tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2232689950086849134..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: October 20 2009: Nobody blames a Teflon manIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30755421577654690232009-10-22T21:01:27.802-04:002009-10-22T21:01:27.802-04:00Ruben and thethirdcoast in case you're still c...<a rel="nofollow">Ruben</a> and <a rel="nofollow">thethirdcoast</a> in case you're still checking comments on this thread, I'll tack on this answer so as not to junk up a new thread with crap about my life.<br /><br />My wife and I moved to Australia four years ago. Nice place here; I'd stay if it was up to me, but I don't have all the votes in this matter. It's bloody Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75590608283634761752009-10-22T17:47:15.180-04:002009-10-22T17:47:15.180-04:00Coy Ote,
As to your commment about heading into t...Coy Ote,<br /><br />As to your commment about heading into the abyss and not knowing what to do about it: I completely agree that this is such a striking moment. Many people seem to recognize the inevitability of approaching calamity, but there is no serious effort to prevent it. Why? The answer lies in that pesky word, "inevitable." This is a concept that we are probably hardwired MiscellanyEsqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697438413547963149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66911818550741446272009-10-22T16:36:55.351-04:002009-10-22T16:36:55.351-04:00Paul, Ahimsa, Gravity, etc. - thoughtful comments ...Paul, Ahimsa, Gravity, etc. - thoughtful comments on the definition and evolution of fascism.<br /><br />However tyranny is defined I think we all know it when we see it, or learn from those who have experienced it. What strikes me now is that one can sense us heading into the abyss with little we can do, or know how/what to do about it!Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56015534110105871832009-10-22T14:51:51.971-04:002009-10-22T14:51:51.971-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36466541710752137392009-10-22T14:36:18.443-04:002009-10-22T14:36:18.443-04:00I read Greer's piece with great interest, and ...I read Greer's piece with great interest, and it really resonated. Despite the fact that we do not live in an absolute democratic utopia , we do continue to benefit from a great deal of freedoms (the Patriot Act notwithstanding, I have not -yet- been arrested in the middle of the night for taking out certain books from the library or for reading certain web sites). And while I certainly MiscellanyEsqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697438413547963149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87333199934797013082009-10-22T14:34:09.987-04:002009-10-22T14:34:09.987-04:00@ Bukko and Dr. J.
I am in Vancouver, and would l...@ Bukko and Dr. J.<br /><br />I am in Vancouver, and would like to meet for a beer. <br /><br />Bukko, I thought you had recently moved to Australia? Maybe it was another commenter. I was concerned, because it seems the water shortage makes Australia a less-than-ideal doomstead.Rubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014088125645527610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51953130575794774172009-10-22T14:33:10.200-04:002009-10-22T14:33:10.200-04:00A leadership-cult is also not unique to fascism, b...A leadership-cult is also not unique to fascism, being present in many other autocratic systems.<br /><br />The western world has been organised in a way that has been successfully described as 'inverted totalitarianism', the defining characteristic of which includes secretive and almost invisible or undetectable oppression, and a refined form of indoctrination or propaganda that is not Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2698775928502502242009-10-22T14:28:33.531-04:002009-10-22T14:28:33.531-04:00Ahimsa,
I said you had exhausted the topic. None ...Ahimsa,<br /><br />I said you had exhausted the topic. None of you seem to have any idea, or care, how much your incessant hammering disturbs other people. I do, they tell me.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85711796768073031982009-10-22T14:18:20.682-04:002009-10-22T14:18:20.682-04:00Coyote,
Greer fails to acknowledge that Executive...Coyote,<br /><br />Greer fails to acknowledge that Executive Orders and laws (Patriot Acts, Military Commissions Act of 2006, etc.) are in place to roll out a fascist state. Fascsim does not appear overnight. It is carefully prepared over years, as Europeans know. The only reason a formal fascism is not evident today is because Americans are so lethargic and in a dormant state that they don'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35615071544735442472009-10-22T14:05:40.720-04:002009-10-22T14:05:40.720-04:00People don't define fascism correctly, the def...People don't define fascism correctly, the definitions which are commonly used overlap with more traditional forms of dictatorship or tyranny, repressive authoritarianism and totalitarianism.<br /><br />Fascism by its current definition is only possible in productive arrangements which are industrialised, thus yielding the economic ideology of corporatism, so that the role of electible Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16875461992814726852009-10-22T13:58:02.017-04:002009-10-22T13:58:02.017-04:00Mike and Vivi: Credit essentially has already end...Mike and Vivi: Credit essentially has already ended for the bulk of present consumers, especially the 20%+ of unemployed we have in this country.<br /><br />And to Ilargi in addition: Do you really think that this political system has three more years of life in it? One thing I took from the elimination of Chicago first from the Olympic voting is that I don't think the world thinks the USAStarcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39592858933083822292009-10-22T13:36:04.093-04:002009-10-22T13:36:04.093-04:00So Greer doesn't understand fascism either. We...So Greer doesn't understand fascism either. Well...Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53139836265813699482009-10-22T13:00:30.627-04:002009-10-22T13:00:30.627-04:00One more comment on that topic.
