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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
PERFORMANCE:Program I,E-Merging & E-VolvingMay 11, 13 & 19
Program II, E-StablishedMay 12, 18 & 20Fri. & Sat., 7:30 PM; Sun. 3 PM
TICKETS:
Program I, $20Program II, $20Program I & II, $36
Student Rush $10
(Subject to availability.One ticketper person. One hour prior to event.Valid ID required.)
Call 212. 650.7100http://www.harlemstage.org/
Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse150 Convent Avenueat W.135th St.
E-MOVES 8
Experience two weekends of fierce new works by thirteen E-Merging, E-Volving and E-Stablished choreographers who define the dance world. Featuring:
E-MERGING Dance Warrior Project (Afro-House); Franklin Diaz & Nelida Tirado (Latin/Flamenco); Hattie Mae Williams (Contemporary); Preston Miller (Hip-Hop); Ray Mercer (Modern)
E-VOLVING Ayo Janeen Jackson (Contemporary); Camille A. Brown (Modern); Christalyn Wright (Contemporary); Erick Montes (Contemporary); Kyle Abraham (Contemporary)
E-STABLISHED David Rousseve/REALITY (Contemporary)Tania Isaac Dance (Afro-Caribbean/Modern)
Pre-Show Artist DiscussionJoin David Rousseve and Tania Isaac. Plus, see Rousseve’s film Bittersweet.Fri., May 11, 6 PM, FREE
See a clip of E-Moves! Visit us on MySpace!
For more information on other Harlem Stage presentations. Click HERE or call 212.650.7100 TICKETS PROGRAMS ABOUT HS DIRECTIONS CONTACT US
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Program II, E-StablishedMay 12, 18 & 20Fri. & Sat., 7:30 PM; Sun. 3 PM
TICKETS:
Program I, $20Program II, $20Program I & II, $36
Student Rush $10
(Subject to availability.One ticketper person. One hour prior to event.Valid ID required.)
Call 212. 650.7100http://www.harlemstage.org/
Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse150 Convent Avenueat W.135th St.
E-MOVES 8
Experience two weekends of fierce new works by thirteen E-Merging, E-Volving and E-Stablished choreographers who define the dance world. Featuring:
E-MERGING Dance Warrior Project (Afro-House); Franklin Diaz & Nelida Tirado (Latin/Flamenco); Hattie Mae Williams (Contemporary); Preston Miller (Hip-Hop); Ray Mercer (Modern)
E-VOLVING Ayo Janeen Jackson (Contemporary); Camille A. Brown (Modern); Christalyn Wright (Contemporary); Erick Montes (Contemporary); Kyle Abraham (Contemporary)
E-STABLISHED David Rousseve/REALITY (Contemporary)Tania Isaac Dance (Afro-Caribbean/Modern)
Pre-Show Artist DiscussionJoin David Rousseve and Tania Isaac. Plus, see Rousseve’s film Bittersweet.Fri., May 11, 6 PM, FREE
See a clip of E-Moves! Visit us on MySpace!
For more information on other Harlem Stage presentations. Click HERE or call 212.650.7100 TICKETS PROGRAMS ABOUT HS DIRECTIONS CONTACT US
SIGN UP TO JOIN OUR E-CLUB
Labels: Mr.Harlem Renaissance Man
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Monday, April 23, 2007
My friend Skully thinks the world is going to end in 2012.I’m not sure why he picked that date but it seems to be a popular meeting point for prophesies.I don’t know why he so gleefully looks forward to it since he will be the first to hit the fan and just as he is untangling himself from the spinning blades the wall of shit will arrive forcing him forward into the melee.Not to worry he cheerfully explains," you all will be in hot pursuit."
It was suggested,by him that I make a timetable,a series of catastrophes that will take place over the next few years that will suck us all into the spinning blades
The year is spring 2007, and there is a rumor spreading around that bees are unable to find their way back to the hive.I know bees have a political system, that like ours, is highly undemocratic.The workers do all the work which includes guarding the door looking after the brood and collecting nectar and pollen.The drones lie around giving out orders and screwing the queen.The queen lays the eggs. A coup d'État would seem probable,but scientists think the problem is due to cell phones.Either way, if the worker bees have decided to become slackers like the drones or cell phone radiation is interfering with their navigation system,it looks like the problem may persist for some time. That means a severe shortage of fruit and other foods.It is up to us to boycott the use of these devises.Anyone seen using a cell phone is immediately subject to a torrent of well deserved abuse.Cell phone stores are blockaded.The Weather Underground reorganize and they carry out a campaign of bombings, which are both successful and free of human casualties.
In 2008 the bird flu virus finally mutates so that it is now able to transfer from human to human and all hell breaks loose.Most travel ends and import and export is severely restricted.The world economy starts to unravel and markets begin to plunge.The Bush/Cheney twins become Cheney/Bush and all future elections are postponed indefinitely.Fema Internment Camps already under construction are filled with dissidents.
By 2009 the population has been reduced by 1.5 billion and the flu has run it's course.However taking advantage of a weakened dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, Osama Bin Laden and fellow Saudi members of al-Qaida seize control.The oil fields are regulated by an Islamic group that has cut off oil supplies from the West. Cheney brings back the draft. All those that are unemployed, are seized by a press gang and shipped off to the Persian Gulf to fight for our god given right to burn oil.
By 2010,Bin Laden is once again using American and British armaments,sold to the Wahhabi-Saudi dictatorship, to slaughter thousands of American and British troops. Tony Blair has declared himself the new King of England and is living in Buckingham Palace with a young girl who goes by the name of Cherry Pop.His wife and the Queen have been disappeared and Prince Charles has been shipped off to Gitmo.Keith Richards and Iggy Pop are living at 10 Downing Street and they both look, like they're on crystal meth.
In the summer of 2010 when things look like they could not get any worse,global warming starts to kick in.There is a massive hurricane in Long Island where Skully lives and he starts heading for the fan.He survived the bird flu but he has lost his vinyl sided house, along with all the plastic picket fencing as well as the Blue Persian poppy seeds that I sent him that he never bothered to plant.Everything is floating out there.There is literally nothing left except waves of water logged garbage and a nuclear power plant.
Skully has managed to scale the containment walls of the plant and has fixed a makeshift platform to the side and he spends the day fishing in a sea of putrid trash.He keeps a supply of old bottles and bricks on the platform and uses then to throw at people who try to take over his parapet.By the time winter arrives he has managed to build himself quite a nifty little fortress and as luck would have it, succeeded in grabbing a crate of rocket launchers as it is floating by along with a case of shells.
It turns out to be a very mild winter and spring 2011 starts in February.There are so many tornadoes that it is not even reported by Fox News the one news station left. What is reported however is a massive earthquake in California and nobody can find Arnold.But people don't even care,since there is not much left to govern,most of the state is at the bottom of the Pacific.
