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Orange Juice Blog! (26 Oct - 1 Dec 2004)

universal feedback, dropping seeds and watching shit grow:
today is election day

soundtrack: A little action is all I need. [always outnumbered never outgunned]; Will and Power, what if everything was true? But seriously folks, what are the odds?

Today's report: um, when violence rules the world outside and the headlines make me want to cry, it's not the time to just sit quiet, speak up, tear it back. Or up. (one time)

Does this count as a new paradigm? I guess that's my question? Are we working towards one? [scream records punk rock hits] Take my photo walking down the tracks. We just punk rockers, we don't be afraid. (Let's go.)

Drunk and trying to stay drunk

Excuse me, just trying to get my head back in order. And me with my anarchist ideals. So let's assume I am talking to someone. (one good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel all right. fuck the coconut man [fast forward])

sample survey question (multiple choice):

a. I want the United States to be a conglomeration of militaristic, imperialist, war-mongering states controlled by a small group of fascist, elitist, power-hungry individuals.
b. I want the United States military to pull out of Iraq.
c. I abstain from voting.

definition of conglomeration:
1. The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation. --Bacon. 1913 Webster 2. That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge. 1913 Webster
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definition of militaristic:
characterized by:

1.The view that military strength, efficiency and values should dominate the country's public policy choices and take precedence over other interests. 2.The policy of maintaining a large military force, even in peacetime

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definition of imperialist:
Characterized by the concentration of capital, the overwhelming predominance of monopolies, the increasingly important role played by financial capital, the export of capital and the division of the world into different 'spheres of influence'. --Boron. 2005 Empire & Imperialism. For more information about imperialism, check out this bibliography plan some time in the near future: Anti-imperialist movements of the 21st century
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definition of war-mongering:
a policy of advocating war
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definition of fascist:
for a definition (and more) of fascist, check out this fascism web portal: Fascism Web Portal
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definition of elitist:
characterized by the belief in rule by a choice or select body (definition needs work)
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definition of abstain:
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites
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