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	*August Y2K4* Log On - Join - Send Cash F* Ralphie and the Horse S* He Rode In On Go HERE. Daily Dose Of Doonesbury Go HERE. Quote of the Millenium: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --George W. Bush in a Fruedian moment of candor during the signing ceremony for the $417 billion defense spending bill. OK, you asked for it, you got it! HERE is the video. And check out Rummie, he didn't even flinch. The Imagine Festival of Arts Issues & Ideas Download a pdf file HERE Re: A Response To Bush's Pacyderm Conclave In NYC this August. Keep it all peaceful and don't play into the Republicans' hands. Go HERE for Imagine04.org.
	I'm Outta Here Back online sporadically until September 7th. Stay out of trouble when the invasion starts.
	8/26/04 1099 Are you watching the count? 1 more and we've killed 1100. Whoops! We're up to 1104 in the wink of an eye. And In $$$$$$ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant clock ticking the cost of the war in Iraq lit up in Times Square Wednesday, making its debut by flashing $134.5 billion. The amount on the clock will grow at a rate of $177 million a day, $7.4 million an hour and $122,820 per minute, said the advocacy group Project Billboard which put it up. Surprise, Surprise! The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of uninsured swelled by 1.4 million. MacDries wonders how many of those are registered voters.
	8/25/04 Comin' Along Crazy Horse monument in process. Nothing Like A Little Self-interest, Eh Dick? "Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue our family is very familiar with," Cheney told an audience that included his "Gay American" daughter. "With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone... People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to." MacDries says, "I love it, let's portray the Cheneys as the Liberals in the bunch. And while we're at it, let's pretend that The Shrub really sets the policy. Kewl. I'll buy it (wink, wink)." Spacer Don't want the light of my life, Emma, to be too close to the jerk in the item above. Think Again Bloomie "I think New Yorkers look forward to having extra security in this day and age." -- Michael Bloomberg MacDries and his family are a few New Yorkers who are totally sick of the Bunker mentality; machine gun toting cops, security checks, terror tourists, and all that goes with this so-called War On Terror. Bin Laden has won. We are no longer a nation of free people. We are a cowering bunch of idiots. Love the Camo, Mike. Spacer Don't want the light of my life, Emma, to be too close to the jerk in the item above. Join Al Franken's Great American ShoutOut Go HERE to protest Bush's acceptance speech.
	8/24/04 Emma In The Rain Spacer Don't want the light of my life, Emma, to be too close to the jerk in the next item. RepublicRAT! (Worth Repeating and repeating) Demonstrate against elephants (and Asses masquerading) on the the streets of New York in August. Like Zell Miller, Koch has always been a Republicrat. Did he support, Lindsey, Rudy, Bloomberg, or what? How many times can you vote Republican and call yourself a Democrat. It is clearly avoidance of registering as an Independant and losing the perks of PARTY afilliation. Full Disclosure? How much they paying you Ed? And as a (closeted) Gay Amercian Koch is voting for The Shrub who doesn't believe in equal rights for other Gay Amercians. Israel trumps all and if you don't agree then you are no doubt anti-semitic. Go figger! Eureaka! More Macho Politics I just got it!! Re: Dole/Kerry yesterday. Dole/War Hero ran for Prez and lost. Kerry/War Hero/ running for Prez. Dole lost running against draft-dodger Clinton but he bled and Kerry who might win, is running against a bunch of draft-dodgers and only had a few scratches. And fake medals, which he threw away, by the way. Can you be a War Hero AND a War protester? Is that the ticket? What's Gonna Happen (BLOG) Each day I get up compelled, by all 14 of you who read this daily, to come up with yet another reason for you to visit this site. Why? Who knows? No one is paying me. No one has ever paid me to do the things I can't keep myself from doing. (Jasper Johns said he only did those paintings he could not, not do.) Such is this ritual I established 4-5 months ago. Since that time, about 1000 people have visited this site. No, not daily! 14 daily! That figure approximately equals the number of coalition humans who have died daily in that same time period. I'm sitting her listening to Johnny Cash singing Lennon/Cartney's In My Life. and I'm wondering why? It has to be one of the two or three worst tracks ever recorded. Now, I love Johnny Cash, but have to explain. It's like loving John Wayne. Even though Wayne was a jerk, he was a great screen presence. And even though (smack dab in the midst of The Carter Family who couldn't sing an off note if they tried) Johnny Cash couldn't sing in tune on a good day. Despite that fact I can't take him off once he starts singing. You might say, "Why, if you dislike the Beatles and don't really like Johnny Cash, do you continue to listen?" You tell me. Waylon, Willie, Merle, George, Kris, Emmylou, Buck, all tell us he is great. Who am I to argue?
