this election process is driving me crazy. the absurdity of this national charade is over the top. and mccain inc. may win, steal, or otherwise become president. mainly because there are a lot of decent americans who will vote for him. why?

there is a type of advertising (i forget the name of the catagory) whose purpose is not to sell but to make you feel comfortable about already being sold. coca cola etc is a good example. the electorial information glut is serving a similar purpose. total fabrications daily that make the retrograde voting population feel good about it's cultural identity.

i have spent my whole life, and maybe you have too, living in this cultural war. i'm sick of it. and now the election loaded with corporate entertainment values.

but i will not quit the real battle for the real world.

picture taken last sunday from behind the obama folks pushing forward to the 2 very long lines of palin people. at the time the auditorium and overflow auditorium were full and locked down.

i'm going to shut the blog down for a break in the next few days. i'm tired and grumpy and will be working for obama.

fwd to me by jeff in NM. don't know who did it, but they did good.

Daily Kos: State of the Nation:
"Governor Sarah Palin was prayed over by an Alaskan preacher to protect her from witches, but he ought to have thought of zombies as well. She's coming to Asheville, North Carolina tomorrow afternoon, and her visit coincides with our city's Annual Zombie Walk."

when i found out about the zombie part around noon i decided to show up and walked downtown to avoid traffic and was happy to observe i could walk for 5 hours because that's what i did. i don't think i got any images but i'll know tomorrow.

the above link is a pretty reasonable observation about the difference between street theatre and protest.

i spent some time mingling with the saraphiles spread out in lines blocks long even after the civic center was full and locked down, as well as the overflow venue featuring giant screen. i heard the words "weirdos" and "freaks' murmered many times, including from a roman catholic cleric of some sort connected with the basilica across the street from the civic center.

away from the crowd i overheard a couple wondering what "they" were trying to accomplish - and this was before the zombies showed up. i couldn't help myself from telling them that the aville kids were just having fun, not a confrontation, which is exactly what gordon in the above link was promoting.

ran into some of the blogger team i haven't seen for awhile. they are taking care of business. tomorrow i expect i can post a link to some pretty interesting photos from this group of smart and hardworking folks.

took some fall color pix by walking around the block yesterday. on is above.

but i am bothered greatly by the massive heist the financial giants and fading nation states have gotten away with. i don't care who is elected president if the megaoligarchic pillagers are not brought to justice. if obama wins and i sure hope he does, and the neo-vandals are not thrown in the slammer you can kiss the world you lived in as a child goodbye. hello dystopia.

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and the cloud of news
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Obamalina

Obamalina
"What defied credulity was the story's dateline: Asheville, North Carolina."

spent yesterday gliding and stumbling thru various graphic apps, paying bills and then richard rescued me and took a beautiful walk nearby. i made a mental note to do it again today with a camera, realizing i did not have to do parkway for color.

but it is a dreary rainy day today. change of plans: totally organize, pick up, shuffle, volunteer at obama HQ, finish video, put away a zillion back up disks i've been sorting for a week and most importantly lay down and read a book.

noon thursday. i made the mistake early tis morning of letting windows update itself. after a couple of hours a dialog box popped up that said "acess denied" and it is still undoing what it took all morning to do, telling me that windows might not work anymore. you know what? it never did, it never does. a historical accident of time and place and the need for a standard operating system is the only reason this house of cards exists today. what does this say about neocapitalism? the best, the most productive, the simplest and most effective product is not what our present diety the Market gives us.

last night i had the pleasure of playing music spontaneously with two excellant musicians in a room full of instruments and electronics. unplanned. i haven't enjoyed myself so much in a long time. it reminded me of those far off times when a small circle of friends occaisionally dipped into this playfullness, only no skilled musicians. just handing instruments that we didn't know how to play around and... well playing.

so last night i played electric bass, never had one in my hands before, and i passed the audition so to speak, if i had known how they are tuned i don't know what would have been, but what a ludic limbic boost.

nothing to say today. plenty to do.

pic i took wherever i was the other day. i did my best towards a postcard of wnc.

nothing much more to say. i'm hiding out this week but may take a drive to graveyard fields of color.

well i'm back. looked at from one way i spent the whole summer rigging truck etc for a camping trip. and stayed two nights sleeping in the dark, cold, well worth it. i realized on this trip that the inside of the camper shell is not ready for prime time. definitely have to build some sturdy storage inside.

slept first night near waterfall, 6 or 8 long walks to set up. the mountain top was deserted. the next morning a few charlie and moriah showed up to take a break from caring for charlie's dad who is at home and in hospice. and i relocated to camper. spent the afternoon and evening wondering around, taking pictures and communing with the spirits. a beneficial timeout.

as happens, home looked and felt super when i got back.

i'll spend the day resetting. this week i think i'm going to stay home, letting various processes continue, and next week burst upon the social scene, reintroducing myself to the many folks here i haven't seen in a long time. and vote early. and winterize the house

excellent camping, can't say enough about it. more pix coming.

didn't quite make it out of the house today.but i am packed and ready to go. leaving early tomorrow for cousin moriah's and charlie's.

back sunday.

i saw most of the debate, probably over an hour. i thought mccain probably did himself more good than harm.

but it was like watching a punch and judy performance. an outdated, obsolete style of performance, akin to the old miss america contests. the format is ridiculous. by that i mean the stage, camera angles, lighting and graphics. i could not help but see both candidates with little earpieces like the talking heads wear, and at the bottom running flashing meters displaying realtime info a la nascar, and voice overs from the troika of commentators, perhaps speaking in low respectful tones as in a golf game.

a charade.

i will still vote early for obama. a no-brainer.

as an aside, i was fascinated by the quote "charactor is destiny". i may be wrong but i got the idea it was heard as a clever phrase made up on the spot. no referance to heraclitus who originated the idea close to 3000 years ago.

(hmmm... just discovered this is the title of a book by mccain. shows you how much i know.)

but obama could lose. we could lose if the election is stolen, or if iran is forced to defend itself by some form of surgical strike.

my insulin pump has ew meter in place and i am obligated by destiny to leave today for long delayed camping trip. i will be back in town by saturday, sunday at the latest. probably take me all day to wrap up a few dangling obligations and pack.

Lewis Mumford Quotes
"One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence."
Lewis Mumford

this popped up on screen this morning. it was a link on gmail menu. don't know if coincidence - nah, no such thing - or they knew that i was going to post some mumford quotes this morning.

i am finishing pentagon of power, one of his last books which i think i read when i was young. i am convinced that this book and 3 others do more to describe what is happening in our lives today than all the pundits in the world. read the comments on links below. better yet, read the books.

they are:
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by boorstin. published i think in early 50's, this is the book from which ideas like psuedo-events, the graphic revolution, photo-ops, public relations, advertising and the manipulation of your thoughts were introduced.

the myth of the machine:
technics and human development by mumford;
the long view of technical progress and coercive power.

the myth of the machine:
the pentagon of power by mumford
thoughtful analysis of the culture of today and power, compared to the early egyption and mesopotamian empires.

the shock doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism by naomi klein:
written 2 years ago, a text book analysis of heists like that just pulled by the oligarchy.

there ought to be a law - probably there is.
Greg Palast
"BBC-TV: 'Set up to steal it again.'
Is 2008 already fixed?"

illustrator. learning it,

and a lot more. talk about a habit. every day another lorez cyberdoodle.