Archie Kobain

I’ll tell you something, I know what you’re thinking…
I’ll tell you something, I know what you’re thinking…

You’re thinking, “Where’s Archie been?”

I know.  I’ve been missing in action. Maybe I’ve been hanging out at YOLO, getting hit on by Restylane frequent flier Romanian chicks named Ronka.

Cherry Ice Cream smile, I suppose it’s very nice…

Ronka: You are going to The Monkey Club
Archie: No. I don’t think I am.
Ronka [speaking to her friend]: He totally denied me.

…or maybe I was hired by the Israelis to blow up some Iranian scientist. Anything is possible.  Actually, the Israelis hired me and I had Barnsley do it, after picking up a few cleverly made bombs on eBay, of course.

Hmmm?  Moments after I posted that a bunch of…

Barnsley, a bunch of black Chevy Suburbans just pulled into the drive and now, “we got two honkies out there, dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants”. 

Can you find me a bottle of the 2008 Cubanisimo Estate Pinot then go out and see what all the commotion is about?

Barnsley?

Well.  Maybe while we figure out what those guys want, you should probably listen to this week’s musical guest.  Just know that, when I said that I wanted to play Caitlin Rose, there was much debate over which song should be featured.  But hey, “this is my god-damned law firm”… right?  So, in the end, I won.

Please enjoy, Caitlin Rose with this rendition of Shanghai Cigarettes…

I didn’t know Abe Lincoln played bass?
What… Too twangy?  It wasn’t too twangy.  Get over it.

Q:  How old is this girl, like 16?
A: Nope.  She’s 24, turning 25 soon.

Oh… give me a, give me a, give me a redneck girl.

So, what else is up?  
Other than I think Barnsley was arrested a few minutes ago?

I guess I could sum it up with…  “Wow.  What a week.” 
I feel used and abused.  Unfortunately, no one used or abused me.
Instead, I’m just tired… physically, mentally and possibly, psychologically.

I’m not even sure what that means…
So, why am I bothering to write, when I may not have the energy?
Well.  There’s lots going on.

They say, “everything’s alright”
They say, ” better days are near”
They tell us, “these are the good times”
But they don’t live around here
Billy and Christie don’t…
Bruce and Patti don’t…

Mitt and Barrack don’t.  They don’t live around here. 

But let’s not talk about those two yo-yo’s.  Respectfully, that’s Mr. Yo-Yo and President Yo-Yo.  At the risk of confusing people, let’s talk about this…

I couldn’t believe that Nancy was turning on her old friend, Colbert.  Of course, that was before I knew that he didn’t even like kittens.  She is absolutely right.  He needs to be stopped.  Herman Cain thinks so too…

http://blip.tv/play/AYLn8HsC.html?p=1

OK, so…  Is anyone not following?
It’s funny, as these things get posted on YouTube & Facebook, you get an incredible amount of dipsticks voicing their opinions and totally not getting the underlying satire and collaboration that is going on here.  It’s classic.  It’s epic. Do you get that Pelosi and Colbert and the rest of them are in on this?

And what’s this all about?
It’s about what I have been saying the whole time.
It’s about trying to get the money out of politics.

Let’s start with a history lesson.  In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt said…

It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Corporate expenditures for political purposes, and especially such expenditures by public-service corporations, have supplied one of the principal sources of corruption in our political affairs.

No need to look this up on Snopes.com.  It’s real.
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=501

So where have we gotten in the last 100 years?
Let’s see…  We have a Democrat President who talked about campaign reform when he was running for office and has essentially not uttered another word since.  After all, he can’t risk the re-election dollars.

Then we have, the most likely next President of the United States, Mitt Romney, who thinks corporations are people. Here’s the clip…

Mitt thinks that corporations are people. And he thinks that the money that the huge corporations make are going into the pockets of people.  Really?  Maybe some people but not “the people”.  How many times do we have to see CEOs and high-level corporate shareholders get rich, while their employees get laid off?  Right now, corporations are sitting on trillions yet they are not hiring.  Apparently, Mitt doesn’t get that and he just told us that he doesn’t get it.  He is obviously NOT of the 99%.

Again, let’s not focus on the unfortunate facts of the upcoming election.  As in the past few elections, we’ll have to decide on the lesser of two evils, instead of picking a great candidate.  So instead, let’s focus on getting the money out of politics.

Are we stopping Colbert or not?
So, although neither Pelosi, Cain nor Colbert has called me, I think this is all to bring a little attention to the DISCLOSE Act.  Granted, DISCLOSE isn’t perfect, it isn’t ideal.  Plus I think it has a bunch of loopholes.  But it may be a good first step toward getting the money out by forcing transparency into where the Super PACs get their money.  Of course, DISCLOSE got shot down in Congress the first time it was introduced…  Now it’s back.  I believe it was re-introduced a few weeks ago and… I think I like it.

You should read about it…

Here’s the WikiPedia Entry

Here’s a Huffington Post Article

Did you read it to the end? 
Here, I’ll get you the good stuff.

The initial DISCLOSE Act passed the House of Representatives by a 219 to 206 vote with only two Republican lawmakers offering support. Both of those lawmakers –- Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware and Joseph Cao of Louisiana — are no longer in Congress. It ultimately failed to pass the Senate by a single vote, with all 59 Democrats backing the measure but no Republicans offering support.

Not a single Republican voted for transparency in the money that corrupts Washington and lets us know who is buying our politicians in our political auction process.  Isn’t that amazing?  I hate those guys.

And again, it’s this Republicans vs. Democrats mentality that limits us and prevents our country from doing the right things and moving forward, as the great nation that we are supposed to be.  Everyone decides that it’s better to win their little “Us vs. Dem” battles than to do what is right for the country.

Sure…  Those Republicans like their money and Mitt thinks corporations are people.  Are they all just that pig-headed?  Oh wait…  There’s John McCain.  Isn’t he a maverick?  🙂

“As you know, I think the outside super PACs and others is so disgraceful that I’m ashamed of the United States Supreme Court in their decision on United,” Sen. John McCain said, in reference to Citizens United.

Thanks, John.
I’m going to have to find that picture of us in 2000 – scan it and post it.

I apologize.  I’m rambling.
I think I need to take a few years off and just hang out with Simon Konecki.

Expect great things upon my return.
I’m thinking that I should be back to normal around March.

Please excuse my abrupt ending but the black SUVs are back.
I gotta get to my safe room.

Love yoos…

– Arch