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Undecided Voters - David Sedaris

JordanR — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:12:55 GMT

I don’t know that it was always this way, but, for as long as I can remember, just as we move into the final weeks of the Presidential campaign the focus shifts to the undecided voters. “Who are they?” the news anchors ask. “And how might they determine the outcome of this election?” Then you’ll see this man or woman— someone, I always think, who looks very happy to be on TV. “Well, Charlie,” they say, “I’ve gone back and forth on the issues and whatnot, but I just can’t seem to make up my mind!” Some insist that there’s very little difference between candidate A and candidate B. Others claim that they’re with A on defense and health care but are leaning toward B when it comes to the economy. I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?” To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked. http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/10/27/081027sh_shouts_sedaris

For those about to burn, we salute you... for the rest of us....

JordanR — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:13:43 GMT

How to enjoy the Burning Man Experience from the Comfort of your Own Home Pay an escort of your affectional preference subset to not bathe for five days, cover themselves in glitter, dust, and sunscreen, wear a skanky neon wig, dance close naked, then say they have a lover back home at the end of the night. Tear down your house. Put it in a truck. Drive 10 hours in any direction. Put the house back together. Invite everyone you meet to come over and party. When they leave, follow them back to their homesdrink all their booze, and break things. Stack all your fans in one corner of the living room. Put on your most fabulous outfit. Turn the fans on full blast. Dump a vacuum cleaner bag in front of them. Buy a new set of expensive camping gear. Break it. Lean back in a chair until that point where you're just about to fall over, but you catch yourself at the last moment. Hold that position for 9 hours. Only use the toilet in a house that is at least 3 blocks away. Drain all the water from the toilet. Only flush it every 3 days. Hide all the toilet paper. Set your house thermostat so it's 50 degrees for the first hour of sleep and 100 degrees the rest of the night. Before eating any food, drop it in a sandbox and lick a battery. Mail $200 to the Reno casino of your choice. Spend thousands of dollars and several months of your life building a deeply personal art work. Hide it in a funhouse on the edge of the city. Hire people to come by and alternate saying "I love it" and "this sucks balls". Blow it up. Set up a DJ system downwind of a three alarm fire. Play a short loop of drum'n'bass until the embers are cold. Make a list of all the things you'll do different next year. Never look at it. Have a 3 a.m. soul baring conversation with a drag nun in platforms, a crocodile and Bugs Bunny. Be unable to tell if you're hallucinating. Lust after Bugs Bunny. Cut, burn, electrocute, bruise, and sunburn various parts of your body. Forget how you did it. Don't go to a doctor. "Downsize" last year's camp by adding two geodesic domes, a new sound system, art car, and 20 newbies. Don't sleep for 5 days. Take a wide variety of hallucinogenic/ emotion altering drugs. Pick a fight with your boyfriend/girlfrien d. Spend a whole year rummaging through thrift stores for the perfect, most outrageous costume. Forget to pack it. Shop at Wal-mart, Cost-Co, and Home Depot until your car is completely packed with stuff. Tell everyone that you're going to a "Leave-No-Trace" event. Empty your car into a dumpster. Read "Dhalgren" by Samuel R. Delany. Read "The City Not Long After" by Pat Murphy. Cut off the bindings, throw all the pages up in the air, and shuffle them back together. Reread "The City After Dhalgren" by Samuel Murphy. Burn it. Read the ashes. Listen to music you hate for 168 hours straight, or until you think you are going to scream. Scream. Realize you'll love the music for the rest of your life. Spend 5 months planning a "theme camp" like it's the invasion of Normandy. Spend Monday-Wednesday building the camp. Spend Thurs-Sunday nowhere near camp because you're sick of it or can't find it. Walk around your neighborhood and knock on doors until someone offers you cocktails and dinner. Bust your ass for a "community." See all the attention get focused on the drama queen crybaby. Get so drunk you can't recognize your own house. Walk slowly around the block for 5 hours. Tell your boss you aren't coming to work this week but he should "gift" you a paycheck anyway. When he refuses accuse him of not loving the "community". Search alleys untill you find a couch so unbelievably tacky and nasty filthy that a state college frat house wouldn't want it. Take a nap on the couch and sleep like you are king of the world. Ask your most annoying neighbor to interrupt your fun several times a day with third hand gossip about every horrible thing that's happened in the last 24 hours. Have them wear khaki. Go to a museum. Find one of Salvador Dali's more disturbing, but beautiful paintings. Climb inside it.

