CHAAAAAAAARGE!

On this, the eve of the final Montreal Expos home game, a chapter in my life is closing. I grew up listening to the Expos on the radio. When I was in Beavers, Chris Speier, the Expos short stop, used to come by my Beaver(Scout) meetings. I remember almost every game I saw in Olympic Stadium.

Good for Montreal. The strike in 1994 saw the length to which MLB would go to keep a World Series out of Montreal. Montreal gave everything they had to baseball and baseball gave them shit in return. The city that introduced Jackie Robinson to professional baseball is being deserted by those who own the game.

The fans are not to blame. Montreal will always be a baseball town.

Go Expos.

Go Democracy!

For those people that think the John Kerry and the Democrats are crucial to saving democracy, consider this fact:

In Florida, they challenged(and won) to keep Ralph Nader off the ballot.

Noise Pollution or Social Movement

As I meandered through the noise pollution that is a Canadian hockey victory celebration, I could not help but think how different the world would be if people were as passionate about other things going on the World. For example, imagine if people honked the horns of their cars in protest of the 50,000 people murdered in the genocide in Sudan. Or the hundred of thousands homeless because of the hurricanes. Or the fact that there were 50 homeless people outside the Air Canada Center begging for change, as 50 limousines idled waiting for the game to end.

But maybe it was not hockey. Perhaps the people were celebrating because today, just like every other day, more people were murdered in the name of God than Osama, George W. and Saddam combined. After all, celebrating is more fun.

Go Canada.

The 4th Estate

As we approach another election that promises to change nothing, the media will do their best to keep us informed every step of the way. Charley Reese reminded us to "View and read everything with skepticism. Remember that truth and information are not synonyms". However, what do you do when the information is not even printed?

For example, on December 8th, 1999 in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, the Government of the United States was ordered to pay $100(the total cost of funeral expenses) for its part in the assassination of Martin Luther King. You see, a jury found that the J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, Richard Helms, the CIA, the military and the local Memphis police planned and executed the assassination of MLK.

No major news outlet found this story important enough to cover. So, as you watch election banter mixed with a Kobe Bryant/Scott Peterson update, rest assured the government will continue to murder whoever it wants and count on corporate media to make sure nobody hears about it.