MQuest

Founding Fathers in my eyes

2011-07-13T08:50:00.001-07:00

Many people seem to liketo ask what would the founding fathers do. So I decided to re-readBen Franklin's auto biography. Some of my notes on what he would doand suggest. Inoculate/vaccinate your children. Own a printingpress. Give up the gold standard and print money. Printing money isa good idea if you own the press that prints it for the government. The dude that owns the printing press can shape public policy bytelling people what to think. Always give money to charity andchurches. Never attend church as the preacher only wants jobsecurity and is kind worthless when it comes to lame sermons. Donot call them taxes but make sure people pay for great service likehospitals, libraries and fire departments. Public work projects likestreet repair keep society civil and moving foreword. The richunfairly write laws so they do not have to pay their fair share. Anybusinessmen that does not do business in multiple languages is acomplete idiot.

What do the voice in your head say?

2011-05-07T08:50:00.001-07:00

What do the voice in your head say?, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

We've traced the voices, ma'am... they're coming from inside your head

Speak with respect, but carry a big question.

2011-01-18T16:02:00.001-08:00

Speak with respect, but carry a big question., originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Speak with respect, but carry a big question.

Flopsy To Plopsy: Bud Ducks and daily policy

2010-05-08T13:38:00.000-07:00

Flopsy To Plopsy: Bud Ducks and daily policy: "fustercluck"
Test post of blog this button Visit www.flopsytoplopsy.com for the new page.

Social Satire- Slavery is out. Minimum wage is IN!.

2010-05-07T07:49:00.000-07:00

Slavery is out. Minimum wage is IN!.

another test post- this time blogger upload tool in picasa

2010-05-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

Test

New home for the ducks ...

2010-05-05T08:57:00.001-07:00

The "editorials from the ducks" has moved to wwww.flopsytoplopsy.com

2010-05-01T21:19:00.001-07:00

So what solvent will the Queen use to dissolve parliament today?

2010-04-16T14:59:00.001-07:00

046-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

So what solvent will the Queen use to dissolve parliament today?

Teabaggers are to politics what professional wrestling is to sports.

2010-04-15T09:04:00.001-07:00

purple 019-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Teabaggers are to politics what professional wrestling is to sports.

Autobiography: A Work of Fiction in which the author is the hero.

2010-04-10T12:18:00.001-07:00

axe black 008-3, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Autobiography: A Work of Fiction in which the author is the hero.

Q: What’s the difference between a guy who just lost everything in Vegas and an investment banker?

2010-04-10T10:06:00.001-07:00

axe black 008-4, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Q: What’s the difference between a guy who just lost everything in Vegas and an investment banker?

Nothing ever burns down by itself, every fire needs a little bit of help

2010-04-10T07:11:00.001-07:00

axe black 005-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Nothing ever burns down by itself, every fire needs a little bit of help

went to cash my check at the bank and the bank bounced.

2010-04-09T18:35:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 039-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

went to cash my check at the bank and the bank bounced.

nick adenhart crash photos - one year later.

2010-04-09T15:22:00.001-07:00

art61, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

nick adenhart crash photos - one year later.

apathy got us into this mess, why can't it get us out of it?

2010-04-09T09:41:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 021-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

apathy got us into this mess, why can't it get us out of it?

i demand to be better informed in order to increase my degree of apathy !

2010-04-08T11:38:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 066-4, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

i demand to be better informed in order to increase my degree of apathy !

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, does the logic stand that the friend of my friend is my enemy?

2010-04-08T11:37:00.003-07:00

black and blue ducks 072-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, does the logic stand that the friend of my friend is my enemy?

I say we unite and fight against united people!!

2010-04-08T11:37:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 071-4, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I say we unite and fight against united people!!

Why did the teabagger cross the road? Because Fox News told them to

2010-04-08T07:56:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 011-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Why did the teabagger cross the road? Because Fox News told them to

If a man and woman get married in Texas and move to Washington D. C., are they still first cousins?

