God

[dedicated to Shusli Baseler-Johnson, who Loves this poem and wanted me to read it to a group of folks prior to our falling in-Love.]

1.

There is a bullet here at work.
About five inches long,
an inch and a half in diameter.
It probably weighs over a pound.
I place the tip against my forhead,
over my heart,
at my hip, leg, shoulder, arm.
This little piece of metal
created with one purpose in mind;
To tear the lives out of our fellow human beings.

And I hold this big flesh destroying bullet
and know there are many piercing the flesh
of many
to fill the bank accounts of the wealthy
who pay the loyal to pull the trigger
so they don't have to.

And I hold this big flesh destroying bullet,
THIS GOD!
This taker of life,
because god is a theif
but americans forget the Creator of god
and Love the killer.
We Love our killers
Love
Love
We Love our killers.

I hold in my left hand
a sleeping, dormant, armor piercing, flesh destroying
American god!
More powerful than the bible!
More powerful than jesus!
Because America Loves to kill
and Loves death more than life
because what kind of Lover of life
would create such a god?
God?
God...

We thank you, oh lord,
for the bounty we are about to receive.

2.
I carry God in my pocket.
I carry God on the dashboard of my truck.
I carry God in my bag.
I carry God in my left hand.
I carry God in my right hand.
God sits on my dresser.
God sits on the counter at work.
God points at a darkie.

Every time the trigger is pulled
it's the second coming.

God is great!
God is good!

3.

I drive to work.
I drive for a living.
And the blood pours in and out of my gas tank.
And the tears flow in and out of my gas tank.

My heart is with the people of Fallujah.
Especially when I hear reports of women and children
in the streets with guns
protecting their homes
from the American led slaughter.

"Kill the women and children first.
They're easier to kill
and it strikes terror into the hearts of the men."

May God never find your flesh or your homes.

So, I apologize to you, people of Fallujah,
for the crimes the government that claims to represnt me
is committing against you.
I apologize to you,
the soldiers who are enacting this crime
for the criminals.
For the most part, I believe
you don't really know what it is you are doing.
I am happy to say, however,
I hold in my hand one
God
that will never complete its intended purpose.

"Let us bow our heads and prey."

When the slaughter is over,
maybe America will put a statue of two Iraqis
looking off into the distance for the
coming of the Americans.
I just pray you don't have to face
the 98% reduction in your population
that we Indians had to
in order to receive such an honor
as a statue like the one in Washington Park
of two Indians
looking into the distance for
"The Coming of the White Man."

["God" is the title of a poem from the book "Tremble In Fear Before the Soft Pudgy Indian" by Eugene Johnson (me).

Title of photos taken by Eugene Johnson (me), top to bottom.
1) "Watch Over Us"
2) "Death"
3) "Sex and Violence"
4) "The World in My Hand"
5) "Abundance"
6) "Not St. Christopher"
7) "...Please Fix My Car"
8) "God Be With You"
9) "Reflections of God"
10) "Tremble In Fear"
11) "The Shadow of God"
12) Not taken by me, but taken from the internet. A photo of "The Coming of the White Man" statue in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon.
[my co-worker, Justin, who appears in the photos, "God Be With You" and "Tremble In Fear" gave me verbal permission to post his photograph on my blog]

Happy Dia de los Muertos! Happy Samhain! Happy Halloween!

WANTED
Dead or Alive
Preferably Dead

His Crimes?
Being interesting, handsome,
way too quiet,
and WAY to skinny!

Day of the Dead

Coming to the great field of pumpkins
Shusli and my mind immediately think...
battlefield.

Although we have no real way of knowing,
that it what it looks like.

It is Samhain,
It is Dia de los Muertos
Day of the Dead
and our minds go there.

The veil is thin
they say
between the spirit world
and the physical.

Remember those who have gone before
Remember you'll go there to
Remember the ancestors yet to come
It is the Day of the Dead.

A Short List of a Few of My Heroes

Shusli has a great post on her blog titled, "Got it Maid." Shusli has received a comment from Rohini, the woman who has the blog with comments that seem offensive about her maids. Her response there is very...understandable. And her response and Shusli's very wise response both make a lot of sense to me.

