Carol, imo, we are ALL pawns of something or other. Oil companies, stock markets, multi-nationals, court systems that target Black people, Native North Americans, Chicanos, etc., ad nauseum.

Detroit makes cars that suck gas, PG+E sucks money from people (recall that Brown(?) took PG+E to court because they'd been overcharging people?). He won that class action suit (can't recall how much but it was lots) and Nixon's administration (he was Pres then) granted PG+E a rate increase so they could pay what they owed to their customers.

Grass smokers who don't grow their own (or have a friend who does) are supporting murderers south of the border or north of the border. People who use gas-powered vehicles are destroying this planet.

I fight structure fires and we burn gasoline or diesel to get to the structures. And believe me, I do wish I'd never started smoking. I did quit for two years with the help of the patch. My sleep patterns have been fucked up ever since I quit. Now, I awake at 4:00 am every damned day.

Drug companies rip people off BIG time and 24/7. Their response is "We need money to research new drugs." Yeah, right, bite me.

Both our countries are involved in Afghanistan. Kids are dying again and no one can really explain why.


The world is in a mess, I agree. However, I ain't scum. Capiche? Calling a sheep a dog will not make it bark.

G'night.

PS Mugg has a great song on his Myspace site. Let him know I gave it a listen and enjoyed it. Glad to see people are keeping the ol' washtub bass alive.

Best wishes to you.