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	5/31/04 Click HERE for the latest totals. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. More than 5,500 Iraqis died violently in just Baghdad and three provinces in the first 12 months of the occupation. My Pistola Is Bigger Than Yours, Daddy When Saddam Hussein was rousted from his spider hole in a town near Tikrit he was clutching a pistol. Saddam is now in detention at an undisclosed location. But what ever happened to the pistol? Well, it seems the sidearm has made its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. U.S. of A. It was presented to the Shrub privately by some of the troops who played a key role in ferreting out old Saddam. Though it was widely reported at the time that the pistol was loaded when they grabbed the Iraqi Ogre, Bush has told visitors that the gun was now empty and safe to touch. A cheap thrill to anyone who has never handled a piece before. "He really liked showing it off," says a recent visitor to the White House who has actually seen if perhaps never touched the weapon. Go Guga! Kuertin makes it to the quarterfinals of the French Open.
	5/30/04 Coincidence? Conspracy? Archibald Cox and Sam Dash die on the same day? My Man, Newman! MacDries says, "Y'know, one of my personal and artistic heroes, Paul Newman (Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Sting, Hud, Hombre, Newman's Own Stuff, need I go on? Hell, I mean Cool Hand Luke for Lord's sake? Get up off your ass and go to the Video Store. Newman is now fighting to disassociate himself form this Princeton Yuppie "24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day" Newman's Day thing but I'm wondering... What is a conspircy anyway?" Land Of The Patriots, Home Of The Cowards San Francisco Gallery Owner, Lori Haigh was attacked after showing a painting of Iraqi prisoner abuse. Guy Colwell's painting depicts three U.S. soldiers leering at a group of naked men in hoods with wires connected to their bodies. The one in the foreground has a blood-spattered American flag patch on his uniform. In the background, a soldier in sunglasses guards a blindfolded woman. Two days after the painting went up, someone threw eggs and dumped trash on the doorstep. Haigh said she did not think to connect it to the events at Baghdad's notorious prison until people started leaving threats on her answering machine. "I think you need to get your gallery out of this neighborhood before you get hurt," one caller said. Last weekend, Haigh said a man walked into the gallery, pretended to scrutinize the painting for a moment, then marched up to her desk and spat in her face. On Thursday, someone knocked on the door of the gallery, then punched Haigh in the face when she stepped outside. Dickheads Hunting Ducks Go HERE to see a Cheney & Scalia in justice is duck blind.
	5/29/04 Blue Moon Fish Team Going to the Greenmarket over on Chambers & Greenwich Street. (Did you ever notice that avenues in NYC go North and South, streets go East and West, except for Greenwich Street and Greenwich Avenue.) The Blue Moon team has the freshest fish you can buy; right off the boat, never been frozen. Many people don't know that nearly all commercial fish have been frozen at least once; they flash freeze everything on board ship, then let them thaw at the market. I think Blue Moon also goes to 14th Street on Wednesdays. Do yourself a favor and check'em out. Super Hero What a jaw! Now, this guy is a Super Hero because he gave up money so he could give up his life; to "friendly fire" we are now told. Regular soldiers only give up their lives so they are only normal heros. Super Babe What a body! But Serena, don't you think you should quit and enlist in the Shrub's war? More Music Memoirs Go HERE to download the Bill Evans PDF file. Kiss My Muslim Ass Gene Gene Simmons sparked outrage when his psuedo-band Kiss toured Australia earlier this month with comments seen as attacking Islam. "This is a vile culture and if you think for a second that it's willing to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing (sic?) coming. They want to come and live right where you live and they think that you're evil." MacDries says, "I'm a little more worried about you coming into my neighborhood Gene. And what is this "thing" they have coming? Or were you misquoted again. I guess you saw the light when all those "Evil Muslims" in