Hi,
Well after roundly condemning those who took part in destroying modern art's creditability in the United States, it's necessary to look at major influences for more answers AS to what is happening to our community of man, culture and the economy.
TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!
Since TECHNOLOGY is the present and future of the world, economically, it stands to reason that changes in culture will happen here. The start up of all types of new businesses has been in large part happening on the Web. The small shops on the corners of America and other lands are now often on the Web. More mega-shops like Amazon will grow from these and offer access to all sorts of temptations even to the home bound.
Yep, the Internet is one of the culprits in the loss that's occurred in the arts as well as the gains. We can look at music. Remember the advent of the SYNTHESIZER? We can look at films. Remember the advent of TAPE, now CDs? Dance--remember the advent of the BEAT? Art had the SILK SCREEN which quickly took hold in printing. Newspapers divorced themselves from typesetting to embrace offset printing based on photo negatives; Photography took gigantic leaps from huge studio cameras to today's digital which makes, as AW would have said, "everyone's a photographer". All these ADVANCES cost us even as they brought the new and desired and provided new economies. The Internet actually moved the arts to a broader sphere which is not necessarily bad.
By the by, the Industrial Revolution was in the 18th and 19th century and brought us into the world of manufacturing and mass marketing. It was thought to be preceded by the Agricultural Revolution but in the 1960's historians changed their thinking. Major changes in 1750 were seen as part of a much longer, larger and slower process of change that lasted well into the early 19th Century. We have probably been into the Technological Revolution since electrification or before. These changes tend to morph into each other.
So changes during "revolutions" overlap dramatically and of course, cause surviving citizenry all sorts of confusions. Our biggest event in recent centuries (outside of the various chemical advances) has been the computer. The current computer tablets and phones are an outgrowth. We can thank it for the advancement to the network and the resulting WEB which now holds our CULTURE !!!!!! IT'S AT YOUR FINGERTIPS and that should be a good thing--RIGHT?????
Well, maybe, maybe not. When folks assume that history or culture is easily acquired or right at their fingertips when they desire it, they tend to get uninterested until it's needed. How often have you recently gone on the web to read history???????How often have you visited the Google museums across the world easily accessed on Google.com. The .COMS are wonderfully handy for research and enlightenment (as well as deceit) and enjoyment but a majority of folks often need more stimulus to activate their latent curiosity.
The Net also knowingly or unknowingly sponsors much that is untrue and detrimental. But not using technology is not the answer to these problems. IT IS HERE. IT IS NOW! What you DON'T SUPPORT will disappear! WHAT YOU DO SUPPORT will gain PRIORITY!!!!!!!
The gobbling quality of technology is interesting. TV is the technological product that wrote newspapers' obituaries and played a huge share in riveting our attention to current affairs.It is now becoming web oriented and has more online than offline.There are now more channels and less good TV. One wonders at its future as more and more devices divert attention from it. It does have the advantage of CELEBRITY TO SHOW PEOPLE THE WAY to read, dress, eat, buy houses, and buy the right appliances. It's a large sales tool and economically that is helping to continue its survival but when that weakens--POOF. Now you see it-now you don't.
TV recently pointed out the pocket phone's capabilities on the Web as being an IMMENSE TOOLS IN REVOLUTIONS of the street kind in Arab countries. THERE--BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD--GO WE!!!!!!!!!! The Web and its vast usage and huge population has become a vital and downright scary factor in daily life.
The large areas of research on the Web are convenient. No more trips to the library for those who own computers!!!!!!!!! And lots of trips to the library for those without computers. Easily ready information often has the effect of dulling the senses and creating a careless attitude toward evident realities when much more interesting fantasies exist for the taking. There are unfortunately hundreds of scams, lawless activity, and outrageous behavior fostered by the Internet unheeded and unchecked. LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!
The work place has received a tremendous boost from web based technology, allowing a great many positions to be filled by professionals and workers, home based. This trend is only in its infancy but the workers now involved are offered a freedom of place hitherto unknown for office or professions. It is a trend I believe will expand and invade many job categories so that education in technology becomes a vital asset to the public as a whole. Economically, the web will be a main job procurer and offer opportunities now found in communities.
The web has made the whole world "our oyster". Food supplies, medicine, and all forms of merchandise can be researched as well as bought and sold through the web which is now THE largest sales tool in the world.
DO YOU HAVE THE FEELING THAT THE NET HAS INVADED EVERY INCH OF OUR LIVES.
YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Okay just this side of boring you, marvels always hold a dark side. The perverts and the revolutionary zealots are minor problems compared to the kind of CONTROL this very intrusive and influential technology can be used to command.
ARMIES have become useful for DISRUPTION THESE DAYS (as we've seen in a number of conflicts) RHETORIC in the Media and on the WEB has become more effective. Elections and coups are often won and lost on the basis of SAVVY WEB USAGE!!!!!!!!!! Many of our institutions and services are INTERNET CONTROLLED financially--VERY DANGEROUS!!!!! CLEAR REALITY SHOWS that the forces of TYRANNY can take aim at this window of opportunity to capture and subvert technology for their purposes.
What are the options???? VIGILANCE!!!!!! Well, Citizens haven't proven too swift with protecting our American Republic, but perhaps lessons have been learned. Use the rules set out for the protection of our country. The same rules can work well in maintaining freedom on the Internet and curbing the excesses.
