Friday, March 26, 2010
Republicants
I won't name names or make lists as the Republican part has. I've been a Democrat for most of my life. I am truly a progressive, even a Socialist. In America we have a jaded wrong view of progressive or Socialist political philosophy. I thing most people view Socialism as what the Soviet Socialist Republics were. Vicious leadership for many years, needing to control buffer states all around the Russian Homeland in a paranoid view of the outer world. After world war two who could not understand their trepidation, they lost over 10,000,000 people. But their leaders were corrupt. Pure communism is a great philosophy for very few countries, China may be an example where a more benevolent leadership, with some capitalist gains, could work for the good of the people and yet not stifle innovation and the entreprenureal spirit that has driven America. So we looks at these communist / former communist STATES AND WONDER ABOUT SOCIALISM - THESE WERE NEVER REAL PRODUCTIVE SOCIALIST STATES - TODAY SOME OF THE SOVIET SATELLITES ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH FREEDOM AND GOOD SOCIAL POLICIES FOR THEIR PEOPLE.
HOW DOES THIS BEAR ON THE UNITED STATES, A 50 PIECE PUZZLE OF A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OVER RUN WITH GOUGING PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS AND INVESTMENT FIRMS. LARGE CORPORATIONS PUSHING AMERICAN JOBS TO OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK IF SAM WALTON WERE ALIVE HE MIGHT BE VERY ANGRY TO SEE HOW MANY PRODUCTS SOLD IN WALL MART AND SAM'S CLUB ARE MADE IN THE USA. I ONCE WORKED FOR A DIVISION OF RCA, IT WAS SOLD TO GE AND THEN TO A PRIVATE OWNER, THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS, AND THE BUSINESS CLOSED IN 1 1/2 YEARS LATER. tAX WRITE OFF, ALL JOBS LOST.
HERE'S THE SIMPLE PART - IF IT WERE UP TO ME I WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO GEORGE SOROS AND NATIONALIZED THE BANKS - WHY, PURE GREED ON THEIR PART, BAD PHONY NON-QUALIFIED MORTGAGES WERE GIVEN OUT, KNOWING THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHEN THEY LOST MONET PRECIPITOUSLY NO ONE DID ANYTHING IN THE BUSH YEARS. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CONTROL FOR A LIMITED TIME, MET WITH MANAGEMENT, LOWERED SALARIES FOR PEOPLE ON TOP, AND PAID TELLERS AND PEOPLE FACING THE PUBLIC A FAIRER WAGE, SO THEY COULD AFFORD A NEW CAR. iF AN EXECUTIVE GETS A $10 TO $100 MILLION BONUS, YES I'D REDISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS BACK TO THE PEOPLE DOING THE GRUNT WORK - THIS IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY, INSTEAD OF AN EXECUTIVE BUYING SEVERAL McMANSIONS, AND COUNTRY HOMES, IF THE MONEY WAS SPREAD TO THE LOWER LEVELS THEY WOULD BUY NEW CARS, NEW TV'S, MOVE OR UPGRADE THEIR HOMES...PAY TO GET THEIR KIDS A GOOD EDUCATION. HIS IS A PROPER DISTRIBUTIN OF WEALTH, DOESN'T BOTHER ME ONE BIT. THIS ISN'T AN ENTERPENUER LIKE LARRY PAGE I'M HITTING, HE RECEIVED $7.8..BILLION WHEN THE FIRM WENT PUBLIC. HE SHARED THE WEALTH WITH HIS WORKED AND CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE FOR CREATIVITY. HIS FIRM ALSO CHANGES THE WORLD IN MANY PROFOUND WAYS. THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM. TO BE COMTINUED, THIS MAY BE LONG AND RE-EDITED.
HOW DOES THIS BEAR ON THE UNITED STATES, A 50 PIECE PUZZLE OF A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OVER RUN WITH GOUGING PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS AND INVESTMENT FIRMS. LARGE CORPORATIONS PUSHING AMERICAN JOBS TO OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK IF SAM WALTON WERE ALIVE HE MIGHT BE VERY ANGRY TO SEE HOW MANY PRODUCTS SOLD IN WALL MART AND SAM'S CLUB ARE MADE IN THE USA. I ONCE WORKED FOR A DIVISION OF RCA, IT WAS SOLD TO GE AND THEN TO A PRIVATE OWNER, THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS, AND THE BUSINESS CLOSED IN 1 1/2 YEARS LATER. tAX WRITE OFF, ALL JOBS LOST.