	8/23/04 Vacation Be prepared to go it alone from August 27 - September 7. I'm going to LaLaLand and not even taking my laptop; there is always a computer around to check email. If you can't figure out where to surf while I'm offline, there is still plenty of stuff in the monthly archives (see below). Dole Pulls A Boner (No thanks to Viagra) CRAWFORD, Texas - Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole suggested Sunday that John Kerry apologize for past testimony before Congress about alleged atrocities during the Vietnam War. "And here's, you know, a good guy, a good friend. I respect his record. But three Purple Hearts and never bled that I know of. I mean, they're all superficial wounds. Three Purple Hearts and you're out." Other Kerry supporters rose to his defense. "Senator Kerry carries shrapnel in his thigh as distinct from President Bush who carries two fillings in his teeth from his service in the Alabama National Guard, which seems to be his only time that he showed up," -- John Podesta, former chief of staff in the Clinton White House. Crewmate Del Sandusky said that he personally witnessed the battle action for which Kerry received Silver and Bronze stars and two of his three Purple Hearts. "He deserved every one of his medals," Sandusky drove Kerry's boat for nearly three months. MacDries says, "Apologize? Alleged atrocities? Anyone remember My Lai? I come not to praise Kerry but to bury him. With friends like The Pineapple, Kerry doesn't need many enemies. Also, Kerry's war records exists even if he burned his medals, Bush's Weekend Warrior records have mysteriously disappeared. Hmmmm." Every day dawns just to confirm how odious Republicans are. Evil knows not its own face in the mirror of reality. Dylan's Visions Of Sin Just finished Christopher Ricks' excellent book and am now into the second day of listening to Dylan, filling in a lot of lapses. Mostly the Christian period which is just Dylan doing Gospel music as he did Folk, Country, Rock'n roll, Blues. Wonder if he'll ever do Jazz. Hope he skips Pop. Just ordered Is It Rolling Bob?"; the Reggae tribute album (Bob to Bob). Christopher Ricks reads From Dylan's Visions Of Sin Go HERE to order it from Amazon. Go HERE to download my Dylan Memoir (draft) in PDF format. Backbone The 9/11 commission said today that it had raised private money to press Congress and the president to enact its recommendations. "We have decided to stay in business on a private basis," Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton said during a House committee hearing. "We are deeply committed to seeing the implementation of our reforms."
	8/22/04 Doh! Of The Day Teenagers' sexual activity is tied to drinks and drugs. MacDries says, "Not to mention sex itself which can be sort of fun. And it's not just teenagers drinking and drugging either." Metro vs. Retro Go HERE. You know who you are and so do they. Quote of the Week:(perhaps the millenium) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." George W. Bush in a Fruedian moment of candor at the signing ceremony for the $417 billion defense spending bill. OK, you asked for it, you got it! HERE is the video. And check out Rummie, he didn't even flinch.
	8/21/04 Joe Piscopo For Gov Another muscle bound macho doofus tosses his steroids in the ring. And that's a step up from Jim McGreevey, Gay American? Not Too Swift Good thing those Swift Boats are swift cuz the guys on them are certainly a few crabs short of a bushel. Their Glory Days over, I guess they gotta envy someone who went on to correct his mistakes.
