Ngubani ozamile ukuthetha-thethana ngemibhobho kunye neTaliban EMVA kokuba beqhushumbe iiBuddha kwaye banyanzelisa iijuda ukuba zinxibe iinkwenkwezi zikaDavid? Ngubani osebenzela iHalliburton kunye neCarlyle Group xa beshiya iofisi (okanye baqhubeke nokubasebenzela ngelixa beseseofisini)? … Ngubani othintele kwaye athintele nakuphi na emva koPhononongo lokuSebenza malunga nento eyenzekileyo nge-9/11? Ngubani ozame ukuthintela ukwenziwa kweSebe lezoKhuseleko lwasekhaya? Ngubani ongagxothanga okanye ozisa uxanduva kuye UMNTU OYIMODA ngokusilela kobukrelekrele okwakhokelela kwi-9/11? Kodwa owona mbuzo ubaluleke kunayo yonke- NGUBANI OBENGUMONGAMELI WEENYANGA EZITHOBA PHAMBI KWE-SEPTEMBA 11? … UGeorge W. Bush.
[Kuthunyelwe kwiDailykos.com, nge-21 kaJuni 2003, ngo-10: 29 kusasa]
Ngubani othumele ezi zityholo zingasentla? Akukho namnye ngaphandle kukaWesley Clark Jr., umntwana jikelele. Unyana womgqatswa-we-mzuzu ngumlobi-skrini oneminyaka engama-33, uhlala e-LA, mfo mhle njengotata wakhe, uyabaleqa abeendaba.
Andifuni nje ukuba ngulomfo kumaphephandaba, utshilo uMnu Clark, ilizwi lakhe lingumxube we-Arkansas kunye negravel. Nditshatile, ndinosana ngoJanuwari, kwaye sifuna nje ubomi obuzolileyo, obulula. Ndingumbhali kuba andikuthandi ukuba loluntu lonke.
Kodwa ukuba ukhangela i-bloggy ether, uya kufumana ezinye zeemvakalelo zakhe kwiDailykos.com, isalon ye-wonks ye-liberal. Njengabaninzi beejunkies zeendaba, unemibono enamandla. Andazi nokuba ndiyephi ngaloo nto, utshilo uMnu Clark xa ebuzwa malunga ne-Iraq. Andiqondi ukuba ilizwe bekufanele ukuba lingene apho. Babengeyongxaki kuthi!
Umnumzana Clark wayekhe walijoni kwakanye kwaye akazithathi njengongqwabalala. Uthe ukhathazekile ukuba uBushco-isishwankathelo sakhe solawulo lwe-Bush kunye nabadibaniselwano bayo e-Halliburton, kwiQela le-Carlyle, njl-njl. Eli lizwe liphuma eweni. Kwaye baninzi abantu abanokubona ukuba sisuka eweni, kwaye kukho wonke umntu ophikisayo ngokupheleleyo, utshilo.
Impendulo? Utata, kunjalo!
Ndicinga ngokunyanisekileyo, ukuba kukho umntu oza kusombulula iingxaki zelizwe, uza kuyenza, utshilo uWes Jr. Bendimtyhala ukuba abaleke omelele ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na. Ndathi, ‘Jonga, ndisebenze emkhosini iminyaka emine, ubusebenza emkhosini iminyaka engama-32, awunakuya phambili wenze lento?’ Kwaye, uyazi, mhlawumbi ndaziva ndinetyala.
Oko kungatsho ukuba izimvo zikaWes Jr. zihlala zihleleleke kakuhle emva koyise. Ndoyama kude ngasekhohlo kunobawo, watsho, esongeza ukuba uvotele uRalph Nader kunyulo luka-2000.
Ubomi e-LA bebuhle kakhulu. Uthe uneeprojekthi ezine kuphuhliso ngoku kunye neWarner Brothers, Radiant Pictures, Robert Cort Productions kunye neThathu yoBugcisa boBugcisa. Omnye wabo, obizwa ngokuba yiCold Shelter, umalunga neCI. iarhente eya kwiMfazwe ebandayo iJamani ukuba ingene ngaphakathi kwiqela labantu ababi, kuphela ukubuza amaxabiso kurhulumente awayehlala esilwela ukuxhasa.
