Driving with Dallas

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2010-02-17T18:55:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2010-01-21T06:01:00.000-05:00

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Burning Man

2009-09-29T20:35:00.000-04:00

Cell phones at burning man

2009-08-26T16:51:00.001-04:00

My .02

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Update from Marquette

2009-08-23T17:43:00.001-04:00

Quick check in from the U.P.

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Mobile Update

2009-07-24T19:15:00.001-04:00

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It's time like these

2009-06-05T03:39:00.001-04:00

Live from WAX.

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Audio ramble

2009-05-15T17:51:00.001-04:00

A little update.

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Save the Truck

2009-05-13T02:29:00.002-04:00

Audio blog update

2009-05-08T00:42:00.001-04:00

My usual rambling...

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Anonymous comment

2009-04-16T19:40:00.000-04:00

Someone just sent a comment saying I am a hypocrite because I drive on roads and protest personal income tax and out of control spending.

Do the understand how roads get paid for under what budgets and what taxes are used (local and state taxes, gas, tolls, etc)?

Probably not. Just an ignorant remark, hiding behind a 'no-name' face.

Republicans "TeaBagging"

2009-04-15T22:34:00.001-04:00

All the distracting sexual innuendos aside... it's sad how the media has co-opted this very real, spontaneous citizen movement and taken over the story to portray it as a republican or conservative based slam on Obama.

I thought protesting the arguably unconstitutional income tax is more along the lines of the same tyranny and oppression that united us in the first place. In fact, I don't know why we all fall prey to the ideology that a 2-party system is all that there is. In all actuality, there is only ONE party running this show, really...RepubliCrat, as some have called it. This fake left-right/liberal-conservative paradigm keeps us in competitive mode... better for civil strife, division and unrest than allow us time to figure out their game and actually step outside of it.

Then again, the Dept of Homeland Security does pay attention to those who stray outside the gated community, even calling out specifically for those who support 3rd party candidates. How sad is that? http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94803

However, millions upon millions of Americans and freedom lovers worldwide are opening their minds and waking up to the stark reality that is upon us... not quite critical mass or enough to topple the propaganda machines and remove the shawdowy gov't running the show, but it's still hope on the horizon....and NOT the kind of hope you sell on a t-shirt or in a campaign slogan.

Fire at the House

2009-04-07T16:28:00.003-04:00

Ok... so not really a five alarm situation. Just some of my favorite friends over for a party I hosted. Here, Samantha and Lauren get things sizzling hot with their performance.

On the way to the horned ball 5

2009-04-04T22:20:00.001-04:00

An audio blog of babble. Enjoy.

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Mobile Update

2009-03-11T17:38:00.001-04:00

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This One Time at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

2009-03-04T11:24:00.001-05:00

Walking Houston

2009-02-17T09:42:00.001-05:00

Absolutely mindless.

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A Cold Nothing

2009-01-31T16:47:00.001-05:00

Frigid greetings from NYC

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Fiddling while Rome Burns

2009-01-28T22:25:00.003-05:00

I am sitting here now at the Continental Bar on 3rd Avenue and St. Marks in Manhattan, sucking down shots of Makers Mark, eating free pizza and surfing the 'net...fiddling while Rome burns.

I read a recent email from CampaignForLiberty.com talking about my home state of Michigan and the opportunity to be a delegate at the state GOP conventions and to influence the future direction of our country.

I never thought of myself as being a democrat or a republican. However, after the 2008 primaries and learning about Ron Paul, I realized a couple things. One is that our country is Constitutional Republic, not a democracy. Also, I began to think about what that means... what the Constitution represents...which is to be the guiding document and rule of law which limits the government as to how it operates.

Our current political paradigm caters only to the two party system. Independents and progressives have very little impact, get no press and even less vote. At this stage, you have to pick one side to play on in order to engage the system. Since we are a Republic and given that the word "democracy" doesn't even appear in our founding documents, it seems that the Grand Old Party is the one of choice if we are to jump into the fray.

So... the reason I write this short note is to wake myself up to the possibility of a higher responsibility. We think voting every 4 years somehow magically makes things happen. When, in my opinion and possibly in fact, the leaders are already hand picked for us as part of an illusion of choice. A huge game of good cop/bad cop. How easy is it for a "democrat" to be elected after 8 years of the Bush fiasco? Anything is better than Bush, right? Democrats will save us from the evil republicans, right?

Is Obama the "One"? Will he be our savior and fix it all? In my humble opinion, no. He won't. In fact, after limited research into his rhetoric vs. his voting record and his cabinet appointments and affiliations, one can easily see he is marching to the beat of the bankers, the elite and their goal towards a one world government...a New World Order as they call it.

