May 1, 2008 by Kingston
In evaluate edifice the nuns utilised to ordered up a May Pole, and impact us attain lowercase bloom baskets, which we would yield on the doorsteps of neighbors, anulus the entranceway and then scuttle away.  For some, May Day is kind of an innocent spring neo-fertility rite.In grade school the nuns used to set up a May Pole, and have us make little flower baskets, which we would leave on the doorsteps of neighbors, ring the door and then scurry away.  But in the United States the day is usually pretty much ignored (even though as a socialist celebration it was invented in the USA) except for the excruciatingly boring Law Day “festivities” held in courtrooms around the nation. Eisenhower started the very lame tradition of lawyers being even more windy and dull than usual, as an anti-May Day protest of godless communism. It was this sort of thing that convinced the world for a long time that monolithic communism would prevail For many years the grand daddy of May Day cerebrations was held in Moscow. Rows and rows of Soviet soldiers goose stepped through Red Square behind massive tanks, overseen by the ranking old buzzards of the Politburo, while millions of onlookers obediently cheered. After the Soviet Union liberated Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden cheerfully plowed his field as the happy workers celebrated May Day. Of course, they still do May Day in Havana. The workers used to have mixed feelings about May Day. They got the day off, but had to endure seven hours of Fidel's non-stop blathering. And in Europe the Socialists still parade in support of the workers of the world and dialectic materialism. But this does give me an aesthetic excuse to share this collaboration of Bikini Kill with the Maoist International, in a rendition of Rebel Girl. The politics are totally fucked up, but the video is both weird and adorable: In America, some of the wonks on the left often try to make something of the day, and in the process annoy many people, even some who, like me, may actually be sympathetic to one or two of their causes.I guess the immigrant rights groups are going to parade through LA again, and the cops are going to try not to make a scene by cracking their heads this time. I don't really understand what these people are protesting. If it is the vitriolic racism and hate that the national debate has engendered, then I am with them—but it's counterproductive. If they are trying to draw attention to the inaction of Congress on the issue, I am sympathetic—but welcome to America.  It just seems pointless, and I fail to see how it has anything to do with the International Workers Day. The most ardent supporters of a rational and humane resolution of the issue are libertarians, country club Republicans, corporate interests, landscapers, Mexican restaurants and the Catholic Church—and I suppose some shameless vote pandering Democrats. But the communists are still masterful opportunists, and able to take advantage of situations like this.On the Left Coast the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, in protest of the Iraq War, is planning an eight hour work slowdown—as if anyone will notice.  The socialists are alarmed that FEMA is planning some exercises on May 1. They are convinced it is an attempt to intimidate the populace from taking to the streets. Whenever the revolutionary pot is about to boil over, the government always turns to that highly efficient outfit. In Seattle they are expecting thousands of modern day Birkenstock and flannel hippies, hyped up on Starbucks coffee, to hit the streets. Like any good hippie protest there will be a wide range of signs, usually homemade, each of which features some wry slogan of the individual protester's making. They will disrupt traffic. And this will convince many harried commuters of the righteousness of their cause.However, if there are any protests like this, count me in:   Seattle's Revolution Bookstore has breathlessly announced that on May Day they will be releasing a pamphlet entitled Revolution and Communism: A Foundation and Strategic Orientation. Not only that, but there is a bonus essay: Some Crucial Points of Revolutionary Orientation—in Opposition to Infantile Posturing and Distortions of Revolution. I wonder how many shots of espresso it takes to get through that one.But I'm not gonna find out. Just give me the barista.   P.S.--  Today, the DC Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, committed suicide at her Mom's home in Florida. A couple weeks ago the Justice Department convicted her of a slew of charges, including racketeering, in the first time the full brunt of federal laws were used to bear down on the victimless crime of prostitution. I hope they are satisfied that justice was done. While she was facing fifty years in a federal penitentiary, her customer, the ever upright diaper afficiando, Senator David Vitter, after disgustingly embarrassing his wife in public, continues to prance around Congress as a living testimonial to the hypocrisy of that wing of the Republican Party which is constantly lecturing us on morality and family values.Oh my gawd--whats that smell? RIP Deborah Jeane Palfrey ~Becky |
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