Australia threatened to boycott your tour, eh dude? Cher says, "Hello, sweety. Love your makeup. Did you have a face-lift?" Follow-Up To Bill Evans Memoir Subject: To the Editor Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:15:39 -0500 From: Danny Dries Organization: MacDries Design To: NYletters@primediamags.com Well Shut MY Mouth re: Jazz At Wynton Center Dec. 24-31 Wynton Marsalis ought to be ashamed to compare himself to Miles Davis or to ten other great jazz trumpet players starting with Louis Armstrong. In no particular order, the list would include Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Eldridge, Don Cherry, Sweets Edison, Bobby Hackett, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Fats Navarro, hell even his mentor Al Hirt had more soul than Marsalis can muster on his best night. Marsalis is a technician rather than a musician; no better if perhaps no worse than hundreds of trumpet players in orchestras around the world. He'd best stick to Purcell. Marsalis and his pal Rik Burns had it wrong from the start; the soul of jazz is not composition ala Ellington, it is improvisation ala Armstrong. In their mockumentary, more screen time was allotted to the death of Duke Ellington's mother than to most of the musicians mentioned above. Furthermore, jazz is not legitimized by calling it America's Classical music. Jazz is jazz and as such can stand as equal to any other form of music. Yours truly, Danny Dries NYC
	5/28/04 Laundry Day Give me a break, I'm waking up. New Sounds Last summer is called the Summer of Mary Black in my mind. She's been around a long time but I've been listening to other stuff. I now own about 10 of her CDs and there is not a bad track on any of them. For an introduction you could try Without The Fanfare (I've passed on about 10 copies to friends and family.) Or try a 2CD The Best of Mary Black. One track on that one features another Irish singer named Paul Brady. Check him out too. Oh What A World is where I'm starting and it's pretty damn good. My younger brother Dennis has for years been trying to turn me on to Patty Griffin, who I've always confused with Nancy Griffith. Well, I finally bought Impossible Dreams and I'm telling you I'm going to be buying a lot more. Nancy Griffith is also worth listening to. Both Griffith and Griffin have been covered extensively by other rock and country stars so you will recognize many of their songs. While you're at it there is an excellent old Townes Van Zandt CD called Texas Rain that I finally bought. Townes does duets with Willie, Jerry Jeff, Freddy Fender, Emmylou, Kimmie Rhodes, Larry McMurtry and Kathy Mattea. Willie and Townes do Marie which is probably the saddest god-damn song ever written. If you haven't yet enjoyed the new Al Green, I Can't Stop, you have a treat coming. Al has teamed up with his old producer Willie Mitchell, used the same studio and even the same magic mic he used on The Belle Sessions. Go for it! it will make you happy. Art For Acrobats Stand on your head and see the monkey. Or Click HERE.
	5/27/04 Surprise! Nixon Was A Drunk. Henry Is Still An Asshole War Criminal Shortly after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war erupted, aides to Prime Minister Edward Heath of Britain telephoned Brent Scowcroft hoping to reach the president so the two leaders could discuss the war. Scowcroft called his boss. Mr. Kissinger said, "Can we tell them no? When I talked to the president, he was loaded." MacDries says, "Give Kissinger another a Nobel Wet-Nurse Prize for that alone." The Face Of Terror Captain Hook returns. The greatest army in the world's history ought to be able to whip a one-eyed dude with a hook hand. I bet he doesn't even speak American. Art Tragedy Tracey Emin's Mistresspiece "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With" was lost in a warehouse fire in London. The artist had stitched the names of all her lovers on the tent. It is not known if she actually consumated all the sex acts in that same tent. MacDries says, "Nevermind that, Tracy. Show us your tits." Music Memoirs Neil Young, Bernard Shakey, et. al. "Think I'll pack it in, buy a pick-up, drive it down to L.A. find myself a place to fix up start a brand new day" One of my favorite and pertinent songs by anyone is Out On The Weekend by Neil Young. Packed with eerie imagery personal to me, the way Dylan's Positively 4th