foreign Jihadis, and yup, they are obviously still making their way into the country through the systems in place in Syria.
And my Green Zone military and Blackwater contacts asssure me that were on the receiving end of some very nasty Iranian rockets on a regular basis. As in close to ten times a day, every day for 2 months. And then, lo and behold, after a concentrated multi-tiered pushback and HVT roundup, Maliki’s determination and the IA going i and taking control of Sadr City, the indirect fire stopped. No more rockets big or small, no more mortars. The only thing being shot at us anymore, was from there, and much of it Iranian.
Nothing has fallen in over a month.
5:40 P.M.
Is it okay to say that Hussein was originally a dark horse candidate, or is that racist? Ol’ Bill is now having to explain he’s not racist, just as anyone who opposes Hussein will. They tried that shit on Johnny Mac this week, and he steamrolled right over them. When is Hussein going to apologize for flatly stating that Republicans are going to tell people not to vote for him because he’s black? Oh, right, he can’t because he’s already tried to say he didn’t say that, the entire rational world just misunderstand him. This guy has less value and use than a shit-covered swath of toilet paper.
8:26 A.M.
8:50 A.M.
Email just in from Drillanwr:
“The Batman/Dark Knight” curse?
First Heath Ledger’s death … Then Bale’s run in with the law in a domestic spat with his sister and mum. NOW Morgan Freeman involved in a nasty car accident last night in Mississippi.
4:49 P.M.
Back from a couple meetings and one beating….
5:53 P.M.
Clicking here will cause carbon to be released into the atmosphere, increasing our carbon footprint and theoretically helping Global Warming to increase. No kidding.
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