Just as things are looking up for Skully,on July 4th, there is a meltdown at the power plant.Luckily he has gone clamming in a boat that he had recently found one morning,entangled in some garbage right under his fortress.He is able to escape the first explosions but he is badly irradiated.He manages to steer the boat up the Hudson,but makes the wrong turn and starts up the East River where all the yuppies from Williamsburg live.As he approaches the bridge a torrent of flaming trash is hurled at him.Luckily he manages to turn the boat around and he heads back around by Pier 6,which is now under water.He sails up the Hudson.
It is a wonderful sight to behold as he floats up river with the tide,but he dare not get too close to the shore in case someone tries to seize his boat.He passes by 42nd st and wonders what happened to the Intrepid.The whole of 12 ave is under water and he sees children swimming around in the fetid water.Further up by the boat basin at 72nd st he notices armored vehicles up on the West side Highway,and the Intrepid lying on it's side in what was once Riverside Park.One of the armored personnel carriers take a few shots at him so he lobs a missile in their direction,he misses but the rest of them scatter.On up the river he heads,Riverside Park is completely under water and there are bags of garbage floating everywhere.
Soon he arrives at the sewage treatment plant at 145th street where he takes a risk and pulls up his boat.There are no people around,so he disembarks and wanders along the top of the plant where the remains of a park are.He slowly crosses a bridge,feeling week and very sick.He heads up 145th street.The whole place is deserted,There are no cars anywhere except a few burned out armored police vehicles.As he crosses Broadway he sees someone playing a sax outside Copelands.He pauses when he sees Skully approach.They stand and look at each other for a moment.Then,as if they both acknowledge that there is nothing much to say he continues his rhapsody.Skully looks around bewildered.The musician stops again.
"There was an outbreak of TB and they came and took everyone away"
Skully walks across the road and continues up the hill to Amsterdam,as he turns the corner he sees an open store.It is Mishkin's pharmacy and a Chinese woman and an African American are inside, searching through shelves of drugs.There is a broken box lying on the ground outside,even in his condition he is vigilant.He can easily read the labels on the bottles lying on their sides,Potassium Iodide.He picks up one of the bottles.He reads the small red letters."Treatment for Radiation Sickness."
"Just what the doctor ordered".
Skully looks up.The African American is standing at the door signaling for him to take a drink.He opens the bottle and takes a sip.It is salty with such a painfully disgusting taste that he spits it out.
"Most people would rather die than drink that stuff"
Skully looks at him defiantly and takes a huge swig, gulping down 2 huge mouthfuls. Suddenly, he lurches forward and heaves a projectile of yellow liquid vomit,he sinks to his knees and moans.He hears voices and as he looks over, the man appears at the door with a cup.Behind him the Chinese lady is staring at him on the ground.He takes the cup from the man and drinks and is pleasantly surprised by the sweet clean taste.He lays back on the ground but instead of a hard surface, everything feels soft and warm.He drifts and floats,sinking below the surface of the sidewalk into what feels like feather cushions.A sweet smell of flowers fills his nostrils.A fantastic ethereal sensation of flight as he is expelled from his body, sends him soaring into the air like a rocket.He looks down at his body lying in a heap on the ground.The couple standing at the door look up and wave to him.He wants to wave back but he realises that he can't.He feels himself fading and slipping away into a tiny pregnant dot, smaller and smaller spinning from a proton to a particle,to an electromagnetic charge,a vibrating strand of energy,oscillating in eleven dimensions, 3 quarks for Muster Mark, decaying beyond the singularity ,nothing,no dimensions,no space,no time, no light, no darkness.No more Skully.
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It was suggested,by him that I make a timetable,a series of catastrophes that will take place over the next few years that will suck us all into the spinning blades
The year is spring 2007, and there is a rumor spreading around that bees are unable to find their way back to the hive.I know bees have a political system, that like ours, is highly undemocratic.The workers do all the work which includes guarding the door looking after the brood and collecting nectar and pollen.The drones lie around giving out orders and screwing the queen.The queen lays the eggs. A coup d'État would seem probable,but scientists think the problem is due to cell phones.Either way, if the worker bees have decided to become slackers like the drones or cell phone radiation is interfering with their navigation system,it looks like the problem may persist for some time. That means a severe shortage of fruit and other foods.It is up to us to boycott the use of these devises.Anyone seen using a cell phone is immediately subject to a torrent of well deserved abuse.Cell phone stores are blockaded.The Weather Underground reorganize and they carry out a campaign of bombings, which are both successful and free of human casualties.
In 2008 the bird flu virus finally mutates so that it is now able to transfer from human to human and all hell breaks loose.Most travel ends and import and export is severely restricted.The world economy starts to unravel and markets begin to plunge.The Bush/Cheney twins become Cheney/Bush and all future elections are postponed indefinitely.Fema Internment Camps already under construction are filled with dissidents.
By 2009 the population has been reduced by 1.5 billion and the flu has run it's course.However taking advantage of a weakened dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, Osama Bin Laden and fellow Saudi members of al-Qaida seize control.The oil fields are regulated by an Islamic group that has cut off oil supplies from the West. Cheney brings back the draft. All those that are unemployed, are seized by a press gang and shipped off to the Persian Gulf to fight for our god given right to burn oil.
By 2010,Bin Laden is once again using American and British armaments,sold to the Wahhabi-Saudi dictatorship, to slaughter thousands of American and British troops. Tony Blair has declared himself the new King of England and is living in Buckingham Palace with a young girl who goes by the name of Cherry Pop.His wife and the Queen have been disappeared and Prince Charles has been shipped off to Gitmo.Keith Richards and Iggy Pop are living at 10 Downing Street and they both look, like they're on crystal meth.
In the summer of 2010 when things look like they could not get any worse,global warming starts to kick in.There is a massive hurricane in Long Island where Skully lives and he starts heading for the fan.He survived the bird flu but he has lost his vinyl sided house, along with all the plastic picket fencing as well as the Blue Persian poppy seeds that I sent him that he never bothered to plant.Everything is floating out there.There is literally nothing left except waves of water logged garbage and a nuclear power plant.
Skully has managed to scale the containment walls of the plant and has fixed a makeshift platform to the side and he spends the day fishing in a sea of putrid trash.He keeps a supply of old bottles and bricks on the platform and uses then to throw at people who try to take over his parapet.By the time winter arrives he has managed to build himself quite a nifty little fortress and as luck would have it, succeeded in grabbing a crate of rocket launchers as it is floating by along with a case of shells.
It turns out to be a very mild winter and spring 2011 starts in February.There are so many tornadoes that it is not even reported by Fox News the one news station left. What is reported however is a massive earthquake in California and nobody can find Arnold.But people don't even care,since there is not much left to govern,most of the state is at the bottom of the Pacific.