Here I will restate my position that what we need in this world is to change the whole system. I live in a world of privilege mistakenly called freedom. What we had prior to the invasion of our nation by the Euros could be equated to freedom, but there is so little known about our many various systems prior to the invasion because of the horrific destruction that the Euros imposed upon us, that one can only speculate, and what good is that. What I do know is that this is not the land of freedom. This is the land of privilege. And where privilege prevails, there is a system of violence or perpetuated systems that maintain privilege through violence.

The more I learn about Gandhi, the more I learn that he was not non-violent. His support of the caste system in India is proof of that, as well as his refusal to align with those fighting apartheid in South Africa, and his HORRIFIC treatment of women. So Gandhi was a supporter of racism, classism, and sexism, ALL of which are forms of violence. Gandhi was a powerful human being in that a lot of people listened to what he had to say and many folks still do. He had many good things to say, but his behavior also helped perpetuate a system that is brutally oppressive and thus, not non-violent. There are many people that I KNOW that work harder for a world of peace and equality (none of the white males in the alleged peace movements in this area are included) than Gandhi has.

Shusli is an amazingly wise woman, though she would probably say otherwise. She uses her privilege to do her best to create a better world for future generations.

Ridwan does one helluva lot to raise awareness in this world to create a better world for all.

Ani Haines via KBOO and many other ways has done MUCH to create peace and real freedom in this world.

Kathleen Stephenson for her tireless work to create a safe place for the truth at KBOO.

Tom from the Automatic Preference blog who created the petition for the Jena Six and
Aborigine Rights.

The Angry Indian and his Angry Indian Blog.

Jim Craven, tireless fighter for Blackfoot rights and the rights of so many others (even having put his life on the line).

Ward Churchill, tireless fighter for indigenous rights and the rights of others.

Peter Webster who does a lot of work to raise the awareness of his fellow human beings to make this world a better place.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara who has done much for the people and refused to leave their side even as his status became elevated.

All of these folks and so many more have done a helluva lot to further our rights, equality, and peace, and ain't none of them running around claiming non-violence as their religion. Many of the MENTIONED folks (as there are so many that I know and many more that I don't know) have and or are willing to fight and die for their beliefs, but aren't ignorant of the consequences should they do so.

Gandhi has nothing on these folks. Many of the folks in the alleged peace movements have nothing on just the folks mentioned, let alone those not mentioned. Gandhi claims to have been willing to kill himself rather than throw a punch in self-defense. Yet his support of the caste system (there is a form of caste system in the U.S., too, don't kid yourself), his support of racism, and his support of sexism (all of which seem to be perpetuated by the white males in the alleged peace movement, and all of which are forms of violence), and a complete unwillingness to defend himself and others does nothing but perpetuate violence in the world.

All of the above mentioned folks and many not mentioned, like Gandhi, are nothing but human beings. I personally believe, however, that the folks I mentioned want peace and equality much more than Gandhi desired it. All the people I mentioned are my heroes. Gandhi isn't. Gandhi had some very wise things to say, and did some very good things. He also helped perpetuate violence with his behavior.

We are nothing but human beings in this world, and many of us are working and doing our parts to try to create a world that is better for one and all. Many folks are also only interested in their own aggrandizement and looking good rather than actually trying to create a better world for one and all. (Many alleged peace activists have long arrest records, so do gang members, wife beaters, drug dealers, etc.)

So, my fellow human beings, get out there and do what you can to change the world, really. Don't consider yourself higher or lower than others, consider yourself equal. Those who sleep on the streets are your fellow human beings and just as important as you are. Those who have billions of dollars and hardly share are just as human as you are. Those elevated to the status of gods (like Gandhi) are just human beings. Movie stars and rock stars and country stars are nothing but human beings. And given your human status, you are just as powerful and powerless as all of them. Use that knowledge and do your best to create change because we ALL NEED YOUR HELP. Every last one of you are important to this world, otherwise you wouldn't be here.

No Apples in Nova Scotia This Year

Shusli turned me onto an article on Common Dreams, it states there were almost no apples in Nova Scotia, Canada this year. Their fruits were almost non-existent because of extreme weather changes. There were few bees, butterflies, and moths, thus very little pollination. Kinda scary.

“We saw almost no fruits of any kind this year,”" said Farley. “No plums, no cherries, nothing. And it affected all kinds of things. It was a cold, wet, late spring, and we had so few insects this year that the insectivore species of birds didn’t reproduce. The tree swallows and the barn swallows live on flying insects. They made nests, but they didn’t lay eggs and they didn’t stay around. I’ve never seen them behave that way before.”

