Pirates of Montreal

Sometimes I feel like Montreal is a boat I ride in.

I watch passing ships sailing underneath the floating moonlight

Old waves lap at the deck,

A bird cries out, betrayed.

There are no elephants here,

No elephants at all.

A calm breeze sweeps across the water

Fading,
             fading,

                         like the gentle night.

DEMOCRACY

We should vote on issues, not for people.  Politicians should be instruments of public will.  We should never have to go to war unless we are made to feel directly culpable for it by having a referendum.  This is getting so ridiculous I want to vomit up my brain and turn it into something more useful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY_8UNYafxU&feature=g-all-u