Spring PDF Part 2: Nights of Fire

JordanR — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:18:26 GMT

Part 2 of my Spring PDF video is done. Great footage from the burns. Let me know if you have any trouble with the link. Part 2: Nights of Fire: http://media.jordansplace.net/video/PDF_Spring08_Night.mp4

Part 1 of my PDF video

JordanR — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:35:05 GMT

Peep part 1 of my PDF movie here. http://www.jordansplace.net/PDF_Spring_08_Day.mp4 Great walkoff footage in there :-) Part 1 is daytime. Part 2, night, should be done in a week or so. if the link above gives you trouble try the smaller one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT8xvsnYp4g Great footage from the HOPE walkoff in there :-)

Octivishnu Rides!

JordanR — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:31:33 GMT

Here is a short film form Octivishnu's debut at the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. More fooatge from It's many adventures at PDF is on the way. http://media.jordansplace.net/video/Sculpture-Derby-08.mp4 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgNJo0gOSNc Ride on!

Please VOTE

JordanR — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:40:13 GMT

If you live in Pennsylvania please take the time to vote. I have been making calls for the Obama campaign and going door to door after work and the excitement is high. We have a chance to make some real change here. I hope everyone will participate in our democracy. Here is some good advice from Bill Clinton on how you might decide who to vote for. Bill Clinton: 'One of [my] laws of politics is this: If one candidate's trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.' Well said bill... Well said.... BARACK THE VOTE

Public Obama Rally

JordanR — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:57 GMT

Ive been waiting for this Finally a public rally for us Philly folk! You can RSVP here (you don't have to RSVP.. it just gets you an email reminder): http://pa.barackobama.com/philadelphia I thought you might want to come. Here are the details: On the Track for Change Rally with Barack Obama Independence Mall Market Street and 5th Street Philadelphia, PA Friday, April 18th, 2008 Gates Open: 6:00 p.m.

