http://emceelynx.com Because Power concedes nothing without a Demand. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:05:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Part of the America at a Crossroads documentary series aired on PBS earlier this year, Operation Homecoming is a unique approach at representing the war. Taking writings from soldiers deployed in Iraq, the producers of Operation Homecoming created a series of visual vignettes, attempting to create a wide variety of ... http://emceelynx.com/2009/01/online-documentaries-on-the-iraq-war/ Got an email from somebody last night and wanted to share it, and my response, with ya'll. Greetings, I have just discovered your music, and am liking it very much. I am not a great fan of typical hip-hop, but your music is something different. I also agree with the majority of ... http://emceelynx.com/2009/01/means-and-ends/ Check it out - "Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America Many people are thinking about it. This book shows how it’s done. Whether you find the government oppressive, the economy on a devastating course, or if you simply want adventure, you’re not alone. Over 300,000 Americans emigrate each year." From everything i've read, ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/12/what-i-want-for-christmas/ It was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at Emily Milburn’s home in Galveston. She was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, Dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on. As Dymond headed toward the ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/12/to-protect-and-serve/ my response to the $700 bank bailout and the pending $35 billion (yes, 35, they raised it by $10 billion over the last week) bailout for the car companies. the finished version is gonna be on our next album but i didn't want to wait a year to put it ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/12/bail-us-out/ wish I'd found this before the election so I could have posted it then.  still, better late then never... Struggling Lower-Class Still Unsure How Best To Fuck Selves With Vote from The Onion, Oct. 30, 2008 WASHINGTON—As election day nears, millions of the nation's poorest voters have reportedly yet to settle on the ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/11/election-coverage-from-the-onion/ Those of you who read this blog regularly know I'm a big supporter of open-source and filesharing, including sharing of music.  The fact that the RIAA had the balls to claim they're suing people to "protect" artists - when everybody who knows a damn thing about the industry knows it's ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/11/the-boondocks-on-riaa-and-file-sharing/ the number 1 story from Project censored - the death toll for the iraq war has almost definately passed 1 million (it's hard to confirm because the US hasn't bothered to count the bodies reliably). Now stop and think to yourself how your average American would feel if a hostile foreign ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/11/iraqi-death-toll-passes-1-million/ I think it's a good thing that media types are talking about it now, I just wish they'd talked about it before the election instead of being too busy talking about Obama and McCain; and not allowed the bastards who passed it to go unchallenged spreading lies about schoolchildren being ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/11/colbert-dan-savage-and-me-on-prop-8/ Last night around 8pm I was at a house party here in Oakland getting ready for my band's set when somebody across the room shouted out "Obama won!  he did it!" and the whole room broke out in cheers and clapping.   I pulled out my cellphone and sent a text ... http://emceelynx.com/2008/11/grats-to-ya-boy/