Just as things are looking up for Skully,on July 4th, there is a meltdown at the power plant.Luckily he has gone clamming in a boat that he had recently found one morning,entangled in some garbage right under his fortress.He is able to escape the first explosions but he is badly irradiated.He manages to steer the boat up the Hudson,but makes the wrong turn and starts up the East River where all the yuppies from Williamsburg live.As he approaches the bridge a torrent of flaming trash is hurled at him.Luckily he manages to turn the boat around and he heads back around by Pier 6,which is now under water.He sails up the Hudson.
It is a wonderful sight to behold as he floats up river with the tide,but he dare not get too close to the shore in case someone tries to seize his boat.He passes by 42nd st and wonders what happened to the Intrepid.The whole of 12 ave is under water and he sees children swimming around in the fetid water.Further up by the boat basin at 72nd st he notices armored vehicles up on the West side Highway,and the Intrepid lying on it's side in what was once Riverside Park.One of the armored personnel carriers take a few shots at him so he lobs a missile in their direction,he misses but the rest of them scatter.On up the river he heads,Riverside Park is completely under water and there are bags of garbage floating everywhere.
Soon he arrives at the sewage treatment plant at 145th street where he takes a risk and pulls up his boat.There are no people around,so he disembarks and wanders along the top of the plant where the remains of a park are.He slowly crosses a bridge,feeling week and very sick.He heads up 145th street.The whole place is deserted,There are no cars anywhere except a few burned out armored police vehicles.As he crosses Broadway he sees someone playing a sax outside Copelands.He pauses when he sees Skully approach.They stand and look at each other for a moment.Then,as if they both acknowledge that there is nothing much to say he continues his rhapsody.Skully looks around bewildered.The musician stops again.
"There was an outbreak of TB and they came and took everyone away"
Skully walks across the road and continues up the hill to Amsterdam,as he turns the corner he sees an open store.It is Mishkin's pharmacy and a Chinese woman and an African American are inside, searching through shelves of drugs.There is a broken box lying on the ground outside,even in his condition he is vigilant.He can easily read the labels on the bottles lying on their sides,Potassium Iodide.He picks up one of the bottles.He reads the small red letters."Treatment for Radiation Sickness."
"Just what the doctor ordered".
Skully looks up.The African American is standing at the door signaling for him to take a drink.He opens the bottle and takes a sip.It is salty with such a painfully disgusting taste that he spits it out.
"Most people would rather die than drink that stuff"
Skully looks at him defiantly and takes a huge swig, gulping down 2 huge mouthfuls. Suddenly, he lurches forward and heaves a projectile of yellow liquid vomit,he sinks to his knees and moans.He hears voices and as he looks over, the man appears at the door with a cup.Behind him the Chinese lady is staring at him on the ground.He takes the cup from the man and drinks and is pleasantly surprised by the sweet clean taste.He lays back on the ground but instead of a hard surface, everything feels soft and warm.He drifts and floats,sinking below the surface of the sidewalk into what feels like feather cushions.A sweet smell of flowers fills his nostrils.A fantastic ethereal sensation of flight as he is expelled from his body, sends him soaring into the air like a rocket.He looks down at his body lying in a heap on the ground.The couple standing at the door look up and wave to him.He wants to wave back but he realises that he can't.He feels himself fading and slipping away into a tiny pregnant dot, smaller and smaller spinning from a proton to a particle,to an electromagnetic charge,a vibrating strand of energy,oscillating in eleven dimensions, 3 quarks for Muster Mark, decaying beyond the singularity ,nothing,no dimensions,no space,no time, no light, no darkness.No more Skully.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Everything in red must be changed to fit your own description.
Billy Holiday,
108 W.139th St,
New York NY 10030
Plate # GWB 911
Ticket #: 7315275940
Date: 04/07/1915
Parking Violations Hearing By Mail Unit
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
To Whom It May Concern:I hereby plead innocent to the enclosed parking summons, number 7315275940 issued on plate #GWB 911, and request a dismissal of the summons and a waiver of any and all fines and late penalties for the following reason(s):
I was taking my grandmother to her favorite fabric and notion store.I pulled over to the curb,adjacent to the store to let her out.Then I got out to open the car door for her and help her out.I helped her walk across the sidewalk and I was holding the store door open for her when I noticed a ticket agent by the car.I immediately ran to the car and drove off.It happened so quickly I was not even aware that a ticket had been issued.
Yours faithfully,
Billy Holiday
Certified Mail Receipt#
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Billy Holiday,
108 W.139th St,
New York NY 10030
Plate # GWB 911
Ticket #: 7315275940
Date: 04/07/1915
Parking Violations Hearing By Mail Unit
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
To Whom It May Concern:I hereby plead innocent to the enclosed parking summons, number 7315275940 issued on plate #GWB 911, and request a dismissal of the summons and a waiver of any and all fines and late penalties for the following reason(s):
I was taking my grandmother to her favorite fabric and notion store.I pulled over to the curb,adjacent to the store to let her out.Then I got out to open the car door for her and help her out.I helped her walk across the sidewalk and I was holding the store door open for her when I noticed a ticket agent by the car.I immediately ran to the car and drove off.It happened so quickly I was not even aware that a ticket had been issued.
Yours faithfully,
Billy Holiday
Certified Mail Receipt#
Labels: Parking Violators of the World Unite.
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Everything in red must be changed to fit your own description.
Billy Strayhorn,
315 Convent Ave,
New York NY 10031
Plate # A train
Department of Finance
Parking Violations Summons Request Unit
Cadman Plaza Station
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
Dear Sirs,
Re Summons 7194152769
I would like to request a hearing but do not have a copy of the above summons. Please therefore send me a copy of this summons, and remove all penalties, as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Billy Strayhorn.
Certified Receipt #
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Billy Strayhorn,
315 Convent Ave,
New York NY 10031
Plate # A train
Department of Finance
Parking Violations Summons Request Unit
Cadman Plaza Station
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
Dear Sirs,
Re Summons 7194152769
I would like to request a hearing but do not have a copy of the above summons. Please therefore send me a copy of this summons, and remove all penalties, as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Billy Strayhorn.
Certified Receipt #
Labels: Parking Violators of the World Unite.
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Everything in red must be changed to fit your own description.
Ralph Ellison,
749 St. Nicholas Ave,
New York NY 10030
Plate # GWB 911 Ticket #: 7315275940
Date: 06/06/2006
Parking Violations Hearing By Mail Unit
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby plead innocent to the enclosed parking summons, number 7315275940 issued on plate #GWB 911, and request a dismissal of the summons and a waiver of any and all fines and late penalties for the following reason(s):
1. According to the Rules and Regulations of the Parking Violations Bureau the (Body Type,Make,Year,Date registration expires,Color,Pas or Com,) of the vehicle must appear correctly for a Parking Summons to make a prima facie case.
