Austin Against War: Cooler heads will prevail What began as a march through the capital of Texas, closing the streets to all thoroughfare, spreading a beam of democracy through the heart of Texas, would end in a debate, that in my mind validates the whole reason for showing up.
The stage: 1500 to 2500 Austinites not willing to submit to the new world order from such varied political affiliation, it's as if the whole pig/wing experiment was a success.
Mike Hanson (candidate for Travis County Commissioner) was there in the crowd championing the "Ron Paul" mentality, standing shoulder to shoulder to the green, anarchist and socialist communities. Not a word of indifference; united against a common enemy.
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
Ensure a Free and Fair Election (Ban Paperless Voting Machines
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."