My Richard Gere Bumper Sticker
we won’t be able to free Tibet
until we’re capable of freeing
Mississippi
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Happy Shiny People
the last few days…
overexposed and over CNN’d
where does it end?
Boston to Iraq
Spokane to Afghanistan
it’s about poverty
education
and hate
be good humans
take a deep breath
smell a goddamn flower for a change
the last few decades…
overexposed and over CNN’d
it ends
by finding a better place to start
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Lights Out
“…direct action has often been the preliminary to really major changes. Revolutionary changes…” – Chomsky
rage
then push back
music for the weary masses
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From Whence It All Comes
mom didn’t teach him to keep it in his pants
dad didn’t teach her self-worth comes from within
grandma didn’t teach him to keep it in his pants
grandpa didn’t teach her self-worth comes from within
mom didn’t teach him to be strong as a woman
dad didn’t teach her that she was stronger than him
grandma didn’t teach him to use his words
grandpa said just shoot ’em with your gun
mom said do as i did not what i didn’t teach
dad said see you around
so
grandma raised three generations
and
grandpa drank himself to death
then
Facebook finished off
whoever was left
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Safer is as Safer Does
$29.1 billion in 2003
$30.5 billion in 2005
$35.3 billion in 2007
$41.2 billion in 2009
$45 billion in 2011
with $60 billion for 2013
homeland security
doesn’t care what you think
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tourists on my boat
tourists in my town
tourists, tourists, tourists
tourists eating
tourists kitsching
tourists, tourists, tourists
tourists…
i explained
to my indigenous friend
tourists, tourists, tourists
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Some Words
a picture is worth a thousand words
some words
are worth a thousand photographs
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The Vigilant Lens 