As always, nothing replaces RESPONSIBILITY in human endeavor. There has to be the willingness to speak out and ATTEMPT TO LEAD THE WAY and WEB blogs and comment sites should be used MORE effectively. MAN USES AND CONTROLS TOOLS-NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers, Connie
5/24/11
BEING SIGHTED IS A CURSE. NOT A BOAST! BECAUSE "TRUTH DOES NOT NEED ANY EXPLANATION. IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE SEEN" POST 194 & 63
Hi,
An email this week presented an economic subject a short way off the beaten path for most readers. It was a posting of SUPER REALISTIC PAINTINGS on BUILDINGS!!!!!!
Having a fine arts background, I have watched what was called the ART RENAISSANCE decline in recent years with great sadness. New York City for a short while was the FINE ART capital of the world until dear old commercial artist Andy Warhol diminished and helped ruin America's influence with his publicly directed TRASHY ART WORK AND his encouragement of a TRASHY LIFE STYLE. Although Andy W. claimed no political affiliation, he was whispered to be a CLOSET COMMIE with a very important purpose--TO HELP STOP THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN MODERN ART and the FREEDOM that the best of it represented.
WHY?????Because in all communist countries in the early days, artists in all fields were discouraged from making art because it often became SOCIAL STATEMENT. And if DISCOURAGEMENT of art didn't work then arrests became usual, OR trips to work farms, OR generally end of life scenarios!!!!!!!!!!!! Modern days called for a much more clever approach with all artists.
HEY, MOST ARTISTS MAY LOOK HUMBLE, MEEK, AND MILD but ask any TOTALITARIAN REGIME and they'll tell you WHAT A DANGEROUS LOT OF MAL-CONTENTS ARTISTS REPRESENT!!!!!!!!! They create things that point up the loss of freedoms; write things that point up the means of taking freedom away; write music that lifts the heart and demands freedom!!!!!!!!! All their art interferes with the orderly process of destroying the freedoms of citizens so that they can be replaced by what the "party","religion", or "dictator" KNOWS is correct for those citizens. The decline of fine art illustrates the decline in writing (books, magazines, newspapers); music and theater (composers, concerts, theatre, music studios and music artists) etc.
FINE ART CAN ONLY THRIVE FULLY IN FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!! OR IN A COUNTRY THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR IT TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM.
Paris was the art world capitol and it returned to its original home where it's thriving in a way only the French can achieve (even with their version of Communism). There's no problem that FINE ART of the past will be stifled because the value of FINE ART in France is bred into their culture. I celebrate their knowledge, style, and classic approach to artistic values and although there is little NEW in art in France, at least the OLD is being preserved. But remember NEW ART has to happen or the current creative artist may be forced to paint on buildings!!!!!!!! to get your attention. Many times the fine old architecture can suffer when an artist is thwarted.
The loss to American artists, who stood for a short time on the brink of Art History, is immeasurable in terms of history and economics. Oh sure, there are still successful galleries and auction houses who boast high prices for certain artists but what once existed has simply disappeared and been replaced by MUCH NEW MEDIOCRITY. The true creativity left the city.
There was a genuine love for FINE ART (ART THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND PLACE) and OLD MASTERS growing among the newly educated American buyers. A great number of galleries developed on the main streets of New York City. You could stroll along city streets and be enthralled with a marvelous art show in Gallery windows in the 1950s through the 70s. The erosion began to show up fully in the 1980s as sales dropped but costs and rents rose and drove most art galleries off the ground floors. It went downhill from there.
After that almost all the galleries were hidden away "upstairs" in tall buildings. It was almost like you needed a password to get a location and entrance to them. "HEY MOE, you know dat art place? G'me the secret word. I WANNA ART FIX!!!!!!!!"
Now, it's true AW did not and could not accomplish this without the assistance of the American public and he got it. Americans were new to the classics, to fine art, to fine music, etc. and much of their tastes in those fields had been taught in college classes. So, except for a group of savvy collectors, those tastes were not expanded and refined so either fell by the wayside or were corrupted with ignorance and uncertainty.
The super shopper type markets became flooded with a new era of prints in cheap frames around dull depictions of scenes known to ATTRACT the buyer. Suddenly seeing how simple scenes delighted buyers, a bevy of copycat artists sprang up across the land, echoing AW's propaganda, that everyone is an artist and deserves their short term of fame. People began to scoff at the Moderns, claiming anyone could do that!!!!!!!!Interestingly when ANYONE??? TRIED TO DO THAT, IT WAS USUALLY A DISMAL FAILURE. But never mind, the push was on. Next FINE ART was rejected by the newly affluent as OLD FASHIONED!!!!!!!!!!
PULEEEEEZE so's your ATTITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!
The short story is that the public tuned into AW's view that art is not an important part of living.
That ART is just more hype, more trash, more merchandise on which to spend money. Thus what AW cited as the ART MARKET became what Americans saw as art. ART that sold big MUST BE??????? A market that was being made by the likes of AW and his cohorts to CHEAPEN art and close the doors to fine and dedicated artists who now lacked THE POSSIBILITY OF reward for their hard work and vision. Any purchases by the now disillusioned MIDDLE and newly minted UPPER CLASS were based on "I know what I like" and not the real criteria for a fine work of art.
Currently, artists have reached a point where galleries cannot afford to take chances on something "NEW". There are also many FEWER GALLERIES in which to show good art work. REAL art (painting, sculpture, and genuine thoughtful and prescient expressions of the artist) by the buyer is being overlooked for purchases of what is commonly known among the knowledgeable as CRAP produced in quantity in printing mills to hang over or place next to the sofa. The "clean" look (without many artifacts) is praised so that the owner's home does not reek of either BAD taste or NO taste at all.