Everything that s...One more comment on that topic.<br /><br />Everything that suffers <br />is sensible; everything that <br />is sensible, suffereth.<br /><br />Every thing that is sad, <br />rejoiceth also; and is a mortal living creature.<br /><br />Not every body that joyeth <br />is also sad, but is an eternal living thing. <br /><br />As the buddhists say; all existence is defined through suffering, so all Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11462678882056517792009-10-22T12:46:27.504-04:002009-10-22T12:46:27.504-04:00If you go, say hi to Broschart Gardens in Victoria...If you go, say hi to Broschart Gardens in Victoria for me.gylangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070402756630613211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71797250538784547432009-10-22T12:33:16.214-04:002009-10-22T12:33:16.214-04:00I hope to make it out to Vancouver one day, and a ...I hope to make it out to Vancouver one day, and a TAE get together would certainly appeal. My brother is working on Vancouver Island at the moment and I haven't seen him for 3 years. I'll save my pennies and see what I can do :)Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50675013031547197642009-10-22T12:17:01.887-04:002009-10-22T12:17:01.887-04:00From The Archdruid Report -
"Take the insis...From The Archdruid Report - <br /><br />"Take the insistence, so often heard from radicals of the left and right alike, that America is a fascist state. If America were a fascist state, those on both sides of the political spectrum who currently exercise their freedom of speech to call it that would long since have been dragged from their beds in the middle of the night by uniformed thugs, Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18565857755605976472009-10-22T11:59:33.408-04:002009-10-22T11:59:33.408-04:00Farmerod - Don't rule out #4 until you see who...Farmerod - Don't rule out #4 until you see who turns up.Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578932342600399932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43349725930235076812009-10-22T11:56:02.609-04:002009-10-22T11:56:02.609-04:00It would be fun to hook up. So far, I've notic...<i>It would be fun to hook up. So far, I've noticed that Ruben is a Vancouverite but I haven't spotted any others. I am sure there are some lurkers.</i><br /><br />I'd probably make the trip if one were organized. But let's be clear at the outset; I'm only interested in hooking up under <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hook_up" rel="nofollow">definition #3</a>.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21685772843479443002009-10-22T10:57:17.412-04:002009-10-22T10:57:17.412-04:00@ Bukko (or anyone with the knowledge):
Is there ...@ Bukko (or anyone with the knowledge):<br /><br />Is there a good Web primer I can consult to get more information on the immigration process? I've thought about it, but I feel as though I need clarification on several points.<br /><br />For example, I always seem to read the typical description of the "work permit vs. offer of employment" situation as a "chicken vs. egg"thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14226448019352090932009-10-22T09:53:01.301-04:002009-10-22T09:53:01.301-04:00Stoneleigh: "Please readers, do not go where ...Stoneleigh: "<i>Please readers, do not go where the herd will be going. We want you to survive and thrive, not throw your lives away trying to exact revenge on those who are not worth your time and energy. You will need both to look after your own loved ones. What will be will be, and it will be awful, but the forewarned do not have to be an active part of a vengeful mob.</i>"<br /><br Iconoclast421https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448094227173926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81015839857854564452009-10-22T09:02:48.258-04:002009-10-22T09:02:48.258-04:00"I would imagine a scourge of biblical propor..."I would imagine a scourge of biblical proportions..."<br /><br />Or, possibly, the fifth labour of Hercules?<br /><br />"... to clean the Augean stables in a single day. This assignment was intended to be both humiliating (rather than impressive, as had the previous labours) and impossible, since the livestock were divinely healthy (immortal) and therefore produced an enormous Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14835542057255199647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35573951185150870352009-10-22T08:51:32.227-04:002009-10-22T08:51:32.227-04:00Bukko - "Call it "Drinking ModeraTAEly&q...Bukko - "Call it "Drinking ModeraTAEly"..."<br /><br />Careful, Ilargi might put you on probation for a crazy suggestion like that ;-)<br /><br />It would be fun to hook up. So far, I've noticed that Ruben is a Vancouverite but I haven't spotted any others. I am sure there are some lurkers.Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578932342600399932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9788576390385342302009-10-22T07:37:26.317-04:002009-10-22T07:37:26.317-04:00“Isn't this part of the reason why the Parisia...“Isn't this part of the reason why the Parisian mobs tore down the Bastille?”<br /><a href="http://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct09/criminalizing-poverty10-09.html" rel="nofollow"><br />Criminalizing Poverty For Profit: Local Government's New Debtors Prisons</a>Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71848600291291666662009-10-22T05:32:11.151-04:002009-10-22T05:32:11.151-04:00@ABS
My responsibility is to protect my family, no...@ABS<br /><i>My responsibility is to protect my family, not be a trouble maker or an anarchist.<br /><br />Gut instinct tells me it will be anarchy before this is all over. We the sheeple blindly let our rights be taken away bit by bit over a long period of time. It won't be corrected over night, or by a demonstration in the streets.</i><br /><br />We didn't demonstrate; it's too lateccpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608765517662755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56196682847522619652009-10-22T04:53:56.523-04:002009-10-22T04:53:56.523-04:00@ Stoneleigh
One of my main concerns is the racial...@ Stoneleigh<br /><i>One of my main concerns is the racial division that such a fall from grace could spawn in the US.</i><br /><br />Just read on Yahoo! that the Secret Service is overworked due to a 400% increase in threats against the president vs. GWBush.<br /><br />Gee, ain't them Conservatives all warm and fuzzy?<br /><br />And not a racist bent among the lot of 'em.ccpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608765517662755393noreply@blogger.com