From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Come on Sushi, don't get me started on that Barney Fife with a bullet Machiavellian (G.B.) According to the Democrats he promised so many billion for HOME LAND SECURITY and so far the states have seen ZILCH...They said he tells them he hasn't got it. No chance he'll give anything to fight AIDS we're already 300 billion in debt and going strong, we'll be owned by the rest of the world and the bloody Brits tea tax will be a pittance to what we'll be indentured servents for. This is the worst President we will ever see in our entire lives.<BR>
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bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Echo~<BR>
I'm sorry to hear that! I visited Chris for a month in New York before we got married and I almost went crazy from the lack of good food. I couldn't even find Coke anywhere, it was all Pepsi! And they have never heard of white cream gravy. And Dairy Queen is only open during the summer! I think you can actually order pico de gallo and salsa and stuff like that online. I miss Mamacita's, my favorite Mexican restaurant which has about three different locations in Texas. Best guacamole and Caesar salad in the world. I keep meaning to write the owner and ask him to open a restaurant in Albquerque. I met him at a party once and also at an auction above the stables where Patrick Swayze keeps one of his horses. He seems to be a freewheelin', generous kind of guy. I just need to find him.<BR>
I feel your pain. Taco Cabana rocks.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1040">empyrean</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Purple Princess - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.01.28.15.20.16913">Because You're Confused</a>  hit me on so many levels, right to the core.  I feel as if I've been there so many times over, your words put my feelings right in front of me.  Thank you, I can't wait to hear more.<BR>
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~empy~
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1058">Chances are</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

empy - Thankyou.<BR>
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Kase - Yup. Don't we know it. Much love to your little cretin too.   : )
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=776">Walking Contradiction</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Purple Princess - Thank you for your praise! I read sporadically here so I'd never really read your stuff but your past post Between Neptune and Mars was wonderful. I loved the last line 'To be given the choice, your Love or your Lover'. That struck a BIG chord. I really like your other stuff. This isn't just 'returning the favour' either... I will definately be reading your stuff!!!<BR>
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Luv and hugs, Wlkin C -x-
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=545">Madi</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Misti, I pass by Mamacita's every day.  Well, except for those days I can't pass by and come to a screeching halt in the parking lot - and by now, they know my name.  At least my face.  Oh those homemade hot flour tortillas as you watch (and smell!) them being made.  They're opening a new location in San Antonio.  My fav is the Monterrey Camaróne - lightly breaded shrimp smothered in white cheeses, ranchero sauce, and pico served over rice with guacamole and tortrillas.   There's another place (La Salsa) I just found in Austin that has the BEST Mango Salsa and shrimp tacos, to die and go to Mexican Heaven for.   This was romantic related, don't ya think?  Oh!  and I almost forgot to say thank you Cyan!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=911">Inflatable Sushi</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

BK-  You are a good writer, and I bet you have a strong skill set of abilities and interests...but your understanding of politics and economy is sorely lacking.  But I'm not here to make you look bad in front of all these other poetics, just to share THIS with you...<BR>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-aids29jan29,0,7070119.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines">http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-aids29jan29,0,7070119.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines</a><BR>
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Rennie - Thanks for another dose of your deep wisdom, but I am already well aware of Anna's background.  I'm not applauding her life, just that particular poem. Thanks for your veiled bile. <BR>
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Guess I'll fade out awhile (again) - I'm not interested in your menstrual pleading...BK, Kase and Rennie.<BR>
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I stepped onto my elevator yesterday and was joined by my neighbors, the slacker Brit and the supermodel turned stripper that lives down the hall.  He says "That fucker is sending us to war" and the cooz declares "Bush is a fucking idiot."  They both looked at me for my two bits and I smiled and just said "Neither of you know FUCK about what you are saying" and exited the lift laughing.<BR>
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Like this...<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=34">Just Some Girl</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Sushi,<BR>
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www.awomanthatfearsthelord.com<BR>
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Not all of us are sluts!!<BR>
<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Sushi,<BR>
Kiss Ass
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Sushi~ It was a question from me and not a hostility. I would hope you recognize the difference since I don't know you or care to attack you with "bile" or (gender) anger. Forgive me, maybe you are not used to having civil questions asked your direction. I find many readers admire a poet's works but don't know anything of the poet. In that light, I asked since you seem bothered by sexuality but posted the work of a poet known from sexual controversy, and her Pasternak dealings (for example) that may have been beyond the casual friendship since he kept asking her to marry him while he was still married (your fidelity comment?). She was called Russia's best female poet of the last century, so I do applaud her writing talent. As Blenderites have asked here, what does your writing talent consist of since you don't post your own work but only stay critical of ours. The critic's bile is the risk we take as writers. I don't spew bile, Sushi. I don't have to in asking simple questions, or in civil debate with others since I understand how to be civil. It was a simple question to better get your drift in criticism that I ask questions and didn't rattle swords. Would have preferred some sarcasm or contempt instead of creating it as I do with this last question this time? Or, would you rather be civil and be kind enough to just answer a simple fact finding question? You want to tout politics and religion, then let's be diplomatic and kind, no? ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