	8/20/04 Chicken Hawks Say no more. Police Practice Pig Policies NEW YORK - A mob of chanting "demonstrators" clashed with police Thursday in Brooklyn in a mock protest held to review arrest procedures ahead of the Republican National Convention. RNC Not Welcome Web Site Go HERE A Fractal Named Monk T.S. Monk, I'm claiming. That's Good Enough For Me Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked to Anti-Kerry Ad
	8/19/04 Blessed Virgins Visit Poconos The Imagine Festival of Arts Issues & Ideas Download a pdf file HERE Re: A Response To Bush's Pacyderm Conclave In NYC this August. Keep it all peaceful and don't play into the Republicans' hands. Go HERE for Imagine04.org. Berkshires Jeffrey's pool at sunset. This is what I left behind returning to Bunker City. Disclaimer This is a label from a small American company that sells their product in France. Here's the translation of the french: * Wash with warm water * Use mild soap * Dry flat * Do not use bleach * Do not dry in the dryer * Do not iron * We are sorry that our President is an idiot * We did not vote for him *
	8/18/04 A Glut Of Flags After a few weeks of driving through the country, upstate New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, I'm afraid The Shrub has a lock on Four More Wars. If you count every flag flying as a vote for Bush he wins in a landslide. Chills me to the bone. But, as John Prine said, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven. Bunker City Walking down Wall Street (y'know, Terrorist Target, CitiBank, Stock Exchange, etc) and an NYPD 20 year old was waving his machine gun around a little too casually. I gave him a get away wave and told him to get his toy out of my face. "Just keep walking, Sir!" is what the public servant said. The Criminal Mind- Update Charles Kushner pleads guilty to 18 Counts, including 16 counts of filing false tax returns through various real estate partnerships. He also sponsored Golan Cipel's, visa. Cipel is McGreevey's recent squeeze but neither are implicated in these affairs. MacDries is no longer amazed at the arrogance of those in power. He merely assumes it is in place and rampant. Charles Kushner, real estate developer and top fund raiser for Governor McGreevey (D-NJ), it is charged, hired a New York City call girl to have sex with a witness (his brother-in-law we have now learned) in the investigation being conducted on him, had the sex act videotaped and sent the witness' wife (his sister?) a copy of the tape. Another Kushner associate was approached by a second prostitute but declined the advances, authorities said. Kushner, 50, is now charged with conspiracy, obstructing a federal investigation and promoting interstate prostitution. He was also under criminal investigation for possible tax fraud and illegal campaign contributions, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Last month, Kushner was fined $508,900 by the Federal Election Law Enforcement Commission for contributing money to political candidates in the names of his companies without authority to do so. MacDries says, "Now there is another heavy thinker."
	8/17/04 Another Weird Dentist Story RALEIGH, N.C. Aug. 16, 2004 - State regulators have revoked the license of a North Carolina dentist accused of abusing female patients by injecting his semen into their mouths during dental procedures. His lawyer said the dentist was storing vials of his semen at his office because he was monitoring the effects of a hair-growth drug. The drug's potential side effects included diminished semen production and low sperm count.
	8/16/04 Woodstock Remember 35 years ago. Me neither. Just back from 2 years in Rome, I was staying with my previoiusly mentioned mate John Vorlicek in Philadelphia. He said, "Hey we got tickets to this concert up in New York. Wanna go?" I said, "Nah, I don't think so. I think I'll go pick up my car in New York City." The rest is history even if Zimmie didn't play there and CSN tried to kill what was left of rock'n roll. Luckily Joe Cocker kicked major ass. "Dumb drunk farmer singing the blues," as my friend Bob Stein said. Daily Dose Of Doonesbury Go HERE. Watercolors Did some watercolors up in Malden Bridge. This is one. 5" x 8" This is another. This is yet another.
	8/15/04 Golan Heights $50 Million!!!!! That makes Golan Cipel a pretty expensive taste. He must be one hot tamale. Ellen Jantzen Sculptures & Digital Prints August 3-28- Fusion Art Space- 531 Howard Street- San Francisco The Pope (is For Sale) Sculpture by the late Outsider Artist, Bessie Harvey. For Sale @ $3000 or make an offer. 22" x 12" x 14" Also small works by Jasper Johns, Tom Otterness, Kiki Smith. Inquiries welcome via email address above.