2010-04-08T07:55:00.003-07:00

black and blue ducks 076-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

If a man and woman get married in Texas and move to Washington D. C., are they still first cousins?

You know you are a teabagger when You shout down someone who is talking, because you believe they are trying to limit your freedom of speech.

2010-04-08T07:55:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 026-3, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

You know you are a teabagger when You shout down someone who is talking, because you believe they are trying to limit your freedom of speech.

You Say Liberal Like it's a Bad Thing!

2010-04-07T13:01:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 084-3, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

You Say Liberal Like it's a Bad Thing!

2010-04-07T11:19:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 059-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and i'll show you A-flat miner.

Bakers ask each other for recipes on a kneed-to- know basis.

2010-04-07T10:04:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 052-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Bakers ask each other for recipes on a kneed-to- know basis.

Why did the cannibal eat the missionary? Because the missionary told him he needed a taste of religion. (The Church of Cheesus Chrust)

2010-04-06T17:12:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 061-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Why did the cannibal eat the missionary? Because the missionary told him he needed a taste of religion.

(The Church of Cheesus Chrust)

Today is the day to stand up and be counted! At least that's what this census letter says

2010-04-05T21:22:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 029-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Today is the day to stand up and be counted! At least that's what this census letter says

I have a manifesto! If my demands are not met, I will be forced to write another

2010-04-05T16:08:00.001-07:00

black and blue ducks 066-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I have a manifesto! If my demands are not met, I will be forced to write another

2010-03-31T15:53:00.001-07:00

blues and the devil 016-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

blues and the devil 080-1

2010-03-29T15:38:00.001-07:00

blues and the devil 080-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Would it not be nice if the "intelligence legislation" dealt with spending in schools?

The wife of Lot turned to salt and my snacks have been tasty ever since

2010-03-28T14:44:00.001-07:00

blues 3 018-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2010-03-26T15:18:00.001-07:00

blues two 020-2, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

The beauty of American politics is that one does not have to be born into the correct family to become a politician . All one needs is the correct amount of cash to buy himself a seat on the gravy train.

2010-03-25T07:21:00.001-07:00

blues two 029, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I wish I could empty my head and become the next enlightened one. I understand there is big bucks in that line of work.

pens are migratory creatures. One should never grow attached to one,

2010-03-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 071-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

pens are migratory creatures. One should never grow attached to one,

2010-03-23T16:49:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 109-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

They say you should gaze inward to your chakra points. I think it is simpler to gaze outward toward hers.

2010-03-23T10:05:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 030-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Trickle down economics? Dont piss on my back and call it rain.

2010-03-22T21:42:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 062-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Reagan Youth are like zombies -- no brains and they keep coming back. (this time they are dressed as Tea Bags)

2010-03-22T17:06:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 023-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

If you aim for the urinal cake--- Is it willful destruction of company property?

2010-03-22T07:41:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 033-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Enforce Megan's law- keep the catholic church away from schools, parks and all children.

art56

2010-03-21T10:34:00.001-07:00

art56, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will (be)

satire

2010-03-19T08:31:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 095-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

god must be pissed at America- We should toss a few bankers into a volcano to appease her.

2010-03-18T06:36:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 091-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I really think bears should have arms. Seems like a basic right. Let me check that constitution thing....

2010-03-17T16:12:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 119-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

give me twenty minutes, some saran wrap, a board that inclines, and a jug of water. I'll prove water-boarding is torture. Open wide......

ducks blue 099-1

2010-03-16T15:34:00.001-07:00

ducks blue 099-1, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

"The war that began in the 60s has finally come to an end, and it looks like all the players switched sides."

diptych

2010-03-15T13:06:00.001-07:00

diptych, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Idle hands.

