(yes, I know, the title quote is from Stonewall not Warriors. Your point?)
I haven't written because I'm angry that I'm not going.
I'm ashamed to admit both those things- the anger, and the not-going.
TRUE is relying on us (surely not just me) to keep this thing afloat. Reliable is the new hot, so I'm here.
But I'm confused.
We are all just standing around like we're being milked, and I can't decide why.
My gut feeling is to resist anything "anti". And the purpose of Skull Fuck Bush, title aside, is "pro" - a positive alternative to the us-against-them bullshit that is so evident on the political scene. A party to bring down the house (of Bush).
But I must say, that I don't want to be the first one to admit I chose not to go.
Reliability, you know.
I'm not a veteran, but most of my co-workers are.
And some of them are being called up this week.
One- the one whose shift I'll be covering the week of FuckBush- has a three-day-old son.
He's going back to Iraq for the second time. And he completed his four years in the Marines in 1998.
With all the usual mental machinations I put myself through before having any fun, I also keep thinking, how perfect is this?
Mom never got to go to any of the Teach-Ins that turned into Love-Ins back in the day either. She just helped plan them.
It isn't just a matter of resolving, do I get the vacation days, or do I have any cool club clothes.
But I DO NOT believe that 'actions' or protests are for other people.
This just seemed like a relevant detail.
There are people who plan giant disco political subversions, and people who fill in for warriors, and we know each other.
We are the same people.
So, don't do the all-or-nothing thinking thing, kids.
Just because you might not being going to our party (and I still consider it ours), you can write. You fucking well better write here. Do you think this blog will just go away in a month? Hell no.
Just because you don't write like MadPony or Tony Pierce, you can write here. I'm doing it, fer Crissakes.
I just want to remind everyone you don't have to be Micheal Moore to be conscious.
As my son used to say , boogers are true, but so are kittens.
Someone else take the mike.....
"Life's like a firework,
You're only lit once,
And you must stand and radiate correctly"- XTC
