ASSANGE INCITES PUSSY RIOT! FREEDOM OF THE PRESS/SPEECH TAKES IT ON THE CHIN

"BLUE" JIMMY:  FREE SPEECH CRUSADER

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Two incidents in the news this week should convince us all that we got a long way to go in the fight for freedom of the press/speech.  First, Julian Assange, jounalism's whipping boy, who has been holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in England since June of this year, is being persecuted by the country of Sweden for alleged sexual assault and the United States for possible treason.  Some US politicians have openly called for his assassination while others abroad have called for him to be nominated for a Nobel Prize.  The United States has said that it does not recognize the concept of diplomatic asylum that is being offered by Ecuador to the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief who has famously given an outlet to whistle blowers all around the world.

BD OZZY:  The interesting thing to note here is that it is the lowly country of Ecuador that is offering asylum.  Ecuador; a country that has only been a democracy since 1979 and has had its own struggles with civil rights in recent decades.  Where are the heavy-hitters?  None of the big democracies have stepped forward in outrage.  Obviously, they're afraid to offend and strain diplomatic ties with The United States.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Like Sweden, which is always ranked above The United States in civil liberties; they had dropped the case against Assange only to pick it up again and pursue it more aggressively, probably to try and turn Assange over to The United States.  Due to the international nature of the internet, another citizen's free press/speech problem is also our problem.    Whatever happens to Assange, he's being abandoned by most of the so-called Free World.

BD OZZY:  Speaking of freedom, a Russian court has denied freedom to the girl punk band Pussy Riot and sentenced three members to two years in prison for performing a protest song in a church.  The only reason I bring this up is because I just like to say their name -- Pussy Riot! Pussy Riot!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Their protest was to condemn the close ties between President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church.  Their harsh sentence is seen as a move by Putin to suppress any opposition to him.  What's ironic about this is that when Julian Assange was detained by the British authorities, then Prime Minister Putin spoke out and called it "undemocratic."

BD OZZY:  What is the old saying?  "Sh**tting in the yard is fine as long as it's someone else's yard."

"BLUE"JIMMY:  That's not an old saying.

BD OZZY:  I think it is.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  No it isn't.  But from a sheer musical standpoint, Pussy Riot's protest should go down in history as the ultimate act of pure Rock 'N' Roll guerrilla warfare.  Other, more popular politically conscious groups like Bob Dylan, U2, The Clash and even skinhead bands have never matched this declaration of "Up Yours!"  

BD OZZY:  I guess it took a woman's touch!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BD OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!

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THE DARK NIGHT

"BLUE" JIMMY:  JOURNALIST

BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

BD OZZY:  I guess no one is savoring the irony of the fact that at the premiere of the biggest superhero movie of the year, a crazed villain is the one who stole the show.  The basic story is that a disturbed  a**wipe (who will remain nameless because I am not in the business of doing PR for disturbed a**wipes) went into a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado early Friday  with tear gas and guns and shot up the place worse than the s*** that was taking place onscreen. 

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Many killed, many wounded and friends, neighbors and family are saying, "I can't believe it -- he was such a nice kid!"  There will be an outcry for more security at movie theaters and other public places and the authorities will say that they can do it, but most of your civil rights will have to be eliminated in the process (problem/reaction/solution).

BD OZZY:  Thanks to this waste of a zygote, in the near future, you won't be able to walk into a movie theatre without having all your kids fondled by a bald-headed security goon along with a retina scan and colon scraping.


"BLUE" JIMMY:  Politicians will then call for gun control, parents groups will call for less violent movies and video games and church groups will cite this incident as a sign that The End is near.  


BD OZZY:  They will scrutinize every area of his life looking for answers but his privileged upbringing and good education will offer no clues to this terrible crime.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The one place the authorities and the media will overlook though, is his medicine cabinet.  I could be wrong (and I'll admit it if I am) but I'd be willing to wager all my valuables that this scrambled egg was either taking or being withdrawn from some kind of psychiatric prescription medicine.  Almost every single incident from the Columbine High School Massacre to the Virginia Tech Massacre to the recent spate of violence, suicide and murder carried out by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans can be traced to fruit loops taking powerful pharmaceuticals with severe and deadly side-effects.


BD OZZY:  A nation of zombies is being created much like the characters in Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" in which people were encouraged to pacify themselves with technology, take their medications and avoid critical thinking at all costs.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  You know who my best superhero would be?  Not a guy with weapons and a cape and a mask but a guy with thick spectacles and a stack of research and an inquisitive and analytical mind who could blow the lid off all of this and break people free from their mental prisons.


BD OZZY:  I would pay to see that guy!


"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sakes Alive!


BD OZZY: Wow! Wow!