Liz Phair --- Is she fucking kidding? Have you seen the cover of her new album? She's naked, seated "Indian style" and holding her guitar up close against her much-abused groin area. For all of you who get woodies off thinking about shagging truckstop lot lizards, this is the photo for you.
John Cougar Mellencamp --- Not content to suck ass in rock, JCM released a "blues" album that is currently doing well on the charts. The same dipshits who like Blues Hammer will be drooling over this new record.
J. Lo & Benny --- If you go see "Gigli," starring America's favorite 3 time divorcee and former sex toy of Sean Combs, Jennifer Lopez, and that chunk of inanimate lumber that is pals with the toothy dude from "Saving Private Ryan," Ben Assneck, you pretty much have given up your right to have your genes propagated. Please go cut your own balls off and flush them down the toilet.
All Republicans in California who want Davis out of office: just move to another state like Idaho where you can be rightwing and a fascist and everyone will love you. We don't want you here.
Friday, July 11, 2003
Clarification --- Some website admins recently got themselves into a heap of shit by advocating all sorts of violent "anarchist" activity. We want to make the following point crystal clear: the Culture Bunker does not advocate violence. We advocate non-violent direct action. Voting, marching, pamphleteering, those sorts of things. We believe the Constitution and The Bill Of Rights should be observed and protected. We believe the 1947 National Security Act practically murdered democracy in its sleep. While democracy and the principles America was founded on are indeed being smothered by the Bush cabal, we believe that only by using legal, peaceful means can any lasting change be effected. So: get angry, get enraged, take back the government, but not by lobbing bombs. The only violence we sanction right now is against taggers --- you can kill those motherfuckers dead anytime you like.
Pass The Buck! --- During his trip to Africa, Bush was asked to explain his famous remarks about "Iraq attempting to purchase uranium from Africa." Everyone (who isn't an imbecile) now knows that Bush spewed utter horseshit, an excuse to invade Iraq. What does Bush (and lapdog Condi Rice) do? They pass the buck...by saying the CIA vetted the speech, read about it, here. So Bush is blaming the CIA now. Interesting... Finally the Democrats are "smelling politcal blood." Now if only the Dems can get some balls and go after this Harvester Of Lies...
Thursday, July 10, 2003
9/11 Report Will Be "Explosive"--- The Congressional commission that investigated the security lapses and breaches that resulted in the September 11 terrorist attacks, has completed its 800 page report. Read about it, here, from The Miami Herald. Staff Director Eleanor Hill also said that several lengthy battles with the Bush Admin have been resolved. Does it strike you as odd that the Bush Administration would seek to keep the Congressional findings secret?
It is sad and pathetic, but one of the findings in this report is:
"...The report will show that top Bush administration officials were warned in the summer of 2001 that the al Qaeda terrorist network had plans to hijack aircraft and launch a ``spectacular attack.'."
It's no secret that we loathe and detest Bush and his entire staff here at the Culture Bunker, but I don't believe he's an inhuman monster. I believe he's just an ignorant fool, a whore for the Oil and Defense contractors, and illegally in office. I think Gore would have been the greatest President in modern times. He's intelligent, dedicated, and competent. Even if 9/11 happened under Gore, Gore's response would have built on the sympathy and support the rest of the world poured out for us. Gore would have rooted out Bin Laden and his network, which Bush seems to have completely forgotten about. To reiterate, Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11. America and the world were done a serious wrong when the Supreme Court Jesters voted on party lines to install Bush in the White House.
In addition to every other crime, this report proves that Bush knew terrorist attacks by Al Quaeda were imminent and no steps were taken to ward it off. Was there any extra security at airports in the summer of 2001? Were you screened? Did Bush mention Bin Laden in any stuttering, mispronunciamated speech? Remember those promises of "reaching across the aisle" and being a "uniter, not a divider?" The evidence instead shows a single-minded zeal for dismantling every gain in civil rights and every restraint upon unchecked capitalist greed that had been laboriously achieved in the last 50 years.