TV and the MEDIA sell "GARBAGE" constantly on home stations and even feature INSTANT artists to foster the current lack of meaning in the art that is produced. The campaign is about over!!!!!!!!!! The purpose accomplished!!!!!!!!!!!! SO what has happened to artists???????????
GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!! They are painting on BUILDINGS all over the world!!!!!!!! They are producing SCULPTURES that encompass or cover buildings. THEY ARE SHOUTING !!!!!!!!!! "HEY YOU CAN DIMINISH US BUT YOU CAN'T STOP US!!!!!!!!!!"
TRY LISTENING TO THE DEDICATED ARTISTS!!!!!!!!!!! They always have something to say that's pertinent. THE MANUFACTURED ART garbage ONLY SAYS ONE THING--I INTEND TO BE PRETTY-BUY ME!!!!
PRETTY IS NOT why art has been with us ALWAYS. ARTISTS IN ALL MEDIA have always seen what's happening IN SOCIETIES long BEFORE John Q. Citizen AND HAVE SHOWN IT IN THEIR WORKS. "Pretty is as pretty does" is an old expression. Pretty becomes beautiful when there is deeper meaning.
IT'S A CURSE NOT A BOAST that all dedicated artists are reflecting the deeper concerns of their society and often the SCREAMS OF THE SIGHTED are not heard by the unsighted. Thus, if you wonder what all that fuss is about artists being hard put upon and poverty stricken--well, think about it. WHAT IS more difficult than BEING SIGHTED IN A BLIND SOCIETY??????? What is sadder than A MESSAGE never delivered and only discovered WHEN IT IS TOO LATE????????? What is worse for a society than starving out those WHO CARE THE MOST??????????? As freedom and liberty erode so does the venue for free expression and different points of view.
Where is all this leading?????????? Future blogs will certainly cover that question more fully. However look to the net (formerly used for catching fish--gosh, it still is!!!!!!!!). It is scooping up the debris of the arts. Books are now E-books; music is downloaded on everything; research is net absorbed; photography is for sale in a myriad of ways; and art is shown in Google net programs in museums across the world. What does all this GOBBLE, GOBBLE TECHNOLOGY MEAN ECONOMICALLY AND PERSONALLY??????
What does the result of any one power (and make no mistake technology is the power of the future world) consuming every venue indicate??????? Take a long hard look down the road of REALITY. DO YOU SEE THE WORD "TYRANNY" WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS ON THE INTERNET?????????? Can we stop it? NO. This is the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION!!!! Can we make it work for FREEDOM. YES!!!!!!! But it won't be easy.
CHEERS, CONNIE
An email this week presented an economic subject a short way off the beaten path for most readers. It was a posting of SUPER REALISTIC PAINTINGS on BUILDINGS!!!!!!
Having a fine arts background, I have watched what was called the ART RENAISSANCE decline in recent years with great sadness. New York City for a short while was the FINE ART capital of the world until dear old commercial artist Andy Warhol diminished and helped ruin America's influence with his publicly directed TRASHY ART WORK AND his encouragement of a TRASHY LIFE STYLE. Although Andy W. claimed no political affiliation, he was whispered to be a CLOSET COMMIE with a very important purpose--TO HELP STOP THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN MODERN ART and the FREEDOM that the best of it represented.
WHY?????Because in all communist countries in the early days, artists in all fields were discouraged from making art because it often became SOCIAL STATEMENT. And if DISCOURAGEMENT of art didn't work then arrests became usual, OR trips to work farms, OR generally end of life scenarios!!!!!!!!!!!! Modern days called for a much more clever approach with all artists.
HEY, MOST ARTISTS MAY LOOK HUMBLE, MEEK, AND MILD but ask any TOTALITARIAN REGIME and they'll tell you WHAT A DANGEROUS LOT OF MAL-CONTENTS ARTISTS REPRESENT!!!!!!!!! They create things that point up the loss of freedoms; write things that point up the means of taking freedom away; write music that lifts the heart and demands freedom!!!!!!!!! All their art interferes with the orderly process of destroying the freedoms of citizens so that they can be replaced by what the "party","religion", or "dictator" KNOWS is correct for those citizens. The decline of fine art illustrates the decline in writing (books, magazines, newspapers); music and theater (composers, concerts, theatre, music studios and music artists) etc.
FINE ART CAN ONLY THRIVE FULLY IN FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!! OR IN A COUNTRY THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR IT TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM.
Paris was the art world capitol and it returned to its original home where it's thriving in a way only the French can achieve (even with their version of Communism). There's no problem that FINE ART of the past will be stifled because the value of FINE ART in France is bred into their culture. I celebrate their knowledge, style, and classic approach to artistic values and although there is little NEW in art in France, at least the OLD is being preserved. But remember NEW ART has to happen or the current creative artist may be forced to paint on buildings!!!!!!!! to get your attention. Many times the fine old architecture can suffer when an artist is thwarted.
The loss to American artists, who stood for a short time on the brink of Art History, is immeasurable in terms of history and economics. Oh sure, there are still successful galleries and auction houses who boast high prices for certain artists but what once existed has simply disappeared and been replaced by MUCH NEW MEDIOCRITY. The true creativity left the city.
