Jest in Time

I agree with Professorpan...

...but at the same time, I'd rather be treated with a "cheerful demeanor" and happy clown face than someone who looks like they're going to kill me...

...and then eat me for breakfast, lunch, & dinner.

Although, some clowns are creepy enough to do just that. :-p Interesting article!

Here is what I found at the link given:

http://losangeles.tribe.net/event/CLOWNARCHY-THIS-WEEKEND/los-angeles-ca...

Tired of REAL Politics? Think that the government has NOTHING to do with our REAL LIBERATION? Want to REALLY shakes thing up? Commit CRIMES AGAINST MONOTONY? Have the cops take pictures WITH YOU as if you're a local celebrity while actually doing THEIR WORK????

Greetings from Triple Agent Andromeda otherwise known as Joan o' fArt & Shitler, General of the Children's Luftkissen (hovercraft) Art Army. I have been hired as the general of the clown army which I am now forming (it's amazing how synchronicity falls in your lap when you set your intention) to help organize a few double agent clown ninjas to neutralize the negative energy of a bunch of protestors who are trying to keep people out of the Conscious Life Expo this Saturday and Sunday at the LAX Hilton (the same hotel Amma G- aka Ima Gangsta does her yearly hugging. Incidently, she is one of my patron saints, Kali channel that she is).

I have already hired the chosen posin' clown assasins who are being paid to welcome people into the committee while simultaneously etherically battling a bunch of angry protestors who are doing their best to help keep people out of a New Age convention by screaming into megaphones and picketing the driveway to the hotel. HOWEVER! I wanted to OPEN this event as an OPPORTUNITY for any of you who are fed up with the standard political discourse and want a way to take a FAKE political stance on behalf of the FAKE REVOLUTION, which paradoxically, is more real than the REAL REVOLUTION.

Do you miss the Bunny Protest at Burning Ass and don't want to wait 'til August to pay $900 to take part in FAKE POLITICAL ACTION???? Then bring your bunny ears or clown hats in your most fabulous costumed attire and come and help us battle FOR REAL!!!!!!!! We would certainly love and appreciate your presence since we will be manning the trenches all day and could use a little help from our friends. Besides, it's a perfect opportunity to unleash any pent-up frustration and agro-energy you might otherwise have no outlet for. You have our PERMISSION to be as OUT OF YOUR MINDS as you want, and funnily enough, have REAL PIGS as your BODY GUARDS since the convention hired US to do the work that their regular security is strangely incapable of. Does this sound like a dream cum true? It is.

I really encourage all of you to have fun at this protest and use your imagination. If you have creative protest signs, feel free to bring them or improvise one. The protestors will have tons of their own signs, and we might want our own creative signs that have nothing to do with politics. How about we protest the Rainbow Iguana election on Mars with undiscernable psychadelic protest signs? I cannot emphasize enough the importance of costume as it will let the pigs know you are on OUR side, not the plains-clothed protestors who have been hired by the labor union to bring the vibe down. We are here to be the high-frequency artists and effect real change in the Akashic Records while simultaneously effecting artistic change on Planet Earth.

The hotel labor union has hired a bunch of angry dykes and liberals, and is trying to get every hotel in Los Angeles into the union so they can increase their dues since there are tons of workers at The Hilton and each one of them would be required to pay $50 a month to be a part of the Union. The hotel is basically one giant dollar sign for The Union. Sounds like Big Brother under the auspice of "Liberal" values. They have targeted the L.A. Hilton and will be trying to keep people from attending the Conscious Life Expo by picketing the entrance to the driveway. Many of the Hilton's workers don't want to be in the union since it will cost them a cut from their paycheck and responsibility to union when they are already getting paid living wages and health benefits from The Hilton. The Hotel is hardly abusing the workers as the Union claims, even though some of the workers would like to be a part of the union. At any rate, all that "real" political talk is none of our concern. We are clowns and care not for the system's dualism that has these people mentally trapped.

