July 2010

About F’ing time! Justice prevails!

The cameras have been shut down and now if we can dismantle our unconstitutional code enforcement system things my start getting better;

At 2:30 p.m., Police Chief Doug Barthel announced that the automated system would be shut down indefinitely while the city awaits a final ruling in a 2006 lawsuit filed by Sioux Falls businessman I.L. Wiedermann.

This is a MASSIVE constitutional victory for the citizens of SF. Remember, this isn’t about running red lights and safety, this is about due process and your rights. You should be able to face your accuser in a court of law.

While I.L. Wiedermann is a little rough around the edges, I have defended him before, a week after he almost got thrown out of a council meeting, I showed up to the meeting and chastised the mayor about first amendment rights and told him and the council if they can’t take criticism they should resign. When I sat down, a plain clothes PO hovered over me, I turned around and gave him a dirty look, and he walked off. I.L. and Dan Daily have sacrificed a lot for our rights, and they deserve a big ‘Thank You’. Whether you agree or not, the US Constitution is there to protect you from big brother.

South DaCola poetry club with Steve B. (a poem about me)

The Artist: Scott Ehrisman

What in Hell is wrong with you, boy?

All that slimy, oozing, wriggling

Stuff inside your soul ralphed out, framed,

Hung on a wall IN PUBLIC.  What

Were you thinking?  Yeah, the answer

Is already framed.  I’ve got a

Printout of that brunette with her

Cigarette and heels, but I hide

It where my wife won’t find it—I

Keep things decent.  You shouldn’t stick her

In a collage with strippers and

Put it in a gallery.  And

There: a flying pig in papier

Mache! Pork on the wing—it’s just

Wrong.  Someone should tell your mother.

Copyright © 2010 Steve B.  All rights reserved.

A day late and a dollar short; South DaCola Movie Club with, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford.”

I saw this 2007 film by accident yesterday on AMC.

If Jesse James interests you at all, this is worth watching. Casey Affleck as Ford is an incredible performance. The historical side notes are informative. The filmography is very artistic, every scene reminds me of a Andrew Wyeth painting.

And the demons that James chases is well-played by Pitt. Was he a modern day Robin Hood or a murderer? One wonders. The movie leaves the viewer questioning his intentions.