Monty Python: Spam

Spam Spam Spam Spam

Spam, by any other name, is still spam. Seems I have a little issue with getting bullshit spam type spam on my blog comments now. Ispamine that!

[sang to the Great John Lennon's, "Imagine]

"Ispamine all the people
That you can spam for sales today..."

If this bullshit continues, and I'm sure it will only get worse, I will soon be having to edit my comments. I apologize for that forthcoming event as I have always wanted to keep this an open forum, but because some assholes are out there trying to sell their shit on my blog, and folks that sell shit in such a manner being about pretty much the scum of the earth (see "Lord of War," with Nicolas Cage), I know they will not give up, like Eddy in the previous posts, on trying to sell you and me their BULLSHIT!

Again, I apologize for having to edit comments, but I will put up all legitimate comments, should it come to me having to edit via my e-mail, which, most likely will be the case.

Sincerely,

Eugene

PS I just discovered how I can get rid of such folks on my blog should this bullshit continue.

Perv Mobile

The numerous drug deals that go on on our corner are one thing, but here is a perv mobile parked across the street. Shusli spotted it this morning, so I decided to take a photo and post it on my blog. It's not funny. It's sick.

Sometimes, I Just Don't Know What to Say.

I asked my friend, Maire, if she beleived that the U.S. actually wants an economic collapse so that, like with Nazi Germany, they could call upon our rich masters to save our nation and turn this into the fascist state they have always wanted it to be where one and all are forced to lick their boots or face the consequences. She told me she hadn't thought about that, but that it is a possiblility. I don't think it would work this time around because, as is suggested in some scholarly study, Britain and the US helped design the Third Reich in order to bring about the kind of world we have now. I can see it considering over 200 U.S. corporations made millions and billions funding both sides.

But really, that is neither here nor there. Like Shusli has been talking about armageddon and the end of the world as we know it, sometimes this knowledge discourages my soul from wanting to write and maybe take photos instead or go to farmer's and saturday market. Have friends over for dinner. And not think about it all that much.

Hope you all are having a fine day.

"Tis But a Scratch!"

For you regular readers, you know I made mention of hurting myself at work. I got pretty nervous, but upon visiting the doctor today, she told me it was either a pinched nerve or strained muscle. I'm on light duty until Wednesday, and if all goes well, I'll be back at it in no time. With that, here is a quote from the Black Knight:

BLACK KNIGHT

"Running away eh? You yellow bastard, Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!"

The "Fall" of Civilization...Get It...Fall? Haha...No?

Whatever You Do, Don't Yell Fire Around Erik Prince! Insight to Incite! Not to Ignite!

It just keeps getting more and more difficult for me to finish news articles. I know the patterns. I know where things are heading. I could be wrong, but do not believe myself to be.

Yesterday while at work, I was having joking fantasies that Blackwater (meaning the shit water on ships as told to me by a man that used to work on Portland Spirit) was going to be hired by The Governator as security in the blazing areas of Southern California. But then I started thinking of the demographics. "Are there enough black folks to slaughter for Blackwater to show an interest? Is there a high Hispanic population? Or, is it mostly white folks who are effected and therefore unworthy of Blackwater's interest?"

But wait! Shusli came home and informed me that on the Randy Rhoades show, there was talk that at least one of the fires could have been arson. That one fire happened to be in a location that Blackwater wanted to build a genocidal killer camp, errrr...training camp for genocidal killers...err, training camp for genocidal mercenaries...err, a training camp for their employees near the town of Potrero.

Looks like when one yells "FIRE!" when Blackwater is involved, a coupla things could happen!


On the other hand, I've been looking up photos on google images for two words; insight and incite [shown are my two favorite photos gathered]. You see, I'm losing hope in reading and informing and motivating. Nothing seems to offer insight into folks lives to incite change for a better world. But, like I say, what else am I gonna do? Watch TV?

PS I make a joke about Erik Prince wanting to make money but only off of killing non-white folks, I specifically mentioned Hispanics in the California fires. Turns out the mother-fucker who makes millions off of killing and oppressing people for the wealthy elites of this nation wants a contract to kill and oppress Hispanics attempting to cross the border. No doubt he will be killing T'hono O'odham Indians like Ofelia Rivas, whose rez crosses the border as well. Ain't no wealthy elite T'hono O'odham. Read more about Ofelia and others on Shusli's blog, Death and Conscience.