This situation is loaded, and requires some tough clowns who thrive off battling agro energy of angry protestors while joyfully being the turbo-charged Indigos manning the perimeter of an incredibly yuppie new age event. We did this event last year, and hell, it was crazy wacky ridiculous fun. I myself got to sing full-blasted opera into a screeching megaphone of one of the protestor's who was trying to piss me off. The frequencies created sounded as though the aliens had just landed. They had. They were having talk "about" UFOs in the convention while we were flying a real psychological spacehsip outside with the help of our star brothers and sisters.The events' organizers are buying us two megaphones and have told us we can do whatever the fuck we want so long as we break up the picket line enough to let cars through while maintaining a cheerful demeanor to guests of the event.

Yes friends. This is the future/present of The Fake Revolution. Last year, cops were taking pictures WITH US as if we were local intergalactic celebrities. We were doing their work FOR THEM with glitz, glamour, and a lot of noise. Feel free to bring your rattles and harmonicas. Use your imaginations!!!!

I have a meeting scheduled with the manager of the Hilton who expressed interest in hiring us on a regular basis. The manager and security of the hotel last year fell in love with us and is very interested in seeing us on a regular basis outside the hotel. If he agrees to hire The Mercenary Clown Army, I will very much consider starting a trickster agency to get hired for work like this all over the monotonous town of Los Angeles. I will be moving to Europe come June, and this would be my gift to the community to get paid work being the revolutionaries that we all are and have been trying to find an outlet to express that doesn't cost US anything but PAYS us. If it works out, I will involve other bookers and marketers since I won't be in town though still be available through interneting. This could very easily become a cultural phenomena. If you'd like to be a part of this trickster agency, I highly recommend popping into this event to check it out any time from 9AM-3PM on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10th. We will be right out in front of the hotel. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a strong loyalist streak and I will take special notice of people who synchronistically show up in costume and would like to do paid "work" like this in the future.

Last year, some of the people from the Expo couldn't tell if we were with or against the protestors, and frankly, we liked it that way. We are the post-political post-morality MERCENARY CLOWN ARMY and we're beyond picking sides. Call us Switzerland and wire our paychecks directly to our bank accounts. Thank you New Age Yuppies. We love you and your money.

Over & Out,

Joan o' fArt

& Shitler

Since when did you yuppies become so justified in your God-given proletariat opinions? You want to insult the clowns? Fine. Expect to get a taste of your own medicine. Frankly, I expected to find more critical thinkers on this website.

Up until very recently, I have upheld a standard of high-time 4th dimensional artistic integrity that I have not seen A SINGLE PERSON in our "community" uphold to the extent that I have. I would not divulge a speck of my creative chi to anything that was not in line with my highest values. You know where that kind of integrity got me? Completely broke and couch-surfing with medical bills up the wazoo on account of money-free art battles, costumed interactive nightclubs, and the stress to my body at having to move so many times because I couldn't afford to live with my artistic values in tact in this capitalist country.

Now I love that you guys have opinions and the right intent- but I'd like you to at least consider this alternative perspective. If these protests were really effective, why have they been protesting for years with absolutely no effect or progress, incurring only wrath with everyone who works at the hotel and a complete lack of sympathy for their cause other than some online bloggers who uphold the idealistic conception of peoples' rights on paper that they seem to represent?

Do you realize that the government (at least in the States) doesn't give a rat's you know what about you and your opinions or the peoples' ability to organize to the effect that MILLIONS of people could be protesting the war in Iraq with absolutely no avail or that one of the largest protests to date in Washington D.C. went completely unrecognized by the press? This is not an accident, okay? I have nothing against the peoples' right to organize or labor unions or any of that jazz. Hey- it's more people to join the party. We had one of the protestors' come in costume the second day because she was so inspired by our way of "protesting-" protesting reality more like it. The psycahdelic fungus of our inner vision began its slow spread to the environment around us. IS THIS NOT SUCCESS??????

