If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
On this day
On this day in 1971 "One toke over the line" by Brewer & Shipley, was banned by radio station WNBC in New York and a number of stations across the country followed suit, I dont get it?
Also on this day in 1969 the Zapatista poet Alurista first presented his poem The Myth of Aztlan, this helped to rally the Brown Pride movement of the sixties around the ideal of an ancient North American homeland. The myth is that, among the many ancient Azteca tribes some chose to flee the violent infighting of their Mexican homeland and migrate back to North America. Numerous Myths place this homeland in any number of places, from Wisconsin all the way to the Pacific Northwest. What the reemergence of this myth did was, to empower a race of native people that had been led to believe that they were immigrants and unwanted in a land that did not belong to them, and instilled in them the belief that Aztlan is their birthright, an ancient promise of freedom and hope that antecedes ideals of a nation that continues to vilify them.
In 1200 characters or less who am I?? I have no idea. Maybe when I grow up I will have a better answer but until then, I believe that I am in part, a product of my environment, and as long as I continue to perceive the vast array of subtleties of my environment . I am not defined by all the things that are thrust upon me, rather I am defined by the person that I wish to be distilled and manufactured of my own consummation.
Okay the first big winner issss(drumroll pleaseees) BUGS BUNNY!!?? Yes Bugs Bunny. You see last week Michael Rosenaur (the grandson of Bugs Bunny Creator) drove his week old, 2008, Lime Green Lamborghini Murcielago, off the Freeway, at 2:30 AM, in my neighborhood. The weather was clear, he was seen before the accident going in excess of the speed limit, and there was no other vehicle involved. Now this part time boxing instructor may have been the best boxing instructor since sliced bread and may have been a part time race car driver. But I can’t but think had it not been for Bugs Bunny this aspiring Hollywood waiter would have been pushing a Hyundai, but just like you see so often in this town his means extended past his skill and sense of discretion
Also on this day in 1969 the Zapatista poet Alurista first presented his poem The Myth of Aztlan, this helped to rally the Brown Pride movement of the sixties around the ideal of an ancient North American homeland.
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