There was a genuine love for FINE ART (ART THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND PLACE) and OLD MASTERS growing among the newly educated American buyers. A great number of galleries developed on the main streets of New York City. You could stroll along city streets and be enthralled with a marvelous art show in Gallery windows in the 1950s through the 70s. The erosion began to show up fully in the 1980s as sales dropped but costs and rents rose and drove most art galleries off the ground floors. It went downhill from there.
After that almost all the galleries were hidden away "upstairs" in tall buildings. It was almost like you needed a password to get a location and entrance to them. "HEY MOE, you know dat art place? G'me the secret word. I WANNA ART FIX!!!!!!!!"
Now, it's true AW did not and could not accomplish this without the assistance of the American public and he got it. Americans were new to the classics, to fine art, to fine music, etc. and much of their tastes in those fields had been taught in college classes. So, except for a group of savvy collectors, those tastes were not expanded and refined so either fell by the wayside or were corrupted with ignorance and uncertainty.
The super shopper type markets became flooded with a new era of prints in cheap frames around dull depictions of scenes known to ATTRACT the buyer. Suddenly seeing how simple scenes delighted buyers, a bevy of copycat artists sprang up across the land, echoing AW's propaganda, that everyone is an artist and deserves their short term of fame. People began to scoff at the Moderns, claiming anyone could do that!!!!!!!!Interestingly when ANYONE??? TRIED TO DO THAT, IT WAS USUALLY A DISMAL FAILURE. But never mind, the push was on. Next FINE ART was rejected by the newly affluent as OLD FASHIONED!!!!!!!!!!
PULEEEEEZE so's your ATTITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!
The short story is that the public tuned into AW's view that art is not an important part of living.
That ART is just more hype, more trash, more merchandise on which to spend money. Thus what AW cited as the ART MARKET became what Americans saw as art. ART that sold big MUST BE??????? A market that was being made by the likes of AW and his cohorts to CHEAPEN art and close the doors to fine and dedicated artists who now lacked THE POSSIBILITY OF reward for their hard work and vision. Any purchases by the now disillusioned MIDDLE and newly minted UPPER CLASS were based on "I know what I like" and not the real criteria for a fine work of art.
Currently, artists have reached a point where galleries cannot afford to take chances on something "NEW". There are also many FEWER GALLERIES in which to show good art work. REAL art (painting, sculpture, and genuine thoughtful and prescient expressions of the artist) by the buyer is being overlooked for purchases of what is commonly known among the knowledgeable as CRAP produced in quantity in printing mills to hang over or place next to the sofa. The "clean" look (without many artifacts) is praised so that the owner's home does not reek of either BAD taste or NO taste at all.
TV and the MEDIA sell "GARBAGE" constantly on home stations and even feature INSTANT artists to foster the current lack of meaning in the art that is produced. The campaign is about over!!!!!!!!!! The purpose accomplished!!!!!!!!!!!! SO what has happened to artists???????????
GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!! They are painting on BUILDINGS all over the world!!!!!!!! They are producing SCULPTURES that encompass or cover buildings. THEY ARE SHOUTING !!!!!!!!!! "HEY YOU CAN DIMINISH US BUT YOU CAN'T STOP US!!!!!!!!!!"
TRY LISTENING TO THE DEDICATED ARTISTS!!!!!!!!!!! They always have something to say that's pertinent. THE MANUFACTURED ART garbage ONLY SAYS ONE THING--I INTEND TO BE PRETTY-BUY ME!!!!
PRETTY IS NOT why art has been with us ALWAYS. ARTISTS IN ALL MEDIA have always seen what's happening IN SOCIETIES long BEFORE John Q. Citizen AND HAVE SHOWN IT IN THEIR WORKS. "Pretty is as pretty does" is an old expression. Pretty becomes beautiful when there is deeper meaning.
IT'S A CURSE NOT A BOAST that all dedicated artists are reflecting the deeper concerns of their society and often the SCREAMS OF THE SIGHTED are not heard by the unsighted. Thus, if you wonder what all that fuss is about artists being hard put upon and poverty stricken--well, think about it. WHAT IS more difficult than BEING SIGHTED IN A BLIND SOCIETY??????? What is sadder than A MESSAGE never delivered and only discovered WHEN IT IS TOO LATE????????? What is worse for a society than starving out those WHO CARE THE MOST??????????? As freedom and liberty erode so does the venue for free expression and different points of view.
Where is all this leading?????????? Future blogs will certainly cover that question more fully. However look to the net (formerly used for catching fish--gosh, it still is!!!!!!!!). It is scooping up the debris of the arts. Books are now E-books; music is downloaded on everything; research is net absorbed; photography is for sale in a myriad of ways; and art is shown in Google net programs in museums across the world. What does all this GOBBLE, GOBBLE TECHNOLOGY MEAN ECONOMICALLY AND PERSONALLY??????
What does the result of any one power (and make no mistake technology is the power of the future world) consuming every venue indicate??????? Take a long hard look down the road of REALITY. DO YOU SEE THE WORD "TYRANNY" WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS ON THE INTERNET?????????? Can we stop it? NO. This is the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION!!!! Can we make it work for FREEDOM. YES!!!!!!! But it won't be easy.
CHEERS, CONNIE
5/4/11
PROMISE TO TELL THE TRUTH? THE WHOLE TRUTH?POST 61
Hi,
Each blog has concerned some form of ECONOMICS. The last blog partially on the Royal Wedding pointed out the economic benefits of this event for most of the world. There isn't always a glaring point because intelligent readers can see it. Early on in the blogs the broad definition of ECONOMICS showed how it now covers most activities.
