"your government failed you," begins richard clarke in his opening statements for the 9/11 commission.

ouch. damn. what a way to begin. former white house aide clarke trashes the bush administration on its mishandling of 9/11 and the war on terrorism. the bush administration aren't denying the accusations, just ignoring them, and trying to character assasinatinate clarke, calling a disgruntled employee playing partisan politics (don't forget that clarke is a warhawk republican who served in every administration since reagon.)

some of the things clarke goes over in his testimony:

+ Clarke repeatedly warned the Bush Administration about attacks from al Qaeda, starting in the first days of Bush's term.
+ On September 12, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld pushed to bomb Iraq even though they knew that al Qaeda was in Afghanistan.
+ Also on September 12, 2001, President Bush personally pushed Clarke to find evidence that Iraq was behind the attacks.
+ The Bush Administration knew from the beginning that there was no connection between Iraq and 9/11, but created the misperception in order to push their policy goals. "
+ The war on Iraq has increased the danger of terrorism.
(from moveon.org)

families and friends of victims waiting for answers, and accountability.

a huge amount of discussion going on kos about all this ("richard clarke, patriot", "your government failed you","9/11 commission open thread" and many more...)

this is only the beginning, let's see how all this pans out...

did jeremy tape over my only vhs copy of "regret?"

load up explorer. log into calmail. "sign a petition for the cuevas family," "CED career center meeting," "bush's terrorism failures exposed," "broken english conference registration," "aypal justice demanded rally," and e-mails from helene park, odessa chen, melissa hung, and s. open the one from s. "missing u like hurricanes." (i reply: "missing you like kidnapped children.") don't feel like reading the others, not now anyways. log off calmail. log into hotmail. theatre rice announcements. poetry 4 the people announcements. e-mail from mom in orlando. also, a long e-mail from poet rob richert that deserves a reply. leave a sticky on my monitor. log off hotmail. log into daily kos, ny times, aint it cool news, but don't really read any of the articles. google: blue scholars. avoid the aim. 9:33 pm. shut off monitor. press the computer power switch down for 8 seconds before the thing goes off.

the beach isn't too far. i step out of my house and start walking.

it takes me 18 minutes to get there. i dip my head into the sand and pull up with a generous mouthful.

the waves roll in, what do you think you're doing?

making out with the earth.

you know, there are cigarette butts and used condoms on this beach.

i cough, hack, then pipe back: i'll swallow all the sand if it'll make the ocean just a lil bit larger.

but why would you do that?

well, for the stars, that way they'll see themselves more clearly. that way they'll come out more.

the waves roll back in, laughing like a madman. didn't you used to have grander dreams? dreams of catching a cloud with a fly net and hiding it in your backpack, and calling all the sparrows and robins to come and fly in your backpack, and then teaching the cloud to rain, and then letting trees and grass grow, and then when the sun and the moon finally show up to play in your backpack, dart home, laughing, singing, huffing and puffing, barely able to contain yourself as you give your mom the sky. what happened to those dreams?

man dawg, when did you become so talkative, i shoot back defensively.

we got no one to talk to anymore, the waves sigh.

and i shrug.

why don't you just e-mail me.

from krs one to good ol' kenzaburo, i got some heavy reading to do (one two three four five), with some music on some heavy rotation (one two three four five), and the sun beating my skin like a drum where ever i wanna go (much thanks for this spring break)

had fried chicken for dinner so you know the night's off to a good start. caught the yeah yeah yeahs and kicked it quick with spike jonze after the show. karen o is a robust super sci-fi mad lady, spitting grapes at the audience and singing with a microphone stuffed in her mouth. real regal gal, puts the venus of willendorf to shame. and spike's so cool he'd turn milk into ice cream (how i shamelessly name drop.) 'course, no one's cooler than the birthday kids, very merry wishes to denise, andinh, and ronnie.

p.s.: the gondry obsession continues, can't breathe, can't sleep, can't do anything til i see this flick: sunspot mind music video.

bob zangas is a us soldier who passed away a few days ago just south of baghdad. he kept a blog about his travels and experiences during the war.

reason #456 why i'm so god damn busy this semester: the motherfuking TIL OUR CHESTS BURN save outreach concert whaaat whaaat whaaat

not much on the website except a pretty poster (jimmy draws more dangeoursly than doc holiday himself.) will update it soon, after this week's parade of midterms and papers.

so busy, but hey, i like the grey hair.

danger mouse used acid pro to make the grey album!?

dennis kucinich is so hip hop

lonely people! download this off soulseek, then buy it when it comes out...

also, mad props to my roommate alex (the wandering panda) for drawing/writing quite a nice manga.

this night, this night is on our shoulders now, come nearer, nearer, but don't lean too close, my back might crumble

QUANNUM WORLD TOUR IS IN EFFECT
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Yes, people it is official. The Quannum Crew will be on the road in April
mobbing cities from the West to the East coast with one night of Solesides
magic. For tickets and show times please contact your local venue.

Appearing live on stage together for the first time:

DJ Shadow
Blackalicious
Latyrx
The Gift of Gab
DJ D Sharp
Lateef and the Chief
Joyo Velarde
Lifesavas
Lyrics Born

4/04 PORTLAND Crystal Ballroom
4/05 VANCOUVER Commodore
4/06 SEATTLE Showbox
4/09 MINNEAPOLIS Qwest
4/10 CHICAGO Parwest
4/11 DETROIT Clutch Cargo
4/12 TORONTO Kool Haus
4/14 PROVIDENCE Lupos
4/15 BOSTON Avalon
4/16 PHILLY Factory
4/18 DC 930
4/19 NYC Irving Plaza
4/21 ATLANTA Earthlink Live
4/22 NEW ORLEANS Twiropa
4/23 AUSTIN Stubbs
4/25 DENVER Fillmore
4/26 ALBURQURQUE Sunshine Theater
4/27 PHOENIX Marquee
4/29 LA House of Blues
4/30 LA House of Blues
5/01 SF Warfield