Shameless Self Promotion
From the otherwise shame-full Luke?
This is not supposed to be a full-fledged article worthy of Ian Kleinfeld, chief guru and webmeister of DEMOCRACY MEANS YOU, rated one of the very best left leaning web sites among my left-leaning friends and associates.
No, it is simply a blatant attempt to promote a photographic essay I put together this weekend which has raised more wrath on the hidebound left and joy on the self-righteous right than anything since Neal Boortz linked one of my essays to his page for twenty-four hours.
But first some background, maestro, please.
What I am about to disclose is unknown to the Fourth Estate, which has been busy for several days enjoying a voyeuristic romp through the prison porn streaming in from the Abu Grabass penal colony in Iraq, You know the place. This is where young soldiers, male and female, took pictures of their sexually humiliating Iraqis jailed for trying to kill as many Americans as they could. It wasn’t the sexual element so much that angered the ‘Arab Street’ (wherever the hell that is), as that some of it was committed by women, who, along with pigs and Jews, are considered the most foul creatures Allah ever placed on this sand-choked earth.
So what started out as a dirty little exercise to ‘soften up’ these imprisoned crooks and thugs, became an abomination and now heads must roll. It didn’t help that the young military policepersons had camera-enabled cell phones that captured every sordid detail, much as they used to photograph themselves in the middle of a high school orgy only a year or two before. Ours is the MTV generation, after all. We require lots of quick popping visual images to keep our attention and focus.
So while the Media Mavens were absorbed in near-pornography and just a little S&M, an event occurred this week that you probably didn’t even know because it was not covered in any of the normal news outlets.
John Kerry, the presumptive, came to Macon, Georgia, visited with my Pop and me for a long afternoon, and allowed me the courtesy of a lengthy, in-depth interview before returning to the campaign trail.
Fortunately my father was able to capture much of the excitement of the great event on his ancient Nikon camera. And, after working my shift last night at DOS COJONES, the Tex-Mex restaurant where I wash dishes for minimum wage, we were able to take some of the pictures and create a kind of pictorial biography of the Bay State Senator and upload them to the internet.
Since the fans of DEMOCRACY MEANS YOU form their own coalition of the willing and able, we invite you to view these just released photographs of your hero, the great white hope of the fortunes of the Democratic Party, Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts.
The easiest way to see this collection is to the link created by David Allyn, Webmaster over at POLITICAL PUZZLE DOT ORG. You will be taken directly to the photographs.
http://www.politicalpuzzle.org/luke/photos.htm
Or, if you choose, you can see the same pix by heading to
http://photoisland.com
Once there, simply type in:
I.D.=Luciusson
Password=bubbadog
The former method is the easier.
So enjoy. I am heading into final examinations soon which will end my first year of college. I would love to take my job savings, my new car, and my credit cards and hit the road visiting places all over North America this summer.
Sadly, I have neither credit cards nor a car, new or used. I spent my savings on non-skid shoes for work. Hell, I don’t even have a cell phone. So it looks like another summer in miasmic Macon washing dishes and learning the gentle arts of Tex-Mex cuisine and bartending.
Maybe get a little writing in, too.
Luke Angelo
Macon, Georgia
PS…If you know any politicians running this year, politicians with deep pockets or wealthy wives, politicians who would like a ghost writer with a fresh approach to political speech, please have them contact me. So far we have been approached by a single Libertarian on a very limited budget.
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