an idea

Blood for Oil
(June 2005)

Pull the blood from our veins

And pump it to the pipelines-

The transcontinental ones

So we can replace the blood in all of us

With that soiled and sullied gasoline

Only then will we see its value

And quit this useless spillage

Of blood for oil

Never again will we waste our fuel

Or let our blood be tainted with viruses and disease

If it becomes the true lifeblood of our mortality

Hello Mr. President

And other G8 figureheads

Your diluted words mean less and less

Still, however

Cutting like a knife

Just give it up, confess

We’ve got to stop this useless war

This haste made scar on the power nations of the world

You see the others there

The little guys, they’re laughing at us

And mocking us heavily

For we’ve too long shook the hands of political crooks

That we’ve forgotten to lend our palms for the less fortunate

So go trade this oil, no not on the open market

Go swap oil for blood

And see how quickly it recedes

This flood

This flood of utter displeasure and despondence

an idea

Blood for Oil
(June 2005)

Pull the blood from our veins
And pump it to the pipelines-
The transcontinental ones
So we can replace the blood in all of us
With that soiled and sullied gasoline

Only then will we see its value
And quit this useless spillage
Of blood for oil

Never again will we waste our fuel
Or let our blood be tainted with viruses and disease
If it becomes the true lifeblood of our mortality

Hello Mr. President
And other G8 figureheads
Your diluted words mean less and less
Still, however
Cutting like a knife
Just give it up, confess

We’ve got to stop this useless war
This haste made scar on the power nations of the world

You see the others there
The little guys, they’re laughing at us
And mocking us heavily
For we’ve too long shook the hands of political crooks
That we’ve forgotten to lend our palms for the less fortunate

So go trade this oil, no not on the open market
Go swap oil for blood
And see how quickly it recedes
This flood
This flood of utter displeasure and despondence

storage units

is there anything more american than the storage unit? honestly, i mean it! we americans, the people with the ever expanding wastelines and mcmansions overlooking everything; we are notoriously a "more is better, more is more" society. we like accumulating things, even if they have no use... even if someone else could use it better or more than we could.

near my house there is a new 4 row storage unit facility being constructed. yep, that will make about 5 storage facilities within 10 miles that i can think of off the top of my head. i know i know, this area is home to many college towns; and to that i say.... ok. i understand that many college students need places to store belongings, etc when they are home for the summer or away for a semester, etc. but come on, how many people actually need to store things for extended periods of time and in these types of quantities. i've always been lucky enough to be able to store my golf clubs or mini-fridge or seasonal belongings at a family members basement, spare room, or attic. i realize that not everyone is that lucky, and because of this i can at times understand the need for storage. yes, i can understand storage for short term necessity like when moving into a new house or if you have no home in terms of flood damage/ fire damage or those sorts of things. but the average scenario... come on.

however (because with me there is always a caveat) i can not understand why the average ordinary american has so much stuff they are not using that they need to place it in a storage room. to make matters worse, they are paying out more of their hard earned cash in order to leave their belongings in these facilities.
i guess i'm of the belief that if i'm not using something- get rid of it. i don't like clutter, i don't like hanging on to things "just in case two years from now i may need it", and i don't like paying some schmuck to watch/ store my personal property that i'm not using.
do we as americans need all this stuff? do we need to hold onto it if we're not utilizing it? can't we barter and trade more? can't we be more generous and offer our unused things to people that could use them? why not have a tag sale, garage sale or "yahd sale" (not to leave out all our fellow southeastern mass residents, haha)?

i don't know, i'm just ornery i guess... i see the whole storage explosion as a waste. i see it as people making money off our gluttonous ways. i see it as a needless expense and a needless "pack-ratness". less is more in my book.

again, as usual, i don't mean to sound preachy. my tone may sound as if i'm standing behind the facade of a pulpit... and i apologize for that if it comes off that way. i just think that there is so much waste and useless expenditure of time and energy in this world in our everyday lives- that if we were to "cut out the fat" just a little bit here and there, that we'd have more time to spend being happy and coming together as a society. just a thought...

so, "as american as apple pie..." hmmm, sounds so old-fashioned to me... i propose "as american as storage units..." haha

storage units

is there anything more american than the storage unit? honestly, i mean it! we americans, the people with the ever expanding wastelines and mcmansions overlooking everything; we are notoriously a "more is better, more is more" society. we like accumulating things, even if they have no use... even if someone else could use it better or more than we could.

near my house there is a new 4 row storage unit facility being constructed. yep, that will make about 5 storage facilities within 10 miles that i can think of off the top of my head. i know i know, this area is home to many college towns; and to that i say.... ok. i understand that many college students need places to store belongings, etc when they are home for the summer or away for a semester, etc. but come on, how many people actually need to store things for extended periods of time and in these types of quantities. i've always been lucky enough to be able to store my golf clubs or mini-fridge or seasonal belongings at a family members basement, spare room, or attic. i realize that not everyone is that lucky, and because of this i can at times understand the need for storage. yes, i can understand storage for short term necessity like when moving into a new house or if you have no home in terms of flood damage/ fire damage or those sorts of things. but the average scenario... come on.

however (because with me there is always a caveat) i can not understand why the average ordinary american has so much stuff they are not using that they need to place it in a storage room. to make matters worse, they are paying out more of their hard earned cash in order to leave their belongings in these facilities.
i guess i'm of the belief that if i'm not using something- get rid of it. i don't like clutter, i don't like hanging on to things "just in case two years from now i may need it", and i don't like paying some schmuck to watch/ store my personal property that i'm not using.
do we as americans need all this stuff? do we need to hold onto it if we're not utilizing it? can't we barter and trade more? can't we be more generous and offer our unused things to people that could use them? why not have a tag sale, garage sale or "yahd sale" (not to leave out all our fellow southeastern mass residents, haha)?

i don't know, i'm just ornery i guess... i see the whole storage explosion as a waste. i see it as people making money off our gluttonous ways. i see it as a needless expense and a needless "pack-ratness". less is more in my book.

again, as usual, i don't mean to sound preachy. my tone may sound as if i'm standing behind the facade of a pulpit... and i apologize for that if it comes off that way. i just think that there is so much waste and useless expenditure of time and energy in this world in our everyday lives- that if we were to "cut out the fat" just a little bit here and there, that we'd have more time to spend being happy and coming together as a society. just a thought...

so, "as american as apple pie..." hmmm, sounds so old-fashioned to me... i propose "as american as storage units..." haha