UWes Jr. wazalelwa eJacksonville, eFla., Ngelixa utata wakhe wayeseVietnam. Wakhulela kwiziseko zomkhosi kulo lonke elaseMelika naseYurophu ngexesha loMlo obandayo. Emva phayaa, wathi, wayengumntu othanda ukugcinwa, kuba xa ukhula emkhosini, ukhula nabo bonke abanye abantwana, kwaye luhlobo lwehlabathi elilondolozayo. Wenza iminyaka emine kwiSikolo saseGeorgetown seNkonzo yezaNgaphandle, iminyaka emine e-US Army. Kwaba semva kokuba ethathe umhlala-phantsi ngenxa yokudinwa kwakhe awathi umbono wakhe waqala ukunyibilika. Xa ndandineminyaka engama-22 ubudala, ndacinga ukuba ndiyazi yonke into malunga nehlabathi, kwaye andiyazi ngokwenene, watsho. I-Conservatism imalunga neemvakalelo, kuba ayenzi ngqondo kwaphela. Akunangqondo ukuba ungathanda ukuhlala kuluntu olunguDarwin-ngakumbi xa ungakholelwa kwindaleko.
Kodwa ezi zimvo zam nje; ayingotata wam, wongeze watsho. Kufana nokunikela ngeembumbulu kuKarl Rove ukuba ndivula umlomo wam kwaye ndithethe into engeyiyo! Ndiyathetha, kufuneka uqonde-andizange ndicinge ukuba utata uza kubaleka, nangosuku olungaphambi kokubhengezwa. Ke andikaze ndicinge ukuba ndiyakuba kwimeko apho amagama am aya kuchazwa.
Yintoni enokuthi ichaze ukuba kutheni ekhululekile ngehlobo ukuthumela kwiDailykos.com. Kwezi zithuba, wanikela ukuqaphela okubuhlungu kwi-Ofisi kaMongameli we-Bush, kunye nokuqonda okungaphakathi kwizikhundla zomgaqo-nkqubo kayise. Akayi kubaleka njengeRiphabhlikhi. AKAZI ukukhankasela i-VP slot, wabhala nge-9 kaJulayi. Ucacisile ukuba… uyazikhethela, nokuba uyinxalenye yenyani, ukuba uyinxalenye yomanyano, ukuba ikhowudi yetax kufuneka ihlale inenkqubela phambili, ukuba izisombululo zamazwe amaninzi kufuneka zifunyanwe nezokhuseleko zehlabathi, nokuba wayechasene nesigqibo sokuya emfazweni e-Iraq kwaye sifuna ukhuseleko lwentlalo olomeleleyo. Andazi ukuba zeziphi ezinye izikhundla abantu abafuna ukufumanisa ukuba yeyiphi indlela ayame ngayo kodwa kubonakala ngathi icacile kum.
Kungekudala, abakhangeli beWebhu baqala ukuzenza njengoWesley Clark Jr. kwaye basebenzela ezinye izidlo ezingathandekiyo kwiDailykos.com, kubandakanya nokutshintshiselana kunye nomntu othi ngu Howard Dean IV. Kulungile, ukuba utata wakho unzima kakhulu, kwakutheni ukuba achithe iminyaka yakhe eVietnam ebaleka e-Aspen ngelixa utata wam wathatha iimbumbulu ezine eVietnam? wahogela umkhohlisi we-Wes Jr.
Kude kube ngoku, igama lika-Wes Jr. liphakamise amashiya ambalwa e-L.A .. Abantu apha ngaphandle, abazi kwanto ngomkhosi ngaphandle kokuba bebekhona, utshilo. Ngaphambili, ukuba umntu ucinga, 'Heyi, ayinguye na lo mfana utata weNtloko yeNATO?', Bebeza kucinga ukuba ngumbutho weqonga laseMantla eMelika.
Kodwa ngoTata ovela njengembaleki yephambi kweDemokhrasi, etyhalelwe eludongeni nguClintonCo, uWes Jr. unokuba kumaxesha athile okuzama. Ubomi bakhe obuninzi, wayechithwe ngokufanelekileyo kukayise esidlangalaleni, nangona wayethandana nomfazi waseSerbia ngelixa uGeneral Clark wayewisa iibhombu eBelgrade, kwaye oko kwakunzima. Andikakwazi ukufumana isiphatho kuyo, utshilo.
-Lizzy Ratner
Ibanjwa okanye iManhattan engatshatanga?
Ngaba ucinga ukuba ungamgweba umntu kwintengiso yakho? Aba bantu balandelayo bathunyelwe ngu-A) kwisiXeko saseNew York – indawo engatshatanga kwiWebhusayithi yeNerve.com okanye B) abagwetyelweyo kwiWebhusayithi ye-Writaprisoner.com. Ngaba unokuqikelela ukuba zeziphi izixeko ezingatshatanga kwaye zeziphi ezivalelweyo?
1. I-Chemistry yinto ongenakuyiqikelela. Ngaba uziva ngathi yintlantsi okanye akunjalo. Oko kwathethi, ndikhangela umntu okrelekrele, onobubele, kwaye onomtsalane ngoburharha obukhawulezayo? Ndikhangela umntu onomdla ngokulinganayo. Ndiyathemba ukuba unolwazi malunga nobugcisa kunye nokufunda kakuhle.