2. The Body Type of the vehicle is incorrect on the Summons.
3. As can be seen from a copy of the Registration Certificate, the Body Type of the vehicle is Suburban.
4. As such, this Summons does not meet the requirements for a prima facie case and should be dismissed in its entirety.
Yours faithfully,
Certified Mail Receipt#
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Ralph Ellison,
749 St. Nicholas Ave,
New York NY 10030
Plate # GWB 911 Ticket #: 7315275940
Date: 06/06/2006
Parking Violations Hearing By Mail Unit
P.O. Box 29021
Brooklyn, NY 11202-9021
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby plead innocent to the enclosed parking summons, number 7315275940 issued on plate #GWB 911, and request a dismissal of the summons and a waiver of any and all fines and late penalties for the following reason(s):
1. According to the Rules and Regulations of the Parking Violations Bureau the (Body Type,Make,Year,Date registration expires,Color,Pas or Com,
2. The Body Type of the vehicle is incorrect on the Summons.
3. As can be seen from a copy of the Registration Certificate, the Body Type of the vehicle is Suburban.
4. As such, this Summons does not meet the requirements for a prima facie case and should be dismissed in its entirety.
Yours faithfully,
Certified Mail Receipt#
Labels: Parking Violators of the World Unite.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
I say "Win.... every time" because you will always win,even if all you achieve is delaying the payment for months or even years.You will also contribute to tying up a corrupt system that is in total disarray,with the introduction of the new scanners.I know that a big fear of people is being towed.It is a horrible experience,I agree.But I am not suggesting that you do anything else but play by the rules.I will point out however that it has been a long time since I have seen those tow trucks that trawl down the road,entering plate numbers into a computer in search of scofflaws.A possible reason for this may be, that if they don't know who owes what then they can't go around towing cars.
There are rules to the game and if you plan to play,abide by these rules please.Like everything else it involves a bit of energy to get started,but after a while it is similar to any sport whereby you take great pleasure,not in winning, but seeing the loosing side take a good beating.
1/ Buy a folder and write PVB on it.If you are really anal.You can stick a piece of neatly lined paper on the cover and write down each Ticket # and add notes.At the end of each fiscal year your can add up all the money you have saved and show off to all your gullible friends that still pay parking tickets.
2/ Put every ticket that you get in the folder and throw those nasty orange envelops away,you won't be needing them.
3a/After about a month you will start receiving demands for payment with an added penalty.You must respond using a system whereby you have a receipt,either "return receipt requested" via US mail or one of the other carriers that provide proof of delivery.The US mail return receipt is easy and you don't have to go to the post office,except once to collect the green forms.There are 2 of them.One is paper,"Certified Mail". This is your receipt.It has some numbers on it that you can peel off. The other one is a green card(if you are Mexican,I'm sorry but it's not one of those "green cards") and you will see "2.Article Number" at the bottom.That is where you stick those numbers that you peel off.Address the green card on one side and on the other side put your return address.Peel off the sticky sides and stick it to the back of the envelope and tear the paper Certified Mail Receipt along the tear line.The biggest piece is your receipt, and the smaller one you peel off the back and stick it on the envelop.Postage for certified mail,return receipt is currently$4.64.
3b/You must write a letter requesting a copy of the ticket and that the penalties be removed.Just because you were issued a ticket does not mean you received it.Sometimes it gets windy out there.It rains.Stuff get washed away.It's not your fault.
4a/The next part is quite amusing because the city will now send a letter offering you a choice, a deal (a reduced cost)if you pay the ticket before a certain date or wait for the judge to decide and pay the full penalty, if you are found guilty.Do not pay.This a ruse.This means they can't find your ticket and they are trying to get you to pay something.Staple the letter to the copy of the letter you sent to them and file it.You won't hear from them again...YOU WON!!
Now hold the letter above your head and as you wave it frantically above your head, run around the block screaming."I won,I won."
4b/There is also a possibility that the city will send you the copy of the ticket, in which case you should write them a letter telling them that you were helping your grandmother out of the car,this is good for most parking tickets .You are allowed to stop at a bus stop to discharge passengers.Don't forget your original claim that you did not get the ticket so if you were right there helping grandma out of the car you must mention that it happened so quickly that you did not realise a ticket had been issued and you just drove off.Otherwise you may end up having to pay a penalty if you loose your case on the ticket.Remember this is about taking advantage of a corrupt system close to the point of collapse that you are going to help push over the edge.Your effort is not a selfish act.This is your chance to make contribution to society.You can tell your grandchildren how you helped unhinge,a powerful corrupt city agency.
5/ If you loose your case,pay the ticket and appeal.You should receive an appeal form with the verdict.If not, you can find the form,by simply clicking here.In order to appeal you must have a copy of your ticket.Don't worry.This is not a capital punishment yet.
6/Keep copies of everything including return receipts that you should staple to the letters that you wrote..DON'T BE LAZY or you'll be in a sorry mess,especially if you get a lot of tickets.
7/Do not get careless because you think "you don't have to worry,because the system is broken".They may be about to fix it.I could be wrong.Maybe the system is not broken.They are just trying out a new strategy and are about to launch an all out war on scofflaws like...well, you and me.
8/If you get a hand written ticket,this means that it was written by a cop and not a meter maid.When tickets were all written out by hand, cops usually made more mistakes since they didn't write so many as meter maids.Check every box against what is written on your registration.Make and Body Type are especially important boxes to look out for since these are common areas where mistakes get made.Mistakes are very good news.Since all you have to do is send a letter pointing this out along with a copy of the registration and it is an automatic dismissal.
I will also start posting samples of letters that you can copy and paste,so you don't have to over tax your brain.Look at the bottom of this blog and click on the Label: Parking Violators of the World Unite.
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There are rules to the game and if you plan to play,abide by these rules please.Like everything else it involves a bit of energy to get started,but after a while it is similar to any sport whereby you take great pleasure,not in winning, but seeing the loosing side take a good beating.
1/ Buy a folder and write PVB on it.If you are really anal.You can stick a piece of neatly lined paper on the cover and write down each Ticket # and add notes.At the end of each fiscal year your can add up all the money you have saved and show off to all your gullible friends that still pay parking tickets.
2/ Put every ticket that you get in the folder and throw those nasty orange envelops away,you won't be needing them.
3a/After about a month you will start receiving demands for payment with an added penalty.You must respond using a system whereby you have a receipt,either "return receipt requested" via US mail or one of the other carriers that provide proof of delivery.The US mail return receipt is easy and you don't have to go to the post office,except once to collect the green forms.There are 2 of them.One is paper,"Certified Mail". This is your receipt.It has some numbers on it that you can peel off. The other one is a green card(if you are Mexican,I'm sorry but it's not one of those "green cards") and you will see "2.Article Number" at the bottom.That is where you stick those numbers that you peel off.Address the green card on one side and on the other side put your return address.Peel off the sticky sides and stick it to the back of the envelope and tear the paper Certified Mail Receipt along the tear line.The biggest piece is your receipt, and the smaller one you peel off the back and stick it on the envelop.Postage for certified mail,return receipt is currently$4.64.
