"...We've got to bomb Castro/Bomb him flat/He's too damn successful and we can't risk that/How do I know?/I read it in The Daily News..."
--Tom Paxton, 1967
And how little and how much has changed in the 39 years. It's still a wee bit Castro but mostly Hugo Chavez and it's not the Daily News (or even Murdoch's Post), it's The Tissue Of Lies on Saturday's front page: "Seeking United Latin America, Venezuela's Chavez Is a Divider (Some Neighbors Resent His Style as Meddlesome)" by Juan Forero. First of all, that's an editorial not a news or feature story. Second of all, who the hell is Juan Forero? This is the first time Kelso has seen his byline in the Tissue. Third of all, is there a source quoted in the piece that is not allied with a right-wing think tank or a right-wing or center-right South American political party? Finally, is there a word of truth in the piece?
No Venezuelan, Bolivian, Chilean, Brazilian or Argentinian ever called Kelso a "loony liberal", if your Uncle may borrow from the pre-Reaganite Muhammad Ali.
Christ Almighty, how many times does the Tissue Of Lies have to guess wrong on geo-politics? Guess they're not guessing. They have a point of view and it's pretty much Pinochet's or Kissinger's or that of any of the architects of the dirty war in Argentina. Fair enough. But, Liberals, at least know what you're spending your money on when you buy the Tissue. You are buying a ruling-class house organ with no brains, no balls, and a few little pissy PC and environmental pretentions. Full stop. The puzzles are OK and Adam Liptak, Kaleef Saneeh, and Diane Cardwell are very good writers. Otherwise, you are buying a pretty fair Nazi Zaitung. Just know that, OK? Fascist to be sure, and Nazi probably. And 10,000 Jewish surnames don't change that.
Well, Kelso's hoping you all did something will Kelso's advice on the Preakness. Barbaro looked by the figures and spacing as a horse whose connections were begging for injury and two of the right contenders finished 1-2. We're still hoping here at The Nuts that Barbaro makes a full recovery and is a productive stallion.
And how sick have these last two Mets/Girls games been? Mets crack the Big Unit and Rivera with Jerimi Gonzalez. Then, the Girls crack Wagner. Weird. One managerial note on Saturday's game. Why did Randolph even bring Wagner into the game with a 4-0 lead. You can bring any rag in to try to close out one inning with a 4-run lead and if he runs into trouble, THEN you bring Wagner in. Randolph, who is going to conventional-wisdomize the Mets into 3rd place before this is all over, brought Wagner in to start the 9th. So, it becomes clear that Wagner's off his game, but because it's Wagner and not Sanchez or Julio or Maine or whoever, but Wagner, Randolph's stuck. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Sure, there's plenty of institutionalized racism in baseball, but Randolph obviously failed his previous 49 interviews not because of the color of his skin but because he can't fucking manage. Here's hoping Glavine can beat Small tonight for the first series.
Hi-5s and hugs to Adda Tripp and Jack Snake. Always there when things are pear.
Kelso's Nuts love you.
3 comments:
Meatloaf was wrong. Two out of three may not be bad, but it sure aint good 'nuff for me when we had 'em and Im still sick from Sat's game and the 7 ride home.
My theory of betting every Pedro start has been taking some licks lately.
Keep well bro.
Didn't hear Tom Paxton growing up; did read Anthony Burgess' Grendel at age 8. Most totally awesome. There is this part at the end, which takes up the last 1/3 of the book actually, where Beowulf is climbing up through Grendel's Mom's innards. She seemed as big as a continent. And the way they took advantage of Beowulf! So unbelievably repetitiously disgusting. I read it like a comic book.
Also remember watching the draft as April 3, my father's birthday, didn't get picked.
I think my pop gave up on protest music when Phil Ochs committed suicide, just listened to jazz instead. I gave him a copy of a cd by Fad Gadget's lead singer he liked, so much like Phil Ochs, and he doesn't like anything.
And always had Down Beat magazine, The Whole Earth Catalogue, I Seem To Be A Verb, and a geodesic paper globe from the science kit; not to mention "Discovery of the Month Club" from the Buckminster Fuller people at Whole Earth. Too bad I didn't have Tom Paxton too; seems like a link.
Haven't read Marcuse or Genovese either; have read Daniel Ellman and Jack Kerouac; the revolution is a little less pressing in the suburbs, I guess.
Also, all my blog settings are in Chinese, just to keep up the insane Cloudian discipline, didn't see the encouraging messages til just now; I will definitely continue to post here.
Post a Comment