LIES

JordanR — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:45:17 GMT

For the public record: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." - Dick Cheney, Vice President Speech to VFW National Convention 8/26/2002 "There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Response to Question From Press 9/6/2002 "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." - Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor CNN Late Edition 9/8/2002 "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons." - George W. Bush, President Speech to UN General Assembly 9/12/2002 "Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons. We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have." - George W. Bush, President Radio Address 10/5/2002 "The Iraqi regime...possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas." - George W. Bush, President Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002 "And surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons." - George W. Bush, President Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002 "After eleven years during which we have tried containment, sanctions, inspections, even selected military action, the end result is that Saddam Hussein still has chemical and biological weapons and is increasing his capabilities to make more. And he is moving ever closer to developing a nuclear weapon." - George W. Bush, President Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002 "We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas." - George W. Bush, President Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002 "Iraq, despite UN sanctions, maintains an aggressive program to rebuild the infrastructure for its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs. In each instance, Iraq's procurement agents are actively working to obtain both weapons-specific and dual-use materials and technologies critical to their rebuilding and expansion efforts, using front companies and whatever illicit means are at hand." - John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Speech to the Hudson Institute 11/1/2002 "We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material -- whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability -- it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. It has rebuilt its civilian chemical infrastructure and renewed production of chemical warfare agents, probably including mustard, sarin, and VX. It actively maintains all key aspects of its offensive BW program." - John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Speech to the Hudson Institute 11/1/2002 "Iraq could decide on any given day to provide biological or chemical weapons to a terrorist group or to individual terrorists...The war on terror will not be won until Iraq is completely and verifiably deprived of weapons of mass destruction." - Dick Cheney, Vice President Denver, Address To Air National Guard 12/1/2002 "If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 12/2/2002 "The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Response to Question From Press 12/4/2002 "We know for a fact that there are weapons there." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 1/9/2003 "I am absolutely convinced, based on the information that's been given to me, that the weapon of mass destruction which can kill more people than an atomic bomb -- that is, biological weapons -- is in the hands of the leadership of Iraq." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader MSNBC Interview 1/10/2003 "What is unique about Iraq compared to, I would argue, any other country in the world, in this juncture, is the exhaustion of diplomacy thus far, and, No. 2, this intersection of weapons of mass destruction." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader NewsHour Interview 1/22/2003 "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production." - George W. Bush, President State of the Union Address 1/28/2003 "Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent." - George W. Bush, President State of the Union Address 1/28/2003 "We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Remarks to UN Security Council 2/5/2003 "There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. And he has the ability to dispense these lethal poisons and diseases in ways that can cause massive death and destruction. If biological weapons seem too terrible to contemplate, chemical weapons are equally chilling." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Addresses the U.N. Security Council 2/5/2003 "In Iraq, a dictator is building and hiding weapons that could enable him to dominate the Middle East and intimidate the civilized world -- and we will not allow it." - George W. Bush, President Speech to the American Enterprise Institute 2/26/2003 "If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the crisis that we now have before us...But the suggestion that we are doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Interview with Radio France International 2/28/2003 "I am not eager to send young Americans into harm's way in Iraq, or to see innocent people killed or hurt in military operations. Given all of the facts and circumstances known to us, however, I am convinced that if we wait, a threat will continue to materialize in Iraq that could cause incalculable damage to world peace in general, and to the United States in particular." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader Letter to Future of Freedom Foundation 3/1/2003 "Iraq is a grave threat to this nation. It desires to acquire and use weapons of mass terror and is run by a despot with a proven record of willingness to use them. Iraq has had 12 years to comply with UN requirements for disarmament and has failed to do so. The president is right to say it's time has run out." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader Senate Speech 3/7/2003 "So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Remarks to UN Security Council 3/7/2003 "Getting rid of Saddam Hussein's regime is our best inoculation. Destroying once and for all his weapons of disease and death is a vaccination for the world." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader Washington Post op-ed 3/16/2003 "Let's talk about the nuclear proposition for a minute. We know that based on intelligence, that has been very, very good at hiding these kinds of efforts. He's had years to get good at it and we know he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons." - Dick Cheney, Vice President Meet The Press 3/16/2003 "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." - George W. Bush, President Address to the Nation 3/17/2003 "The United States...is now at war so we will not ever see what terrorists could do if supplied with weapons of mass destruction by Saddam Hussein." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader Senate Debate 3/20/2003 "Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 3/21/2003 "There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. And...as this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them." - General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief Central Command Press Conference 3/22/2003 "One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites." - Victoria Clark, Pentagon Spokeswoman Press Briefing 3/22/2003 "I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction." - Kenneth Adelman, Defense Policy Board member Washington Post, p. A27 3/23/2003 "We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense ABC Interview 3/30/2003 "We simply cannot live in fear of a ruthless dictator, aggressor and terrorist such as Saddam Hussein, who possesses the world's most deadly weapons." - Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader Speech to American Israel Political Action Committee 3/31/2003 "We still need to find and secure Iraq's weapons of mass destruction facilities and secure Iraq's borders so we can prevent the flow of weapons of mass destruction materials and senior regime officials out of the country." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Press Conference 4/9/2003 "You bet we're concerned about it. And one of the reasons it's important is because the nexus between terrorist states with weapons of mass destruction...and terrorist groups -- networks -- is a critical link. And the thought that...some of those materials could leave the country and in the hands of terrorist networks would be a very unhappy prospect. So it is important to us to see that that doesn't happen." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Press Conference 4/9/2003 "Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty." - Robert Kagan, Neocon scholar Washington Post op-ed 4/9/2003 "I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 4/10/2003 "But make no mistake -- as I said earlier -- we have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about. And we have high confidence it will be found." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 4/10/2003 "Were not going to find anything until we find people who tell us where the things are. And we have that very high on our priority list, to find the people who know. And when we do, then well learn precisely where things were and what was done." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Meet the Press 4/13/2003 "I have absolute confidence that there are weapons of mass destruction inside this country. Whether we will turn out, at the end of the day, to find them in one of the 2,000 or 3,000 sites we already know about or whether contact with one of these officials who we may come in contact with will tell us, 'Oh, well, there's actually another site,' and we'll find it there, I'm not sure." - General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief Central Command Fox News 4/13/2003 "We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them." - George W. Bush, President NBC Interview 4/24/2003 "There are people who in large measure have information that we need...so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Press Briefing 4/25/2003 "We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so." - George W. Bush, President Remarks to Reporters 5/3/2003 "I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Remarks to Reporters 5/4/2003 "We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Fox News Interview 5/4/2003 "I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program." - George W. Bush, President Remarks to Reporters 5/6/2003 "U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction." - Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor Reuters Interview 5/12/2003 "I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden." - Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne Press Briefing 5/13/2003 "We said all along that we will never get to the bottom of the Iraqi WMD program simply by going and searching specific sites, that you'd have to be able to get people who know about the programs to talk to you." - Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense Interview with Australian Broadcasting 5/13/2003 "Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found." - Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps Interview with Reporters 5/21/2003 "It's going to take time to find them, but we know he had them. And whether he destroyed them, moved them or hid them, we're going to find out the truth. One thing is for certain: Saddam Hussein no longer threatens America with weapons of mass destruction." - George W. Bush, President Speech at a weapons factory in Ohio 5/25/2003 "Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction." - Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff NBC Today Show interview 5/26/2003 "They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Remarks to Council on Foreign Relations 5/27/2003 "For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on." - Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense Vanity Fair interview 5/28/2003 "The President is indeed satisfied with the intelligence that he received. And I think that's borne out by the fact that, just as Secretary Powell described at the United Nations, we have found the bio trucks that can be used only for the purpose of producing biological weapons. That's proof-perfect that the intelligence in that regard was right on target." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 5/29/2003 "We have teams of people that are out looking. They've investigated a number of sites. And within the last week or two, they have in fact captured and have in custody two of the mobile trailers that Secretary Powell talked about at the United Nations as being biological weapons laboratories." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Infinity Radio Interview 5/30/2003 "But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." - George W. Bush, President Interview with TVP Poland 5/30/2003 "You remember when Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological weapons...They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two...And we'll find more weapons as time goes on." - George W. Bush, President Press Briefing 5/30/2003 "It was a surprise to me then -- it remains a surprise to me now -- that we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward dispersal sites. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad, but they're simply not there." - Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Press Interview 5/30/2003 "Do I think we're going to find something? Yeah, I kind of do, because I think there's a lot of information out there." - Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, Defense Intelligence Agency Press Conference 5/30/2003 "This wasn't material I was making up, it came from the intelligence community." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Press Briefing 6/2/2003 "We recently found two mobile biological weapons facilities which were capable of producing biological agents. This is the man who spent decades hiding tools of mass murder. He knew the inspectors were looking for them. You know better than me he's got a big country in which to hide them. We're on the look. We'll reveal the truth." - George W. Bush, President Camp Sayliya, Qatar 6/5/2003 "I would put before you Exhibit A, the mobile biological labs that we have found. People are saying, 'Well, are they truly mobile biological labs?' Yes, they are. And the DCI, George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence, stands behind that assessment." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Fox News Interview 6/8/2003 "No one ever said that we knew precisely where all of these agents were, where they were stored." - Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor Meet the Press 6/8/2003 "What the president has said is because it's been the long-standing view of numerous people, not only in this country, not only in this administration, but around the world, including at the United Nations, who came to those conclusions...And the president is not going to engage in the rewriting of history that others may be trying to engage in." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Response to Question From Press 6/9/2003 "Iraq had a weapons program...Intelligence throughout the decade showed they had a weapons program. I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out they did have a weapons program." - George W. Bush, President Comment to Reporters 6/9/2003 "The biological weapons labs that we believe strongly are biological weapons labs, we didn't find any biological weapons with those labs. But should that give us any comfort? Not at all. Those were labs that could produce biological weapons whenever Saddam Hussein might have wanted to have a biological weapons inventory." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State Associated Press Interview 6/12/2003 "Those documents were only one piece of evidence in a larger body of evidence suggesting that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium from Africa...The issue of Iraq's pursuit of uranium in Africa is supported by multiple sources of intelligence. The other sources of evidence did and do support the president's statement." - Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman Statement to press 6/13/2003 "My personal view is that their intelligence has been, I'm sure, imperfect, but good. In other words, I think the intelligence was correct in general, and that you always will find out precisely what it was once you get on the ground and have a chance to talk to people and explore it, and I think that will happen." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Press Briefing 6/18/2003 "I have reason, every reason, to believe that the intelligence that we were operating off was correct and that we will, in fact, find weapons or evidence of weapons, programs, that are conclusive. But that's just a matter of time...It's now less than eight weeks since the end of major combat in Iraq and I believe that patience will prove to be a virtue." - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Pentagon media briefing 6/24/2003 MS. BLOCK: There were no toxins found in those trailers. SECRETARY POWELL: Which could mean one of several things: one, they hadn't been used yet to develop toxins; or, secondly, they had been sterilized so thoroughly that there is no residual left. It may well be that they hadn't been used yet. - Colin Powell, Secretary of State All Things Considered, Interview 6/27/2003 "That was the concern we had with Saddam Hussein. Not only did he have weapons -- and we'll uncover not only his weapons but all of his weapons programs -- he never lost the intent to have these kinds of weapons." - Colin Powell, Secretary of State All Things Considered, Interview 6/27/2003 "I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are." - Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary Press Briefing 7/9/2003