3b/You must write a letter requesting a copy of the ticket and that the penalties be removed.Just because you were issued a ticket does not mean you received it.Sometimes it gets windy out there.It rains.Stuff get washed away.It's not your fault.
4a/The next part is quite amusing because the city will now send a letter offering you a choice, a deal (a reduced cost)if you pay the ticket before a certain date or wait for the judge to decide and pay the full penalty, if you are found guilty.Do not pay.This a ruse.This means they can't find your ticket and they are trying to get you to pay something.Staple the letter to the copy of the letter you sent to them and file it.You won't hear from them again...YOU WON!!
Now hold the letter above your head and as you wave it frantically above your head, run around the block screaming."I won,I won."
4b/There is also a possibility that the city will send you the copy of the ticket, in which case you should write them a letter telling them that you were helping your grandmother out of the car,this is good for most parking tickets .You are allowed to stop at a bus stop to discharge passengers.Don't forget your original claim that you did not get the ticket so if you were right there helping grandma out of the car you must mention that it happened so quickly that you did not realise a ticket had been issued and you just drove off.Otherwise you may end up having to pay a penalty if you loose your case on the ticket.Remember this is about taking advantage of a corrupt system close to the point of collapse that you are going to help push over the edge.Your effort is not a selfish act.This is your chance to make contribution to society.You can tell your grandchildren how you helped unhinge,a powerful corrupt city agency.
5/ If you loose your case,pay the ticket and appeal.You should receive an appeal form with the verdict.If not, you can find the form,by simply clicking here.In order to appeal you must have a copy of your ticket.Don't worry.This is not a capital punishment yet.
6/Keep copies of everything including return receipts that you should staple to the letters that you wrote..DON'T BE LAZY or you'll be in a sorry mess,especially if you get a lot of tickets.
7/Do not get careless because you think "you don't have to worry,because the system is broken".They may be about to fix it.I could be wrong.Maybe the system is not broken.They are just trying out a new strategy and are about to launch an all out war on scofflaws like...well, you and me.
8/If you get a hand written ticket,this means that it was written by a cop and not a meter maid.When tickets were all written out by hand, cops usually made more mistakes since they didn't write so many as meter maids.Check every box against what is written on your registration.Make and Body Type are especially important boxes to look out for since these are common areas where mistakes get made.Mistakes are very good news.Since all you have to do is send a letter pointing this out along with a copy of the registration and it is an automatic dismissal.
I will also start posting samples of letters that you can copy and paste,so you don't have to over tax your brain.Look at the bottom of this blog and click on the Label: Parking Violators of the World Unite.
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I see that you have a two-night minimum stay. We are looking for a one-night stay (2 people) this Friday. Do you make exceptions at this late date?
Yes there are exceptions to the rules,as there should be.We will always try to accommodate you if we can.Do not hesitate to call and we will check the calender and if there is anyway we can fit you in, we will.This works best for the last minute reservations.
You can call us at 917.464.3528 or email at info@sugarhillharleminn.com
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced: Frank Zappa
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Yes there are exceptions to the rules,as there should be.We will always try to accommodate you if we can.Do not hesitate to call and we will check the calender and if there is anyway we can fit you in, we will.This works best for the last minute reservations.
You can call us at 917.464.3528 or email at info@sugarhillharleminn.com
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced: Frank Zappa
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Recently I got a call from a young lady,Johanna Vanderspool,with a production company called Hidden Treasures Productions, who wanted to shoot a scene for a documentary,called Secrets of the Soul,at Sugar Hill Harlem Inn,that will show on PBS this fall She came up and saw the rooms and chose Miles room to do the shoot.She seemed nice enough but little too sweet for my taste.
We agreed on the price and I made arrangements for her to do the shoot on Wednesday.They were scheduled to start at 8am.They ambled in one at a time and around about 9.30 they were all assembled and they started to organize the room and bring in equipment.
The first request for a favor, was to use the lobby to store their extra equipment.Then they wanted to use the reception room as a waiting area for the actors.Then they asked to put the food there too,which of course then became the area where all the crew came to eat.Then the make-up artist wanted to use a table in the kitchen to do the faces of the actors,and asked to borrow a mirror.The director also asked to borrow a few old photos that he wanted to use as props in the movie.
When it became time to shoot at around 11am it was brought to my attention that one of the actors had not shown up.The scene to be shot was about a doctor who took dying people and put them on a scale and measured their weight immediately before they died and immediately after.The doctor claimed that the difference was 21 grams and therefore this not only proved that the soul existed but proved that it carried some weight.This was a theory that, later on, thankfully was invalidated. The problem was that the dead man did not show up for the movie shoot and I was asked if I would just lie down on a bed and pretend to be dead. I agreed once again and I put on a costume which consisted of an off white long john jumpsuit.The make-up artist painted my face and lips,to make me look like a dead man.
I went upstairs and lay down where upon I was told that I had to pretend that I was dying of TB and therefore a deep phlegmy cough was required with some loud wheezy breathing. Then I had to let my head tilt slightly as I closed my eyes and died.Of course the scene had to be shot over and over to get it right,but I was reassured that I played the part like an expert.I'm sure this is generally the mood on these shoots, to make the actors feel like they are doing a good job. I thanked them for the complement but was not going out in search of any more parts for dead and dying men.
While lying on the bed,I got to thinking about money.I thought it would be OK to ask for more money since they had used 3 times the space that they requested.I did not think that they did this intentionally,but it just turned out that way.In retrospective it is their business and they must have realised that the space was not big enough.I came downstairs and took off the make-up and the jumpsuit.I was then asked to,and signed a release form.Now most smart people would have not done that right away especially considering I was going to ask for more money.I assumed that even though she never offered any money either for the extra space or the "wonderful acting job"that I did, that she would agree to pay me something and gladly.The idea that she would come to my place knowing that there would not be enough space to do what needed to be done, and then push her way into my space little by little without being noticed like a scheming little weasel, did not even occur to my gullible self.
After I was dressed in my own clothes I called Johanna who had left early.I came right to the point and told her very calmly that I thought that she should pay me more money.Well let me tell you I saw another side of this sweet girl.She immediately flew into a tirade.She was furious.I was so rattled that before I knew it I was screaming back at her.She of course immediately brought this to my attention so I calmed down and I told her that perhaps if she let me speak then perhaps I would not have to raise my voice.She agreed to let me speak, but the minute I began to explain my side of the story she started speaking over me.Her main argument being that I should have asked before the end of the shoot.After a moment I realized that this conversation was going nowhere and I told her goodbye and hung up.
I decided to speak to the director and he was very understanding and of course reminded me of the wonderful acting job I had done and said he would speak to her about it.Later on, after he spoke to her, he came down and explained that in fact I would be better off to make a deal with her and get something rather than going to her boss who was a lawyer, and therefore an asshole,(my interpretation), and because nothing is signed, I would get nothing extra.She had offered me half the going rate for the space and zero for the acting job,since "she thought it would be so much fun".Is there a law against having fun and getting paid for it?
