RANT
by Eric
Ahlberg
So many wonderful things have
happened since we last spoke. Suzy, thank you so much for putting that superb
concert.
Alfred Johnson, Stephen Longfellow Fiske,
The Boners, Bobbie Jackson, Felicia, am I gushing enough about how wonderful
they all were.
Ms. Harman, meanwhile,
got many earfuls of protestation from her local constituents re: her complicity
in Bush’s saber rattling. She said 95% of her calls were against the Iraq
War resolution, but she said she didn’t know if that really represented
95% of her constituents. What an excellent waffle, seems focus group tested.
She’s a defense democrat, There’s a lot of Aerospace and military
contractors among her well heeled
constituents.
Aren’t you relieved
to know that Cindy Miz’s hubby’s real estate development interests
are only in MDR? That couldn’t have any impact on LINCOLN BLVD, or on any
part of LA that surrounds it.
So Venice
has gone from being that crime and gang infested skuzzy place to being HOT!
Location Location Location.
Located
under much of the industrially zoned areas of Venice are the toxic residues of
another era. Cute Garden, do you know what’s underground across the street
there?
Everything you feared is true.
There is a conspiracy of developers, realtors, banks, private investors,
architects, designers, and tradesman to keep driving up the land value and
building more apartments and houses.
It’s the official religion of
American Business, can’t argue with that. Current litany, slow growth,
rehab, upgrade the common areas, send the poor kids into the army via no
opportunities.
There’s always
opportunity, never do what you can tell a trainee to do. We crave an
apprentice/learning relationship to our jobs, communities and networks of
friends.
Except for the arrogant pricks
that think their shit doesn’t
stink.
Another Canal friend has had his
sunshine blocked by a 3 story. Will GRVNC oppose development? Cheap Landlord
Rehab=Bury the mold and termite structural damage under a new layer of plaster
if possible, double the rent. Have to fight each one, if you can catch them
before they slip it by you. But how do we stop development in MDR? Major money
there. I wonder how many gadflies they could afford to pay off. All you need is
a little congestion aversion agitation and some NIMBY and you will have a
majority for stopping new developments.
Anyone not yet convinced that
Capitalism is a stinking swamp of mendacity? We are arrogant fucks and we stand
to make good money from it. We reward our family, friends, and those who help
us, with our benevolence, and we use proxy thugs to keep the others away. We
have enough money to buy you. I’m not talking about all those sweet shop
owners and designers and small creative businessmen. I’m talking about
the assholes who buy up and manipulate the market for land, water, food, and
power all over the world. But do I live in a cultural Bubble? Many thousands of
people go to demonstrations and to see Nickled and Dimed, and Bowling for
Columbine.
The republicans won the
election by threatening Iraq. How many trigger-happy living room warriors does
it take to waste the poor youth who look to the military as a steady
job?
Oh Goddess of heavens, give me the
passion to achieve a better world.
Oh great
unspeakable bless us all with the heart to stop
killing.
No more murders in anyone’s
neighborhood. Yeah sure you idealistic
fuck.
Why lose when anything is
possible.
No one knows how the economy is
controlled. Let us control it for you.
Rid
yourself of the human vermin.
Support the
Robot Army!
Posted: Sun - December
1, 2002 at 04:03 PM