I worked all day yesterday, worked 21 hrs this week, but thats good cause come wednesday i'll be rollin' in it. They've revamped the whole internal workings of the place now to make everything quicker. so i worked all day yesterday and it made me really pissed off so i went home and drank half a bottle of JD and i'm still feeling the effects of it.

bought a couple of things on ebay this week: a new copy of ZZ Top - Eliminator (great album...sharp dressed man, gimme all your lovin', legs?) and a massive ace frehley poster, the same one thats on the inside of his 1978 solo album. they should be arriving today or monday. at least i hope so.

New presidential directive gives Bush dictatorial power

The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007 declares that in the event of a “catastrophic event”, George W. Bush can become what is best described as "a dictator":

"The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government."

This directive, completely unnoticed by the media, and given no scrutiny by Congress, literally gives the White House unprecedented dictatorial power over the government and the country, bypassing the US Congress and obliterating the separation of powers. The directive also placed the Secretary of Homeland Security in charge of domestic “security”.

The full text is below. A critical analysis on the directive can be found here.

This is another step towards official martial law (see “US government fans homeland security fears”), which suggests that a new "catastrophic event" 9/11-type pretext could be in the pipeline...

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHI20070521&articleId=5720

Oh fuck here we go...

Van halen - Hot for Teacher (1984)

50 Reasons Why A Guitar Is Better Than A Woman

1. A Guitar has no brain
2. Wont get jealous.
3. A guitar wont get mad if you play with another guitar
4. You can have more than one guitar
5. A guitar doesnt get tired
6. A guitar doesnt have an attitude
7. You can take a guitar anywhere and it wont bitch
8. You can put a guitar in your closet and forget about it for a month
9. A guitar doesnt go on the rag
10. A guitar gets better with age
11. A guitar has more profit potential
12. You can play with a guitar in front of people and it wont mind
13. You can play with another mans guitar
14. Guitars are cheaper
15. You never get sick of playing a guitar
16. You can sell your guitar for another one
17. A guitar wont dump you for another player
18. A guitar doesnt make noise unless you want it too
19. A guitar doesnt mind if you sit around in your underwear and drink beer
20. A guitar doesnt care how much money you make
21. A guitar can't say no
22. You dont have to play with a guitar untill it comes
23. A guitar doesnt mind you get drunk before you play it
24. You can hit a guitar and it wont bitch
25. You can never have a morning after with a guitar
26. You never get in fights with a guitar
27. A guitar doesnt complain about you leaving the toilet seat up
28. A guitar doesnt take advil
29. All guitars are beautiful
30. A guitar wont lie
31. Its okay if your friend plays with your guitar
32. You dont have to worry about protection with a guitar
33. You never have to satisfy a guitar
34. You can fall alseep right after you get done playing with a guitar
35. A guitar doesnt smell like fish
36. You can shop for guitars
37. You can play with a guitar before you buy it
38. You can do anything you want with a guitar
39. The hole on a guitar doesn't need lubrication
40. A guitar never needs foreplay
41. A guitar never complains that the plug before it was longer/shorter/thicker
42. You never have to worry about getting it in the wrong hole
43. Guitars dont have mothers
44. A guitar wont complain if you play with it in a car
45. A guitar wont complain if you ignore it
46. Guitars dont have curfews
47. You cant get a guitar pregnant
48. A guitar wont spend all your money
49. Guitars dont get fat
50. A guitar doesnt care what time you come home at night

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Rolling Stones Top 25 Driving Songs

1. “Immigrant Song,” Led Zeppelin
2. “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen
3. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
4. “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” Tom Petty
5. “Truckin’,” Grateful Dead
6. “Ol’ 55,” Tom Waits
7. “Radar Love,” Golden Earring
8. “Tush,” ZZ Top
9. “The Passenger,” Iggy Pop
10. “Wanted Dead or Alive”, Bon Jovi
11. “Passenger Side,” Wilco
12. “Turn the Page,” Bob Seger
13. “No Particular Place to Go,” Chuck Berry
14. “Going Back to Cali,” LL Cool J
15. “Born to be Wild,” Steppenwolf
16. “Running On Empty,” Jackson Brown
17. “Take It Easy,” Eagles
18. “Award Tour,” Tribe Called Quest
19. “Taking the Long Way,” Dixie Chicks
20. “Roadrunner,” Modern Lovers
21. “Rearviewmirror,” Pearl Jam
22. “Gravity Rides Everything,” Modest Mouse
23. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” Beastie Boys
24. “Pink Houses,” John Mellencamp
25. “Travelin’ Band,” Creedence Clearwater Revival

-- Rolling Stone

No Shit! Ya Think?

