one happy little devil

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Do you feel sad and depressed about the fact that once again 51 or 52 per cent of those 50 per cent of the americans that actually bothers to vote seems to have choosen George W Bush and made him the Prez for another 4 years? Well, don't waste your time. Rejoice! Be happy! Now George W himself and his Team Godzilla will have to take responsibility for the last four years and clean up the big f**ckin' mess they've created. There are even rumours that the only voice of reason (or the only weak link if you're a bible quoting Randian Bush lover) in the Bush administration, Secretary of State Colin Powell, will resign or be forced to leave. Maybe that's because "the truth is, neither party (Bush nor Kerry) is fully reckoning with the reality of Iraq—which is that the insurgents, by most accounts, are winning. Even Secretary of State Colin Powell, a former general who stays in touch with the Joint Chiefs, has acknowledged this privately to friends in recent weeks, NEWSWEEK has learned".
Maybe that lesson and others will give the Democrats enough courage to become something better and more inspiring than just Republican Light. Now they have four years to think things over. I wish them good luck! And George W - good luck with the cleaning - you'll need it!

nightlight

nightlight, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

My computer is living its own life during the night hours. I wonder what it's doing...

starlight

star, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

It's very easy to fall asleep under this star - it's pretty damn relaxing. I like that.

get your war on

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Visit David Rees excellent Get Your War On site. He has been commenting the american "war on terrorism" since 2001 with his weird cartoons. Operation: Enduring Freedom is in the motherfucking house!

erstavik

erstavik, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

This is Erstavik in the autumn. Beautiful, isn't it?

johanna & andreas

johanna&andreas, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

My brother Andreas and his wife Johanna. We had a nice walk to Erstavik today.

gandhi

gandhi, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

"Democracy and violence can ill go together. Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side."

per

per, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Later Per joined us. He's the evil genius of neoliberal propaganda! Just read his blog and see for your self (only in swedish). He's not only an evil genius, he's also a very good friend and a fun guy to drink beer, Gammel Dansk or coffee with. I totally recommend it! Oh, and I'm sorry about yesterday Per, I blame it on society, the neoliberal conspiracy, George W. Bush and the espresso overdose!

thomas

thomas, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

This is my old pal Thomas. Yesterday we went out for a couple of beers. Sad to say, I'm such a bad drinker nowadays. I almost fell asleep after two beers. Then I started to drink loads of coffee - that was a bad idea... Had a massive espresso overdose and my brain stopped working... scary!!! Sorry Thomas!

martin luther king jr.

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"There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it."

fern

window, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

The fern in my window. It's constantly struggling to stay alive.
-Feed me! Love me!
Well I'm trying, Really...

road to nowhere

fiskis, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Follow the road to nowhere...

thank you for the music

kajsa&albion, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

It seems like Zucchero is dying. It's sad 'cause it was such a great place once upon a time. Now it only serves as a good example of how NOT to run a business. It feels like I'm working inside a reality tv-show where people are getting voted out on a daily basis. Or maybe like I'm part of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Niggers" - ten little nigger boys worked at Zucchero, six got fired and then there were four... As I told you before, we had a very fun and popular Italo Disco party with DJ Albion last monday evening. Or at least that was what I thought. Now I know that two of my friends and, from now on, former co-workers (the same ones that helped out making the evening a big success!) got fired the day after with some lame "we can't afford to pay your wages anymore" excuse. They didn't even get a notice or a "thank you for your help during all these years". I'm probably next on the "who to fire list" after this little blog... Maybe I should start to look for a new job right away...

...and then there were none...

obey

hulk, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

The Hulk or Andre the Giant?

fisksätra torg

fisksatra torg, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Another glamorous night at Fisksätra torg. Britney is hiding in the dark behind the swings, beatch!

dog

dog, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Nice dog.

funky skeleton

funky skeleton, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

Shake yer hips funky skeleton!

sad boy

sad, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

I feel so low, man...

weird science 2.1

Högern fortsätter sin kärleksaffär med pseudo vetenskapen. Den här gången är det Svenskan och Christian Gergils a.k.a. Farmen Christian a.k.a. Frihetsfronts "800 000 kr i P-böter" Christian som försöker övertyga oss om att Farmen Skärgård och andra dokusåpor har något med verkligheten att göra. Som om Strix Television och andra dokusåpa producenter skulle låta den vardagliga verkligheten få en framträdande roll. Vem vill se helt vanliga människor när man kan få se Naken-Janne, sexdraman och skön "skandalfylla"? Strix sållar självklart bort deltagare som de inte tror har en dramatisk funktion att fylla i dokusåpan. Slumpen och trist vardag får inte sabba tittarsiffrorna. Trots detta självklara skriver Christian Gergils om sina "erfarenheter" från dokusåpan Farmen på ledarsidan i dagens Svenskan. Rubriken är "Farmen skildrar välfärdsstatens undergång" och Christian konstaterar "hur stora delar av en grupp ligger och latar sig (mer bestämt: lägger sig på bryggan och solar) samtidigt som den gård de är satta att ansvara för snabbt förfaller. En minoritet tvingas arbeta hårt för att djuren trots allt ska skötas, fiskeredskapen vittjas och maten lagas. Men de flitiga mobbas av de lättjefulla, som styr genom ständiga hänvisningar till majoritetens och de högröstades rätt. Kritiker hånas inför gruppen och tystnar (med något undantag)." Enligt Christian är Farmen Skärgården "en fullkomligt lysande allegori över välfärdsstatens pågående förfall och undergång. Det inser alla samhällspolitiskt intresserade som ser programmen. Det är den sönderfallande arbetsmoralen som skildras genom verkliga människors sätt att reagera och hantera ansvar och plikter i en verklig situation. Det är idén om den arbetsfria inkomsten - den överutnyttjade sjukförsäkringen, a-kassan, friåret och så vidare - omsatt i mänsklig moral och praktik. Det är välfärdsstatens haveri. Som allegori." Christian försöker få oss att tro att dokusåpadeltagarna är ett representativt urval av Sveriges befolkning. Tillräkligt representativt för att man som nyliberal ska kunna använda Farmen och andra dokusåpor som analysunderlag för att utreda tillståndet i nationen. Jag antar att det i Christians värld är Ledarna och Entreprenörerna som är den hårt arbetande minoriteten medan resten av sverige lättjefullt ligger långtidssjukskrivna på bryggan och latar sig för skattepengar. Christian Gergils borde kanske landa och ta ett vanligt arbete som omväxling till sin karriär som hårt arbetande hästpsykolog. Då skulle han märka att det är väldigt många som jobbar jävligt hårt för skitpengar, och ganska få som ligger och latar sig på bryggan. Det är troligen lika många smarta nolltaxerande överklassentreprenörer som ligger där som bidragssnyltande svennar. Möjligen skulle dokusåpor kunna fungera som en allegori över det kapitalistiska samhället. Alla tävlar mot varandra, hur trevlig och duktig du än är riskerar du alltid att bli bortröstad om du inte skapar pakter med rätt personer och det är alltid fel personer som vinner tävlingen tillsist.

frost

frost, originally uploaded by John Barleycorn.

First frost this autumn.