"To have a job where you can make things better for people? That's a blessing. Why would I do anything else?"
- Marla Ruzicka in the San Francisco Chronicle when asked about the danger of her work
R.I.P., December 1976 - April 2005
28 year old activist killed in iraq


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dear lord,

thank you God for the gift of faith; i would not otherwise know how to deal with the struggle and drama of life's tough times. but it would still be nice if you could help ease up on the struggling part too.

love,
me

happy good friday folks.

"faith is the substance of all things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
- hebrews 11:1

faith is all i got sometimes.

i was eating dinner at a vietnamese restaurant the other day and they served us our dish over a sterno. you know, one of those fire in a can things with the purply blue jelly inside used to keep food hot? and the irony of the situation just hit me. sterno is actually a commercialized variation of napalm, which was first developed in the late 40' ( Read more... )

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i am burning with effervescent hatred for the right wing. pretty much every day now. therefore tonight i will blog about right wing economics and why right wing swine are fucking stupid when it comes to the economy ( Read more... )

"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world -- a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us . . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out ( Read more... )

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