I can't seem to find anything wrong with BK's understanding of politics, "that Barney Fife with a bullet Machiavellian (G.B.)"<BR>
...in fact, I think she's nailed it. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

For those who are interested (and Sushi), Anna of Sushi's In Dream verse, wrote love poetry and also works on politics. She wrote poetry to try and please Stalin in order to try and influence her government's leaders to release her son when he was imprisoned. She didn't raise the son, his paternal grandmother (who hated her) of her divorced `husband did raise him. That son's father was executed. Anna and that husband had lead a movement to create poetry that was more easily understandable and not convoluted in meanings. Anna lived in some very difficult times, just as we do. She came from an upper crust of her society that didn't encourage women to write or seek fame in many areas. A very intelligent woman, she wasn't always proud of what she wrote. We only get to read her in translation here. Sometimes something may be lost in the translation without knowing something more about the poet and that poet's historical background. It was that simple (Sushi) ... just an effort to blend what is written to some known to make it more meaningful. We are known for blending on this site, not in trying and be dissimilar materials in order to rise to the top. There is a unique and satisfying pleasure in getting along on a website dedicated to love and romance ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=436">Jon</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

A summary of Bush's State of the Union address:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.smallbrainer.de/uploads/bush-oil.jpg">http://www.smallbrainer.de/uploads/bush-oil.jpg</a><BR>
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Click on it already.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

scqueen~ you, myself and B.K. come from an area that still calls the "Civil War" the "War of Aggression" -- where "reconstruction" took far longer to achieve with few wanting to pay for it when the real bill came due. Reality is a big and bitter pill at times. But we are strong with the ability to love. I continue to admire how you care and express it. <BR>
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Sushi~ The state where B.K. and I hail from also produced a great number of statesmen and even presidents. To say we have little grasp of politics here is a bit like commenting that all southern women are only good when they are "barefoot and pregnant" and chained to the galley cooking. Tennessee had a maternalistic society as she lost her brightest and best men to war far too many times. Here, we do the math and "remember the past" as the poet Santayana cautioned, each time we hear words of "war" mentioned in this state. We've produced many fine warriors and diplomats, and buried far too many too soon. The area B.K. writes from is also known as the "Athens of the South" for the written, published word and creative pool. We've become a blended state with folks settling here from all over the nation and world. <BR>
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The mightest and most destuctive bomb comes in a simple looking shell with a complicated mechanism that hatred or love sometimes deploys. Words can be weapons to kill the soul long before the body dies. Loving community can heal. I know what it is to heal, and would rather be part of that process. In the immortal words of Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?" -- or is it the spirit of controversy that keeps the blood pumping -- sure it is ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=436">Jon</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Madi~<BR>
that's my sister's favorite, too! I could eat vats of the Caesar salad dressing. Yes, Mamacita's is definitely romance related!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

p.s. Scqueen, B.K. DID nail it! When I read the comment aloud to Chris last night he was impressed. I was impressed, too. That's why I shared it with Chris. I was laughing!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=933">RainbowChaser</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

