tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8817551322364118560..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 19 2010: Bread and GamesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52005687386783714732010-03-22T11:11:42.104-04:002010-03-22T11:11:42.104-04:00carpe diem,
We Doomerburghers are indeed blessed t...carpe diem,<br />We Doomerburghers are indeed blessed to be offered such a banquet on a platter, of Paternal production. Forgive my boldness, but why not sprinkle on a little garni by adding 'Denial' to the list? ;)Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44540641027484326442010-03-22T10:50:50.514-04:002010-03-22T10:50:50.514-04:00New pot up:
The Incredible Lightness of the S&am...New pot up:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-22-2010-incredible-lightness-of-s.html" rel="nofollow"><b>The Incredible Lightness of the S&P 500</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13659995877681408732010-03-22T10:28:22.476-04:002010-03-22T10:28:22.476-04:00Been following a link posted on Max Keiser to Nake...Been following a link posted on Max Keiser to Naked Capitalism. See:<br />http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/03/extolling-the-corporate-squeeze-of-the-workers.html<br />It offers up a concept " obliquity " that is new to me. Oh I just love an encounter with a new idea/concept! Meaning new only to me, of course.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40200258989782699572010-03-22T10:23:58.236-04:002010-03-22T10:23:58.236-04:00Crappy Days Are Here Again:
"Life is short....Crappy Days Are Here Again: <br /><br />"Life is short. If you take everything too seriously you end up bitter and twisted!<br /><br />Watch it!"<br /><br />Ho. You speak, we hopes, in irony- as did I. The smiley is to make that plainer, we hope.<br /><br />:-)Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80458587691906589482010-03-22T07:29:24.282-04:002010-03-22T07:29:24.282-04:00apparently dennis kucinich saw ahimsa his trophy d...apparently dennis kucinich saw ahimsa his trophy diet and raised him a trophy wife.<br /><br />that's no way to treat yourself, ahimsa.<br /><br />if you wanna pick at it then pick at the fact that dennis 'health care is a civil right' kucinich conveniently overlooked the fact that marriage also happens to be a civil right.<br /><br />jesus christ.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73818322872716998382010-03-22T05:03:45.313-04:002010-03-22T05:03:45.313-04:00Ahimsa,
I suppose you already know that Kucinich ...Ahimsa,<br /><br />I suppose you already know that Kucinich is 'one of us' . I think he gets a lot of slack for that. Being over here, I don't follow his politics much although I remember he used to be thought of as someone with promise. Personally I have yet to find a politician that ultimately does not disappoint. But being human makes that rather inevitable.<br />Peace.<br /><br /carpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55611546388382518452010-03-22T00:59:21.133-04:002010-03-22T00:59:21.133-04:00EBrown,
Thank you.
We really like Craftsbury, es...EBrown,<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />We really like Craftsbury, especially Pete's Greens organic veggie farm. Sterling College and the new public library are great places, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6868680586898634442010-03-22T00:20:03.067-04:002010-03-22T00:20:03.067-04:00Hey, El G, I'm the guilty one! :)
Maybe she&#...Hey, El G, I'm the guilty one! :)<br /><br />Maybe she's an atypical trophy wife, maybe not. As I said before, when I met both of them in person I sensed that he's not as genuine as he appeared and that she is, indeed, a trophy wife. I'm aware of the info you provided from Wikipedia. I had also read the following prior to meeting them in 2006:<br /><br />"How Kucinich Found Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54787335407665138112010-03-21T23:46:27.910-04:002010-03-21T23:46:27.910-04:00el g:
Kucinich's letter of explanation is no m...el g:<br />Kucinich's letter of explanation is no more satisfactory. Within 3 sentences, he completely contradicts himself (emphasis mine):<br />"I know I have to make a decision, not on the bill as I would like to see it, but the bill as it is. My criticisms of the legislation have been well reported. I do not retract them. I incorporate them in this statement. They still stand as umaperegrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03583409652287544317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23854608616811782552010-03-21T23:11:37.450-04:002010-03-21T23:11:37.450-04:00Ogardener
Re Kucinich
He had over a half hour to...Ogardener<br /><br />Re Kucinich<br /><br />He had over a half hour to make his case on Amy Goodman's show last week about breaking his pledge and changing his vote, and it was completely illogical. The bottom line was that he was lying and not divulging the real reason he changed his vote. It was only this year that science discovered that buzzards have a keener sense of smell than dogs. Iel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58660154152002211332010-03-21T22:54:17.772-04:002010-03-21T22:54:17.772-04:00Will passage of the legislation mark a Pyrrhic vic...Will passage of the legislation mark a Pyrrhic victory for Obama?<br /><br />First impressions are lasting ones, and the stock market rules public opinion. Therefore, the direction of the stock market over the next two weeks will tell us which party wins and which party loses as a result of the health care legislation. I'm betting that Wall street wanted health care legislation passed. WhyAlfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344820424381752942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15468811452427252012010-03-21T22:44:11.122-04:002010-03-21T22:44:11.122-04:00Scandia
Someone wrote a couple of days ago about...Scandia<br /><br /> Someone wrote a couple of days ago about Kucinich and his "trophy wife." Remembered it was you. But my memory isn't worth a damn anymore :-( The great universal memory in the sky, the Akashic Records known as Google, reports that it was Ahimsa. Sorry.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91490417797679223852010-03-21T22:29:57.376-04:002010-03-21T22:29:57.376-04:00Moving to a "zero reserve requirement" i...Moving to a "zero reserve requirement" is a step on the way toward negative interest rates.<br /><br />Got Greenbacks? better spend 'em before they get swapped for Redbacks... at 100 to 1.<br /><br />Perryperryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981922001442716176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24963397239622977802010-03-21T20:47:08.261-04:002010-03-21T20:47:08.261-04:00@ el gallinazo said...
