“The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude entails, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible to make the people in general see this.” – Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerilla leader I always found this quote interesting. Yeah, yeah I know all about Che Guevara. And don’t hit me with the “message from the messenger” slant either. Let’s just focus on the words, shall we? In our capitalist...

Move me no mountain Turn me no tide Swim me no ocean Long, deep and wide Just say you love me, baby Long, strong and true Move me no mountain To prove that you do Move me no mountain To prove that you do — Chaka Khan, “Move Me No Mountain” (1980) That’s the way love should be: simple. All that climbin’ the highest highs is rare in a relationship. Steady and committed love is all we need. Besides mountain climbing is too dangerous to do everyday.

I’m headed up the river with a boat and no paddle And I’m handin’ out beatdowns I’m headed up the river with a boat and no paddle And I’m handin’ out beatdowns [get your face down!] Put me in chains, try to beat my brains I can get out, but the grudge remains When I see ya punk ass, I’m gonna getcha Fucking do ya, shotgun go boo-yaa! — Cypress Hill, Rap group, “Hand On The Pump” (1991) I must admit, I have this love of certain gangsta rap lyrics. Not the weak Eminem and Southern crunk stuff out now, but the early 1990s stuff. Those lyrics...

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” — General Dwight D. Eisenhower I’ve talked to several Vietnam veterans and a World War II veteran about that quote. All of them have said that the words of General Eisenhower ring true even though they wanted to and needed to win each and every battle. Complex isn’t the word for war. War is the word for war.

The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy… If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government - and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. — Edward Abbey . . . History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own fall. — Adolf Hitler, Edict of 18 March 1939 Ahh! The words of the outlaw...