Street resonates for anyone with a paranoid streak. But that's another very boring story having little to do with music. It has to do with an aforementioned woman who loved opera best of all the vast range of music available. Go figure. Or rather don't. It's a waste of time much like she was. I used to listen to early Neil Young all the time without ever really noticing that I loved his music. Harvest, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young were 3 early albums in my normal rotation since they first came out and it somehow never really bothered me that he was also sometimes associated with Crosby, Stills and Nash. Then some years ago Young did a country session on Austin City Limits and I started backing and filling, checking out what he'd been doing since those early days. I bought Unplugged and Harvest Moon which now seem to be two of his all time best; Harvest Moon being an obvious update to Harvest. The Year Of The Horse with Crazy Horse, takes some getting used to, but is now also seeming to be worth the effort. I'm presently checking out On The Beach, Mirror Ball, Tonight's The Night and After The Gold Rush. The result being: On The Beach has now been added to my Neil's Best list. I've also been reading the excellent, if lengthy, Shakey; a biography by James McDonough containing copious interviews with the master. It reads as easy as eating popcorn and Young comes across as a sort of Zen master in defending himself. To the many instances of criticism, Young usually just admits his faults without seeming to be offended and without resorting to false modesty. He comes off as an authentic artist who has always managed to go his own way when commercialization seems about to trap him. He is able to applaud himself while admitting he has his masters. Young will excuse me but he is wrong in at least a couple instances: he claims Jimi Hendriks and J.J. Cale as his masters. Well, Jimi (perhaps) but not Cale. Clapton (perhaps) but not Stills. In one ridiculous entry, Stephen Stills has the audacity (not to say outright drug addled stupidity) to claim that "Dylan is a good songwriter, but he's not a musician". I have a DVD of The Year Of The Horse, the movie by Jim Jarmusch and last summer I watched most of the available concert videos. I meant to catch his latest, Greenwood, but it now seems to have disappeared from local screens so I'll have to wait for the DVD. I'm clearly on what might be called a Neil Young binge with no end in sight. He just seems to be getting larger in my estimation while many I used to enjoy have shrunk a bit. Who are they? What's the point? You have your own heroes.
	5/26/04 Kurt Vonnegut Wiseman Go HERE to read his latest. The Romdogs Have A New Design Go HERE to visit Fred & Fred. Also a good place to see (or recall) how it was downtown after 9-11-01. Our Education President "The illiteracy level of our children are appalling." - George W. Bush For more Bushisms Go HERE.
	5/25/04 Count All Votes Petition Go HERE to add your name. Artist Of The Day Go HERE for a survey of photographs by Ram Rahman.
	5/24/04 The Shrub's New War Wounds Farenheit 9/11 In one of the several pieces of startling video exhibited for the first time in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," we catch a candid glimpse of President Bush minutes before he makes his prime-time TV address to take the nation to war in Iraq. He is sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. A makeup woman is doing his face. And Mr. Bush is having a high old time. He darts his eyes about and grins, as if he were playing a peek-a-boo game with someone just off-camera. He could be a teenager goofing with his buds to relieve the passing tedium of a haircut. Odd Architecture We passed through Terminal 2E twice last September en route and leaving Rome. An officious gate guard didn't want me to pass because I didn't have a card stating I possessed a Pacemaker. I offered to show him my lump but he declined. My savvy wife finessed it by pretending we didn't speak French and next time we would learn it. Kewl. Mac Dries wants to know if this is part of the new Frank Geary school of non-engineered sculptural architecture? Hillary Shows her Daddy's Roots Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Lindsey Graham agree the U.S. needs a larger military. MacDries wants to know how far the babe will go to show her cojones.