Why would a person has been accommodated in so many ways behave in such an outraged way,as if personal ingegrity were being questioned and ulterior motives suggested?History shows a consistant problem with self depreciation.A compelling urge to hold a boss,or a belief in so much awe that it becomes an extension of the ego,and the conditioned urge to be ambitious.This pernicious,economic,political, social and spiritual ambition to be something,always searching for a projection of the imagination.When society becomes victim to propadanda the system becomes more important than the individual.We live in a dangerous time then,with a constant bombardment of ads to buy name brands,to believe in this or that philosophy and most dangerous of all,to be patriotiotic.Let us not forget that history lesson.Throw those flags away.Rip up all those bibles and other holy books,throw the whole lot on a pile and burn it.Feel the liberation, the freedom from belief,your boss, your god, your country,your ego.
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We agreed on the price and I made arrangements for her to do the shoot on Wednesday.They were scheduled to start at 8am.They ambled in one at a time and around about 9.30 they were all assembled and they started to organize the room and bring in equipment.
The first request for a favor, was to use the lobby to store their extra equipment.Then they wanted to use the reception room as a waiting area for the actors.Then they asked to put the food there too,which of course then became the area where all the crew came to eat.Then the make-up artist wanted to use a table in the kitchen to do the faces of the actors,and asked to borrow a mirror.The director also asked to borrow a few old photos that he wanted to use as props in the movie.
When it became time to shoot at around 11am it was brought to my attention that one of the actors had not shown up.The scene to be shot was about a doctor who took dying people and put them on a scale and measured their weight immediately before they died and immediately after.The doctor claimed that the difference was 21 grams and therefore this not only proved that the soul existed but proved that it carried some weight.This was a theory that, later on, thankfully was invalidated. The problem was that the dead man did not show up for the movie shoot and I was asked if I would just lie down on a bed and pretend to be dead. I agreed once again and I put on a costume which consisted of an off white long john jumpsuit.The make-up artist painted my face and lips,to make me look like a dead man.
I went upstairs and lay down where upon I was told that I had to pretend that I was dying of TB and therefore a deep phlegmy cough was required with some loud wheezy breathing. Then I had to let my head tilt slightly as I closed my eyes and died.Of course the scene had to be shot over and over to get it right,but I was reassured that I played the part like an expert.I'm sure this is generally the mood on these shoots, to make the actors feel like they are doing a good job. I thanked them for the complement but was not going out in search of any more parts for dead and dying men.
While lying on the bed,I got to thinking about money.I thought it would be OK to ask for more money since they had used 3 times the space that they requested.I did not think that they did this intentionally,but it just turned out that way.In retrospective it is their business and they must have realised that the space was not big enough.I came downstairs and took off the make-up and the jumpsuit.I was then asked to,and signed a release form.Now most smart people would have not done that right away especially considering I was going to ask for more money.I assumed that even though she never offered any money either for the extra space or the "wonderful acting job"that I did, that she would agree to pay me something and gladly.The idea that she would come to my place knowing that there would not be enough space to do what needed to be done, and then push her way into my space little by little without being noticed like a scheming little weasel, did not even occur to my gullible self.
After I was dressed in my own clothes I called Johanna who had left early.I came right to the point and told her very calmly that I thought that she should pay me more money.Well let me tell you I saw another side of this sweet girl.She immediately flew into a tirade.She was furious.I was so rattled that before I knew it I was screaming back at her.She of course immediately brought this to my attention so I calmed down and I told her that perhaps if she let me speak then perhaps I would not have to raise my voice.She agreed to let me speak, but the minute I began to explain my side of the story she started speaking over me.Her main argument being that I should have asked before the end of the shoot.After a moment I realized that this conversation was going nowhere and I told her goodbye and hung up.
I decided to speak to the director and he was very understanding and of course reminded me of the wonderful acting job I had done and said he would speak to her about it.Later on, after he spoke to her, he came down and explained that in fact I would be better off to make a deal with her and get something rather than going to her boss who was a lawyer, and therefore an asshole,(my interpretation), and because nothing is signed, I would get nothing extra.She had offered me half the going rate for the space and zero for the acting job,since "she thought it would be so much fun".Is there a law against having fun and getting paid for it?
Why would a person has been accommodated in so many ways behave in such an outraged way,as if personal ingegrity were being questioned and ulterior motives suggested?History shows a consistant problem with self depreciation.A compelling urge to hold a boss,or a belief in so much awe that it becomes an extension of the ego,and the conditioned urge to be ambitious.This pernicious,economic,political, social and spiritual ambition to be something,always searching for a projection of the imagination.When society becomes victim to propadanda the system becomes more important than the individual.We live in a dangerous time then,with a constant bombardment of ads to buy name brands,to believe in this or that philosophy and most dangerous of all,to be patriotiotic.Let us not forget that history lesson.Throw those flags away.Rip up all those bibles and other holy books,throw the whole lot on a pile and burn it.Feel the liberation, the freedom from belief,your boss, your god, your country,your ego.
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The function of propaganda does not lie in the scientific training of the individual, but in calling the masses' attention to certain facts, whose significance is placed within their field of vision.
All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to. Consequently, the greater the mass it is intended to reach, the lower its purely intellectual level it needs to be.In calling upon a population to remain at war, the aim is to influence a whole people.Excessive intellectual demands on the public must be avoided.
The more modest its intellectual ballast and the more it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective it will be. This is the best proof of the soundness of a propaganda campaign, and not success pleasing a few scholars or young aesthetes.
The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to the attention and to the heart of the broad masses. The fact that the scholars do not understand this merely shows how mentally lazy and conceited they are.
The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting cannot be overestimated.If a mistake is made,the public will soon overlook it. In consequence of this, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans.
Exactly the same applies to political advertising.
The function of propaganda is, not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people, but exclusively to emphasize the one right which it has set out to argue for. Its task is not to make an objective study of the truth; its task is to serve its own right, always and unflinchingly.
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All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to. Consequently, the greater the mass it is intended to reach, the lower its purely intellectual level it needs to be.In calling upon a population to remain at war, the aim is to influence a whole people.Excessive intellectual demands on the public must be avoided.
The more modest its intellectual ballast and the more it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective it will be. This is the best proof of the soundness of a propaganda campaign, and not success pleasing a few scholars or young aesthetes.
The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to the attention and to the heart of the broad masses. The fact that the scholars do not understand this merely shows how mentally lazy and conceited they are.
The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting cannot be overestimated.If a mistake is made,the public will soon overlook it. In consequence of this, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans.
Exactly the same applies to political advertising.