What's the best way to get someone back and make them realize what they're missing?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=900">RennieLorca</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Rainbow~ Did you ever really "have" them in the first place -- and if you did, have they ever really left? Being desirable starts with desiring yourself enough to be happy with yourself. Someone interesting, fun and confident is what you find you are drawn to, aren't you? Give yourself that person in you and see if he also wants you. If not, believe that there is someone out there who would love you far more and be highly attractive to you in return. You spend time searching, but believe it, Rainbow, that you will instead be found. I've seen couples fall in love after realizing they were smiling at the same things. Venture out and go smile at stuff ..... Rennie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Rainbow,<BR>
Concertrate on YOU, not this guy.  If you direct your energy towards getting to know what makes you happy, you'll be alot better off in the long run.  You could find a hobby, or strengthen your career, maybe go back to school.  Take a class or two for fun, if you want.  Anything you enjoy.  Once you put forth effort into yourself and what kind of person you want to be, you will get to know things about yourself that you didn't know before.  Take a time out for yourself.  Go to a spa, eat tons of chocolate, ANYTHING to pamper YOU.  You're special and unique, and you don't need to try to make someone love you or conform to their standards when you're fine the way you are.  After you build you confident up, this guy will try to catch your eye, instead of the other way around.  Who knows? Maybe by then you want even want or need him anymore, or you'll find someone who'll do a great job or loving you for you.  YOu can't make someone love you, you'll only get hurt.  Believe me, I've been there enough!  You can't change other people either, you can only change yourself for the better.  I mean this a concerned, friendly way, but do you love YOURSELF?  From some a lot of your works, you seem to lack confidence about yourself.  I'm rambling so much because when I first found the blender, your poetry caught my eye because I could relate to it. You're worthy of the best.<BR>
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Wishing I could help you feel better,<BR>
Kase  <BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Rainbow,<BR>
Sorry about all the typos above, maybe you can still make sense of it.  It's kinda hard to type with a three year old trying to "help" you.  He thinks he's "checking my mail on the 'puter (computer) Mommy"  A little thing like typos is small compared to the reason they're there!:)  He's great. <BR>
Kase
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=205">Violet</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Jon~  You got a laugh out of me.  :-)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=13">B.K.</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

OK Sushi, I'll admit I know very little about economics and or politics. I'm more like the little kid that points it's finger and says "THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES!" Or the one that points out that she knows a wooden head when she sees one and Cowboy Bob (Dick Cheney) and Howdy DOODEY (GB) run the country like they think we're the dummies not them.<BR>
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(My appologies to Barney Fife, and Cowboy Bob. I admired both more than I'll ever like Georgie Porgie and the bush-wackers)<BR>
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And Sushi everyone has their time of the month, men as well..but no this is not mine. If it were you and the wooden head would get twice the grief and then some.<BR>
<BR>
bk
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=23">Kirk</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Re: the feb contest...yeah, I'm planning on blndering this weekend, so entries should be in by then.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1050">Kase</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Sushi,<BR>
By the way, you said I'd "have to PAY to see your orginial shit" and that you wouldn't post any of your works because you think that they're so well written that someone might steal them. Well, I offered money and asked for a reference or even a pen name. None, nada, nothing.  DO you write anything at all?  Ironically, you just use others' work.  At least you give them credit.<BR>
   I have never claimed to be a great writer, or even a <BR>
remotely good one.  I write for myself, and I am thankful for any and all comments, good or bad, raving or bluntly harsh.  I also leave comments of my own, alas that's what this message board is primarily for.  Yes, some of us in this group do tend to get off the subject on occassion, but usually it does have something to do with some kind of love.  We discuss, and move on.  When you're involved, it tends to constantly linger  on your opinion, which is incancessantly shoved vilely and rudely down our throats. In other words, you won't even consider the other side of the coin.  Or simply, you're narrow minded in your opinions.<BR>
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As far as the menstural comment, I bet you never have one because you always seem to have the attitude that women get the week before.  Hence--- PMS.  Why so bitter at EVERYTHING in the world?  I've read back through your comments, (Lord knows you have no poetry to back up all your wonderfully constructive critism towards anyone that tries to conversate with you!) Your attitude is vile and rather, well, sad.  It's sad that someone is never happy.  I bet all your flowers wilt. Even that prickly cactus.  <BR>
Good day and adeu.<BR>
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Everyone else-- I'm truly sorry for rambling on so much, but sushi just gets under my skin at times.  I tried to joke with her, him, whatever "it" is, I tried to show an interest in her work, and I tried to be nice ("menstrual pleading") to no avail.  I am QUITE through now and I'm sorry to have kept on so long.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1119">Serenity</a><BR>
Date: 29 January 2003<P>

Hello everyone.  This is the first poetry site that I have submitted work to, and I hope I'm not going to embarass my self.  There seems to be overwhelming talent here and I'm a little nervous about posting my work.  The people that come here will almost be the ONLY people who have ever read anything I've written.  Any comments (even the bad ones, please be honest!!) are welcome and I would love to have other poets opinions.  Thank You.
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