However, the topic of HONESTY in Economics is often overlooked. FREE Trade depends on honesty. After all, how often does one go back to a merchant or store that has CHEATED THE CUSTOMER????????? THE EASY ANSWER IS NEVER IF.......AND THIS IS THE BIG IF.........ONE IS AWARE OF BEING CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!
America has had a spoken tradition of honesty. A FREE SOCIETY CANNOT BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT HONESTY???????? Unfortunately, it hasn't been conducted very well in recent years!!!!
The effects of dishonesty are being felt in all areas of the Society from politics to gasoline prices.NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE SO THEY BELIEVE NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND!!!!!!!!WHY???????? DISHONESTY BREEDS LIKE RABBITS UNTIL DISHONESTY BECOMES THE ACCEPTED INSTEAD OF THE EXCEPTION. This blogger could cite a dozen accepted beliefs in our society that if one set out to prove the truth, it WOULD EXHAUST THE SEEKER.
The Societies that function BEST with DISHONESTY are TOTALITARIAN since citizens are told what to do. Careers including politics (call it "polluted ticks" IN TOTALITARIANISM!) and items considered necessary TO LIVE ONLY MEANLY are set out by the government and the prices are fixed. NO HONESTY NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE OR NO CHOICE FOR CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!
Thus, HONESTY is a BIG INGREDIENT in a FREE Society's commerce and economy. Without it, the functions bog down and prices can be FIXED and traded AS FIXED TO SUIT whomever has the most POWER. WITNESS GASOLINE PRICES! In spite of articles that provide proof that OIL PRICES are being fixed to engender GREEN COMMERCE as well as VERIFIED by President Obama jokingly pointing out the solution is energy consistent autos. The Public is closing out the facts and not accepting that they are being CHEATED!!!!!!!!
Citizens ARE BEING TOLD NOT TO BUY THE CAR WANTED BUT THE CAR THE government POWER BELIEVES A CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE!!!!!!!!! THE PRICE IS FIXED!!!!!!!! HOW MUCH CLOSER TO COMMUNISM MUST OUR SOCIETY WANDER BEFORE REALITY SETS IN??????? THERE'S A TRUTH TO PONDER!!!!!!! Unfortunately, when truth becomes scarce, the truth that finally breaks through is NOT PLEASANT.
Let's be sure that HONESTY OR TRUTH IS NOT CONFUSED with CRITICISM. TRUTH is really simple. There is no window in Jane's view. She asks Sally, "What is the weather like?" Sally replies, "It's sunny." and it is. TRUTH or she replies, "It's raining." and it isn't. LIE. TRUTH is based on REALITY.
A critic is asked to provide an opinion of someone or something. "How do you like that painting?" Answer: "It's too modern for me." That is a critical opinion and only states one person's view. NOT REALITY BUT OPINION. Now, this may all seem rather simplistic but it's surprising how many folks mix up the two types of thought.
When did the United States lose this essential ingredient OF honesty????? The date can almost be pointed out on a calendar of the 1960s. When those planning to bring America to its knees determined that a viable DRUG TRADE was a good economic decision both financially and politically.
The illegality of it particularly suited the cause, turning citizens away from its legally appointed government and laws. And its illegality PRODUCED A MOUNTAIN OF ILLEGAL ASSETS to promote the enemies' causes. It was a commerce that worked against various countries and provided clear profits useful to better the set-upon cause, while undermining the countries in which it proliferated. PRICE AND COMPETITION EXISTED IN AN AMORAL STATE WITH the ultimate punishment for betrayal-DEATH. BUT EVEN WORSE for the ECONOMY, IT BRED DISHONESTY--THE ENEMY OF FREE TRADE AND A FREE PEOPLE.
Yeah, right!!!!! Ha! Ha! That dealer Mr. John Q. Citizen buys from is certainly not a COMMUNIST. He doesn't have any radical ideas. More like any ideas at all. Ever think how CHEATED he is? Being used like a complete jerk for a cause which he doesn't even know exists for the money or the next fix and being blown away when he wants to quit!!!!!!! LOVELY SCENARIO Mr. John Q. is SUPPORTING.
SO, THOSE OF YOU PARTYING REGULARLY, LISTEN UP!!!!!!! EITHER SEE THAT THIS TRADE CEASES OR LEGALIZE IT AND PUT THE DEALERS OUT OF BUSINESS. Continued lies about the underground economy in this nation, pretense that it doesn't exist while being financially supported, will destroy the America whose freedoms produced the greatest people in the world with the ability to make personal, important decisions.
Honesty is the only thing that can save the American way of life. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CZARS ARE A RESULT NOT A CAUSE!!!!!! They are simply continuing an ongoing LIE TOLD REGULARLY. "LIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU!!!!!!!" YEAH, RIGHT. THEY'LL TAKE ALL the ASSETS, FREEDOM OF CHOICE, AND WHATEVER ELSE VALUED. BUT HEY, look at it this way--if the totalitarian enemies win--THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE THE MONEY TO PARTY!!!!!!!! THIS CURRENT SET-UP HIDES THE FACT THAT CITIZENS ARE being CHEATED AND then will be CHEATED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! DAMN, the enemies are clever!
NOT SMART BUT CLEVER and as it must turn out CLEVERNESS will become their DOWNFALL.