	5/23/04 Don't Miss Sigmund's Grandson (1 Week Left) Lucian Freud at Acquavella through May 27th. This Freud, like the other more famous one, takes some getting used to but unlike his grandpa, he's well worth the effort. The Pretzel Syndome Strikes Again? The Shrub falls off his bike. Pix to come. Update On Nick Berg Go HERE for a letter from Berg's father to The Guardian.
	5/22/04 Taking The Day Off My old art school roomate, the fine "fine artist" John Vorlicek is in town, having just retired from teaching art for 38 years. An amazing acheivement. My equally talented friend, and former art school roomate, Carl Grupp also just retired after teaching 35 years at Augustana and he got a cake. I see Carl more often but I've only seen John a mere six times in 40 years. We're going to see the Paul Klee show at the Met and Lucian Freud at Acquavella. Report to follow. I only made it as an art teacher for 10 years.
	5/21/04 Metaphorically Speaking She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef. A Little Art On A Slow Day Click to Enlarge Mowgli's Moon Susan Sontag On Iraqi Prison Torture Go HERE for article in NY Times Magazine. Cover Up Continues May 21, 2004 - Sgt. Samuel Provance, who said he believed the military was covering up the extent of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was today stripped of his security clearance and told he may face prosecution because his comments were "not in the national interest." Provance said in addition to his revoked security clearance, he was transferred to a different platoon, and his record was officially "flagged," meaning he cannot be promoted or given any awards or honors. He was also told he will face administrative action for failing to report what he knew at the time and for failing to take steps to stop the abuse. His attorney, Scott Horton said, "I see it as an effort to intimidate Sgt. Provance and any other soldier whose conscience is bothering him, and who wants to come forward and tell what really happened at Abu Ghraib."
	5/20/04 The Dance Begins Sucker and Suckee (or vice-versa)? "Your best teacher is your last mistake." - Ralph Nader MacDries says, "Ralph, your last mistake was running in Y2K. Your latest mistake is running in Y2K4." Metaphorically Speaking Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. Yes Daddy The Shrub said that for Iraqis it was "time to take the training wheels off" and that they need "to take the bike and go forward." (Speaking of metaphors) Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi, who has a difficult relationship with the White House, said. "I thought he really looked good this morning, what he had to say was really very good, he touched on the issues that we needed to hear. He is a strong leader, and when you see him in situations like this, you feel it, it pulls us together and he gets us fired up." MacDries says, "You remember Trent, no? He's the cracker who longs for the good old days of segregation."
	5/19/04 RIP Elvin Jones Coltrane's heartbeat. Metaphorically Speaking The fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while. Well, Doh! Rudy says, "Blame the terrorists." I Swear.... ... to cover my ass. Sonny Rollins Go HERE to download my Sonny Rollins memoir. Israeli Terrorists Strike Again RAFAH, Gaza Strip May 19, 2004 - Israeli forces fired a missile and four tank shells to hold back a large crowd of Palestinian demonstrators Wednesday, and shrapnel from the blasts killed at least 10 Palestinian children and teenagers and wounded 50 people. MacDries says, "The Israelis are insane; they are the world's worst terrorists and must be stopped. They have a military force supplied by the good old U.S. of A. and are fighting against a people willing to blow themselves up to support their rights."
	5/18/04 I'm Awake That's about all I have to say, so far. Metaphorically Speaking The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease. Referendum Geography Lesson You live in Colorado when... You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center. (You may have to think about that one.) You Live in Maine when... Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons. You live in the Midwest when... Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. You live in Florida when... Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people. You Live in the Deep South when... "ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural. And "He needed killin' " is a valid criminal defense. You Live in New York City when... You think eye contact is an act of aggression. You Live in California when... You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house. You live in Arizona when... You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade. Real Greens say FUCK NADER Click HERE to buy your button. MacDries says, "He's a senile old man out to make mockery of his life's work." The Beatles (Briefly) & Enter Bob Dylan Go HERE to download an update to this memoir.