I could quote and site examples, but the only way for you to realize this is to open your mind and do your own research. I can't do it for you. Nobody can. You can either watch CNN, suck at the teets of big government/big brother, hoping for change, chanting "yes we can!" or you can wake up to the Truth and start to take action. My form of action is education, information spreading and trying to provoke thought. My methods may be a little rough, but my intent is True.

So, Rome is burning. I am fiddling, getting drunk. I should be in Michigan. I should be at conventions talking about our ideals, our beliefs in a country that allows individual freedoms, has a sound monetary practices (NO FED! NO CENTRAL BANK!) and a humble non-interventionist foreign policy.

I am frustrated. It feels at times like there is nothing I can do. But I won't stop thinking about it, reading and researching, talking to fellow citizens and striving to keep our country free from a global government that would have us submit to a single authority.

Our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing. They knew that Britain was building and empire. They designed a framework for us to follow that would keep us free. It has been perverted. We most protect and defend it! That is my oath! As an American, it is should be yours as well. Together, we can restore this Republic and begin to rebuild our country again.

sushi party update

2009-01-26T21:15:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2009-01-25T23:18:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2009-01-21T23:29:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2009-01-19T23:43:00.001-05:00

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live from Freedom's Ring NYC

2009-01-19T21:51:00.001-05:00

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House of Yes, Lady Circus wow them!

2009-01-18T04:01:00.001-05:00

What a show! Bravo!

A weary wanderer makes his way back to the train after seeing standing room only performances of Mickey Western and Lady Circus present the Rusty Gun Saloon at the Sky Box in the House of Yes.

Speechless! A must attend!

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kayti's midnight birthday moment

2009-01-15T00:18:00.001-05:00

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The Truck is back... almost

2009-01-12T21:15:00.001-05:00

After spending hours at the Brooklyn Dept of Finance to wait for my number to be called and to see clerks, processors, supervisors, judges, senior judges, back to the other window people and so on.

Also after spending hours re-arguing my case, traveling on the B57 bus back and forth twice from the tow pound and downtown... I finally got tired and surrendered to their request to have me pay my back fines of $233.

The summons that was ticketed for where my disabled truck had died, and resulted in them looking me up for past fines, was dismissed due to technicality. They listed my vehicle type as "SUBN", when it is indeed registered as "P/U", a pickup. This resulted in the no charge "N/C" dismissal of the normal $185 plus $20 per day storage fees normally incurred to retrieve a vehicle from the NYPD Tow Pound. So that saved me $185.

However, when it was ticketed, they also marked it as a "targeted tow". This is a program in the city dept of finance that allows them to tow you if you are parked illegally and also have over $100 of "in judgment" unpaid parking tickets.

Normally, if you have unpaid tickets under $350, nothing happens. If you go over that limit (as stipulated on the NY Finance website), your vehicle "may be subject to tow."

Usually, at that level, the tow can be from a legal parking spot as well. Private contractors can drive around neighborhoods, looking at plates and running a list. When these guys tow you as an NYPD "marshal" representative, they charge you more than a $300 "tow charge" before you can get your car back. Not the mere $178 city charge. What a lucrative gig, this towing business.

I look up my license plate all the time to manage my tickets and make sure I am not over $350 and eligible for towing marshal pickup. But, like they told me, there is some rule that allows them to look you up for plus $100 and execute a "target tow".

I argued that since the original infraction for illegal parking, upon which all the resulting actions were predicated, is judged to be dismissed and deemed invalid, then all resulting rules and decisions are indeed non valid and unenforceable.

Therefore, the New York Department of Finance cannot enforce action on me to pay my back tickets per their "targeted tow" rules because the reason for the tow was nullified. I should have been free and clear to simply retrieve my truck, while containing to maintain my responsibility to eventually pay the $233 in back fines.

I finally waived my hands in surrender to the clerk that had offered me all the people she knew of that could make a decision in my favor. She acknowledged my valiant efforts, but neither she nor any other were convinced on my logical analysis of technical grounds for dismissal of the enforcement.

So, now the truck sits in Queens... waiting for the garage to tell me what is wrong with it. And how much it will cost??

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soho loft accordian

2009-01-11T04:53:00.001-05:00

and i have a little eye make up going on

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Mobile Update

2009-01-11T04:40:00.001-05:00

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12th floor snowball

2009-01-10T14:40:00.001-05:00

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stood up by nypickup.com customer

2009-01-10T12:44:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2009-01-10T12:06:00.001-05:00

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The day from hell

2009-01-09T17:09:00.001-05:00

What a nightmare!