The function of propaganda is, not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people, but exclusively to emphasize the one right which it has set out to argue for. Its task is not to make an objective study of the truth; its task is to serve its own right, always and unflinchingly.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Not far........Harlem is in Manhattan.Harlem is in the Northern part of Manhattan.Many people think that Harlem is a borough,but it is in fact a district.There are 2 possible reasons for this.First it is the biggest district in NYC and second,due to it's history, it is the most famous.It is by my calculation,the most well known district in the world.Take London for example.A Londoner will tell you that the most famous district in the world is Piccadilly Circus,a Frenchman will say the Champs-Elysées.However a Londoner knows more about Harlem than he does the Champs-Elysées and a Frenchman knows more about Harlem than Piccadilly Circus "quod erat demonstrandum" Q.E.D
Perhaps the question that you want to ask is "How far is Harlem from Times Sq",a very popular destination.As with most that is popular in this culture,if you could call it that,it is not very interesting.If bright lights are your thing then Las Vegas is much more impressive.However I seem to be unable to dissuade most people from going down there.So "you must take the A train,",the most famous train in the world.Most people think that Duke Ellington wrote "The A train" but it was in fact, Billy Stayhorn who penned it.They both lived in Sugar Hill.It is considered by the experts, so it surely must be true,to be one of the most important musical compositions of the 20th century.Now find me another lowly subway,underground or metro that has has had a great musical rhapsody, written about it.More evidence that Harlem is the most famous place in the world.Why, even the trains are illustrious.Yes you take this celebrated train 3 stops to 42nd st and it will take between 10 and 15 minutes depending on who is driving the train.Watch as the train comes into the station,and look for a wild angry driver resembling Wolf Larsen.Hop on the train fast because the doors do not stay open for more than a second,and hang on tight.He drives his train in a wild,ferocious manner.His trains will get you there in less than every other driver but be sure to stand by the doors as the train enters the station otherwise you will miss your stop.
If you stay on the train it will take you to Penn Station,then W14st and on though the West Village to Canal St galloping down the dark corridors of the subterranean. That part of the trip will take about 10 minutes and if you descend at Canal,you can walk east,literally and metaphorically, to China Town and Little Italy or you can go north to SoHo where a huge quantity of 19th century cast-iron buildings awaits your stupefaction.If you go East on Spring st and right on Lafayette,you'll come to a fork in the road.There you will see a taqueria,with people spilling out onto the sidewalk.Hidden down in the basement behind guarded steel doors is one of the most celebrated restaurants and watering holes in NYC.It is called La Esquina and it is very difficult to make a reservation.Unless of course you are staying at Sugar Hill Harlem Inn.If you want to make a reservation just ask Jeremy.
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Perhaps the question that you want to ask is "How far is Harlem from Times Sq",a very popular destination.As with most that is popular in this culture,if you could call it that,it is not very interesting.If bright lights are your thing then Las Vegas is much more impressive.However I seem to be unable to dissuade most people from going down there.So "you must take the A train,",the most famous train in the world.Most people think that Duke Ellington wrote "The A train" but it was in fact, Billy Stayhorn who penned it.They both lived in Sugar Hill.It is considered by the experts, so it surely must be true,to be one of the most important musical compositions of the 20th century.Now find me another lowly subway,underground or metro that has has had a great musical rhapsody, written about it.More evidence that Harlem is the most famous place in the world.Why, even the trains are illustrious.Yes you take this celebrated train 3 stops to 42nd st and it will take between 10 and 15 minutes depending on who is driving the train.Watch as the train comes into the station,and look for a wild angry driver resembling Wolf Larsen.Hop on the train fast because the doors do not stay open for more than a second,and hang on tight.He drives his train in a wild,ferocious manner.His trains will get you there in less than every other driver but be sure to stand by the doors as the train enters the station otherwise you will miss your stop.
If you stay on the train it will take you to Penn Station,then W14st and on though the West Village to Canal St galloping down the dark corridors of the subterranean. That part of the trip will take about 10 minutes and if you descend at Canal,you can walk east,literally and metaphorically, to China Town and Little Italy or you can go north to SoHo where a huge quantity of 19th century cast-iron buildings awaits your stupefaction.If you go East on Spring st and right on Lafayette,you'll come to a fork in the road.There you will see a taqueria,with people spilling out onto the sidewalk.Hidden down in the basement behind guarded steel doors is one of the most celebrated restaurants and watering holes in NYC.It is called La Esquina and it is very difficult to make a reservation.Unless of course you are staying at Sugar Hill Harlem Inn.If you want to make a reservation just ask Jeremy.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sometimes I hear West Indians complaining that African Americans are too lazy.In other words they don't get with the American Dream program.My first reaction to that comment is to wonder,Uncle Tom aside, why anyone group of people, that has been so badly treated by this superficial dream, would want to have anything to do with such an absurd idea in the first place.There are 27 amendments to the constitution and I fail to see any reference to the notion that one must work.The unemployment rate is only 5% and a good many of those are actively looking for work.I think unemployment rate is far too low.Surely it would be much more healthy for the working man, if twice that number never even bothered to get out of bed,except to eat and have a drink,a toke and a hit.Not only would there be much more opportunity,less competition for work,but our overall ecological footprint would be considerably less.The unemployed are less likely to have cars,less likely to shop and in some cases may eat less,especially meat since it is so much more expensive.If less people worked then salaries would have to go up.
We would have to let more Mexicans slip across the border.Should I care if my restaurant food is prepared by Mexicans or if my house is built by Jamaicans?If they want to do all the work that nobody else wants to do,then let them do it.What do all of the free marketeers think about that?Instead of this we build walls to stop the Mexicans getting into the US and forget that we were deeply critical of the Berlin wall which stopped people getting out.Then people complain that American jobs are being stolen by persons who actually want to work.
We complain that all our taxes are being sucked up by these welfare queens who lounge around having babies.I wonder if anyone noticed a windfall of money coming their way when Clinton's Welfare Bill came into effect.On the contrary they wanted to take union paying jobs away from one worker and give it to a welfare recipient at less than minimum wage. A single paragraph in the 35-page welfare overhaul proposal says that, "the federal minimum-wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act should not apply to people in 'welfare-to-work' jobs". So if you are working class and you have an ax to grind,take it somewhere else, cause all those lazy ass folks are an essential part of your economy.If you are working overtime, without being paid, out of some idea of self sacrifice, you are not doing your brothers any big favours,in fact you are by your heroic efforts pushing salaries down, undermining the economy,and the great labor efforts of people like Cesar Chavez and Lucy Parsons .
So let's have a big cheer for slackers for doing their universal duty.Ask your Representatives and Congress persons to pay them more money so they will not be inspired to get up and go to work.Let them not feel guilty about lying around and being shiftless.On the contrary,they should become the new heroes of our society,they should be lauded, The Worlds New Idle Men and Women of the 21st Century.
Back in the 19th century,before that dark chapter in our history called The Industrial Revolution, it was not considered decent by the aristocracy to work.If you worked you were shunned,as it implied that you did not have enough money to live excessively and flamboyantly without working.Now it is time for the working class to boycott work and let the aristocrats do their share,or shut up,and let us slip unempedded into the ozone.