	5/17/04 Pope Names 6 New Saints U.S Army names 6 New Sinners. Metaphorically Speaking He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River. The Buck Stops With The Shrub WASHINGTON May 16, 2004 - The Iraq prisoner abuse scandal shifted Sunday to the question of whether the Bush administration set up a legal foundation that opened the door for the mistreatment. Within months of the Sept. 11 attacks, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales reportedly wrote President Bush a memo about the terrorism fight and prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions. "In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions," Gonzales wrote, according to the report in Newsweek magazine. Secretary of State Colin Powell "hit the roof" when he read the memo, according to the account. Kucinich Is Still Making Sense "Who is or isn't the secretary of defense is not the issue," said Kucinich. "It's the war that's wrong. The policy of this administration is wrong. As long as Bush is in the White House, it doesn't matter who's in the Pentagon. Nothing will change - except that it will get worse."
	5/16/04 Today's Sermon For Kate A Dozen People I Love Whom I've Never Met (and 1 ringer) 1) Pete Seeger 2) Buckminster Fuller 3) John Gielgud 4) Margaret Mead 5) Willie Nelson 6) Jane Goodall 7) John Coltrane 8) Billie Holiday 9) Jimmy Carter 10) Abbie Hoffman 11) Preston Sturges 12) The Lord God Almighty (Even though I don't believe there is such an entity, someone claims that 92% of Americans do believe. That makes me feel like I live on a planet of like-minded souls over ridden by hordes of aliens) Republican Convention Schedule Go HERE to download a Word Document of The Shrub's annointment for 4 More Wars.
	5/15/04 A Dozen Peeves 1) Fold-Out magazine covers. 2) Democrats stumping for John McCain as VP. 3) Advertising supplements designed to look like part of a magazine. 4) Car Alarms. 5) Perfume ads and perfume in general. 6) Pet owners who let their dogs sniff me. 7) Winter. 8) Summer. 9) Weather. 10) Rap (music?). 11) Compulsive talkers. 12) Republicans who think they are intelligent and successful because they have money. Sorry This has been a pretty lame day for entries but since no one is coming around anyway... whatever.
	5/14/04/b> Join Greenpeace! The Hunger Site Don't forget to go HERE each day and click.
	5/13/04 The Shrub Is A Joker Go HERE for The Shrub's video from the White House Correspndent's Dinner. Macho Jesus Go HERE for a smack from Jesus. Hamlet Go HERE for a hilarious MP3 version of The Prince of Denmark by John Wesley Harding. Quote Of The Day Before taking questions from soldiers in Iraq, Rumsfeld said, "It's generally a lot more fun here than it is back home." MacDries says, "Join the troops on the line, Rummy. They're having lots of fun." Geary Strikes Again! MIT is the victim this time. Someone stop him before he builds again.
	Taking Care Of Bizness Video on a Web site shows the beheading of a man who identifies himself as Nick Berg, an American worker in Iraq. Suzanne Berg, the mother of the 26-year-old, said her son was in Iraq as an independent businessman to help rebuild communication antennas. "He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said. MacDries says, "And perhaps make a few bucks in the process?" More Bad News Checkup shows Cheney's health 'very good'. And in case you've been in prison and missed these... Pfc. Lynndie England (the one with the cigarette, pointing at the penis) says now that her superiors gave her specific instructions on how to pose for the photos. Asked who gave the orders, she would say only, "Persons in my chain of command." "I was instructed by persons in higher rank to `stand there, hold this leash, look at the camera,' and they took pictures for PsyOps (psychological operations). I didn't really, I mean, want to be in any pictures." She also said she thought "it was kind of weird." MacDries is trying to remember where he's heard this "just following orders" before.