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the truck is towed!!

2009-01-09T15:44:00.001-05:00

it gets worse

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major truck troubles

2009-01-09T15:37:00.001-05:00

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NYE Photo

2009-01-08T11:56:00.001-05:00

From Joe Che's Flickr set.

Mobile Update

2009-01-06T12:21:00.001-05:00

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Favorite falafel

2009-01-05T21:35:00.001-05:00

What an amazing meal on this pita!

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Further down the road audio blog

2009-01-05T11:59:00.001-05:00

How about my own docu reality show this year?

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live jazz from the bowery NYC

2009-01-04T19:56:00.001-05:00

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9/11 Truth Seeking is Painful

2009-01-03T15:17:00.001-05:00

Spending time at ground zero, asking tough questions and seeking answers is not always as simple as handing out a few fliers.

Sometimes, the reality of it all touches you very deeply....

But it doesn't stop the quest for Truth.

With Love and Respect,

Dallas

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What is "Home"?

2009-01-03T11:04:00.003-05:00

Some people have asked me what it's like to be "homeless". That makes me wonder.... what is "home"? Is your house your home? Is a home a physical place? Is home a state of mind or a sense of well being? Is home where your Heart is?

One thing I've said about my recently radical mobile living experiment is that "when your truck is your bedroom, the rest of the world is your living room." As such, I tend to feel at home just about everywhere I roam.

My choice to live sans rent/mortgage as a sort of zero sum urban survival game is certainly exhilarating at a purely sport level. You learn more about yourself when you are not caught up in the engines of commerce, capitalism and commercialism. Giving my time to a job to pay rent is easily achievable. Not working and keeping time free for experience, observation, awareness, and reflection...that takes some real effort. But the rewards come in measures other than material wealth or disposable income. They appear in the apprecation for the little things, as they say. They come from the forming and furthering of new friendships that might not have happended if I was head down in an office creating more efficent ecommerce engines as in previous lives.

Yet, even when I lived a traditional life, there was a longing....a desire to reunite...to go Home. That's why I don't feel that home is a physical space. It's a mental plane. It's a platitude of existence within your mind that allows you to be content and at peace. The Now that is around you happens only once, and if you are too distracted by the demands of this society to pay attention, you might just miss it all.

I get the notion that there are many "lost" and wandering souls in this time on this planet. That we are all feeling, to some extent, disconnected from our true source of origin more so than ever before in human history.

We occupy the space of our lives with many "things", people, activities and experiences, but to what avail? Sure, we can find fulfillment for the senses, but where is the deeper meaning?

This is not to say that I (or we) don't have moments of "aha" where things align perfectly. When the sun creates a glistening eye, the flower bows gently to the breeze, and a peace settles in to the Now to remind us of the profound connectedness that we share to all of it.

In our separateness, in our ego's desire to be distinct and unique...we see one another, but lose sight of who we all are collectively. Perhaps striking a balance between polishing your own facet of the whole, while appreciating the grand beauty of the diamond of our combined lives allows the proper perspective to be maintained.

Yet, I return to the wanderer in me, the traveler that, although loves this planet and feels comfortable on it, still wonders if he is really Home. Will we be Home when we are finally reunited beyond physical space and time? Is this dimension only a stopping ground, a leaping pad to a higher vibrational existence that is yet to come?

Back to Earth.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE to have my own place... a space to host my friends, entertaining and making them feel adored and appreciated. I do miss that and will likely return to that existence when the time and proper opportunity presents itself.

Until then, I keep driving... searching, looking for the answers, seeking the Truth... longing for our Home. Feel free to hop in for the ride, there's room on board.

Friday night steam

2009-01-02T18:30:00.000-05:00

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need sleep in 2009

2009-01-01T08:09:00.001-05:00

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video update from Mysteries of Creation prep

2008-12-31T13:21:00.000-05:00

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Mobile Update

2008-12-30T10:07:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Update

2008-12-28T16:56:00.001-05:00

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changing license plates

2008-12-28T13:02:00.001-05:00

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key west juggler

2008-12-28T11:57:00.000-05:00

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Clark sprays paint in Key West

2008-12-28T11:55:00.000-05:00

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key west video greeting

2008-12-28T11:34:00.001-05:00

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live from the road

2008-12-27T14:46:00.001-05:00

http://drivingwithdallas.com/

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Mobile Update

2008-12-26T13:31:00.001-05:00

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Mobile Video Greeting

2008-12-26T12:41:00.001-05:00

Quick howdy do from St. Pete Beach

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Mobile Road Report

2008-12-24T22:36:00.001-05:00

A leaky tire gets fixed

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mobile update

2008-12-24T22:20:00.001-05:00

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Skybox at The House of Yes

2008-12-22T10:22:00.002-05:00

A few moments I shot with Justin's camera during the opening of the Skybox at the House of Yes.

