QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND
"There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases & his mother's age."
- - Dr. Benjamin Spock
THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY
May 1st, 1886 -- First nationwide General Strike for 8-hour workday, commemorated in 1889 as the first International Labor Day. 340,000 U.S. workers in Chicago, Milwaukee & other cities strike. Four demonstrators are killed & over 200 wounded when police attack the Chicago rally. The US will set another day as Labor Day to undercut world solidarity.
May 1st, 1986 -- South Africa: 1.5 million take part in General Strike.
May 1st, 1993 -- Japan: 3.4 million workers rally for May Day (200,000 in Tokyo).
TV TIP: UN Sec Gen Kofi Anon & Ambassador Joseph Wilson on this Sunday's "Meet The Press"
RHINO HERE:
In late 2002, hundreds of thousands of Americans were in the streets attempting to quash the drums of war. On the weekend of November 2nd, 2002, Rhino's Blog featured a list of protest signs seen in Washington DC & San Francisco, many outlandish & hilarious.
READ 'EM AT: http://radio.weblogs.com/0103207/2002/11/02.html
This past weekend, a million Americans marched in through the beltway & onto the memorial mall lawns of W.D.C. for women's lives. They were singing songs that they carried inside. They waved signs that spoke volumes; outlandish, & truthful. Here's a sampling:
Signs Seen At Last Weekend's March for Women's Lives in DC
Bush, Stay Out Of Mine
My Oval Office Is Not Happy
Courage plus Unity Negate Tyranny
[Sign worn around woman's loins] Bush-Free Zone
The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own
Women Are Not Incubators
Re-Defeat Bush - Let's Not Elect Him In 2004 Either
US Out Of Our Underpants [Michigan Radical Cheerleaders]
Barbara Bush Has No Luck With Men: George, George W, Jeb.
George Gives Bush A Bad Name
Abort The Religious Right
Keep Your Laws Off My Body
Keep Your Cross Out Of My Crotch
Keep Your Rosaries Out Of My Ovaries
Get Your Badge Out Of My Vag!
Dubya Is A Load Barbara Shoulda Swallowed
[Poster of pointing Uncle Sam with Bush's face]: You Go To War, I'll Stay Here
Like Father, Like Son: No 2nd Term
Bush Administration: Our Very Own Taliban
What's Next, Burkhas? The Real American Taliban
[t-shirt showing a woman's bikini-clad loins in one frame, W's face in another]: Good Bush/Bad Bush
Terminate Unwanted Presidency: Abort Bush
The Uterus Is Not A Rogue State
I Don't Need A Dick To Tell Me What To Do With My Bush.
And then these slogan suggestions for presidential campaign 2004 from my friend Ted.
"No Oil For Dick's Bush!" and "No Oil For Bush's Dick!"
A note from Rhino's Blog reader/contributor, Peter Coyote:
This is such a great idea. My pal Bruce Forman, a great jazz guitarist, has started Jazzmasters---a youth mentoring program that gives free jazz lessons to kids. They're in six or seven cities now and sponsored by Downbeat. As a fund-raiser for Jazzmasters, he and his wife, Pam, and two friends, have gone to Chicago and intend to "play" their way back, picking up gigs where they can. Friends and admirers are pledging money by the mile and they're looking for any of you near Route 66 that might be able to offer them shelter, ideas of places to play, etc. The music is fun and fabulous and you'll love both of them. Please help if you can.
You can read about it at :
http://www.jazzmastersworkshop.org
A note from bata drummer extrodinaire, founder of The Machete Ensemble
& Rhino's Blog reader/contributor; John Santos:
Dear Friends, I have exciting news to share. Brazos Abiertos by John Santos and The Machete Ensemble has been nominated for a California Music Award for Outstanding Latin Recording of 2004. I've also been nominated in the best drummer category. The California Music Awards are fan driven, which means YOU CAN VOTE for the music you feel passionate about. There's a lot of local representation among the nominees, so log onto: http://www.californiamusicawards.com
...and let the world know the music you value most! Thanks in advance for you support. B well . . . js
Rhino asks, "What's THE Cooolest Film Festival on Earth?"
The Sami Film Festival
BBC News, April 23, 2004
The BBC news service reports that a local Saami film festival was held in a snow theatre in Kautokeino, Norway.
"The entire cinema is made from snow," director Anne Laila Utsi said, "We're build an amphitheatre, with reindeer skins to sit on, and the actual screen is also made of snow." According to one member of the audience, "you can hardly see where the cinema ends and the Arctic wilderness begins." ...
MORE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3603665.stm
[excerpts] The cinema is 450km north of the Arctic Circle. The new cinema in the Norwegian town of Kautokeino is somewhat out of the ordinary. Not only is it entirely made out of snow - it is a drive-in. For snow mobiles. During the film festival, snow mobile riders are treated to a programme of documentaries and short films, but also feature length movies. "Each night we have a late show with thrillers, which create a very special atmosphere under the arctic night sky," Ms Utsi says. "There is a lavvo [Sami tent] camp around the theatre, where people can buy hot drinks," Ms Utsi added. And since traditional cinema snacks like ice cream would not quite fit in with the general surroundings, a local snack can be bought to enjoy with your film - dried reindeer meat. The Sami Film Festival is a part of the Sami Easter Festival, a ten day journey through Saami culture and its versatility. Check their site at:
http://www.saami-easterfestival.org/film_greater.htm
Bush's Secret Playbook
By John Devore , Maxim, May 2004
First Nixon had one, then Clinton…Now it seems Bush has his own "Deep Throat". Maxim received this confidential reelection game plan in the mail. Here's how it's gonna unfold.
CLASSIFIED!
RE-ELECTION MEMO
TO: 43
FROM: VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY
RE: Inauguration 2005
George, I'm only going to sneer and wheeze this to you once: If you screw up your upcoming coronation, you're going to piss off a lot of people who have invested a lot of money in you, namely the petrochemical, military, and McJesus industries, as well as a whole bunch of Saudi princes, the Illuminati, the Freemasons, all your Skull & Bones brothers, half the Fortune 500, Fox News, and me. So lay off the PlayStation and pay attention for five minutes, please. I'm sending you, on behalf of your Dark Masters, this memo that I want you to read really, really hard, even if it gives you a "think ache." People are saying bad things about you, George, but if you can follow the strategy I've outlined below and "accentuate the negatives as positives," you might get to stay in that pretty white house. I'll even let you take a Taser to Saddam's sack.
Criticism: People think you're dumb.
Spin: Don't listen to those bleeding-heart socialist intelligentsia, the types who actually watched that mean man harassing you on Meet the Press instead of going to church or cracking the first brunch beer. You may not be the brightest bulb in the sea, but don't spaz. Was Hulk Hogan a bad citizen? Gilligan? America isn't the land of the smart, home of the A-student. Dumb people are just as good Americans as the brainiacs-maybe gooder.
Criticism: People somehow have this crazy idea that you don't make your own decisions.
Spin: As any good Halliburton or Enron exec will tell you, what's the point of being the boss if you can't sit back and delegate?...
READ THE REST AT: http://www.maximonline.com/grit/articles/article_5766.html
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