2. Ndiyawuthanda umculo, ukuzoba, ukuhamba ekukhanyeni kwenyanga, ukuhlala nabantu nokuncokola, kunye nokuhlwa ngokuthandana naloo mntu ubalulekileyo. Ndiyathemba ukuba ndibambe ingqalelo yomntu, kwaye ndijonge phambili ukuva kuwe!
3. Ndiyapeyinta, ndizoba, ndisebenze ngamaplanga ndize ndicofe nje ngazo zonke iintlobo zamajongi. Ndiyathanda ukudibana nabantu abasebenza ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuphila, kunye nabantu abaphantsi komhlaba. Ndingumhlaza, ndinyanisekile kwaye ndiyinyani, ndinxele, umoya wasimahla uhlala ukonwabile. Hayi kwimidlalo okanye kubantu bobuxoki.
4. Ndikhangela umfo okhangeleka emhle engemhle-okwangoku ndikhangela ngakumbi ukuba i-chemistry ilungile… umntu okwaziyo ukuba nencoko emnandi nokuba sithini na isihloko. Andikho kwindawo yebar endicinga ukuba ayinabuntu. Andijonganga kuma ubusuku obunye, bendisandula ukuthandana kakhulu iminyaka emihlanu ephele malunga nonyaka. Andizukudlala imidlalo. Ndiyamthanda umntu onyanisekileyo nokuba uthini umphumo.
5. Ndizibona ndinobubele, ndinothando, ndinenkathalo, ndinolwazelelelo, ndinothando, kwaye ndiqonda kakhulu, ndinentliziyo ezaliswe luthando lokunika umntu okhethekileyo. Ndijonge ukudibana nabantu abatsha abavela kuzo zonke iindlela zobomi, ukuba babelane ngeengcinga, iimvakalelo, izimvo, umdla, kwaye ngethemba lokuba ngabahlobo. Ngexesha lam lokuphumla ndiyakonwabela ukufunda, ikhompyuter, iPlaystation, ukubhala, nokumamela umculo. Ndiyabuthanda ubusuku obunemvula, imvula, iingxangxasi, kunye nokuhamba kwenyanga elunxwemeni. Umbala wam endiwuthandayo ubomvu kwaye intyatyambo endiyithandayo yiroses. Ndingumntu wokomoya.
6. Ungahamba uyokudanisa kude kube ngesifingo ukonwabele imyuziyam? Ngaba uzimisele ukuzama izinto ezintsha ngamava kuphela. Ngaba ukhathazeke kakhulu ngokuba nguwe kunokuba abanye bacinga. Ngaba ungumntu kwaye awuyonxalenye nje yesihlwele. Ngaba unamabali okwenza ukuba ube ngubani. Ngaba uyayiqonda into yokuba wonke umntu uneziphoso kwaye angabathanda ngokufanayo. Ngaba uyayiqonda into yokuba sihamba kube kanye kobu bomi kwaye sifuna ukwenza okona kulungileyo.
7. Ndifuna ukwazi ukuba ungonwaba na, okwam okanye okwakho. Ukuba ungadanisa kunye ne-wildness kwaye uvumele u-ecstasy akugcwalise kwiingcebiso zeminwe yakho kunye neenzwane ngaphandle kokusixwayisa ukuba silumke, sinyaniseke, sikhumbule umda wokuba ngumntu. Ndifuna ukwazi ukuba ungahlala nentlungu, eyam okanye eyakho, ngaphandle kokuhamba ukuyifihla, ukuyiphelisa, okanye ukuyilungisa. Ukuba uyakwazi ukuthanda ngaphandle komgwebo, khangela iminqweno yakho, kwaye uvule umphefumlo omnye. Ukuba unakho ngoko ndinguye ‘ndinguye.’ Isimemo sam sitywiniwe kuwe, vula ukuba uyathanda. Ndingumntu othanda inkanuko, ndineminyaka engama-25 ubudala ndifuna ubunzulu bobomi nothando kunye nolonwabo olungaphaya kwenyani.
8. ubukhulu becala ndikwishishini lokutyela, kodwa eyona nto ndiyithandayo ibhulorho. Ndiyinkosi yobomi, utitshala oqinisekisiweyo, umlawuli oqinisekisiweyo, kwaye ndinika izifundo zeklasi nezangasese. Ndikwabhala amabali amafutshane kunye nonyango lweemovie. Ndingumntu onentliziyo entle onabantwana abanothando.