But to really achieve the Book Of Revelation boner that Bush wanted, something more spectacular needed to happen. Don't forget that Bush & Co. have weekly Bible studies where they talk about how the "prophecies" are coming to pass and have even had that crackpot clown who invented the "Bible Code" come in and "prove" to them the validity of their actions. Michael Ortiz Hill, in Counterpunch, describes the type of "dominionism" that Bush subscribes to, quoting S.R. Shearer of Antipas Ministries:
"...Most of the leaders of the Promise Keepers embrace a doctrine of 'end time' (eschatology), known as 'dominionim.' Dominionism pictures the seizure of earthly (temporal) power by the 'people of God' as the only means through which the world can be rescued.... It is the eschatology that Bush has imbibed; an eschatology through which he has gradually (and easily) come to see himself as an agent of God who has been called by him to 'restore the earth to God's control', a 'chosen vessel', so to speak, to bring in the Restoration of All Things." Shearer calls this delusion, "Messianic leadership"-- that is to say usurping the role usually ascribed to the Messiah."
The facts add up to a terrible, tragic lapse in our intelligence community...if indeed it was a lapse.
From the very early days of the Bush Junta (2 months after seizing office) a war in the Middle East was planned. Remember that war game, the largest in history, conducted right after Bush stole office? America stayed out of WWII for over two years and only got indignant when the Pearl Harbor attack happened. We galvanized after the attack, and like Pearl Harbor, evidence in the 9/11 bombings has shown that the attacks were allowed to happen. If they weren't specifically "allowed," one could at least say that no significant steps were taken to react to the threat and to attempt to prevent it.
Again the question arises, why. Why would Bush & Co. allow the 9/11 attacks? First, they didn't realize the scale of the attacks. A plane or two crashed into the ground would mean only a few hundred casualties, noble martyrs to advance the cause of Christianity and Exxon in the Middle East. Bush is a right wing zealot, his views on Christianity and Armageddon are well documented, from The Globalist, and another piece here, from Counterpunch. That's a hell of a lot different from 3,000 dead and one of the monuments to globalization wiped forever from the face of the earth. Second, they knew that America and Congress would never sign off on their Middle East expansion plans unless provoked, i.e., without a stinging wound the American people would remain moderately reasonable and tell Bush & Cheney & Rummy to go get fucked. But now Bush got what he wanted. We're remaking the world in our image. Our history of violence and hypocrisy (extermination of the native population, slavery, dirty wars, illegal CIA experiments on citizens, Central American death squads, subverting legitimate elections, etc.), certainly gives us the moral authority to straighten out the rest of the world.
It is sad and pathetic, but one of the findings in this report is:
"...The report will show that top Bush administration officials were warned in the summer of 2001 that the al Qaeda terrorist network had plans to hijack aircraft and launch a ``spectacular attack.'."
It's no secret that we loathe and detest Bush and his entire staff here at the Culture Bunker, but I don't believe he's an inhuman monster. I believe he's just an ignorant fool, a whore for the Oil and Defense contractors, and illegally in office. I think Gore would have been the greatest President in modern times. He's intelligent, dedicated, and competent. Even if 9/11 happened under Gore, Gore's response would have built on the sympathy and support the rest of the world poured out for us. Gore would have rooted out Bin Laden and his network, which Bush seems to have completely forgotten about. To reiterate, Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11. America and the world were done a serious wrong when the Supreme Court Jesters voted on party lines to install Bush in the White House.
In addition to every other crime, this report proves that Bush knew terrorist attacks by Al Quaeda were imminent and no steps were taken to ward it off. Was there any extra security at airports in the summer of 2001? Were you screened? Did Bush mention Bin Laden in any stuttering, mispronunciamated speech? Remember those promises of "reaching across the aisle" and being a "uniter, not a divider?" The evidence instead shows a single-minded zeal for dismantling every gain in civil rights and every restraint upon unchecked capitalist greed that had been laboriously achieved in the last 50 years.
