Saturday, November 15, 2003

RHINO'S WEEKEND BLOG #45; November 15th & 16th QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND "Puritanism: the haunting fear that somebody, somewhere, might be having a good time." - -  H.L. Mencken THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY November 15, 1969 -- While President "Tricky" Dick M Nixon watches the Ohio State football team beat Purdue on TV, over half a million people march on Washington in a MOBE-organized protest of the Viet Nam War. Protesters rally in front of the White House to conclude the March Against Death which began two days ago in darkness & near-freezing temperatures near the gates of Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. 1,200 protesters crossed the Arlington Memorial Bridge every hour & then walked four miles to the White House. Each marcher carried a candle & a placard that named a soldier killed in Vietnam. Reaching the White House, they paused to say aloud the name of their soldier, then headed for Capitol Hill, where they put their placards in 40 coffins. Recitation of U.S. deaths in Vietnam War takes 36 hours. All told, 45,000 marched through the two cold, stormy nights. The first marcher was Judy Droz, a 23-year-old mother whose husband died in Vietnam this April. Speakers included Senators Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Charles Goodell; African Americans Coretta King, Dick Gregory; Conductor Leonard Bernstein; Singers: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul, & Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller; & the touring cast of Hair. November 16, 1969 -- White House Communications Director Herbie Klein says he opposes government intervention in coverage of the news, but "this would be invited" if the TV networks fail to regulate themselves. His statement was made on the same day the media finally printed the story of the My Lai Massacre in which a U.S. Army platoon led by Lieutenant William Calley Jr., killed 567 unarmed Vietnamese peasants. Calley eventually faced a court martial and was sentenced to life in prison. That sentence was changed to 20 years hard labor, then changed again to 10 years. He served 3 years before a Federal judge declared his conviction unconstitutional and he was freed. Twenty-four others were charged in the slayings & their cover-up, but only Calley was convicted. WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: All you parents out there. Tired of your daughter being oogled at the town pool or beach? Order her a new swimsuit at Wholesomewear.com: http://www.wholesomewear.com/page-4.html TV TIP - Sunday 8/16/03 Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) on "Meet the Press" for the full hour. The General will outline his plan for winning the war in Iraq & for capturing the Democratic nomination for president. RHINO HERE: Music, comedy & politricks. Have a great weekend. Tom Morello Rages Against A New Machine On Solo Acoustic Tour MTV.com, 10.22.2003 "Media consolidation needs smashing and globalization needs unmasking, and that is what the Nightwatchman is called to do on this tour." - Tom Morello For over a year, guitarist Tom Morello has been playing with his new group Audioslave, and while three-quarters of the musicians are from his former outfit Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave's music lacks fiery, politically charged lyrics. So, as much as he loves Audioslave, Morello is exhilarated to be taking part in Tell Us the Truth, a winter acoustic tour with Billy Bragg and Lester Chambers conceived to protest media consolidation and globalization. The 14-date trek kicks off November 7 with two nights at the National Conference on Media Reform in Madison, Wisconsin. Dates run through November 24 in Washington, D.C. All three artists will perform solo acoustic. "It's very stripped down and Woody Guthrie-esque, sort of early Bob Dylan 'The Times They Are A-Changin' ' kind of show," Morello said. "It's unlikely that there will be any mosh pits, but one never knows."... THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS AT: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479880/20031022/audioslave.jhtml TELL THE TRUTH TOUR INFO IS AT: http://www.tellusthetruth.org Carlos Santana Calls On Bush To End His Evil Ways by Richard S. Ehrlich, Artists Network, 5 November 2003 BANGKOK, Thailand -- After denouncing the U.S.-led war in Iraq, rock legend Carlos Santana told more than 10,000 cheering fans at a sensational concert on Nov. 3 that President George W. Bush must change his "evil ways". "He is supposed to be America's president, but he's not my president, I didn't vote for him," Mr. Santana said at a news conference on Nov. 2 shortly after arriving in the Thai capital during his brief "Shaman Tour 2003" in Asia. When asked for his opinion about the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Mr. Santana replied: "The only thing I know is all wars are wrong. "There is no such thing as 'holy war' because this is a contradiction. I believe that if we declare war against anything, it should be war against poverty and ignorance," the moustached musician said. "This whole planet, everyone, should have free electricity, water and education." ... THE REST IS AT: http://www.artistsnetwork.org/news11/news532.html 7:30:33 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - Austrionics is New California State Language Austrionics is New California State Language The  New  California Governor  has just  announced  an  agreement whereby  English  will  be  the official  language  of  the  state, rather  than German,  which was  the  other possibility.   As  part  of  the negotiations, The Terminator's  Government conceded that English spelling  had  some  room  for improvement and has accepted  a  5-year phase-in   plan  that  would  become known as "Austro-English"  (or,  perhaps  even better, "Austrionics".)   In  the  first  year,  "s"  will  replace  the soft  "c".   Sertainly, this  will make  the  sivil   servants  jump  with joy.  The  hard "c" will  be  dropped in  favour  of  the   "k".  This should  klear up konfusion,  and  keyboards kan  have  one  less letter.   There  will  be growing   publik  enthusiasm  in  the sekond  year when the  troublesome  "ph" will  be   replaced  with  the "f".  This will  make   words like  fotograf  20%  shorter.   In   the  3rd  year, publik  akseptanse  of  the   new spelling  kan be expekted  to  reach   the stage  where  more  komplikated changes are possible.   Governments  will  enkourage  the  removal  of  double  letters which have  always  ben  a  deterent to   akurate  speling.   Also, al  wil agre   that  the  horibl  mes  of the  silent   "e"  in  the languag is disgrasful  and   it  should  go away.   By  the   4th  yer peopl  wil  be  reseptiv  to   steps such  as replasing  "th"  with "z"   and  "w"  with "v".   During  ze  fifz  yer,  ze  unesesary  "o"  kan  be dropd   from vords kontaining  "ou" and  after   ziz  fifz  yer,  ve vil  hav  a reil sensibl  riten  styl.   Zer  vil  be   no mor  trubl  or  difikultis  and evrivun   vil  find it ezi  tu  understand ech   oza.   Ze  drem  of  a united  urop vil finali kum  tru.   If  zis   mad  yu smil,  pleas  pas  it  on  to  oza  pepl. "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:18:28 AM    comment

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