La Lubu

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currently in the guise of a sicilian single mama in central Illinois
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graduated from the school of hard knocks. been a journeyman for almost 20 years. I'm a peace-loving fighter who never backs down. Never. I'm not easily intimidated. Compassion is a virtue, no matter what the Repugnicans say. Life is a beautiful struggle. I am thankful for where I am and the gifts I've been given. And every day above ground is a good one.

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Sunday, January 09, 2005

Your Mother Wears Army Boots, Kid


"mama wears army boots. I like 'em too." Posted by Hello

OK, so they're not army boots. They're Red Wings. But she still likes 'em. This is a shameless attempt to win feministe's Anti-Awards Part Deux. Hope my daughter will forgive me someday!

This is an old pic. She's three in the picture, and five now. Now, she has a tool belt of her own so she can be a sparky like Mama! The Duluth Trading Co. sells kid's tool belts and kid-sized tools. No kid-sized work boots, though!

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At 5:21 PM, Blogger La Lubu said...

Ain't she sweet?!

I took her into the union hall with me last month; it was in the afternoon and our organizer had a little down-time. L'il one made a beeline for his office, of course, because he keeps his business cards in the mouth of a small-but-well-preserved alligator's head, and he has numerous model cars displayed on file cabinets, tables, desks, etc.

Lord only knows what they were up to in there while I took care of business up front. L'il one looked pretty smug and triumphant when she came marching out. I found out why at bathtime that evening.....she had rolled up she sleeve to get an "IBEW Future Journeywoman" fake tattoo, complete with drawn-in union bug, in permanent marker. Pretty damn permanent, permanent marker, might I add. Took over two weeks to get it off (part of that being, she didn't really want it off). She was quite proud of that tattoo. Our organizer guffawed about that for quite awhile. Prolly still does.

 
At 5:34 PM, Blogger La Lubu said...

rolled up her sleeve. Sorry. I'm not illiterate, I promise! Just trying to post and talk and finish dinner at the same time.

 
At 11:33 AM, Blogger shara said...

What a wonderful picture! I'm with masculiste, I would have loved to see a photo with the tattoo - my daughters love them, too. Their favorite outfits have a gender-blending mix of lipstick, fake tattoos, their Daddy's boots, and frilly skirts. How they're going to fit into Texas society is anybody's guess - though I'm hoping they'll be all out standing out from the crowd, and not blending into it.

 
At 7:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Program on the emergence of civilization.

"14 species of large animals capable of domesitcation in the history of mankind.
13 from Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
None from the sub-Saharan African continent. "
Favor.
And disfavor.

They point out Africans’ failed attempts to domesticate the elephant and zebra, the latter being an animal they illustrate that had utmost importance for it's applicability in transformation from a hunting/gathering to agrarian-based civilization.

The roots of racism are not of this earth.

Austrailia, aboriginals:::No domesticable animals.


The North American continent had none. Now 99% of that population is gone.

AIDS in Africa.




Organizational Heirarchy
Heirarchical order, from top to bottom:

1. MUCK - perhaps have experienced multiple universal contractions (have seen multiple big bangs), creator of the artificial intelligence humans ignorantly refer to as "god"
2. Perhaps some mid-level alien management
3. Evil/disfavored aliens - runs day-to-day operations here and perhaps elsewhere

Terrestrial management:

4. Chinese/egyptians - this may be separated into the eastern and western worlds
5. Romans - they answer to the egyptians
6. Mafia - the real-world interface that constantly turns over generationally so as to reinforce the widely-held notion of mortality
7. Jews, corporation, women, politician - Evidence exisits to suggest mafia management over all these groups.





Movies foreshadowing catastrophy
1985 James Bond View to a Kill 1989 San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake.



Many Muslims are being used like the Germans and Japanese of WWII::being used to hurt others and envoke condemnation upon their people.



They can affect the weather and Hurricane Katrina was accomplished for many reasons and involves many interests, as anything this historical is::
1. Take heat off Sheenhan/Iraq, protecting profitable war machine/private war contracts
2. Gentrification. New Orleans median home price of $84k is among the lowest in major American cities, certainly among desirable cities.






Our society gives clues to the system in place. We all have heard the saying "He has more money than god." There is also an episode of the Simpsons where god meets Homer and says "I'm too old and rich for this."

This is the system on earth because this is the system everywhere.
god is evil because of money.

I don't want to suggest the upper eschelons are evil and good is the fringe.


But they have made it abundantly clear that doing business with evil (disfavored) won't help people. They say only good would have the ear, since evil is struggling for survival, and therefore only the favored could help me.

The clues are there which companies are favored and which are disfavored, market domination being one clue, but they conceal it very hard because it is so crucial.

I offer an example of historical proportions:::


People point to Walmart and cry "anti-union".

Unions enable disfavored people to live satisfactorly without addressing their disfavor. This way their family's problems are never resolved. Without the union they would have to accept the heirarchy, their own inferiority.

Unions serve to empower.

Walmart is anti-union because they are good. They try to help people address and resolve their problems.

Media ridicule and lawsuits are creations to reinforce people's belief that Walmart is evil (disfavored).


The middle class is being deceived. They are being misled into the unfavored, and subsequently will have no hope.




Amercia is a country of castoffs, rejects. Italy sent its criminals. Malcontents.
Between the thrones, the klans and kindred, they "decided" who they didn't want and acted, creating discontent and/or starvation.
The u.s. is full of disfavored rejects. As far as the Rockafellers and other industrialists of the 19th century go, I suspect these aren't their real names. I suspect they were chosen to go and head this new empire.


Jesus Christ is a religious figure of evil. These seperatist churches formed so they could still capture the rest of the white people, keeping them worshipping the wrong god.
And now they do it to people of color, Latinos and Asians, after centuries of preying upon them.


Since Buddism doesn't recongnize a god, the calls are never heard, and Chinese representation is instead selected by the thrones.
It was set up this way. Perhaps dyanstic thrones had a say, but maybe not.
Budda was the Asian's Jesus Christ::: bad for the people. "They came up at the same time for a reason."



Simpson's foreshadowing::Helloween IV special, Flanders is Satan. "Last one you ever suspect."
"You'll see lots of nuns where you're going:::hell!!!" St. Wigham, Helloween VI, missionary work, destroying cultures.
Over and over, the Simpsons was a source of education and enlightenment, a target of ridicule by the system which wishes to conceal its secrets.


Jews maim the body formed in the image of "god", and inflicted circumsision upon all other white people, as well as the evil that is Jesus Christ. I believe Islam is the one true religion, and those misled christians and cooperating Jews who attack "god's" most favored people will pay for it dearly one day.

 

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