	5/11/04 Laura Can't Bear to Look 1st Lady Laura says she and the Shrub Are 'Anguished' Over Abu Ghraib Prison Images. Bracing themselves for the anticipated release of more images revealing the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, Laura says her husband, along with most Americans, struggles with each new image that surfaces. "It is a picture we don't want the rest of the world to have of us. They don't represent our troops and they don't represent the way people in the United States of America think or act." MacDries says, "Clearly some Americans think that way. Those "privacy" issues for the accused torturers might keep the images closeted for a while longer but just as Vietnam was the first TV war and was lost there, Iraq is the first Internet war and will likewise be lost." *Verbum Sap* Brooklyn Bridge From WTC Go HERE for views that no longer exist. Bumper Snicker From The Shrub's Own Mouth "You've got to get out there and turn out the vote. That's what we call the grass roots. I've come to fertilize the grass roots." MacDries says, "Y'all know what manure is, no?"
	As Rummy Predicted It's getting worse. 1st Batterer Up! Looks like a decent American scapegoat, to me. Our Village Idiot Fire Safire. Rummy has enough apologists in Congress. Do Pit bulls Belong in Dog Parks? Pit bull breeds were bred and designed for dog-to-dog combat. You can neuter them, train the hell out of them, but because of genetics, he's still at risk of tripping into a fight faster than you can say Selective Breeding. One common place where pit bulls feel their ancestral tug is in a Dog Park. The excitement of an ever changing pack of dogs tempts even the most passive breeds past their limits. Fights are the norm, and if one occurs, no doubt the pit bull will find himself smak dab in the middle of it. Avoiding this kind of scene separates responsible pit bull owners from the irresponsible. News of this sort are frequent. Here is only one: Boy Savaged By Pit Bulls. (Repeat)
	5/9/04 Happy Mother's Day Mothers From Saint to Sinner. Little Georgie W. Shrub "I ain't my daddy. I'm W." MacDries says, "Yeah, W as in worse." Nancy Crosses Over BEVERLY HILLS, California- Former 1st Lady Nancy Reagan (AKA Evita) endorsed human embryonic research Saturday night at a star-studded fund-raiser. Such research is generally opposed by political conservatives and many anti-abortion groups because it involves the destruction of days-old human embryos. President Dubya Shrub signed an executive order in 2001 limiting research to existing embryonic stem cell lines. (As if anyone knows what that means) However, Evita and others believe the use of stem cells could lead to cures for such illnesses as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, which (coincidentally) afflicts former President Ronald Reagan. MacDries says, "Nothing like a little enlightened self-interest to set your priorities in a straight line. We all remember Nancy & Ron's avant garde sponsorhip of AIDS reseach. And who knows what it might do for cosmetic surgery as well?"
	5/8/04 Spector May Not Have Shot Victim MacDries says, "No, Edward Scissorhand did it." Go To Your Room, Dede! In Y2K, Sotheby's CEO, Dede Brooks, agreed to testify about her boss Alfred Taubman's (and her own) price fixing and was sentenced to 6 months house arrest in her palatial Manhattan home. Sotheby's and Christie's only stole about 400 million dollars of rich folks money. Today, Sotheby's is very much back in business. Pablo Picasso's Boy with a Pipe sold for more than $104 million - the highest price ever paid for a single piece of art in an auction setting. It is said that poor Dede is still persona non grata in the art world. MacDries says, "I'll bet she still has profit sharing."
	5/7/04 Weeeeee're Back Server was down for a few days. Back now with a vengence. Latest Crucifix Rummy says he's responsible and sorry (he got caught). MacDries says, "That oughta do it. Case closed."
	5/6/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 872 humans. Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. Unbelievable George Go HERE. Bush thinks we are all human Kleenex.
	5/5/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 868 humans. Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. Server Was Down Yesterday Come on back.
	5/4/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 860 humans. Whoops, 864 Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. Busted!!!! Who's Smiling now, Groucho? "Quattrone was a highly paid professional who earned $120 million in 2000." MacDries says, "Who "earns" $120,000,000 in a year, except, perhaps, Mother Theresa? Artist Of The Day Daniel Trocchio Tattoos MacDries says, "Tattoos can be beautiful in a way that the bodies they reside on seldom are."