HOPE

JordanR — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:30:38 GMT

I just love this photo.

4,000 Dead

JordanR — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:23:13 GMT

A grim reminder. Today we reached the 4,000 dead mark for the war in Iraq. 4,000 Dead Per Month - $10.3 billion Per Week - $2.4 billion Per Day - $343 million Per Hour - $14 million Per Minute - $238,425 Per Second - $3,973 Your children's grandchildren will still be paying. Vote for change

New DJ Mix: Heart Burn 08 set

JordanR — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:54:11 GMT

I have a new Mix out. Its from my set the Heart Burn party. This is the set I played that night but I added 20 minutes of additional music to maximize a CD. The set goes from reggae influenced house, flows into a latin jam, and ends funky and hard. enjoy http://media.jordansplace.net/Mixes/HeartBurn08.mp3 A track list for the set as well as all my other mixes can be found here: http://www.jordansplace.net/DJ/mixes.html

I will be DJing at the PEX Party...

JordanR — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:58:15 GMT

Planning on attending the PEX Heartburn Party? I will be on the 1st floor DJing a set of deep and funky house from 11-12. Come check it out. I look forward to seeing friends in the crowd shakin' that ass. Dance until you shatter yourself - Rumi

Operation Endgame

JordanR — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:29 GMT

I read this today in the San Francisco Chronicle's web page. This is a very mainstream and credible news source. I have heard rumors of Operation Endgame for a long time, but this is the first time I had heard of it in the main stream press. Read it and pass it on. This is extremely frightening and important: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/04/ED5OUPQJ7.DTL Rule by fear or rule by law? "The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - Winston Churchill, Nov. 21, 1943 Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs." Beginning in 1999, the government has entered into a series of single-bid contracts with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) to build detention camps at undisclosed locations within the United States. The government has also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees. According to diplomat and author Peter Dale Scott, the KBR contract is part of a Homeland Security plan titled ENDGAME, which sets as its goal the removal of "all removable aliens" and "potential terrorists." Fraud-busters such as Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, have complained about these contracts, saying that more taxpayer dollars should not go to taxpayer-gouging Halliburton. But the real question is: What kind of "new programs" require the construction and refurbishment of detention facilities in nearly every state of the union with the capacity to house perhaps millions of people? Sect. 1042 of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," gives the executive the power to invoke martial law. For the first time in more than a century, the president is now authorized to use the military in response to "a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or any other condition in which the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to the extent that state officials cannot maintain public order." The Military Commissions Act of 2006, rammed through Congress just before the 2006 midterm elections, allows for the indefinite imprisonment of anyone who donates money to a charity that turns up on a list of "terrorist" organizations, or who speaks out against the government's policies. The law calls for secret trials for citizens and noncitizens alike. Also in 2007, the White House quietly issued National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51), to ensure "continuity of government" in the event of what the document vaguely calls a "catastrophic emergency." Should the president determine that such an emergency has occurred, he and he alone is empowered to do whatever he deems necessary to ensure "continuity of government." This could include everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to launching a nuclear attack. Congress has yet to hold a single hearing on NSPD-51. Read the rest here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/04/ED5OUPQJ7.DTL - - - - - - DO SOMETHING Here is the main number for Congress - the Senate and House - in Washington, DC. 202 225-3121 Toll-free numbers, sponsored by a variety of sources, come and go, so this list may not be current : 1 (800) 828 - 0498 1 (800) 614 - 2803 1 (866) 340 - 9281 1 (866) 338 - 1015 1 (877) 851 - 6437 http://www.CallCongress.org