It's all fine and good that you want to call us "ignorant clowns," which is totally your right to do and I will fight to the death your right to say it even if I don't agree with you. But it is an incredibly innacurate and ignorant opinion from someone only able to see one side of the veil of illusion of a multidemented bureaucrappic rubix cube. Besides- you guys didn't even show up and see what we were really up to- what the hell do you know?

Now I know this might be hard to believe- but I have literally battled it out with the etheric and magical bodies governing the Illuminati- which if you don't know- is involved in some really powerful black magic to the extent that no one engaged in the kind of discourse that they want you to engage has AN OUNCE of effect. In fact, giving it your own legimately passionate anger actually gives them more power. At the same time, a lot of us are angry and we need to express that before we can move through it to the other side.

Such negative energy waged against the bodies of many corporate entities that at first glance would seem to further the cause of workers' rights is completely impotent. Now this is a very scary idea to people who are wanting to feel empowered in a system that seems to offer the people a voice, but that is all a part of the Illuminati's screwed up magic as well. The only kind of power we have over this body is to give our unabided love to the things and values we hold sacred with the same energy that love would seem to connote, and some serious white magic. Love has many veils as well, but its' underlying intent is always pure.

We have to fully embrace all the negative emotions at feeling legtimately disempowered by a system that does NOT have our best interests at heart no matter what side of the coin you're flipping: liberal or conservative; worker's rights, or clowny I don't give a f@#%.

My deepest intent has always been thus: to realize the beauty and absurdity of costumed freaks on the street in a way that would not incur difficulty from the feds. To provide alternative routes to mental liberation outside of a corroded political system. To provide people a means to their fullest range of emotional and artistic expression OUTSIDE of Burning Man, OUTSIDE of art parties, OUTSIDE of their own conditioned responses to their environment and NIGHTCLUBS.

If you want to call this "ignorant" or "disgusting," I ask you only to look in the mirror and the labrynth behind its immediate reflection. And use your critical minds for Christ's sake lest your half-baked opinions make fools out of you, not us. Things are not always as they seem.

American Dream-

Your name says it all. Only in Amerikaka would a fascist tell a clown to quit her job in favor of some angry protestors getting to scream their truths. Way to go- your rationality is really becoming. Have you ever thought about using anything but the left side of your brain? I tuned into the right side of your brain only to see a scabby unused shriveled sack of flesh. She’s so lonely but looking forward to seeing you next Christmas.

Question: What happens when two fascists collide frontal lobes in a freeze-dried ziplock doggie bag? They make fascist pudding puppy pops.

How many fascists does it take to screw in a light bulb? YOU DO IT!

What did the fascist say to the clown when she pulled up her skirt to show him her polka dot underpants? TAKE THOSE SILLY THINGS OFF!

WE ARE PSYCHADELIC FASCISTS. WE WILL FORCE YOU TO OPEN YOUR MINDS WITH A CYBORG-SLICK PSYCHIC SCALPEL. IS THAT A LAWBOOK IN YOUR BRAIN? DID YOU FAIL TO READ THE 666TH AMENDMENT OF THE GALADICK CUNSTITUION? ATTEMPT TO IMPLODE A GATEKEEPER OF THE 4TH DIMENSION AND EXPLODE IN 3RD DIMENSIONAL HELL!!!! OR THE 777TH AMENDMENT? LOVE UNDER WILL SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW, EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY DOTH MAKE FOOLS OF US ALL!!!!

BEHOLD THE ZOMBIE EGGS OF OUR FORESKINNED FOREFATHERS DIE A SECOND DEATH!! SCABBY THE CLOWN’S WOUNDS ARE OPEN FOR ALL TO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSE THROUGH THE SNOT NOSE POLITISSUES THAT ARE HIS GREATEST WEAPON! WE WILL WIPE UP THE COSMIC SMEGMA OF MONOTONY THAT PLAGUES THE HUMAN RACE OR OUR NAMES AREN’T CRUSTY, STINKY, BUBBLES, AND BROTHER JIM.