Want to be able to tell the difference between HONESTY AND DECEIT. EASY!!!!!!!! That's IT!!!!!!! EASY.
When life is made TOO EASY AND YOU don't see the CHALLENGES for making it better or right--LOOK FOR THE CHEATER!!!!! He, She, or it is right around you somewhere AND SMILINGLY LULLING YOU INTO A SENSE OF FALSE SECURITY!!!!!! ENEMIES DO LURK--not just in mystery novels.
It's not a prediction that life in this nation must be arduous but it must be handled responsibly and its freedoms protected from the GREEDY, who by the way, are those making MONEY OFF THE CITIZEN'S DRUG HABITS, and not contributing to the welfare of the nation or its freedom. Most of the wealthy in legitimate commerce have made and continue to make contributions to the ECONOMY unlike the ILLEGAL traders, who avoid any contribution and hide their activities. THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!!!AND FERRET OUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN HIGH PLACES getting the CREAM OF THE PROFIT FROM DRUG SALES and using that PROFIT to MANIPULATE THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LAWS!!!!!!!!!!
Take a look at our early history to see how often TRUTH AND HONESTY ARE MENTIONED AS THE COMPONENTS OF A FREE NATION. Our forefathers dealt with a world of strife as great or greater than our current problems and they learned a thing or two about what lying caused. BENEDICT ARNOLD had to flee to escape trial for LYING. Sounds like they thought TRUTH was a VALUE worth preserving in the new REPUBLIC. Guess they didn't like NOT KNOWING WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS???????? any more than AMERICANS do today.
Cheers, Connie
Each blog has concerned some form of ECONOMICS. The last blog partially on the Royal Wedding pointed out the economic benefits of this event for most of the world. There isn't always a glaring point because intelligent readers can see it. Early on in the blogs the broad definition of ECONOMICS showed how it now covers most activities.
However, the topic of HONESTY in Economics is often overlooked. FREE Trade depends on honesty. After all, how often does one go back to a merchant or store that has CHEATED THE CUSTOMER????????? THE EASY ANSWER IS NEVER IF.......AND THIS IS THE BIG IF.........ONE IS AWARE OF BEING CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!
America has had a spoken tradition of honesty. A FREE SOCIETY CANNOT BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT HONESTY???????? Unfortunately, it hasn't been conducted very well in recent years!!!!
The effects of dishonesty are being felt in all areas of the Society from politics to gasoline prices.NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE SO THEY BELIEVE NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND!!!!!!!!WHY???????? DISHONESTY BREEDS LIKE RABBITS UNTIL DISHONESTY BECOMES THE ACCEPTED INSTEAD OF THE EXCEPTION. This blogger could cite a dozen accepted beliefs in our society that if one set out to prove the truth, it WOULD EXHAUST THE SEEKER.
The Societies that function BEST with DISHONESTY are TOTALITARIAN since citizens are told what to do. Careers including politics (call it "polluted ticks" IN TOTALITARIANISM!) and items considered necessary TO LIVE ONLY MEANLY are set out by the government and the prices are fixed. NO HONESTY NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE OR NO CHOICE FOR CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!
Thus, HONESTY is a BIG INGREDIENT in a FREE Society's commerce and economy. Without it, the functions bog down and prices can be FIXED and traded AS FIXED TO SUIT whomever has the most POWER. WITNESS GASOLINE PRICES! In spite of articles that provide proof that OIL PRICES are being fixed to engender GREEN COMMERCE as well as VERIFIED by President Obama jokingly pointing out the solution is energy consistent autos. The Public is closing out the facts and not accepting that they are being CHEATED!!!!!!!!
Citizens ARE BEING TOLD NOT TO BUY THE CAR WANTED BUT THE CAR THE government POWER BELIEVES A CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE!!!!!!!!! THE PRICE IS FIXED!!!!!!!! HOW MUCH CLOSER TO COMMUNISM MUST OUR SOCIETY WANDER BEFORE REALITY SETS IN??????? THERE'S A TRUTH TO PONDER!!!!!!! Unfortunately, when truth becomes scarce, the truth that finally breaks through is NOT PLEASANT.
Let's be sure that HONESTY OR TRUTH IS NOT CONFUSED with CRITICISM. TRUTH is really simple. There is no window in Jane's view. She asks Sally, "What is the weather like?" Sally replies, "It's sunny." and it is. TRUTH or she replies, "It's raining." and it isn't. LIE. TRUTH is based on REALITY.
A critic is asked to provide an opinion of someone or something. "How do you like that painting?" Answer: "It's too modern for me." That is a critical opinion and only states one person's view. NOT REALITY BUT OPINION. Now, this may all seem rather simplistic but it's surprising how many folks mix up the two types of thought.
When did the United States lose this essential ingredient OF honesty????? The date can almost be pointed out on a calendar of the 1960s. When those planning to bring America to its knees determined that a viable DRUG TRADE was a good economic decision both financially and politically.
The illegality of it particularly suited the cause, turning citizens away from its legally appointed government and laws. And its illegality PRODUCED A MOUNTAIN OF ILLEGAL ASSETS to promote the enemies' causes. It was a commerce that worked against various countries and provided clear profits useful to better the set-upon cause, while undermining the countries in which it proliferated. PRICE AND COMPETITION EXISTED IN AN AMORAL STATE WITH the ultimate punishment for betrayal-DEATH. BUT EVEN WORSE for the ECONOMY, IT BRED DISHONESTY--THE ENEMY OF FREE TRADE AND A FREE PEOPLE.
