words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
I found an article from the Wall Street Journal (I can't link since it's a pay site) today about the Boeing missile plant in nearby St. Charles. The report documented what the plant does, how the residents feel about it, and how antiwar protesters have staged demonstrations there. I know some of them. The man they quoted in the article, Bill Ramsey, who led the demonstrations, is someone I've met, who introduced me in November to the peace rally i spoke at which started my conscientious objection appeal. Besides not being used to having people I knew reported in national news media, I am awfully concerned, dismayed, angry about what the police readily admitted to doing in the article.
"St. Charles police acknowledge they actually were the source of the warning. They also routinely monitor the group's Web site and e-mail distributions. St. Charles Police Chief Paul Corbin makes no apologies."
"Despite the comparatively small size of the demonstrations -- none have been violent -- the police here have been vigilant, videotaping and identifying dozens of protesters by name."
I am bothered about the waste of police resources. that they would work so hard to monitor peaceful people. I am furious that we are criminals to them, worthy of such attention. I guess this isn't news to me. The Denver police department considers the local Quaker meeting to be a dangerous group and has them listed in their rolls. I am somewhat proud that we can make that much of a difference. i cannot accurately gauge my feelings on the rest of it though. I am appalled that the police are treating people I know and respect this way. What about all the fuss of terrorism? Shouldn't they be looking for actually dangerous people? We're trying to stop people from being killed, and yet somehow that's deemed criminal and on the fringe of our society.
I am too tired to be furious. I just ran a 5K very hard, with a good time considering the lazy training I've been doing. So my mind and body will take time to process this. The only hope I can see is that if just a hundred people can go protest one missile plant in the middle of the country, in a small town, and get this kind of attention, maybe we have much greater power than I ever would have imagined.
1:36 PM
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