	8/14/04 Bunker City Back home and not enjoying it. Too noisy, hot and humid. Why do we live here?
	8/13/04 Last Day In The Country So, McGreevey's gay, why is he resigning? If every politician who had an affair resigned, it would be worth it. MacDries says, "He gave a very dignified speech, didn't he." Bye Bye Julia 91 years ain't too bad a life when you eat and drink well. And we all eat better because of her.
	8/12/04 Post Turtle While suturing a laceration on the hand of an 80-year-old Texan rancher, the doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House. The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle.' "Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a "post turtle" was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a "post turtle. "The old man saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued : You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the dumb bastard get down."
	8/11/04 MalaBushisms "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we, They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - George W. Bush Speaking to an audience of military brass and Pentagon chiefs. MacDries agrees with the Shrub on this one.
	8/10/04 Too Long The Campaign should be over. Let's vote and get on with our lives.
	8/9/04 Happy Birthday Derb Daryl Dries used to be called "Gook" but he's been "Derb" for about 20 years now. It's his 72nd birthday today. Horse Camp Last week of vacation and Emma's going to horse camp. I don't have a lot of enthusiasm for this today. Found a cluster of Bolete nobilis yesterday. Tasty, more meaty than most shrooms. Nichols Gets a 2nd Life Term for Oklahoma Bombing Terry Nichols appears to have achieved reincarnation. After he is dead he must return to serve out his second life sentence. Nichols is not on record as being religious in any sense of the word so it might take some intervention from the powers which be. El Nino may return in 3 months Monday, August 9, 2004 NEW YORK, New York (Reuters) - El Nino, (the Climatic equivalent of the Politcal El Shrub dreaded Baby Prez who in retaliation for the random killing of 3000 Americans has killed random countless thousands of Muslims and Coalition of the Willing; spawning new wars across Pan Palestine) could possibly be re-elected in November, 2004, the Political Prediction Center of the Sweet Old Earth said today. MacDries says, "Freaky!!!!!!!!"
	8/8/04 Modems 14k- 28k - 56k- Geez! How did we ever use the internet in the olden days?
	8/7/04 DejaVu in America GO HERE. I Got Mine! The Shrub got his legacy admission to Yale, got a straight C average and got into business school on that record. Now he says you get yours the honest way. Whatta guy. MacDries says, "I'm wracking my brain to think of one thing Dubya and I agree on. Times up! Nope. Good and Evil. That's what it comes down to.
	8/6/04 How To Trash Bush/Cheney 1. Open a new file in your PC 2. Name it "George W. Bush" 3. Send it to the trash 4. Empty the trash 5. Your PC will ask you: "Do you really want to get rid of George W. Bush?" 6. Answer calmly, "Yes," and press the mouse button MacDries says, "Wish it was that easy." Chanterelle Jalapeno Saute Gather fresh Chanterelles and score some green jalapenos. Saute them in olive oil and butter until the juices release. Then add them to omelets, scrambled eggs or cheese quesadillas, or add them to marsala sauce with chicken or veal. Yummie!
	8/5/04 Cartier-Bresson There are those who "take" a photo and those who "make" a photo. Never been a better picture taker than Cartier-Bresson and now he's gone @ 95. He gave up photography for drawing a few years ago and while we admire his artistic integrity in doing so, we miss those images he might have taken. RIP Master. Green Meads Farm My friend Jeffrey is a master breeder/trainer of Morgan Horses and their owners. If you like horses you should check out his site HERE. He also has a pet rooster named Orlando who is allowed to roam free and easy and wake everyone at 4:44 am. Jeff is teching Orlando to play the piano. I predict jeffrey will abandon this experiment and eat the creature before he gets old and cranky like me.
	8/1/04 Going, Going, going... ...offline for a couple days. Visiting my friend Jeffrey at Green Meads Farm, check out his Morgan horses, sit on the porch... etc. Be back on Thursday. Didn't see much of the Blue Moon, too cloudy and rainy up here.
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