Merry Xmass. Impeach Cheney!

JordanR — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:28:24 GMT

Congressman Wexler, who chairs the committee that can start impeachment proceedings, is asking people to sign his petition. The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings. http://wexlerwantshearings.com/ I can think of no greater gift. over 100,000 patriots have signed this in the last 2 days. Pass it on.

My PDF VIdeo (Part 2: Night

JordanR — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:18:44 GMT

The second half of my PDF video is ready. In the first half I covered the daylight hours and here, in part 2 we venture into the night. Turn the lights down (night footage is hard to see in office lighting) and take a stroll into the dark. This is a more abstract video than the first half and features lots of fire and projection dances. Enjoy! This runs about 10 minutes. Speakers on for sound: http://www.jordansplace.net/video/PDF_Fall_07_night.mp4 If the link does not work please PM me and I can send an alternate link.

My PDF VIdeo (Part 1: Day)

JordanR — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:25:31 GMT

My video for Fall PDF is half done. I am posting it in 2 parts. Day & Night. The day half is ready and the link is below. The first half runs about 10 minutes. You can watch the movie here: http://www.jordansplace.net/video/PDF_Fall_07.mp4 If that link does not work you can try this, which takes a few minutes to start to load: http://www.jordansplace.net/video/PDF_Fall_07.mov The second half (night) will be posted when it is done. As always, f anyone has any questions or concerns regarding the film please please send me an IM. Enjoy the memories of some great days at PDF!

A new tribe has been created. EL Wire. Get glowing!

JordanR — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:37:57 GMT

I have several EL Wire outfits and when I wear them, or post photos, I get questions. (The photo above is a great dress my wife Amie made for our playa wedding). So after searching for a good tribe to send people to that discusses the ins and outs of EL Wire I decided to make my own tribe to help people get started. http://tribes.tribe.net/elwire Share ideas, brainstorm projects and share photos of your creations. See you there. Get glowing for spring PDF!

Hope Tribe now open!

JordanR — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:25:48 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/hopepdf Thanks to everyone who made hope possible. If you came to fall PDF and enjoyed hope please stop by the tribe and say hi. We loved having you! We are just warming up so see you in the spring!

My New DJ Mix

JordanR — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:40:29 GMT

I finished a new DJ mix last night. Recorded live in my basement. It features several remix efforts by yours truly. It also has some political overtones. I just can't help it. Track list: Absolute Reason SOTU (Jordan's STFU Mix) Keep on Rising - Jay J (Jordan's Politrix Mix) Proper Education - Eric Prydz (Jordan's Resistance Mix) Zoom In - Kupon Keep The Funk Alive - Orange Muse (Soul Averngerz Mix) Fear America - Unknown Artist Mizar - Remo (Original Mix) Scandal In New York - Satoshi Tomiie Zoom Out - Kupon (Jordan's Dream Mix) Not in Our Name - Lorin (Bassnectar) Calibrator - DMT Labs Changes - (NYC Sexy Mix) Miscalate - Audiofly, Paul Harris (Original Mix) Outro - Gonzales Lies - Randi Rhodes Show Someone take this to the Playa for me! Listen and download here: http://www.jordansplace.net/DJ_Swirv/ProtestMusic-DJSwirv.mp3 Enjoy