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We would have to let more Mexicans slip across the border.Should I care if my restaurant food is prepared by Mexicans or if my house is built by Jamaicans?If they want to do all the work that nobody else wants to do,then let them do it.What do all of the free marketeers think about that?Instead of this we build walls to stop the Mexicans getting into the US and forget that we were deeply critical of the Berlin wall which stopped people getting out.Then people complain that American jobs are being stolen by persons who actually want to work.
We complain that all our taxes are being sucked up by these welfare queens who lounge around having babies.I wonder if anyone noticed a windfall of money coming their way when Clinton's Welfare Bill came into effect.On the contrary they wanted to take union paying jobs away from one worker and give it to a welfare recipient at less than minimum wage. A single paragraph in the 35-page welfare overhaul proposal says that, "the federal minimum-wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act should not apply to people in 'welfare-to-work' jobs". So if you are working class and you have an ax to grind,take it somewhere else, cause all those lazy ass folks are an essential part of your economy.If you are working overtime, without being paid, out of some idea of self sacrifice, you are not doing your brothers any big favours,in fact you are by your heroic efforts pushing salaries down, undermining the economy,and the great labor efforts of people like Cesar Chavez and Lucy Parsons .
So let's have a big cheer for slackers for doing their universal duty.Ask your Representatives and Congress persons to pay them more money so they will not be inspired to get up and go to work.Let them not feel guilty about lying around and being shiftless.On the contrary,they should become the new heroes of our society,they should be lauded, The Worlds New Idle Men and Women of the 21st Century.
Back in the 19th century,before that dark chapter in our history called The Industrial Revolution, it was not considered decent by the aristocracy to work.If you worked you were shunned,as it implied that you did not have enough money to live excessively and flamboyantly without working.Now it is time for the working class to boycott work and let the aristocrats do their share,or shut up,and let us slip unempedded into the ozone.
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
Freedom of Religion
The First Amendment prevents the American government from establishing an official religion.
Citizens have the freedom to attend the church, synagogue, temple or mosque of their choice – or not attend at all. The First Amendment allows us to practice our religion the way we want to.
Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment keeps the American government from making laws that might stop us from expressing rational opinions. People have the right to criticize the government and to share their opinions with others.
Freedom of the Press
A free press means we can get information from many different sources. The government cannot control what is printed in newspapers, magazines and books, broadcast on TV or radio or offered online. Citizens can request time on television to respond to views with which they
disagree; they may write letters to newspaper editors and hope those letters will be printed for others to see. They can pass out leaflets that give their opinions. They can have their own Web pages and offer their opinions to others through the many means made available by the Internet.
Freedom of Assembly
Citizens can come together in public and private gatherings. They can join groups for political,
religious, social or recreational purposes. By organizing to accomplish a common goal, citizens can spread their ideas more effectively.
Right to Petition
“To petition the government for a redress of grievances” means that citizens can ask for changes in the government. They can do this by collecting signatures and sending them to their elected
representatives; they can write, call or e-mail their elected representatives; they can support groups that lobby the government.
Right to Self Medicate:
I know,this is the wrong amendment,in which to place this,but here goes.....
Citizens of this theoretically free country may not use certain medicine's without the written permission,by doctors.That was not true before 1914. Until then, adult citizens could enter a pharmacy and buy any drug they wished, from headache powders to opium. They needed no one's permission. They were, in a phrase, pharmacologically free. When they felt it necessary, they sought advice from physicians or others who had greater experience than themselves.
That freedom was abolished as the paternalist ethic gained currency. Citizens were told they were no longer able to make those kinds of decisions, and they surrendered their authentic right to health care. The prescription law was just one piece of a larger conspiracy against the public. At about this time, the United States got its first laws to license doctors and accredit medical schools. Historian Ronald Hamowy has documented what was on the minds of the doctors: income. They were concerned that free entry, and hence unrestricted competition, into the medical profession was driving down fees. Only government regulation would allow doctors to charge higher payments.
It is certainly helpful to know what one is doing before treating oneself. Sources of information would include doctors, medical societies, insurance companies, Prevention magazine, Consumer Reports , newspapers, and more. Competition and the civil law against fraud and malpractice are the best assurances of drug quality, information and service. People must have the right to enter into any mutually agreed-on contracts for medical services that they choose. Anything less makes a mockery of the idea that we are free.
Thanks to Sheldon Richman, senior editor at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. whose other opinions I do not necessarily share.
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The First Amendment prevents the American government from establishing an official religion.
Citizens have the freedom to attend the church, synagogue, temple or mosque of their choice – or not attend at all. The First Amendment allows us to practice our religion the way we want to.
Freedom of Speech
The First Amendment keeps the American government from making laws that might stop us from expressing rational opinions. People have the right to criticize the government and to share their opinions with others.
Freedom of the Press
A free press means we can get information from many different sources. The government cannot control what is printed in newspapers, magazines and books, broadcast on TV or radio or offered online. Citizens can request time on television to respond to views with which they
disagree; they may write letters to newspaper editors and hope those letters will be printed for others to see. They can pass out leaflets that give their opinions. They can have their own Web pages and offer their opinions to others through the many means made available by the Internet.
Freedom of Assembly
Citizens can come together in public and private gatherings. They can join groups for political,
religious, social or recreational purposes. By organizing to accomplish a common goal, citizens can spread their ideas more effectively.
Right to Petition
“To petition the government for a redress of grievances” means that citizens can ask for changes in the government. They can do this by collecting signatures and sending them to their elected
representatives; they can write, call or e-mail their elected representatives; they can support groups that lobby the government.
Right to Self Medicate:
I know,this is the wrong amendment,in which to place this,but here goes.....
Citizens of this theoretically free country may not use certain medicine's without the written permission,by doctors.That was not true before 1914. Until then, adult citizens could enter a pharmacy and buy any drug they wished, from headache powders to opium. They needed no one's permission. They were, in a phrase, pharmacologically free. When they felt it necessary, they sought advice from physicians or others who had greater experience than themselves.
That freedom was abolished as the paternalist ethic gained currency. Citizens were told they were no longer able to make those kinds of decisions, and they surrendered their authentic right to health care. The prescription law was just one piece of a larger conspiracy against the public. At about this time, the United States got its first laws to license doctors and accredit medical schools. Historian Ronald Hamowy has documented what was on the minds of the doctors: income. They were concerned that free entry, and hence unrestricted competition, into the medical profession was driving down fees. Only government regulation would allow doctors to charge higher payments.
It is certainly helpful to know what one is doing before treating oneself. Sources of information would include doctors, medical societies, insurance companies, Prevention magazine, Consumer Reports , newspapers, and more. Competition and the civil law against fraud and malpractice are the best assurances of drug quality, information and service. People must have the right to enter into any mutually agreed-on contracts for medical services that they choose. Anything less makes a mockery of the idea that we are free.
Thanks to Sheldon Richman, senior editor at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. whose other opinions I do not necessarily share.
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