Monthly Archive for December, 2005

Faith in the system

Published on 2005/12/28 in Old Blog. 0 Comments

I’ve said a bunch of times, I have no faith in the system to create positive change. Well maybe that’s a bit too broad. But anywho, today I sent a letter to my congressman John Lewis, because it would be so gratifying to see the Dems grow some balls and start talking about impeaching the idiot and Co. Bush admitted that he did spy on Americans and will continue to do so as a ‘So whachoo gonna do about it’ taunt. So behold the first letter to a congressman I’ve sent in over 4 years, let’s see if I get a bit more than the automated response. If you want to find out who your congressperson is go to http://www.house.gov/

Hon. Congressman Lewis,

I recently relocated to Canada, but as a US Citizen and since you were my last Rep. when I resided in College Park, I feel I need to direct this communication to you.

As much as I admire you, first as a Civil Rights leader and second as an effective Congressman, I have to tell you I’ve lost all faith in the Democratic Party.

Let’s be frank. George W. Bush is getting away with murder and the Democrats’ inaction makes me believe that the party I had sworn my loyalty to when I was younger, has been bought out by the military industrial complex.

I applaud your opposition to Bush’s spying on American citizens. One thing I have not heard you or anyone else talk about is the fact that the NSA also spied on UN diplomats on the build up to the war with Iraq.

Let’s get real here. Clinton got impeached for getting a blow job! The word impeach should be thrown around a bit more liberally in the halls of Congress. When Nixon walked around with his bravado on how he could not break the law because he was president, he got smacked down and put in his place. If the Democrats want folks to put their faith back in the system, they need to start acting tough and not worry so much about offending the people who pay for their campaigns, because without votes those contributions will be meaningless.

Much Respect

Franklin Lopez

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Merry Kuanaka

Published on 2005/12/22 in Old Blog. 0 Comments


So I lied about the last message of the year, but yes Bush did piss me off but I am not writing to about that. Instead I wanted to spread some Christmas butter.

Here’s a little quickie of some Christmas fun we had last saturday at Canada’s second largest mall. For the third year in a row, subMedia has organized a Buy Nothing Christmas action and each time it gets a little bit better. We named this action, Operation Santattack.

This time, Santa Claus was accompanied by a crew of carolers and we passed hundreds of coupons that give people gift ideas that don’t cost anything while singing some anti-shopping carols.

Check out the clip – here for Quicktime Player and here for Windows Media Player.

So I know a bunch of y’all are stressed out doing some last minute shopping. I say DON’T! Give yourself and your wallet a break. Take that time to relax, or just be creative and think of a gift that won’t cost you a penny and that might be more meaningful than some cheap piece of plastic made by kids in China. Jesus would have wanted it that way.

Finally Big Upz to my girl Montine for getting some much deserved recognition.

Merry Kuanaka!

love//frank & hoa mi

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More proof damning the Dems as a solution

Published on 2005/12/09 in Old Blog. 1 Comment

Yeah, that’s right, I will make my mission to try to convince as many folks as possible that the electoral system is damaged beyond repair. Not only because the GOP can steal the election whenever they damned well please, but because the only other alternative, the Dems are as fucked as the Republicans. Check this out…

There was a hearing this week concerning the issue of race and Katrina requested by congressional maverick Cynthia McKinney. Listen to the archive on Democracy Now. The shit these people were saying happened is un-fuckin-believable. A beautiful opportunity to further fry Bush and Co. Well “The Democratic leadership has instructed us to boycott this panel, because we can’t trust the results or the report of this panel.” said Congress Woman McKinney. I mean what gives. If this is does not make it obvious on where the Democrats stand I don’t know what is.

Finally, I urge all artists with a political consciousness to listen to yesterday’s Democracy Now! honoring John Lennon. Your art can make a difference.

have a great weekend

love//the_stimulator

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signing off for 2005

Published on 2005/12/07 in Old Blog. 0 Comments


Hey Y’all,

This might be my last message for 2005, but you never know, Bush might piss me off again. I just heard him speak about why we need to stay in Iraq. A few of the reasons for the supposed US success in Iraq were reported by no other than the biggest Democratic warmonger, president wannabe and all out sell-out Joe Lieberman. According to Lieberman (and Bush), the success in Iraq can be seen by the amount of cars and satellite dishes. Also the fact that Iraq’s stock market is trading and the virus of a free market economy is infecting Iraqis. It’s funny, if it looks like America it must be successful. Really, Mr. Bush.

More cars = more car bombs.
More TV’s = Iraqis can be more informed about the car bombings
Stock Market = Terrorists have new ways to funnel money into Iraq

Yeah, I am swimming in cynicism, but not without reason. In the last couple of months the lies of the Bush administration have been surfacing like grease in water. And as public consciousness about peak oil and what really happened in 9/11 grows, the Neocon house of cards is going to crumble. Muahahah!

Ahh sorry about that.

Speaking of grease, I’ve been touting the benefits of running cars of veggie oil for some time. I even owned a grease car at one point. Well I am proud to say the ATL veggie oil meister and longtime Man or Astroman? bass player Rob Del Bueno and I have created a DVD to instruct folks how to convert diesel cars into grease cars. We call the the DVD ‘Veg My Ride’

This DVD is a step by step instructional video on converting a car to run directly on vegetable and waste fryer oils. The conversion is generic, in that the method can be applied to most diesels. The DVD covers conversion kits, parts, and components from companies including Greasel, Greasecar, Frybrid, Plantdrive/Neoteric, and more. So if you are handy with tools and want to get ahead on next year’s oil crisis, get one of these babies.

We are now accepting pre-orders via the website www.vegmyride.tv

Alright folks, signing off for the rest of the year. Don’t over-consume this holiday season and don’t forget to hug somebody at least once a day.

love//the_stimulator

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