For those about to burn... We salute you

JordanR — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:50:14 GMT

For those who, like me, are sadly taking this year off: How to enjoy the Burning Man Experience from the Comfort of your Own Home Pay an escort of your affectional preference subset to not bathe for five days, cover themselves in glitter, dust, and sunscreen, wear a skanky neon wig, dance close naked, then say they have a lover back home at the end of the night. Tear down your house. Put it in a truck. Drive 10 hours in any direction. Put the house back together. Invite everyone you meet to come over and party. When they leave, follow them back to their homesdrink all their booze, and break things. Stack all your fans in one corner of the living room. Put on your most fabulous outfit. Turn the fans on full blast. Dump a vacuum cleaner bag in front of them. Buy a new set of expensive camping gear. Break it. Lean back in a chair until that point where you're just about to fall over, but you catch yourself at the last moment. Hold that position for 9 hours. Only use the toilet in a house that is at least 3 blocks away. Drain all the water from the toilet. Only flush it every 3 days. Hide all the toilet paper. Set your house thermostat so it's 50 degrees for the first hour of sleep and 100 degrees the rest of the night. Before eating any food, drop it in a sandbox and lick a battery. Mail $200 to the Reno casino of your choice. Spend thousands of dollars and several months of your life building a deeply personal art work. Hide it in a funhouse on the edge of the city. Hire people to come by and alternate saying "I love it" and "this sucks balls". Blow it up. Set up a DJ system downwind of a three alarm fire. Play a short loop of drum'n'bass until the embers are cold. Make a list of all the things you'll do different next year. Never look at it. Have a 3 a.m. soul baring conversation with a drag nun in platforms, a crocodile and Bugs Bunny. Be unable to tell if you're hallucinating. Lust after Bugs Bunny. Cut, burn, electrocute, bruise, and sunburn various parts of your body. Forget how you did it. Don't go to a doctor. "Downsize" last year's camp by adding two geodesic domes, a new sound system, art car, and 20 newbies. Don't sleep for 5 days. Take a wide variety of hallucinogenic/ emotion altering drugs. Pick a fight with your boyfriend/girlfrien d. Spend a whole year rummaging through thrift stores for the perfect, most outrageous costume. Forget to pack it. Shop at Wal-mart, Cost-Co, and Home Depot until your car is completely packed with stuff. Tell everyone that you're going to a "Leave-No-Trace" event. Empty your car into a dumpster. Read "Dhalgren" by Samuel R. Delany. Read "The City Not Long After" by Pat Murphy. Cut off the bindings, throw all the pages up in the air, and shuffle them back together. Reread "The City After Dhalgren" by Samuel Murphy. Burn it. Read the ashes. Listen to music you hate for 168 hours straight, or until you think you are going to scream. Scream. Realize you'll love the music for the rest of your life. Spend 5 months planning a "theme camp" like it's the invasion of Normandy. Spend Monday-Wednesday building the camp. Spend Thurs-Sunday nowhere near camp because you're sick of it or can't find it. Walk around your neighborhood and knock on doors until someone offers you cocktails and dinner. Bust your ass for a "community." See all the attention get focused on the drama queen crybaby. Get so drunk you can't recognize your own house. Walk slowly around the block for 5 hours. Tell your boss you aren't coming to work this week but he should "gift" you a paycheck anyway. When he refuses accuse him of not loving the "community". Search alleys untill you find a couch so unbelievably tacky and nasty filthy that a state college frat house wouldn't want it. Take a nap on the couch and sleep like you are king of the world. Ask your most annoying neighbor to interrupt your fun several times a day with third hand gossip about every horrible thing that's happened in the last 24 hours. Have them wear khaki. Go to a museum. Find one of Salvador Dali's more disturbing, but beautiful paintings. Climb inside it.

My Spring PDF Movie

JordanR — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:33:09 GMT

My PDF movie is finally done being edited. I am very happy with it. It is about 19 minutes long. Good footage of both burns. I hope you enjoy! http://www.jordansplace.net/video/pdf_2007.mp4 Jordan