Point Au Chene Media Bus

The Bus is providing this free kitchen with internet access so they can continue feeding those in need in the deep Bayou. The people who populate this area have been here for hundreds of years, they are indigenous. They receive NO HELP from the government because the government would like them to move, they can not move without loosing their oil and mineral rights and they can not exploit their oil and mineral rights because the government/corporations don't want red skins to profit.

Also pictured... Felipe's bus and EveryBody's Kitchen.

I made it to Galveston

... All I can say is... I've made a lot of bad choices lately.
I have not yet ventured outside of the bus, but I've driven most of the Island and it looks like they've got it under control. I'm not feeling very needed here. The satellite is useless as I've got cell phone coverage and my broadband internet card works everywhere.

I saw 2 Free Meal Christian operations on the way in even though the grocery stores, bars & restaurants are almost all open. Some of the island had random electricity but those going without would appear to be "second" homes.

I suppose I'll know more when I decide to get out of the bus, but at the moment I'm not feeling very social. I spent the entire night editing my last RNC video regarding the harassment of the bus in St.Paul. I'm going to start preparing it for the internet now and take a nap.

Maybe this is my beach vacation...

Pack'n up & Heading for the Hot Springs

We're headin' out from the Gathering today. We've picked up a rider, Asaf. Turns out Asaf knows alot of my friends and he's considering sticking around for the conventions. But for now we're all heading off to the hot springs to soak up some clean & warmness.

We've got about a 250 mile drive after we pack up and the 1st 20 miles is on some rough dirt road.

The clean up process at the Gathering has been a little disturbing not for the lack of people staying to clean up but for the idiots that left a lot of crap out here in the pristine wilderness. We saw a 30 inch television sitting by the road waiting to hauled out... It is quite telling of our society when someone decides they need a 30 inch television to commune with nature and god...

To Hell With the Primaries

Prediction :
Based on Voting Machine Inconsistencies in New Hanpshire :
As Well As Other Electorial Shinanigans:

Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney

will be your either or choice in November.

The time has past for serious attempts at "waking people up" anyone still sleeping could only be viewed as you might a crack head... it's a shame, but what can you do about it... nothing... they won't get help (ie start rethinking the status quo) until they hit rock bottom.

So with that in mind and some forward thinking in regard to preparing for my upcoming 4 month journalist hell ride begining in June... (events to be released at a later time)... I'm bagging the primaries AND THIS YEARS WAR ANNIVESARY IN DC in favor of focusing on starting a new life in New Orleans w/skinnychef and taking the time to get the bus right for its purpose.

I'm back in Slidell. The BioLiberty project is expanding to process thousands of gallons of veggie oil a month and geothermal training/experimenting has begun.

I finally got my 3 deep cycle batteries hooked up to recharge from the alternator... they were drained and I want to use them Fat Tuesday Eve so I'm idling.. which is nice because I have heat as well. I'll be redesigning the interior of the NOmadjik Bus soon (enough) to create more comfortable sleeping spaces and more work/hang space. So, I'm donating 3 bus seats to Gordon's new Bus project which will be a mobile bio diesel processing facility and kitchen; also intended to be a first responder for future natural disasters.

skinnychef is looking to unburden herself of 2 dogs she rescued from drowning in the creek behind her home. If you know anyone near Texas that would like a medium sized playful dog.. she's got 2.. I would just load both of them up and give them to my aunts in WV... but these dogs deserve better. :P
videos 1, 2, 3

I hope to utilize my new video projector during the evening on Fat Tuesday to have an impromptu guerilla projection/dance party mixing video of Mardis Gras with hurricane footage and relief work. It would seem the only hold up could the possibility of not being able to remove the bus from the swamp I'm currently parked in.. it's been raining alot.

I'll be filming the Mardis Gras festivities and can't wait to put out the inevitable video...
"Super Fat Tuesday"

I'm a Burn Out

Looks like I've hit the wall so to speak.

I'm in South Carolina and having NO LUCk with finding the campaign events and finding parking close enough to them to cover them. ALSO, i've been hit with a strong wave of "why am i doing this?" As someone who knows the voting system IS fraudulent... as someone who knows that both parties are representing the corporations regardless of what they say publicly... basicaly, I don't know why I here; so the motivation necessary to overcome the daily hurdles .. just isn't there right now.

I was to attend a Huckabee rally this morning but couldn't get the bus parked anywhere near the resort and if i had there would have been issue with "walking" onto the resort... I don't even have questions for these clowns that will get an answer out of them anyway. Imagine: "Mr. Huckabee. You don't believe in evolution, you want to quarentine AIDS patients and re write the constitution to reflect YOUR gods law... What The Fuck's Wrong With You, Sir?! and How the Hell Could You be a Front Runner with Such Views?!"

i dunno.. it might be fun... but is it worth it?... i dunno.

The cold is probably at fault with my attitude. I'm still sick from New Hampshire. It snowed on me yesterday for the first time.. (South Carolina). I'm ready to be warm .. maybe northern Florida will be better.

I was fairly disappointed with the number of views the New Hampshire videos got ..But it appears someone is trying to fuck with my websites again (which is always a good sign of doing something right). I picked up 1,600 new email subscribers YESTERDAY. it's bullshit.. either a glitch in the rss feed system OR Someone Signed up 1,600 people to recieve emails that they DIDn't Want.

However, if you google New Hampshire Primary Vote Fruad... guess who ya find..

One more item in this string ramblings...
I just found out that the $1,500 donation processed trough Deep Dish Tv at what was suppose to be 3% which turned into 6% and took over a week to put in the bank has .. are ready for this?... IT BOUNCED! ta daaaahhhh! I have 30 dollars 1/4 tank of diesel and 15 gallons of oil.

I think it's time to go to the beach.

I Burned Vegetables Today!

The bus has been running great since the new fuel pump.. But NOT At ALL on Vegetable Oil.

When the last fuel pump blew up the mechanics and I agreed to just by pass the veggie fuel lines so skinnychef and I could get to New Orleans on time. I neglected to film or eyeball the fuel selection valve hosing before they dismantled it.

So, I thought I might have hosed the diesel in and the common out .. backwards; when I hosed it after installing the new fuel pump. I called GreaseCar to determine if the bus would run properly on diesel if they were hosed backwards.. they said it would.

Today I flipped the hoses for diesel in and the common out on the valve and
THE VEGGIE SYSTEM RAN PERFECTLY. Problems. Solved. Damnit!

The most important lesson I've learned in the last couple months of bio/diesel mechanic school is to eliminate the simplest possibilities first.

Waiting for Godot

Gordon and I rode into the lower 9th ward where he's been clearing lots to save displaced residents from being fined a 100 bucks a day for not knocking down their weeds... We went there 2 bloack from where the leeve breached to watch a play... in the street.. performed by the Classic Theatre of Harlem.. they set up about 500 seats in bleachers. A thousand or more showed up for the FREE theatre and Gumbo probably 80% white and 50% yuppie. Much like the government relief, Godot never came. It was a culturally significant event, no doubt, but it was also quite possibly the call to arms for gentrifying the 'hood. Many joke about handin' them white folks a hammer when they walked in an puttin' em to work. For many it was their first visit to the lower 9.. it was dark, so they didn't have to see anything "bad", cops lined the streets so they felt safe and after all, it's Becket..