Fleamail, March 30, 2007 From: Michael Balzary Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2007 5:55 am To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com Subject:
hi everyone
yesterday i received very disturbing news that someone has been impersonating me on a myspace website i do not want to give the name of this idiot's website and grant him an iota of dignity that he/she does not deserve but i understand that this person has been sending out notes that are racist and insulting and disgusting i fell terrible that someone would send out racist messages period and even worse that it is done in my name so if anyone has had contact with this asshole please know that i am doing what it takes to get him to stop carrying on in this way
on a brighter note i am down in australia getting ready to begin our tour down here i am a happy man seeing family and communing with nature
sorry we had to postpone our shows in japan but it was our only option
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12.08.06 Fleamail December 8, 2006 Date: Friday, December 8, 2006 Subject: From: "Michael Balzary" To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
hi dec 8 over here in austria its very late at night 528 am to be exact been watching the news i must say this whole war in iraq has seemed to move a modicum in a more positive direction with this study group's report that talking to people and trying diplomacy might be better than silence and rhetoric and the threat of violence certainly a dialogue with iran and syria is better than none if there was one problem worked out through the course of dialogue then it would be worth it talking can only help and even for those people who think it is of paramount importance for the u.s.a. to be the biggest political and economic influence in the world surely they can see that continuing this absurd war in iraq in the current manner has only diminished respect and influence for the united states world wide
of course, invading iraq was a catastrophic mistake from the get go but at least this report being taken seriously by the united states government is a small step in the right direction the invasion of iraq was a moronic move that made the world a much less safe and less happy place to be and the hugest blunder of the united states during my life time...........well i guess vietnam was a pretty bad waste of lives too.......... this war has done nothing to stop terrorism it has only made it worse on the tragic day when al qaeda took out the twin towers a day that pains all of our hearts al qaeda and osama bin laden were pointed out as the perpetrators and we were told by our government they would be brought to justice so they invaded iraq whose government had nothing to do with al qaeda or with any radical religious fanaticism at all under false pretenses, and made up lies about the weapons of mass destruction they were supposed to have which were a threat to the u.s.a. which iraq had none of so they bomb the hell out of iraq then they find saddam hussein in a hole with some snickers bars and it is supposed to have some bearing on the terrible tragedy of sept 11th?????? something to do with stopping terrorism? after sept 11th, the world felt for the united states, the sane world cared about us until the bush operation awe and kill or whatever the hell it was called........ iraq was a sanctioned to death country which was no threat to the u.s. at all, not to mention led by a secular government... and yes, a lunatic of a leader who ruled his country in a terrible way.......were they invading iraq to save the locals from the evil saddam? if so......where was our caring government during the genocide in rwanda not so many years before? or in darfur now? geez....anyone who has paid any attention at all knows all this stuff so why am i still blabbing on about it? because thousands and thousands of people die violently for a lie? and it continues unabated? because for some reason completely beyond me there are those out there who still think the invasion of iraq was somehow justified aaaahhhhhh anyways, maybe the u.s.a. can train these iraqi troops and leave a place they have had no business being in the first place maybe it is possible for people to have peace over there maybe they can have their own government maybe maybe love is better than war maybe diplomacy is better than dropping bombs on human beings maybe there doesn't need to be bodies of disfigured children lying in the street maybe a tenth of the effort put into something as ridiculous as the war in iraq put into trying to create peace and understanding could have a positive effect maybe the united states which i love so much could have a department of peace as well as a department of war
12.04.06 Fleamail December 3, 2006 Date: Sunday, December 3, 2006 Subject: From: "Michael Balzary" To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
so i see that snoop dogg has been arrested again......
let me tell you this i have a non profit music school in los angeles it is called 'the silverlake conservatory of music' we have about 600 students and lots of them go for free and and are supplied with quality instruments to play it costs money to make this happen last summer i asked snoop dogg if he would come down and record with the kids in the studio a bunch of kids got in the studio over at capital records in hollywood and snoop doggy dogg the dee oh double g came down and met with each kid individually, took pictures with all of them signed all their autographs and the kids rocked some funk grooves and snoop rocked rhymes with them and it was recorded he spent several hours doing it and he showed them how he did it in the studio for free he was gracious, polite, and giving with the kids and he had a gig that night that he had to get a plane to, but he still showed up and spent the whole day with the kids because he cared there was no press, nothing to gain, no glory he did it because it was the thing a person with heart does and the recording was great and it will come out sometime soon and raise money for the school so kids that can't afford it can have free quality music lessons and instruments there you have it