But to really achieve the Book Of Revelation boner that Bush wanted, something more spectacular needed to happen. Don't forget that Bush & Co. have weekly Bible studies where they talk about how the "prophecies" are coming to pass and have even had that crackpot clown who invented the "Bible Code" come in and "prove" to them the validity of their actions. Michael Ortiz Hill, in Counterpunch, describes the type of "dominionism" that Bush subscribes to, quoting S.R. Shearer of Antipas Ministries:
"...Most of the leaders of the Promise Keepers embrace a doctrine of 'end time' (eschatology), known as 'dominionim.' Dominionism pictures the seizure of earthly (temporal) power by the 'people of God' as the only means through which the world can be rescued.... It is the eschatology that Bush has imbibed; an eschatology through which he has gradually (and easily) come to see himself as an agent of God who has been called by him to 'restore the earth to God's control', a 'chosen vessel', so to speak, to bring in the Restoration of All Things." Shearer calls this delusion, "Messianic leadership"-- that is to say usurping the role usually ascribed to the Messiah."
The facts add up to a terrible, tragic lapse in our intelligence community...if indeed it was a lapse.
From the very early days of the Bush Junta (2 months after seizing office) a war in the Middle East was planned. Remember that war game, the largest in history, conducted right after Bush stole office? America stayed out of WWII for over two years and only got indignant when the Pearl Harbor attack happened. We galvanized after the attack, and like Pearl Harbor, evidence in the 9/11 bombings has shown that the attacks were allowed to happen. If they weren't specifically "allowed," one could at least say that no significant steps were taken to react to the threat and to attempt to prevent it.
Again the question arises, why. Why would Bush & Co. allow the 9/11 attacks? First, they didn't realize the scale of the attacks. A plane or two crashed into the ground would mean only a few hundred casualties, noble martyrs to advance the cause of Christianity and Exxon in the Middle East. Bush is a right wing zealot, his views on Christianity and Armageddon are well documented, from The Globalist, and another piece here, from Counterpunch. That's a hell of a lot different from 3,000 dead and one of the monuments to globalization wiped forever from the face of the earth. Second, they knew that America and Congress would never sign off on their Middle East expansion plans unless provoked, i.e., without a stinging wound the American people would remain moderately reasonable and tell Bush & Cheney & Rummy to go get fucked. But now Bush got what he wanted. We're remaking the world in our image. Our history of violence and hypocrisy (extermination of the native population, slavery, dirty wars, illegal CIA experiments on citizens, Central American death squads, subverting legitimate elections, etc.), certainly gives us the moral authority to straighten out the rest of the world.
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Scared Monkey --- Bush got caught, his leg is in the trap, and he just won't admit it. The entire world knew that Rumsfeld and Cheney got their hands on a bunch of bogus intelligence so that Bush could send the US Army to make some money for his campaign donors. Now, the man who originally vetted the phony "uranium from Africa" story, has stepped forward. The former ambassador said he went and personally found that the information was bullshit --- and reported it. Rumsfeld and Cheney then pressured the CIA to use this piece of horseshit, and Bush went along with it and mentioned it in his State Of The Union Address as a reason to go to war NOW with Iraq. Read it here. Bush knew, Bush lied, thousands of people died.
America is supposed to be a democracy. That means our leaders are answerable to us. That means our leaders cannot spin whatever fantasy they want just to further their ambitions which we would stop them from doing if we knew the full extent of what they were planning. War with Iraq, just so oil companies can get rich and little MonkeyBush can "avenge" his daddy? We suspected this from the beginning and clearly sent a message (6 million people protesting in the street) that we would not allow this war to be propagated under false pretenses. Bush went ahead and manipulated the press and public, questioned everyone's patriotism when they called him on his bullshit, bullied our allies, and snubbed international law and all the goodwill we had won during the Cold War, just to get his hands on Iraq's oil.