HERE'S THE SIMPLE PART - IF IT WERE UP TO ME I WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO GEORGE SOROS AND NATIONALIZED THE BANKS - WHY, PURE GREED ON THEIR PART, BAD PHONY NON-QUALIFIED MORTGAGES WERE GIVEN OUT, KNOWING THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHEN THEY LOST MONET PRECIPITOUSLY NO ONE DID ANYTHING IN THE BUSH YEARS. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CONTROL FOR A LIMITED TIME, MET WITH MANAGEMENT, LOWERED SALARIES FOR PEOPLE ON TOP, AND PAID TELLERS AND PEOPLE FACING THE PUBLIC A FAIRER WAGE, SO THEY COULD AFFORD A NEW CAR. iF AN EXECUTIVE GETS A $10 TO $100 MILLION BONUS, YES I'D REDISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS BACK TO THE PEOPLE DOING THE GRUNT WORK - THIS IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY, INSTEAD OF AN EXECUTIVE BUYING SEVERAL McMANSIONS, AND COUNTRY HOMES, IF THE MONEY WAS SPREAD TO THE LOWER LEVELS THEY WOULD BUY NEW CARS, NEW TV'S, MOVE OR UPGRADE THEIR HOMES...PAY TO GET THEIR KIDS A GOOD EDUCATION. HIS IS A PROPER DISTRIBUTIN OF WEALTH, DOESN'T BOTHER ME ONE BIT. THIS ISN'T AN ENTERPENUER LIKE LARRY PAGE I'M HITTING, HE RECEIVED $7.8..BILLION WHEN THE FIRM WENT PUBLIC. HE SHARED THE WEALTH WITH HIS WORKED AND CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE FOR CREATIVITY. HIS FIRM ALSO CHANGES THE WORLD IN MANY PROFOUND WAYS. THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM. TO BE COMTINUED, THIS MAY BE LONG AND RE-EDITED.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Just Another Night in Florida
Just walked out to take out the garbage. Nice cool breeze, not cold tonight, no frost, which we've had on and off; but lights in the sky. looks like UFO's...nope just the Casino's birthday party, nice use of floodlights. The cloudy sky gave it a 1950's B movie feel. The UFO's should land....everything else is strange enough lately.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Catch it before you fall into a rabbit hole and miss it. The film is a moving painting...a floating, flipping piece of true creative genius by all on board. If you don't agree, I'm sorry that you don't see what my daughter and I experienced. What marvelous art. I'd love to see Meryl Streep work with Tim Burton. Meryl has done some films on the edge of this type of art. But imagine what they could do together.
Art in film rocks on!
Alice has always intrigued me. My daughter read Alice when she was young - I gave her the Annotated Alice etc. to read. Great to see you children get it.
Tim Burton gets it.
Years ago I made large plaster mushrooms for an art store I worked in...my girlfriend at the time and I had a blast doing the work, it felt like we were in Wonderland; sidebar, a young lady from Bernardsville, NJ worked with us for awhile before heading off to college. She once said she'd be an actress...boy is she ever.
Boin Arts and Crafts, Morristoen, NJ 1967-1968. That time was like being in a rabbit hole in many ways - which path to turn on. Where to go. My artist/actor friends - the Army, are you nuts.
Don't miss Alice, find a rabbit hole of your own device to explore. Look for an old Donovan Leitch album -"HMS Donovan" worth the hard search, have your friends, kids listen. Also "A Gift Form a Flower to a Garden", and "Mellow Yellow: - they'll lead you to your rabbit hole. Thanks to Tim Burton, Mr.Depp....you rule sir...no one has your creative vision. Oh, Meryl is there as well...a special creative level shared by very few, just not as spaced out like John and Tim- but so damned good.
Art in film rocks on!
Alice has always intrigued me. My daughter read Alice when she was young - I gave her the Annotated Alice etc. to read. Great to see you children get it.
Tim Burton gets it.
Years ago I made large plaster mushrooms for an art store I worked in...my girlfriend at the time and I had a blast doing the work, it felt like we were in Wonderland; sidebar, a young lady from Bernardsville, NJ worked with us for awhile before heading off to college. She once said she'd be an actress...boy is she ever.
Boin Arts and Crafts, Morristoen, NJ 1967-1968. That time was like being in a rabbit hole in many ways - which path to turn on. Where to go. My artist/actor friends - the Army, are you nuts.