Skybox Opening from Justin Lange on Vimeo.

mobile video blog

2008-12-22T08:17:00.001-05:00

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mobile video blog

2008-12-21T16:22:00.001-05:00

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Live update from the road

2008-12-17T15:07:00.001-05:00

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Bonnaroo Crewe

2008-12-15T10:02:00.008-05:00

My video documentation from Bonnaroo of the Unbearable Light from Burlington VT. Edit by David Wald.

santacon cops

2008-12-13T17:41:00.001-05:00

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santacon ferry

2008-12-13T17:17:00.001-05:00

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santacon security

2008-12-13T16:25:00.001-05:00

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Live Update

2008-12-13T14:34:00.001-05:00

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santacon prep mobile video

2008-12-10T21:44:00.001-05:00

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Mobile video update

2008-12-10T14:21:00.001-05:00

A quick hello moments ago from queens.

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live from the video shoot

2008-12-07T14:58:00.001-05:00

Andriana of http://RockJournals.com/ works on her new video in the freezing cold wind of Astoria Queens.

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from video shoot

2008-12-07T11:04:00.001-05:00

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Live Update

2008-12-07T10:53:00.001-05:00

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house of yes goes vertical

2008-12-06T18:29:00.005-05:00

birthday celebrations at the new house of yes

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home sweet truck

2008-12-06T18:29:00.003-05:00

back to mobile living

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Insane in the membrane

2008-12-06T18:29:00.001-05:00

I escaped...

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Live from SoHo

2008-12-06T18:28:00.001-05:00

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Insane in the membrane

2008-12-06T18:25:00.001-05:00

I escaped...

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Live Update

2008-12-06T15:41:00.001-05:00

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Live Update

2008-12-04T15:46:00.001-05:00

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going over a bridge

2008-12-03T16:56:00.001-05:00

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Live Update

2008-12-03T09:52:00.001-05:00

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Live Update

2008-12-02T15:43:00.001-05:00

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testing video updates.

2008-12-02T15:33:00.001-05:00

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savors his sunshine

2008-12-02T12:56:00.001-05:00

enjoy it while it lasts

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Finishing touches at the House of Yes.

2008-12-01T21:30:00.001-05:00

open for training, the house of yes paints the pipes

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Live Update

2008-12-01T10:59:00.001-05:00

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Alex Gray Paints

2008-11-30T04:44:00.001-05:00

Live from his birthday party at CoSM, Alex paints while people dance the night away...

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Live Update

2008-11-30T02:46:00.001-05:00

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CoSM Live moments ago

2008-11-30T02:01:00.001-05:00

Alex Gray paints live to Haj & Hannah as nyxyss

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Live Update

2008-11-30T01:31:00.001-05:00

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Video greetings

2008-11-29T15:06:00.001-05:00

Hello from Astoria Queens

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mobile video test

2008-11-28T23:55:00.001-05:00

I Just purchased a samsung Behold and am testing it out.

~dallas

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2008-11-20T02:32:00.001-05:00

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Dallas Loves Driving in Manhattan

2008-11-14T12:49:00.001-05:00

Wanna race?

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A Moment from the New York Dance Parade 2008

2008-11-13T00:09:00.002-05:00

The House of Yes take the streets of Manhattan and get down the funky beat. A one and a two...

My Ride - The Vote Truck

2008-11-10T15:23:00.005-05:00

Painted by Clark Clark
(CLICK PIC FOR LARGER SIZE)

VOTE today

2008-11-04T11:00:00.001-05:00

Victory Over Tyranny Everywhere!

Voice Our Truth Eternally!

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Don't look back

2008-11-02T18:31:00.001-05:00

Find the space

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Out of Gas

2008-10-23T17:12:00.001-04:00

Driving in Queens, NY

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Urgent Diesel

2008-10-11T12:19:00.001-04:00

Must have pants!

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Chaos in soho

2008-10-11T10:57:00.001-04:00

Paint outside the lines.

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Apple Pie Day

2008-10-09T12:44:00.001-04:00

It's warm and tasty outside in NYC.

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