Bush sees tensions between Russia, West
From correspondents in Washington

May 22, 2007 08:58am

US President George W Bush said today a lot of tensions exist between the West and Russia and voiced scepticism about Russia's path to democracy under President Vladimir Putin.

"My message to Vladimir Putin is there's a better way forward, and your interests lie in the West, and we ought to be working together in a collaborative way," Mr Bush said.

Mr Putin came close to comparing the United States to the Third Reich recently and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to cool the harsh rhetoric in a visit to Moscow.

Mr Putin has been upset at US plans for a missile shield in Europe that he considers aimed at countering Russia but which Mr Bush says is to counter the potential threat of missile attack from renegade states.

Mr Bush said he sent Defence Secretary Robert Gates to Moscow to try to ease Russian concerns about the missile shield, with the message that "we're not your enemy".

"You know, people in his government harbour suspicions about our intention, and I was trying to allay those suspicions. But there is a lot of tension with Russia, particularly with Europe now, that Russia is using her energy and denying market access to different countries, for example, Polish meat," Mr Bush said.

Mr Bush said he still is close to Mr Putin personally but said "it's a very complex relationship" between the US and Russian governments.

"He thinks they've got a democracy emerging there in Russia. Obviously there's a lot of suspicion about that, and I look forward to continuing to talk to him as to why he thinks his country is on the path to democracy. It looks like at times it's not to me," he said


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haha you fucking moron. i don't know what he's trying to achieve by putting up walls between him and the russians. i think he's just trying to destroy this planet that he's done well to fuck up already. he's a fuckin' dumbass.

anyway, won myself a copy of eliminator (zz top) on ebay, and paid for it so that should arrive sometime this week. working this afternoon as well, 4-7, worked yesterday 7-4. breakfast shifts are easy, its when lunch hits that we're workking our asses off. bradley ain't that bad a manager, he's actually a good manager provided you follow his instructions to the letter, so yesterday was a good day and i don't think i screwed up once. drank plenty (3 bottles of mount franklin) and that kept me going. currently listening to guns n' roses november rain, pming with delrae on livewire. txt'd with shae again thismorning, first time in ages. nice to hear from her again, that she's ok. never mind the darkness, we still can find a way, wahtever that means. nothin' lasts forever, even cold november rain.

considering which guitar to purccahse, whether to buy the acoustic one first for $150, or spend $200 on the essex, or go into hobart music centre and put down a deposit on the les paul players pack, which contains an epiphone les paul, amplifier and all the usual parafinalia (SP?) its a good guitar, i've tried them out in there before, high quality instruments that are just as good as their gibson brothers, and thers nothing overly major to justify the $3000 price difference. so the player pack is like $550 which means a 10% deposit ($55) then 10% every week after that for 9 weeks.

anyway, now we see if this posts.

Enjoy

And then the best one...

GlobalResearch.ca - The Globalization of Military Power: NATO Expansion

The Globalization of Military Power: NATO Expansion
NATO and the broader network of US sponsored military alliances


by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Global Research, May 18, 2007
GlobalResearch.ca - 2007-05-17


The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) did not fundamentally change its mandate after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the wake of the Cold War, NATO continued to expand. In 1999, before the NATO war against Yugoslavia, NATO expanded into Eastern Europe.

NATO is determined to expand its membership circle and to expand its mandate. Ultimately NATO is slated to become a global military force. Moreover, part of the objectives of NATO as a global military alliance is to ensure the “energy security” of its member states. What this signifies is the militarization of the world’s arteries, strategic pipeline routes, maritime traffic corridors used by oil tankers, and international waters.

NATO’s “Mutual Defence Clause” Used to Control Energy Resources?

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar has called for NATO to come to the aid of any member of the military alliance, such as the United States, whose energy sources may be threatened. The justification of such an intervention would be under NATO’s Mutual Defence Clause (Article 5). Senator Lugar’s idea has received strong support from the Eastern European members of NATO and the E.U., which are dependent on...