Don't miss Alice, find a rabbit hole of your own device to explore. Look for an old Donovan Leitch album -"HMS Donovan" worth the hard search, have your friends, kids listen. Also "A Gift Form a Flower to a Garden", and "Mellow Yellow: - they'll lead you to your rabbit hole. Thanks to Tim Burton, Mr.Depp....you rule sir...no one has your creative vision. Oh, Meryl is there as well...a special creative level shared by very few, just not as spaced out like John and Tim- but so damned good.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Where is George Bailey when you NEED him.
We'd better watch who we become. If as in the Bush administration we act like our enemy and condone torture - then we become who we are fighting.
I see the Republican far right wing leaders starting to act like fascists. Their way or else. That will mean many really good Conservatives will be in danger of re-election. I saw this happen in the Democratic party.
You get what you ask for - Tea Party people, if you mean well, fact check, note that this President is fighting in your interest, if anything he is too Conservative. Maybe our banks should have been nationalized, then money might be flowing to small business owners who need so much help, not into the bonus accounts of the people who have abused the public trust.
Do some people in congress need to be voted out, of course, in both parties. The sanctimonious bull has got to stop.
Think carefully when you speak. Be for who you want - any party - say what you believe - any view, but always try and think of the public good as a whole. President Obama is so eloquent, and he really cares about the public good - that's why he's pushing health care so very hard. Does the system have flaws, yes, does the bill have flaws, yes - but Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Bill Clinton all thought it was something we needed.
The Olympics in Canada showed me one thing very clearly....Canada has got it right, they argue amongst themselves, and debate like crazy, but when it comes down to it - they are UNITED for the common good. Why can't we be just a little more like our neighbors to our north. Our foremost ally in war and peace!
Many Canadian soldiers are fighting and giving up their lives alongside our troops every day. I know the right wingers will say if Canada is so great why don't you go there - well, I was born there, I have a wonderful extended family there, but I got to the US when I was one. I am a decorated Veteran, and I love this country more than most of the very right wing. I put my life on the line and lost several friends. I support our troops without question, but I will note when boundaries have been crossed.
I just got through with an argument with someone in the Social Security Administration about my citizenship.
I told her that one piece of paper, my naturalization certificate, might keep me from going onto Medicare, and getting SSI. I finally went to the court where I was Naturalized and got a certified document proving I was a citizen. In the Army I had security clearances on several jobs,...the Army knows I'm a citizen. I work for the Census, they know I'm a citizen. Social Security could not get the information from them. National Security...we're so secure that we can't communicate from one agency to another. I was told by several people it could take me up to one year to get a copy of my Naturalization Certificate, at a cost of $380, because I was a Veteran it could be speeded by up to six months. Social security lady says, oh well you'll get your benefits retroactively. After several weeks of digging through records, and dealing with four government agencies - the courts system was great, I got a wonderful Hispanic lady in Newark, NJ, who really went out of her way to help me (I love you).
What is my point here - simple. I could have gone to Canada where I was born, and had less of a fight retiring in Canada than here in the US. In 1956 I stood on a street corner handing out brochures for Adlai Stevenson for President, A great Democrat, at that age I knew I loved politics and wanted to be President.
When I was fourteen I was told that I was not an American Citizen, (I was adopted by a great family), but I wasn't told I was Canadian, I was very angry----I was an AMERICAN! I am still very much that angry kid inside. I care about this country more than most of the right wing does, or the greedy bankers, or the Democrats that might have taken just a bit too much pac money. I made a choice in 1968 - when I was drafted, I made the decision, a complicated one, to enlist for Officer's Candidate School. I was against the war and could have gone to Canada, but I love the United Sates. I also love Canada.
Maybe if we start to do things the way Canadians do - a bit of decency and civility goes a long way.
Fix the bureaucracy first...this is a government for the PEOPLE, not some idiot who couldn't try to help me, but got upset because she had to follow her rules. (Her boss was very helpful once I said that I would send a letter to the President, I worked on his campaign, and still get e-mails every few days from the White House, DNC etc.)
I am going to put together a well thought out proposal to the White House, about security and efficiency that would make him the most popular President in generations - fix the bureaucracy. I am going to get input from many friends from within the system. This is the one thing that gets people very angry. The government isn't listening carefully enough, and now the Tea Party thinks they can just fix everything with mean rhetoric. Not the answer. This isn't taxation without representation, this is angry frustrated workers not doing their jobs right, this is bankers who don't understand that that a $10millin bonus could have started several viable small businesses. (They can't loan money, but they can reward themselves for almost bankrupting the country, When I was a kid this type of banking was called theft.