Leaders in third world petty dictatorships run their countries with the impugnity and disregard on a level equal to Bush. This is not how a democracy works. But then again, Bush didn't win the election in the first place. Bush sending us in to level Iraq was a total fuck-you to the American people. What happened to Osama Bin Laden? What about North Korea? Plenty of real shit happening around the world. This is an impeachable offense, but of course Republicans think a blowjob is worse than killing thousands of people. Look at the photo of Bush defending his lies to the world. Doesn't he look like a scared little monkey? It's okay monkeyboy, you'll either lose the next election or get impeached right afterwards.
America is supposed to be a democracy. That means our leaders are answerable to us. That means our leaders cannot spin whatever fantasy they want just to further their ambitions which we would stop them from doing if we knew the full extent of what they were planning. War with Iraq, just so oil companies can get rich and little MonkeyBush can "avenge" his daddy? We suspected this from the beginning and clearly sent a message (6 million people protesting in the street) that we would not allow this war to be propagated under false pretenses. Bush went ahead and manipulated the press and public, questioned everyone's patriotism when they called him on his bullshit, bullied our allies, and snubbed international law and all the goodwill we had won during the Cold War, just to get his hands on Iraq's oil.
Leaders in third world petty dictatorships run their countries with the impugnity and disregard on a level equal to Bush. This is not how a democracy works. But then again, Bush didn't win the election in the first place. Bush sending us in to level Iraq was a total fuck-you to the American people. What happened to Osama Bin Laden? What about North Korea? Plenty of real shit happening around the world. This is an impeachable offense, but of course Republicans think a blowjob is worse than killing thousands of people. Look at the photo of Bush defending his lies to the world. Doesn't he look like a scared little monkey? It's okay monkeyboy, you'll either lose the next election or get impeached right afterwards.
We Said It First --- Music Programming Ltd., a market research company, has released a study that says people download music largely for the purpose of trying it out first. While there are a significant amount of losers out there who don't want to support artists, most of us download songs to "try out music" we've heard of but not actually heard. Read about it from the BBC here. Now, if only I'd done that before I went to see CKY in Sacramento - it could have saved me $15. The music industry can't blame the drop in CD sales completely on the internet. If most people are testing music before they buy, it might be a good idea for labels to be a bit more discerning when it comes to who they sign and promote, because putting out the same Disney-ified crap over and over again doesn't cut it anymore.
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Summer Lovin' Ripped At The Seams --- The Summer "event" movies have arrived and no one gives a toss. Read Patrick Goldstein's comments in LA Times, here. Here's an excerpt that sums it up,
The Fourth of July weekend, which featured the release of two new sequels, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," was a big disappointment, as the box office dropped 15% from last year's numbers. "Terminator 3" not only fell considerably short of last year's Fourth of July sequel, "Men in Black 2," but in terms of actual admissions, it didn't even match the 1991 opening of "Terminator 2." After an embarrassing $37-million opening weekend, "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" dropped 62% last weekend, despite weeks of mind-bending media hype. "The Hulk" dropped off a horrific 70% in its second weekend, the worst drop for a No. 1 movie ever.
Goldstein is right when he says that the Ivy League-educated suits don't know shit from shinola when it comes to making movies, but I have to say that Goldstein himself is talking nonsense when he lists "The Italian Job" and "Daddy Day Care" as examples of creative fare.
The Fourth of July weekend, which featured the release of two new sequels, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," was a big disappointment, as the box office dropped 15% from last year's numbers. "Terminator 3" not only fell considerably short of last year's Fourth of July sequel, "Men in Black 2," but in terms of actual admissions, it didn't even match the 1991 opening of "Terminator 2." After an embarrassing $37-million opening weekend, "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" dropped 62% last weekend, despite weeks of mind-bending media hype. "The Hulk" dropped off a horrific 70% in its second weekend, the worst drop for a No. 1 movie ever.
Goldstein is right when he says that the Ivy League-educated suits don't know shit from shinola when it comes to making movies, but I have to say that Goldstein himself is talking nonsense when he lists "The Italian Job" and "Daddy Day Care" as examples of creative fare.