Re: Kucinich
I think Kuci...@ el gallinazo said...<br /><br />Re: Kucinich<br /><br />I think Kucinich has let me down more times than I care to remember. He talks the talk but he don't walk the walk. He won one battle with a utility company. He can't rest on his laurels forever. Conyers is another one. Too many disappointments from both of them for me and they both fail under pressure.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76672066623687732962010-03-21T20:18:32.252-04:002010-03-21T20:18:32.252-04:00Ric – Thanks for the personal account, and sorry t...Ric – Thanks for the personal account, and sorry to hear about the planned cuts.<br /><br />I don't know if you've ever heard of or seen the ox-herding paintings of Zen, but there is a tenth one (sometimes omitted or changed) that shows the ox-herder returning to the market place, quite possibly drunk, after going through his symbolic journey of enlightenment.<br /><br />Escaping the caveNZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676287221558805541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75734916742462035102010-03-21T19:20:13.672-04:002010-03-21T19:20:13.672-04:00Ahimsa,
Best of luck finding a place in VT. Ha...Ahimsa,<br /> Best of luck finding a place in VT. Hardwick is a fascinating place with quite the mix of red-necks and hippies. The co-op there is one of the best I've been to.<br /> Sterling College is up the road in Craftsbury (I went there for two years). There are some very pleasant people up there. If you like contra dancing the music at the college contra dances is great.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88341465497730590952010-03-21T19:14:07.803-04:002010-03-21T19:14:07.803-04:00I'm sorry Ric. When it comes to ontology I am...I'm sorry Ric. When it comes to ontology I am still just a plumber with his sawzall in all the wrong places. I read my Plato at the age of 19. I guess I belong to the Slick Willie school. It all depends upon what is is.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56324399415247116042010-03-21T18:23:27.099-04:002010-03-21T18:23:27.099-04:00@ el G, I didn't write about @Elisabeth Kucini...@ el G, I didn't write about @Elisabeth Kucinich??scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66480303232548314852010-03-21T17:49:26.154-04:002010-03-21T17:49:26.154-04:00Hello,
I too appreciated the piece by C. Hedges.
...Hello,<br /><br />I too appreciated the piece by C. Hedges.<br /><br />Up to about three years ago, I thought that the generations born after 1945 would never really be tested as were our grandparents and some of our parents.<br /><br />Then came the crisis and though a general understanding of it has sunk in, it remained rather distant and cerebral.<br /><br />The Hedges piece manages to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91379533756935013932010-03-21T17:35:15.714-04:002010-03-21T17:35:15.714-04:00@Ric...
I read the Tao often. I get solace from i...@Ric...<br /><br />I read the Tao often. I get solace from it. It reminds me of some great journey, not mine, but that 'we all' are on one. That life is simple....and that most of us fight it. <br /><br />I've always wanted to open up two nightclubs. One called 'The Best Ideas' on one side of the street and 'Let It Be' on the other. I think they'd both do rather mikel paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533712504907668109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50814384985767350932010-03-21T17:15:32.165-04:002010-03-21T17:15:32.165-04:00"That makes down the wazoo the stronger one o..."<i>That makes down the wazoo the stronger one of the two, doesn't it? Poetic license.</i><br /><br />You gotta watch what you allow on the old spell checker ilargi that poetic is quite a rip from pornetic!<br /><br />(yes a bit of a stretch but what else we gotta do except eat popcorn and watch the circus acts unfold)scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65859676157181867542010-03-21T17:07:37.599-04:002010-03-21T17:07:37.599-04:00Ilargi,
Thanks for mentioning 2 of my father'...Ilargi,<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning 2 of my father's films (out of about 60) in the last 2 weeks: 'The Long Hot Summer' and 'Spartacus'. I wonder whats next?!<br />Plenty of titles that could be referred to for the times we are going through. How about 'The Sound and the Fury', 'All Fall Down' and 'The Outrage' for starters?!!<br /><br />:)carpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43728202154888633422010-03-21T17:02:08.143-04:002010-03-21T17:02:08.143-04:00Probably giving away my bass playing IQ here, but ...Probably giving away my bass playing IQ here, but as this discussion continues regarding the multitude versions of our impending adventures in the world of "hey, you gonna eat that?" continues, I would like to most respectfully offer that our personal opinions and the podiums from which they are orated will be worth squat and that we may wish to start practicing our humanness now for mikel paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533712504907668109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34906075518452803932010-03-21T16:30:22.232-04:002010-03-21T16:30:22.232-04:00Nobody,
I'm down. :-)
El G,
I appreciate how...Nobody,<br /><br />I'm down. :-)<br /><br />El G,<br />I appreciate how unclear my paragraph is--there's not enough context. You're right that we never actually return to the cave because in a certain sense we never actually went anywhere. If you like, we could e-mail each other; most of the clarification is too far off-topic for here. (rwilliams23atyahoosomethingorother) I'm Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092313041560676587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46768100792994963402010-03-21T14:31:59.095-04:002010-03-21T14:31:59.095-04:00Scandia
Going back a couple of days, though Kucin...Scandia<br /><br />Going back a couple of days, though Kucinich has really disappionted me this week, I think it rather unfair to referred to Elisabeth Kucinich as a "trophy" wife. There are more requirements to being a trophy wife than being much younger and physically beautiful. Elisabeth was a courageous activist for the poor and dispossessed long before she met Dennis, and is el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com