“And we’re bound for the border
We’re soldiers of fortune
We’ll fight for no country but we’ll die for good pay
Under the flag of of the greenback dollar…”
-Steve Earle – “Mercenary Song”
Is anyone really surprised that 11 Iraqi civilians were killed by contractors employed by Blackwater in Iraq this week? Since the horror in Fallujah in 2004 [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Political Friday: Mercenary Mess
You fell for a jinx for crying out loud…
” I’m hexed with regrets and bad luck.
Keep you distance cause it’s rubbing off…”
-Green Day – “Jinx”
I’ve just spent a good part of the last 24 hours writing (see below) so I’m not sure how much I’ll get out today, but Thursday’s a free form day for me on afreeman.org. The face you see to [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Serenity
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Science Tuesday: Social Animals
“I think I’m so educated and I’m so civilized
cos I’m a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don’t feel safe in this world no more
I don’t want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
I’m an ape [...]
New Music Monday: Okkervil River – “The Stage Names”
“I’m the band in a show ’bout a man holding hands with his wife
On a therapist couch with his face to the crowd, always fucking around countless nights
And there’s this one episode, close-up cameras were showing him crying
His red head and his red eyes…”
-Okkervil River – “A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene”
I first [...]
MP3s of the Week: Iron & Wine – “Boy With A Coin” and “Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car”
Florida could hardly be considered a musical hot spot. In fact, I can count the number of great rock acts to come out of Florida on one hand – Ray Charles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty. Then there’s the remarkably long list of really bad bands from the Sunshine State – Dashboard Confessional, Matchbox Twenty, [...]
Game Day: Z’s First Georgia Game
Z is looking forward to listening to Munson on the net with his Dad today. We reckon that the Dawgs will be able to take Alex’s alma mater – the Western Carolina Catamounts. But, after last week’s debacle, we’ll remain cautiously optimistic. This is the closest outfit we’ve got to Georgia colors for Z – [...]
Mama & Baby
As promised…
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Apolitical Friday: Baby Bliss
“Born to multiply,Born to gaze into night skies,When all you want’s one more Saturday.Well look here, until thenThey gonna buy your life’s timeSo keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters‘Til the day…You come in doing cartwheels.”-The Shins – “Australia”After the first night of Z at home I’m a little too [...]
Zach
Meet Baby DVD – Zachary Ronald, born September 12, 2007.
” Some of my friends don’t know who they belong to
Some can’t get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I won’t mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be [...]
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