60's shark bite

2010-03-15T09:07:00.001-07:00

60's shark bite, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

"Nothing ever burns down by itself
Every fire needs a little bit of help
Give the anarchist a cigarette"

Lotus Dreams and other smells of the cosmic highway

2010-03-14T16:34:00.001-07:00

Lotus Dreams and other smells of the cosmic highway, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

"Dime Store Novels Do Come True"

2010-03-04T13:13:00.001-08:00

"Dime Store Novels Do Come True", originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2009-09-13 white69

2009-10-05T08:49:00.001-07:00

2009-09-13 white69, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

image-3

2009-06-30T12:57:00.001-07:00

image-3, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Mquest Lost His Job

2009-03-31T13:25:00.001-07:00

Mquest Lost His Job, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun

2009-01-18T06:24:00.001-08:00

How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Max knows.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTDqHbwVZQ

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, Guns of Brixton

The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell

You see, he feels like Ivan
BORN under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of the harder they come

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh-the guns of Brixton

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
And even shoot us
But oh- the guns of Brixton

Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game was survivin'
As in heaven as in hell

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Oh, the guns of Brixton

The Clash

New World? or more of the same?

2009-01-17T17:03:00.001-08:00

New World? or more of the same?, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

In 1983 The band X released this song "new world". Not a thing has changed the plea still remains the same. The Lyrics:

"honest to goodness the bars werent open this morning they must have been voting for a new president of something do you have a quarter?" i said yes because i did honest to goodness the tears have been falling all over the countrys face it was better before before they voted for whats his name this is suppose to be the new world flint ford auto mobil alabama windshield wiper buffalo new york gary indiana don't forget the motor city baltimore and d.c. now all we need is don't forget the motor city this was suppose to be the new world all we need is money just give us what you can spare twenty or thirty pounds of potatoes or twenty of thirty beers a turkey on thanks giving like alms for the poor all we need are the necessities and more it was better before they voted for what his name this is suppose to be the new world don't forget the motor city this was suppose to be the new world.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywkR0RN_U4

It was true for the that clown Ronald Reagan and still is true. Change? We bail out the banks and talk about IOU's for the people. Change must be real.

live at the ramones show

2008-05-05T18:44:00.000-07:00

Flickr: Photos from mquest foto

2007-11-11T15:54:00.001-08:00

Flickr: Photos from mquest foto

Blogged with Flock

waiting for orders

2007-07-05T20:53:00.001-07:00

waiting for orders, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.
Walt Whitman

**************

“All these things have you said of beauty.
Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,
And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,
But rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and your are the mirror.”

Kahlil Gibran

Flickr

2007-07-05T20:49:00.001-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

2 months of Chemo

2006-10-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

2 months of chemo nearly killed me. I am back to work and sleepy all the time.

I just hope my taste buds come back soon.

Good Night

wave and say hi

2006-10-24T18:24:00.000-07:00

wave and say hi, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Grandpa and Mquest Jr

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.
Joseph Campbell

sudden

2006-10-24T18:21:00.000-07:00

sudden, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
Soren Kierkegaard

C is for cookie and other things

2006-08-02T17:12:00.000-07:00

A flurry of doctor appointments await me. 6 weeks of chemotherapy should start in about a week and a half. Next week I will go to a orientation for the chemotherapy process. The good news in they think this is 95% curable with a 15% chance of coming back later in life. The odds do not seem all that bad.

I will post more later.

(do not worry I have all types of fun observations to discuss about this process)

Test post

2006-07-30T10:26:00.000-07:00

With a black circle of coffee

I have a lot of reading to do

2006-07-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

I have a lot of reading to do, originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Every silver lining's got a
Touch of grey

I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive

Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
(My new mantra)

Flickr

2006-06-18T21:59:00.000-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

My creation

2006-04-13T18:20:00.000-07:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-04-13T18:19:00.001-07:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-04-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-03-20T20:14:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

he gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Albert Camus
(Thankfully children do not see it as labor.)