Jimmy Stewart was a great American in so many ways - if you don't know, go check. Barry Goldwater was another great American - both senior military staff officers, both Conservative. I think they both be sick to see where the right wing is headed.
I see the Republican far right wing leaders starting to act like fascists. Their way or else. That will mean many really good Conservatives will be in danger of re-election. I saw this happen in the Democratic party.
You get what you ask for - Tea Party people, if you mean well, fact check, note that this President is fighting in your interest, if anything he is too Conservative. Maybe our banks should have been nationalized, then money might be flowing to small business owners who need so much help, not into the bonus accounts of the people who have abused the public trust.
Do some people in congress need to be voted out, of course, in both parties. The sanctimonious bull has got to stop.
Think carefully when you speak. Be for who you want - any party - say what you believe - any view, but always try and think of the public good as a whole. President Obama is so eloquent, and he really cares about the public good - that's why he's pushing health care so very hard. Does the system have flaws, yes, does the bill have flaws, yes - but Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Bill Clinton all thought it was something we needed.
The Olympics in Canada showed me one thing very clearly....Canada has got it right, they argue amongst themselves, and debate like crazy, but when it comes down to it - they are UNITED for the common good. Why can't we be just a little more like our neighbors to our north. Our foremost ally in war and peace!
Many Canadian soldiers are fighting and giving up their lives alongside our troops every day. I know the right wingers will say if Canada is so great why don't you go there - well, I was born there, I have a wonderful extended family there, but I got to the US when I was one. I am a decorated Veteran, and I love this country more than most of the very right wing. I put my life on the line and lost several friends. I support our troops without question, but I will note when boundaries have been crossed.
I just got through with an argument with someone in the Social Security Administration about my citizenship.
I told her that one piece of paper, my naturalization certificate, might keep me from going onto Medicare, and getting SSI. I finally went to the court where I was Naturalized and got a certified document proving I was a citizen. In the Army I had security clearances on several jobs,...the Army knows I'm a citizen. I work for the Census, they know I'm a citizen. Social Security could not get the information from them. National Security...we're so secure that we can't communicate from one agency to another. I was told by several people it could take me up to one year to get a copy of my Naturalization Certificate, at a cost of $380, because I was a Veteran it could be speeded by up to six months. Social security lady says, oh well you'll get your benefits retroactively. After several weeks of digging through records, and dealing with four government agencies - the courts system was great, I got a wonderful Hispanic lady in Newark, NJ, who really went out of her way to help me (I love you).
What is my point here - simple. I could have gone to Canada where I was born, and had less of a fight retiring in Canada than here in the US. In 1956 I stood on a street corner handing out brochures for Adlai Stevenson for President, A great Democrat, at that age I knew I loved politics and wanted to be President.
When I was fourteen I was told that I was not an American Citizen, (I was adopted by a great family), but I wasn't told I was Canadian, I was very angry----I was an AMERICAN! I am still very much that angry kid inside. I care about this country more than most of the right wing does, or the greedy bankers, or the Democrats that might have taken just a bit too much pac money. I made a choice in 1968 - when I was drafted, I made the decision, a complicated one, to enlist for Officer's Candidate School. I was against the war and could have gone to Canada, but I love the United Sates. I also love Canada.
Maybe if we start to do things the way Canadians do - a bit of decency and civility goes a long way.
Fix the bureaucracy first...this is a government for the PEOPLE, not some idiot who couldn't try to help me, but got upset because she had to follow her rules. (Her boss was very helpful once I said that I would send a letter to the President, I worked on his campaign, and still get e-mails every few days from the White House, DNC etc.)
I am going to put together a well thought out proposal to the White House, about security and efficiency that would make him the most popular President in generations - fix the bureaucracy. I am going to get input from many friends from within the system. This is the one thing that gets people very angry. The government isn't listening carefully enough, and now the Tea Party thinks they can just fix everything with mean rhetoric. Not the answer. This isn't taxation without representation, this is angry frustrated workers not doing their jobs right, this is bankers who don't understand that that a $10millin bonus could have started several viable small businesses. (They can't loan money, but they can reward themselves for almost bankrupting the country, When I was a kid this type of banking was called theft.
Jimmy Stewart was a great American in so many ways - if you don't know, go check. Barry Goldwater was another great American - both senior military staff officers, both Conservative. I think they both be sick to see where the right wing is headed.
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