9. Ndiyinto ehlekisayo, ndimde, ndimhle, ndinomtsalane kwaye ndinomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Ubuhle kunye nengqondo kwiphakeji enye. Kwaye abahlobo bam abaninzi bathi ndimhle ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndingaba ngu-Miss China, kodwa uya kuba ngumgwebi.
10. Ndiyindoda enyanisekileyo enoburharha. Ndijikelezwe kakuhle kwaye ndinokubamba incoko kwizihloko ezahlukeneyo. Ndivulele ngokwakho, ndimamele.
11. Ndivulekile engqondweni, ndinamancoko, kwaye ndinentliziyo efudumeleyo. Ndiyakonwabela ukuzoba, imiboniso yobugcisa, ukubhala, umculo, ukubaleka, ezemidlalo, iimovie zeklasikhi, ukupheka, ukuloba, imisebenzi yangaphandle, iintsuku ezinethayo, kunye nokuhlwa okuzolileyo. Ndinoburharha kwaye ndinomtsalane kubuntu.
Ndiyindoda ehloniphayo, enenkathalo, ethembekileyo, ezinikeleyo, kwaye enothando ekonwabelayo ukonwabisa abanye njengam. Ndiyakuthanda ukufunda, ukubhala, iyoga kunye nokuzilolonga. Ndifuna umntu obhinqileyo ovuthiweyo othembekileyo, othetha kakhulu, ezantsi emhlabeni, kwaye onoburharha, kwaye uqinisekile kulo lonke ukhetho alwenzayo ebomini.
13. Ndikhangela indoda eyomeleleyo (ngengqondo), enoburharha, ehamba ngokulula kunye novakalelo.
14. Mna ke, ndiyathanda ukonwaba, iimbaleki, kwaye (ndiyathanda ukucinga) ndikrelekrele. Ndiyakuthanda ukuphakamisa iintsimbi nokudlala imidlalo eyahlukeneyo. Ndiyakonwabela ukubetha kunye nokudanisa. Unxweme, inkampu kunye nekhasino zezinye izinto endinazo. Ndihlala ndikulungele ukuzama into entsha.
IIMPENDULO
1. ENew York ongatshatanga. 2. Ibanjwa (uqhekezo). 3. Ibanjwa (ukubulala). 4. ENew York ongatshatanga. 5. Ibanjwa (ukuthengisa icocaine). 6. ENew York ongatshatanga. 7. Ibanjwa (ukhuthuzo olubi). 8. Ibanjwa (elikwinqanaba lesibini lokubulala). 9. ENew York engatshatanga. 10. ENew York engatshatanga. 11. Ibanjwa (ukuzama ukuqhekeza, isidanga sesibini). 12. Ibanjwa (ukubulala). 13. ENew York engatshatanga. 14. Ibanjwa (ukuqhekeza nokungena).
-Ken Moy
Isikhokelo sohambo
Andinakukhathalela iIreland, nangona ndisiqingatha seIreland. Ngapha koko, andinamdla WOKUHAMBA ndwendwela naliphi na ilizwe okanye ilizwekazi, ngaphandle kokuba ndihlawulwa. Ngaphandle kweJapan, Thailand, Tahiti… hayi, i-Indonesia ayikho kuluhlu. ‘Cinga kukho abantu abaphambeneyo apho abafuna ndibhubhe. Mhlawumbi-MHLAWUMBI-ndiza kujonga iNgilani ngenye imini. Ndenze iRoma-iintsuku ezisibhozo zazingaphezulu. Izinto ezingaqhelekanga zobuKomanisi. EParis? Uninzi lwamava angalibalekiyo ngaphandle kwepaki entle endiye kuyo (Central Park yakhabaza iesile layo) kuxa ndaye ndalahla ibhidi, emva koko ndabeka ibhegi ndaza ndayiphosa ngefestile. Ndiyathemba ukuba isekhona. Iintsuku zam ezintathu eGstaad zazibuhlungu nangona ndandibetha umongikazi. I-Bahamas, yayikhe yalapho amatyeli amathathu, yafumana kancinci unonkala. ICanada neAlaska, ngokuqinisekileyo, uthando. Mekhsikho? Nyisa lonto. Amazantsi Emelika? Ukungalunganga. Afrika? Hayi, soze. Ulahlekile unyaka wam we-15 wokuphinda uhlangane kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye nomtshato womhlobo wam olungileyo kuba andivanga kangako ngokuya eConnecticut. Yabona, ndiyathanda ukuhamba umgama wephedi yam kunye nekati yam. Ostreliya? Ndingathanda ukuchitha iiveki ezimbini eMangcwabeni. Ndipholile ngeNew York City, Kansas kanye ngonyaka, L.A. qho emva kweminyaka emithathu.
-George Gurley