Yeah, right!!!!! Ha! Ha! That dealer Mr. John Q. Citizen buys from is certainly not a COMMUNIST. He doesn't have any radical ideas. More like any ideas at all. Ever think how CHEATED he is? Being used like a complete jerk for a cause which he doesn't even know exists for the money or the next fix and being blown away when he wants to quit!!!!!!! LOVELY SCENARIO Mr. John Q. is SUPPORTING.
SO, THOSE OF YOU PARTYING REGULARLY, LISTEN UP!!!!!!! EITHER SEE THAT THIS TRADE CEASES OR LEGALIZE IT AND PUT THE DEALERS OUT OF BUSINESS. Continued lies about the underground economy in this nation, pretense that it doesn't exist while being financially supported, will destroy the America whose freedoms produced the greatest people in the world with the ability to make personal, important decisions.
Honesty is the only thing that can save the American way of life. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CZARS ARE A RESULT NOT A CAUSE!!!!!! They are simply continuing an ongoing LIE TOLD REGULARLY. "LIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU!!!!!!!" YEAH, RIGHT. THEY'LL TAKE ALL the ASSETS, FREEDOM OF CHOICE, AND WHATEVER ELSE VALUED. BUT HEY, look at it this way--if the totalitarian enemies win--THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE THE MONEY TO PARTY!!!!!!!! THIS CURRENT SET-UP HIDES THE FACT THAT CITIZENS ARE being CHEATED AND then will be CHEATED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! DAMN, the enemies are clever!
NOT SMART BUT CLEVER and as it must turn out CLEVERNESS will become their DOWNFALL.
Want to be able to tell the difference between HONESTY AND DECEIT. EASY!!!!!!!! That's IT!!!!!!! EASY.
When life is made TOO EASY AND YOU don't see the CHALLENGES for making it better or right--LOOK FOR THE CHEATER!!!!! He, She, or it is right around you somewhere AND SMILINGLY LULLING YOU INTO A SENSE OF FALSE SECURITY!!!!!! ENEMIES DO LURK--not just in mystery novels.
It's not a prediction that life in this nation must be arduous but it must be handled responsibly and its freedoms protected from the GREEDY, who by the way, are those making MONEY OFF THE CITIZEN'S DRUG HABITS, and not contributing to the welfare of the nation or its freedom. Most of the wealthy in legitimate commerce have made and continue to make contributions to the ECONOMY unlike the ILLEGAL traders, who avoid any contribution and hide their activities. THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!!!AND FERRET OUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN HIGH PLACES getting the CREAM OF THE PROFIT FROM DRUG SALES and using that PROFIT to MANIPULATE THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LAWS!!!!!!!!!!
Take a look at our early history to see how often TRUTH AND HONESTY ARE MENTIONED AS THE COMPONENTS OF A FREE NATION. Our forefathers dealt with a world of strife as great or greater than our current problems and they learned a thing or two about what lying caused. BENEDICT ARNOLD had to flee to escape trial for LYING. Sounds like they thought TRUTH was a VALUE worth preserving in the new REPUBLIC. Guess they didn't like NOT KNOWING WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS???????? any more than AMERICANS do today.
Cheers, Connie
5/3/11
USED PEACE TO PARTY not PARTICIPATE POST 60
Hi,
Well, the last week in April was a spectacular one with some justice, some "beatification", some hope begun.
Taking Osama bin Laden after ten years was certainly satisfying if mystifying. How our CIA could not find a million dollar home being built for an obviously important Arab in a town, Abbottabad, known to harbor Arab army retirees as well as soldiers, is a mystery.
Of course, the nation is glad that justice has been done and that Obama gave some credit to George Bush, who set up the type of troops and missions that finally did the job; surprising as well as election worthy. And the fact that it was done in a way that allowed us to do the exact justice without unnecessary killing or mayhem is a credit to Obama and his administration. It was certainly well orchestrated. So much so that it leaves many doubts in many folks minds but be that as it may, we congratulate Obama, who can milk a public relations COW until it's so dry, it cannot be milked again, which underlines his triumphs at being elected.
That bin Laden's job was over and he was living his "retirement" years with the machine he created fully in motion without him is a moot point. That it won't collapse without him as it once might have done is just too bad for us. The terrorists' war is an insidious and dangerous mission and until it focuses on some other enemy, we will not have the peace that we once enjoyed. Make no mistake!!!!! I have said this before. THIS IS A RELIGIOUS WAR!!!!!!!! And has existed for over l000 years. And since Communism has captured so much of the Western world, it has expanded the Islamic religious forces, who see a religious vacuum that they feel must be filled with Mohammad's word. The terrorists are simply a symptom of a strongly held Arab belief that CONVERSION is the ONLY ANSWER.
Christians should understand CONVERSION. It is certainly something that Christianity has pursued over the years. But it becomes quite UNCOMFORTABLE when being foisted upon one rather than one pursuing REFORM. There's an old saying "WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND" and it does seem to fit our Nation's current situation.
Perhaps religious freedom should extend to allowing that concept of freedom in a larger arena by using missionary work to expand knowledge without any forms of coercion from any group. The Arabs need to understand that philosophy,and over-zealous Christians as well. The Communists, who are proponents of Atheism, might take a page out of the same "Holy" book.
At present in the United States, all three forces are fighting for the control of the minds, spiritual lives, and beliefs of America's citizens. WE JUST THOUGHT THE RELIGIOUS WARS WERE OVER!!!!!!!!!! WE WERE WRONG!!!!!!!!
