Greetings from Asbury Park

I see alot of highway. North, South, East, West. I am bicyclemark and I therefore hate to drive and I never drive, except when I come visit this state, where one cannot exist without a car.

Needless to say, I miss my bicycle and I hate driving.

I do, however, like the nooks and crannys of New Jersey. Tonight, when I finally have a chance to sit down and write, I will tell the tale of the cranberry fields and labor camp where I spent yesterday afternoon.

There will also be a citizen journalism vlog from Asbury Park with a celebrity guide. But it isn’t ready yet, so here’s a photo, and I’m happy to report, if you can read french, Cecilia in Malawi checks in.

Down With the Pine Trees

Greetings from Southern New Jersey.. where Im hiding out for two days with my oldest of old friends nocoins and the leah. We’re exploring the jersey shore and tomorrow the cranberry something something bogs which apparently are the only ones in the US or the world or the solar system or this town. Internet is spotty, so Im parked outside the house borrow the neighbors wifi.. thanks retirement community!

One thought before I go, besides the beauty of this state, which I will save for tomorrow; Bill Clinton.

Lots of people kiss clinton’s ass. He was so great.. he was so cool.. bla bla bla the nation misses him. I understand why they say that when you compare him to the current torturer-n-chief. But as I listened to him today on meet the press, going on and on about killing Bin Laden.. and how he tried to kill and wanted to kill and kill kill kill. All I I could hear after a while was clinton saying kill kill kill. It reminded me about what I dont like about the man and how i think the nostalgia is un-deserving for such a conservative democrat who claims to be a champion of all things human rights and international law. I don’t like the nostalgia and i think its miss placed. Furthermore i find it pathetic that he’s appearing everywhere defending his record. If his record wasn’t so spotty on everything.. he wouldnt have to be doing this.

I digress, I just don’t like clinton and his post presidency coolness. Carter is still the coolest ex-president and a man who really knows how to roll up his sleaves and work to make a slightly better world.

Anyway.. i think its tea time out here in the jersey shore retirement community.

bmtv20 Determined Nephew


I’ve been spending time with my 2 year old nephew, known to the internet as A-Ren. Sometimes the boy decides he needs to do something and well… watch the quickie film.

bm156 Driving to Hoboken and Investigating International Crime

Live from the car driving in New Jersey, this is my first podcast recorded with the Edirol R9. Still learning how to work this expensive thing. Some talk about the investigation of the IRI and republican role in fixing the Mexican presidential vote. More and longer programs when I have more time to myself.. which is rare.

Links:


Yeast Radio
Greg Palast
Democracy Now
Macdocman

 

JetLAgged

Hit me today while watching the Cobert Report.. Jetlag with a Vengence. Where am I.. who am I.. what year is it. Must.. go .. to .. sleep.

Ive noticed Soda everywhere. Everyones drinking soda. Terrible Terrible High-Fructose Corn Syrup and Phosphate whats-it-called and all the tooth decay and the pestisides… why do these soda companies do this to people? And why do people volunteer to ingest this crap?

The Soda wars continue in India. The US needs some Soda wars of its own. Starting with the childen.. keep soda out of the hands of children.

Flew Past The Big Apple

I’m just in off the KLM flight from Amsterdam. Badly in need of sleep, and what better place to sleep then the bed which I basically grew up sleeping on, not including the new-er mattress.

Before I head off to jet-lag-sleep-land, I wanted to mention something I noticed as the tanks rolled through Bangkok earlier this week: Josh Wolf, the very active citizen journalist, who you may have heard on Democracy Now last week, is heading back to jail. Once again the authorities want him silenced and used as an example for all citizen journalists to be afraid when it comes to doing their work. Josh gets my utmost respect for the way he has gone to jail and does not run from the idea of having to go back. Myself I imagine I would be finding ways to fly off to some safe haven country somewhere, out of fear of incarseration.

So watch his video, and like the man says… talk about this on your blog, at work, etc. Spread the word and do not let such battles go unnoticed.