	5/3/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 860 humans. Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. 1971- Things Have Changed Washington, Tuesday, May 4 -- About 7,000 antiwar protesters were arrested yesterday morning after fighting running skirmishes with metropolitan police and Federal troops throughout large areas of the nation's capital. About 150 were also injured in the six hours of disturbances as the protesters, demanding an immediate halt to the war in Vietnam, were thwarted in their plan to stop Government operations. Shortly before 11 P.M., more than 12 hours after most of the arrests were made, Will Wilson, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, set up procedures for them to be released. MacDries recalls: "And they had to pay $10 each for their right to protest. Yeah, right. Women would have us believe that men are like wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have with dinner. 1 Reason The Textile Industry Is Hurting
	5/2/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 846 humans. Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. Nuremberg 1946 "Of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." -- Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946 from "Nuremberg Diary" by G M Gilbert Little Rootie Tootie- 1965 40" x 48" Collection- Carl Grupp Salary Comparisons: US Soldiers vs. Mercenaries* According to figures current during the active war a year ago, the salary of a soldier in the lowest rank who has one year's service was $15,480 a year - only a thousand dollars more than the average pay for an usher in a movie theatre in the USA. The pay for an experienced corporal of three years of service was $19,980 a year. Meanwhile, the government pays private firms between $500 and $1,500 a day for the experienced military personnel they supply in Iraq. That works out to mercenaries who often earn between $150,000 and $250,000 a year. In stark terms, a mercenary works in a less risky position, providing support to fighting men or guarding oil wells instead of going on patrols in hostile territory under enemy fire and assault - and makes 10 or 20 times as much money as a soldier who serves his country instead of a corporation. There are mercenaries making more than General Tommy Franks, who commanded the US armed forces in last year's war in Iraq. With more than 36 years of service, Franks' annual base pay was $153,948. Is it possible to sustain an army when mercenaries for private contractors take less risks and earn 10 times as much as soldiers? Is it possible to delude Iraqis and Americans alike that a reconstruction budget is for reconstruction, when a quarter of it pays for private military forces? The author: Huck Gutman, a former Fulbright Visiting Professor at Calcutta University, is Professor of English at the University of Vermont. Bush Cards Produced by the son-of-a-friend.
	5/1/04 - "Coalition" Death Toll in Iraq is 846 humans. Click HERE for the latest updates. Americans are not the only ones to have been killed. Today Today marks one year since the war in Iraq was declared over, Mission Accomplished! Poem by Ronald Robinson The Milling at Fallujah Embedded cameras steadily stare at Marines awaiting the assault. Encased in camo battle gear, lithe, supple bodies jerk, shuffle, mill, obeying unheard orders and shards of orders barked by stern commanders -- fear, duty, pride, or just not wanting to screw up, to go get hurt or dead, letting someone down. The sum of all their learning comes to this, the dance before the storm, as though rehearsing awkward throes, the agony before the descent of the angel feather, the mystery of grace. They are the grinding and the grist, the cause and the effect both at once. Their faces will appear on the evening news, in silence, with names and ranks and ages, but not with what they hoped to be one day, and not with what they might really have been, and not with what mangled meat they came to be. And their faces will appear in the papers, aligned in ranks and files, shadows marching, the spasmodic flexing gone out of them now, the puppetry of apprehension gone out of them, but now like liquid flowing down through time, and then like down floating in the updrafts of ever. -- Ronald Robinson Ron's Website Ray Charles Ray's feeling poorly after hip replacement, speaks in a low whisper. Send your wishes his way and hope he keeps recording.
	For The Latest Dries Art GO HERE For The Latest CyberToonz GO HERE I've never actually watched an episode of The Simpsons (I'm more of a Pixar kind of guy) butt... *Dislaimer Go To: MacDries Design Your # is: