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bensommer

  1. Me eating air: bensommer.com/sites/default/… about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Why don't school buses have seatbelts? Another example of the state flaunting its own laws #hypocrisy #anarchism about 12 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. Demigod Eddie Van Halen has a lap pooch ow.ly/aGW03 <-- WTF? about 14 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. Leading Gaia scientist capitulates to alarmism & throws Al Gore under the bus: ow.ly/aDPiD about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  5. "Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government" ~John Jay <-- judge, founding father, intellectual whore about 18 hours ago via HootSuite
  6. "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions" ~Thomas Jefferson about 18 hours ago via HootSuite
  7. New blog: Why I Don't Thank Them for Their Service bensommer.com/blog/why-i-don… 7:26 PM May 28th via HootSuite
  8. RT @damnterran: @bensommer: Sounds like a compliment // mos def! ow.ly/bcJo6 7:16 PM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to DamnTerran
  9. Another review comparing me to Zappa - who is this guy? ow.ly/aDQ5E 5:00 PM May 28th via HootSuite
  10. @tfabris they're all over now. Here's one: parkerguitars.com/Autotune-MaxxF… 2:25 PM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to TFabris
  11. RT @SinisterAccount: @bensommer wow i want a guitar like that // even cooler: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variax 11:35 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  12. RT @KotowDave: @bensommer Robot SG ? // close - no tremolo (much less a locking one). And fuck-all expensive eh? But thanks! Go custom eh? 10:20 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  13. Why do school busses exist? Suburban transportation welfare?? 9:05 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  14. @1Tipsy already sent it 7:32 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to 1Tipsy
  15. @theheadcrab @1Tipsy @WhiteRhinoTea <-- winners! 7:14 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to theheadcrab
  16. Explain who Alan Holdsworth is and I give you a free album download 7:02 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  17. @thekaricodist hmm...example: "US government backs al Qaida in syria", true, shocking & exposes its hipocracy 6:07 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to thekaricodist
  18. In market for guitar that is 1) classic-looking, 2) has locking tremolo & 3) auto-tuning. Any hints? 5:10 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  19. "Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance" ~Daniel Davies 3:05 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  20. Have fun with the anti-amerikan goof pictures from my first album: bensommer.com/americad 5:00 PM May 27th via HootSuite