AMERICAN DREAM- OUR PSEUDO-SACRED CLOWNS WILL SCREW YOUR DONUTHOLE IN OUR TEMPLE OF BENEVIOLENT SACRELIGION. YOUR VICTORIAN UNDERPANTS ARE GETTING WET AS WE SPEAK. BEND OVER AND LET US REAM YOU WITH ONE OF OUR RUBBER DUCKY BALLOONS. CLOWN TOWN INTRA-OVARIAN COMPLEX CONTAINING CRYOGENITALLY SEALED ALIEN EGGS HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO AN ARMY OF VOODOO GOLD AND ROPE CHOKE HOLD HANGING YOUR PSEUDO-ETHICAL POLITICAL MIMETIC PARROT TALK.

EMBRACE THE NON-MUTUAL EXCLUSIVITY OF PARADOX. YOUR PARROT’S FEATHERS ARE BEING PLUCKED AND STUCK IN MY A@@ FOR MY NEXT ELABORATE HOAX AND COSTUME!!!!! THE APOCALYPSE IS GOING TO NEED MORE CLOWNS FOOL!!!

SHITLER

Why is it that once people feel personally offended by anothers opinion, they can't supress the urge to personally attack the person behind the opinion?

RS is for constructive discussion, not pissing matches. Right?

"The only thing constant in life is change" -François de la Rochefoucauld

What's real is the corporate executives that Joan/Shitler say bless and fund this union-busting work. The LAPD that she says will pat you on the head for doing a good job are also very, very real. She admits to doing this while also claiming to be an "anarchist"(!)

She also claims this will earn *you* money... Oh wait, she already gave this job to her friends, and there's no room for you on the payroll! Oh, but fortunately, you can be a volunteer scab-clown on the hope that you *might* make some money after she goes to Europe, if this anti-Union circus becomes an institution, and if she is still the head honcho. So, maybe you will get paid, too...

I guess it all depends on the executives at Hilton, and maybe the captains of the LAPD. Great "patrons of the arts"...

Go Anarko-Clownz!!!

Here is a powerful video clip that shows the actual people who are fighting for better working conditions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4yFaNAVCA

UNITE HERE has more on the struggle:

http://www.hiltonlaxadvisory.com/pages/photos.php

www.hiltonlaxadvisory.com/pages/news.php

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http://www.chenuke.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12999

LAX Hilton Fires Two Workers Who Fasted for a Living Wage March 14, 2007

LAX Hilton Fires Two Workers Who Fasted for a Living Wage

Union Says Firings are another Example of Tactics Used by Employers to Intimidate Workers who Exercise their Rights to Form a Union

Los Angeles— Michael Kaib a server at the LAX Hilton and Alicia Melgarejo a housekeeper at the LAX Hilton, were two of the 16 workers who fasted for a living wage in December of last year. On March 13th, both workers were fired by the LAX Hilton. The workers believe they were targeted because of their union organizing efforts and their active support of the city’s living wage law. Both workers had taken active roles in the 2 year old union organizing drive at the hotel, taking part in picket lines and press conferences outside of the hotel, in plain view of management and security guards. Alicia and Michael were also vocal supporters of the city’s living wage ordinance, fasting for seven days in December of last year in support of a living wage for hotel workers on Century Blvd.

Michael Kaib has worked as a server at the LAX Hilton for two years, and has never being disciplined on the job. Michael was accused of hitting a security officer with a picket sign while on a picket line outside of the hotel on March 4th of this year. Dozens of workers walked the picket line with Mike on that day, some of the workers witnessed the security guard push his way into the picket line, but we have not been able to identify a single worker who witnessed Mike hitting a security officer.

After Michael Kaib began his shift, six police officers in plain view of other employees escorted him outside and then proceeded to arrest him. “This was a show of force by hotel management. To call the police and have me escorted by six police officers from the hotel and then arrested is an attempt by the hotel to intimidate my coworkers so that they will think twice before continuing to be actively involved in union organizing efforts,” said Michael Kaib.

