by Cynthia Cone If one good thing has come from my mother’s death, I would say that in the wake of her passing I have somehow managed to find a deeper meaning to my own life. My mother and I had a very complicated yet symbiotic relationship. Being the child of an alcoholic is not…
The emperor has no clothes, throwing rocks from his glass house. Atop his ivory towers, watching each quiet church mouse. Oppressing the subjects with his greedy dictates of self-serving proclamations for power. Thieving slight of hand from behind his holy veil; sanctimonious stench, sheep-skinned wolf, thorny dying flower. The royal lighthouse goes dim, but the…
by Cynthia Cone The problem with movements is that movements start to lose, I think quite often, sight of humanity, of human beings as individuals. – Ian Mackaye While I believe that the intended end results of certain social movements are necessary, especially in a world where evolution is constantly taking place, I also agree…
“Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion.” ~ Mark Twain “If you are really bothered by gay people getting married, you’re an asshole. End of fucking story.” ~ Joe Rogan I served as a squad leader in the U.S. Army Infantry, including a combat tour during the early stages of the…
As a general rule, or perhaps guideline, we don’t repost articles from other sites here at Chaos Section; Our stories are all original works by members of our little family. But in the case of Tomas Young’s letter, I felt that we had to make an exception. I think that it’s important for Tomas’s words…
Clergyman, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones. ~ Ambrose Bierce Is it a sporting event or the Academy Awards? Perhaps a little of both with a touch of a presidential race and American Idol thrown in. Whatever the case, picking the next…
Sexual repression, legislating morality, and censorship; pillars of the sanctimonious do-gooders who have given us laws against oral and anal sex, prohibition of alcohol and the war on drugs, and the muzzling of artists and songs such as Garth Brooks’ The Thunder Rolls music video, Madonna’s Justify My Love, Sinead O’Connor from SNL for criticizing…
Recently, some grassroots Tennesseans began organizing a Medical Cannabis & Industrial Hemp Awareness Day for Tuesday, March 5th. An event has been created on facebook, hosted by Aaron Elijah Colyer. The description for the event reads as follows: “Tennesseans for Medical Cannabis NOW and TN NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) will be meeting up at…
Busybully: One who officiously seeks out people over whom and situations in which to employ coercive leverage, such as state power/government authority, as a self-appointed absolute arbiter of some idea of justice and/or equality, etc. (belligerent agitator, bellicose instigator, truculent authoritarian, domineering meddler, pious intruder, autocratic butt-in, know-it-all crusader, nosy nazi) i.e. The neo-conservative religious…
Several years ago my friend Diane handed me a book, saying, “I know you’re a fan of Henry Rollins, and I thought you might like this.” Little did she know how much I needed to read that book and I am quite sure, as dramatic as it may sound, she had no idea it would…
“Fool me once… Shame on you… fool me twice, ya can’t get fooled again”. ~George W Bush Lately, I am hearing everyone complain about the government—mainly about Barack Obama, to be more specific. And while I agree with the anger and points they make, I hear very little about what they would do differently. Now,…
by Cynthia Cone When I tell people I spent two years in a New York State prison, the reaction is usually the same: disbelief. I certainly don’t “look” like a convicted felon, and I most definitely don’t carry myself like one. But the cold hard truth is, I am one. For better or worse, till…
“What in the Wide World of Sports is a-goin’ on here?” ~ Taggart in Blazing Saddles Our sports update begins with a story from the “Here’s A Shovel To Help Dig Your Hole” Department at Chaos Section. Manti Te’o, the Notre Dame linebacker scammed by an on-line girlfriend who died then came back to life,…
A Key Notion in Both PTSD Recovery and Citizen Activism You know you should be asleep. The more you stress over it, the more difficult it becomes to go to sleep. All the proper sleep hygiene techniques have been applied. The windows are totally blacked out and the gentle hum of a fan is all…