2006-03-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

The smallest minority on the earth is the individual
Mike Quest AKA Mquest

one more

2006-03-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

Tonight the bouncer biker guy is doing double duty.
He asks if he can remove the dead soldiers from our table. I have often referred to empty bottles as dead soldiers, but it seems odd when it comes out of the mouth of a guy that probably has a POW/MIA flag proudly hanging over his couch.

Destiny engineer-

2006-03-09T18:54:00.000-08:00

Mquest Jr has been taking Karate classes. It is rather comical to watch the children do their own thing while the teacher attempts to keep control. The teacher does a good job of keeping calm.

The class has given me a great opportunity to take pictures.

2006-03-09T18:51:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
Samuel Beckett

2006-03-09T18:51:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Horace

2006-03-09T18:50:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last; Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim.
Robert Browning Hamilton

I am back

2006-03-08T18:41:00.000-08:00

Hello all-
Life is moving quick.

A few weeks ago I broke the camera. I was able to borrow a replacement camera to tide me over. The nice people at cannon have fixed it and they claim it is in the mail. The lesson is that I need to have a back up camera. (enter dream mode)

Guns and Power

2006-02-13T06:38:00.000-08:00

Dick Cheney shot and injured a millionaire Texas lawyer. If we can get Dick Cheney to shoot a few more lawyers I just might start to like him.

The Cure?

2006-02-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

If we all roll down the windows and crank the air conditioning do you think we can stop global warming?

2006-02-12T14:28:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-02-12T14:28:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-02-12T14:26:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.
Archibald MacLeish

2006-02-12T14:26:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-02-12T14:25:00.002-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you've been to some of those places, you think, "How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?"
Jerry Garcia

"cool flower" stamp

2006-02-12T14:25:00.001-08:00

"cool flower" stamp
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.
Friedrich Nietzsche

My creation

2006-02-12T14:25:00.000-08:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

focus

2006-02-12T14:24:00.000-08:00

focus
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Life in Southern California

2006-02-06T16:31:00.000-08:00

It is raining ash.
The sky is black.
The hills are dead and burning.
The Bush administration still does not does not believe in global warming.

I think our basket has already arrived in hell.

Is Thanatos a rat? Or is he bull in a china shop?

2006-02-05T07:20:00.000-08:00

(steal your face)

The year got off to a strange start when I found out a old acquaintance of mine was killed by mother nature. It seems he was riding his bike down a path he often used when a tree decided to fall over and crush him.

The whole thing seems pretty random and malicious. Was nature lying in wait?

2006-01-30T19:54:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
John Lennon

My creation

2006-01-30T19:53:00.004-08:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

the golden road

2006-01-30T19:53:00.003-08:00

the golden road
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.

Well everybody's dancin' in a ring around the sun
Nobody's finished, we ain't even begun.
So take off your shoes, child, and take off your hat.
Try on your wings and find our where it's at.

Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.

Take a vacation, fall out for a while,
Summer's comin' in, and it's goin' outta style
-------------honey, have yourself a ball
Cause your mother's down in Memphis, won't be back 'till the fall.

Hey hey, hey, come right away
Come and join the party every day.

Grateful Dead-- the golden road.

2006-01-30T19:53:00.002-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

2006-01-30T19:53:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.
Saint Augustine

2006-01-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-01-30T19:52:00.003-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

People always make war when they say they love peace.
David Herbert Lawrence

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard Shaw

2006-01-30T19:52:00.002-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

2006-01-30T19:52:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
John Lennon

2006-01-30T19:52:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

2006-01-30T19:51:00.000-08:00

Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
Albert Camus

Cold to the Touch- Simple Joy

2006-01-29T05:56:00.000-08:00

Cold to the Touch- Simple Joy
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
John Muir

Nature In Action (slow)

2006-01-29T05:55:00.000-08:00

Nature In Action (slow)
Originally uploaded by mquest foto.