Henry Rollins, Ladies and Gentlemen

My first concert when I was 16 was a triple headliner tour of Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill and Rollins Band. That was in 1991 and five years after the deactivation of Black Flag.

Now he writes a column for Vanity Fair. How weird.

Well, he’s still got it, folks.

John Boehner, he’s a piece of work. Get to John when you can and remind him that the Declaration of Independence is one thing and the Constitution is another. He says he carries a copy with him. I actually do carry a copy of the Constitution with me wherever I go and I was listening on the radio as he read the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence as the preamble of the Constitution. Wait a minute, I’m just a high school graduate without a fake tan, and I was able to pick that out. And you know, no one behind him, if you watch the footage, no one is even wrinkling their brow going “Wait a minute, he got it wrong.” No one in the crowd—tea partiers, who love the constitution—none of them are saying “Hey wait a minute coach, you got that one wrong.” They’re just nodding and going “Hell yeah, get your government hands off my Medicare!” So I’m sure I do get hate mail from these people.

via Cincinnati Magazine.

ACLU Slaps SM for – Wait for It – Ticketing the Homeless?

Within the greater Los Angeles homeless “community” the city of Santa Monica is known as a relative refuge from the rest of the area. The city offers a rare combination of tolerance and personal safety for those living on the street.

Beach cities in general tend to be much safer than other parts of the city. But among those who spend nights outdoors, cities like Manhattan Beach and Malibu have deserved reputations as actively hostile towards transients who appear in their towns.

Unfortunately, it seems the reason the ACLU has taken notice of Santa Monica is because of its deserved reputation as a haven.

This complaint is comparable to claiming that hospitals are dangerous because there are more people dying in them.

Homeless people can find compassion at the beach – latimes.com.