Let's face it-you're not going to do what Derrick Jensen is recommending in Endgame (1). You give a damn, but you're not going to bring down any dams any time soon. Too bad.

Nonetheless, there are several things you can consider doing short of committing the necessary violent acts for bringing down so-called Civilization as we know it. You don't have to be resigned to merely socializing with leftists at lectures, imbibing more and more information to keep up and/or entertain yourself ad infinitum, etc.

Walktalk alternatives to incessant talktalk, petitions, candlelight vigils, electoral distractions, and so on-so off:

1. Stop wasting your precious heartbeats on leftist activities which are popular. Begin embracing the notion that to be efficacious you're going to have to travel down an untrod path-quite alone. Like Einstein said (albeit with a -twist- here): -To be successful you must work hard, play hard, and keep your mouth shut!-. Instead of fantasizing yourself along the lines of nakedly limned Jesus Christ, try on the clothes of The Pharoahs-who couldn't play with other children. Interpretation available upon request

2. Get together with a like-minded individual and discuss your impasse in private, with an eye to coming up with something that might stop some business as usual. With great reservation and proper screening, of course. Low-risk examples are available upon request.

3. If you have school aged children encourage them to drop out. Whether you have kids or not, do everything you can to make sure no one in your family salutes the flag or sings any songs of U.S. praise-seriously. At ballparks, anywhere. How-to advice available upon request.

4. Reconsider the validity of at least three of the Ten Commandments which have zero to do with marital fidelity and oxen. Suggestions upon request.

5. Arrange an interview for me on your local radio show long-distance-where I can spout out additional (legal) details, delineate devilish holes in the best of leftist efforts. I will gladly get myself thrown off the air upon request.

I'm moved to lay this out, in part, 'cause on the 19th I attended a Ward Churchill performance, and last night experienced a Sweet Derrick Jensen Trip on stage. Advanced Activism. From my angle, I have something to contribute to select members of their audiences (who didn't take the prerequisites). The Unmatriculated, Musically-Inclined.

And-the Bad Basement Band is now taking requests.

Single Note:

(1)Slated for release in June by Seven Stories Press, it has options other than the de-daming delineated; Parts I and II highly recommended.
Richard Oxman, info@parisgraves.com, is tuning up in Los Gatos, California these days. The full version of this piece (with additional notes) is available upon request.