Alicia Melgarejo has worked as a housekeeper at the LAX Hilton for almost eight years. She is a single mother who supports her 14 year old daughter on a single income. Despite a clean work record and the fact that she has never been disciplined in her eight years at the hotel she was fired after management accused her of stealing towels.

Alicia vehemently denies these accusations and asked management to show her the video they claim to have of her stealing, but despite her request management refused to show her any proof. Now that she has been fired from her job as a housekeeper at the LAX Hilton she worries about providing for her teenage daughter. “I have been a good employee at this hotel for many years, and have a clean work record and have never been disciplined in the past. That they would fire me for something I didn’t do, even though I have given years of my life to making this hotel successful is not right. Now I don’t know how I am going to provide for my daughter,” said Alicia Melgarejo.

Maria Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, explains that the firings are business as usual by employers in response to union organizing drives. “Employers use these types of tactics everyday to try and instill fear in their workers so they don’t exercise the rights they have under federal labor law. It is deplorable that the LAX Hilton has chosen a path of intimidation and harassment, these types of tactics have no place in a free and fair society,” said Durazo.

Labor rights activists claim that this is another example of why labor laws need to be strengthened, so as to better protect employees from these types of tactics. American Rights at Work, a labor rights advocacy group, reports on their website that 30% of employers fire pro-union workers during union organizing drives.

The World is subtle and paradoxical. Labor unions are by no means perfect, though they are sometimes essential. Art can be transformative but it can also be mercenary. The "New Age Movement" contains enlightening elements, but also distractions.

None of the this detracts from the humanity of the people in the video posted above; it depicts a sacred thing if there ever was one! It's all a very compelling drama. The issues suggested by this thread really do matter, the stakes are high.

Here's some commentary, courtesy of Sounder and from another place, that seems to strike a chord:

Why does the devil seem to have two distinct 'names'?

In my book, G-d is above category and form, and therefore cannot be seen as being in a battle with evil. Instead two elements common to all experience struggle for dominance. When one or the other element tries to exclude the compliment, the fixated on element will more likely be expressed in a crude or negative manner.

When order and liberty, two elements contained within all expressions, compliment and support each other, beauty is the natural result. This is the Tao, or finding the Christ within. If on the other hand one element tries to dominate the other, you get society; such as it is expressed today.

Abraham Heschel says that there are three types of people. The first type is seeking salvation and they will tend to do what they are told. They are biased to order. The second type sees the self as the problem so they tend to seek self-abnegation. The third type simply seeks fellowship.

If we take Ahriman (order) as intellect, in its positive expression it is integrating the spiritual with the material. In the negative it is freezing the spiritual into the material.

Conversely the Luciferian strain when driven by wisdom is positive, yet when driven by (petulant) desire to split the spiritual from the material it becomes negative.

Most people are driven un-consciously by those that are better able to 'frame a narrative'.

When we become conscious of what actually frames the narrative we will learn to better control our destiny.

Thinking about social reality is important, and it does not rule out feeling, mystical experience, chaotic hedonism, poetry, art, and all other such good things.

Understanding social institutions is essential if we are to change them.

The System shapes and defines us as cops, bosses, workers, artists. Knowing this helps us find ways to change the "dominator culture", a task which our collective survival would seem to depend on.

Any sensitive, thoughtful and moral person who looks at the video, photos, and writing about the struggles at LAX Hilton is sure to find meaning there.

It doesn't seem like most of us would take the side of the police and the bosses in that situation.

These issues challenge us to think about where we are, and what we are doing in the world. And that's a good thing.

When forthrightly and frothily

We decree of our foreskinned forefathers

That they must Backlash the Cosmic Stash

Of Spinal Bifidust Bunnies,

We will mop up the pseudo-mess

of said catastrobitive clownarchists

who wither-scorned dismiss destiny's

fortune as bullet-proof.