Down in Louisiana

Down in Louisiana some seem to compete with the narrow-minded Taliban from the caves of Afghanistan. Competition in stupidity.

An American judge down in Tangipahoa Parish in the state of Louisiana refused to marry an interracial couple because he said their kids would have a bleak future in the US as they wouldn’t be accepted by whites nor blacks.

In case you wonder, yes this is 2009.

On top of that then the judge says he is not a racist but that he “just doesn’t believe in mixing races”. Am sure he doesn’t mix brain cells too because he doesn’t have any! Have they checked his KKK membership? The interracial couple is thinking of complaining at the Justice Department. And so they should.

Human behaviour remains underdeveloped. Stuck in its narrow, dark tunnel. Everything you know is maybe a lie.

Remaining in the madness zone, with stupidity on top.

An armed robber in South Africa kept 12 people hostage in a house and threatened to shoot them one by one. Another violent crime situation in a nation that lives on the edge every minute of every day.

But instead of going on a mad killing spree, the robber shot his own penis off! That’s vengeance for you. Immediate justice there and then. Stupidity of the next level. The mad criminal wanted to take the stolen gun out of his pants and hit the trigger by accident. And his penis was no more. Blown to pieces and into history.

From crazy to crazier.

What’s this shooting madness at the US military barracks in Texas? An army-psychiatrist had issues of being send to Iraq (or was it Afghanistan?) and starts emptying his weapon on his colleagues, killing a whole bunch. Mad. A psychiatrist in need of treatment. Over the edge. Passed the line. Insanity setting in. A killing spree. And now the terror topic pops up because he was Muslim and had issues with the war(s). Is this for real or a cheap way out of this mess? The terror label is a very easy tool to avoid deeper thoughts and more rational look into the soul and social environment of this madman. A madman in uniform. What pushed him over the edge to pull the trigger over and over again? But if indeed there is a real, true terror link then it’s scary because then the attacks are clearly coming from within and with ease. Then this can happen anywhere anytime inside the US. And that is very scary. Then nobody is safe, not even in US military compounds within the US of A. That’s seriously a threatening situation. That’s deep. That will raise the tensions even more and put people even further on the edge of fear. And more stereotyping too. Not good. Not good.

Human behaviour has very dark zones.

Flashes from the world of news from around the globe that are just sticking (for a little while).

After 5 months are so Lebanon has finally a new government. Right away one wonders how long it will last. And the Taliban in Afghanistan have shown captured US ammunition. And festivities for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the evil Berlin Wall are happening in the German capital these days. People power! And South Africa’s recent police informal guidelines to shoot-to-kill have just had its second deadly accident. Some weeks ago it was an innocent, young woman behind the wheel of her car. Now it’s a 3 year old boy. It’s the wild wild west. Killing armed criminals is one thing. Having trigger-happy and poorly trained cops on the streets is another thing.

Human behaviour needs plenty of tender loving care. And some vitamins. And a some deep healing.

Throw out. There has always been some common ground, especially in New York, between underground punkrock and rap. Sounds of the boroughs. Danny Diablo, aka Lord Ezec (born Danny Singer) has just released another rap album. He made underground fame when he started Crown of Thornz (with reputed guitarist Mike Dijan) and then with his Skarhead project (which is about to have a new release too). I just had a quick listen to Diablo’s new “International Hardcore Superstar” album and, as with his other rap releases, I am not really digging it much (despite being a big fan of his non-rap work). And then there is the debut, rap album from Freddy Cricien under the name ‘Freddy Madball’. Freddy is well-known as the brother of Agnostic Front singer Roger Miret and the voice of hard hitters Madball. He is now also venturing into the rap world with his debut release “Catholic Guilt”.
C-Ya

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