And since citizens of this country have used PEACE to PARTY rather than PARTICIPATE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY for moral, cultural, and political WELFARE, there is certainly a HUGE OPENING for ZEALOTS to CREATE MAYHEM!!!!!!!Of course it helps the UNDERGROUND economy. More on that in the next blog.
"HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL" FROM A WEDDING!!!!!!!!!! In a world that lately seems rife with struggle, change, and TRAPPED ECONOMIES, THE ROYAL WEDDING OFFERED HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE IS STUPENDOUS!!!!! HOPE OPENS THE PURSE TOWARD MORE HOPE!! CRASS??????????NO,JUST A TRUTH!!!!
ENGLAND has one over-riding feature that we should help them protect at ANY COST. The Crown in England represents CONTINUITY!!!!!! Each of us in every country UNDERSTAND WITHOUT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT THAT IF THE ENGLISH CROWN CAN SURVIVE "ALL THAT" SO CAN WE!!!!!!!!!! Our English friends have maintained continuity in spite of wars, loss of power, challenges to its culture, changes in types of government, and even insults from WORLD LEADERS LIKE OBAMA. And they have done this WITH GRACE, STYLE,AND GOOD MANNERS!!!!
Not inviting our President to the wedding after his and Michelle's obvious scorn of tradition was even done with a polite, saving grace type of nod to America's leader. Our leaders could learn something from that type of diplomatic and smoothly conceived understanding!!!!!!!!!!Too often our country does not make the things it does NOT WANT TO DO seem reasonable and acceptable. The BRITISH WIGGLE GOOD!!!!!!!!
The interesting factor is that England's wedding IMPROVED THE ECONOMY IN ALL THE LANDS IN WHICH IT WAS BROADCAST. I haven't yet seen a tally of the amount spent on souvenirs of "Kate and Will's" wedding nor the return of the various companies, media coverage, or ongoing expenditures by the public for travel, hotels etc. but it was immense. The impact of the amount spent by the crown on the wedding itself should make the British government thank Queen Elizabeth, who always seems to be able to create pageants in rough times to bolster the spirits of her citizens. YEAH,JERRY SEINFELD, it was a CIRCUS to you but it was ALSO HOPE, JOY, AND BELIEF done up in WHITE WITH A BIG BLUE AND GOLD RIBBON for the rest of us!!!!!!!
By the way, my family felt we were a little part of the fun when the future Princess Kate took up residence in the GORING HOTEL on Beeston St. in London. It is a lovely, old English hotel with proper service and lovely tea in the afternoon. My husband and children stay there when in London and we took my London-born Dad with my Mum there for a visit some years ago.
If he were alive today, he'd be telling the story for years that he stayed in the "Royal" Goring Hotel. He was a proud Englishman and American. We also visited the house in which he was born, behind some gates that he recognized, and he visited for an hour with the folks now in residence. He found out that it would be torn down that same year. We all had tears in our eyes to think we almost missed this opportunity for him to revisit his past. Two English cabs (there were seven of us) turned off their meters to allow a returning ENGLISHMAN a long visit!!!!!! A fact that placed English CAB DRIVERS high on my list of SPECIAL PEOPLE!! It's all RECOUNTED in my book 'LONDON TO PARIS BY 'CHUTTLE'".
So, quite a week! The Pope's "beatification" was for the Catholics a triumph over the scandals that have scourged the church in recent years. The Pope's status as a Saint is now virtually guaranteed. The continuity of the Vatican is another long treasured link to the past and speaks of hope for the future of all religious belief. Although many folks are not as tuned into this event as the previous ones, believe me, it is a BIG ONE FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH and attests to the belief in their CONTINUITY as change has swept across their lands. Catholics have been in a long battle with atheistic communism and it has taken its toll. There is hope that the Beatification of JOHN PAUL II can convince his followers of the sanctity and moral convictions of his life and that of his Holy staff. This, of course, was a big boost to the economies of heavily Catholic Economies.
With the hope that some or all of the events in late April touched you positively,
CHEERS, CONNIE
Well, the last week in April was a spectacular one with some justice, some "beatification", some hope begun.
Taking Osama bin Laden after ten years was certainly satisfying if mystifying. How our CIA could not find a million dollar home being built for an obviously important Arab in a town, Abbottabad, known to harbor Arab army retirees as well as soldiers, is a mystery.
Of course, the nation is glad that justice has been done and that Obama gave some credit to George Bush, who set up the type of troops and missions that finally did the job; surprising as well as election worthy. And the fact that it was done in a way that allowed us to do the exact justice without unnecessary killing or mayhem is a credit to Obama and his administration. It was certainly well orchestrated. So much so that it leaves many doubts in many folks minds but be that as it may, we congratulate Obama, who can milk a public relations COW until it's so dry, it cannot be milked again, which underlines his triumphs at being elected.
That bin Laden's job was over and he was living his "retirement" years with the machine he created fully in motion without him is a moot point. That it won't collapse without him as it once might have done is just too bad for us. The terrorists' war is an insidious and dangerous mission and until it focuses on some other enemy, we will not have the peace that we once enjoyed. Make no mistake!!!!! I have said this before. THIS IS A RELIGIOUS WAR!!!!!!!! And has existed for over l000 years. And since Communism has captured so much of the Western world, it has expanded the Islamic religious forces, who see a religious vacuum that they feel must be filled with Mohammad's word. The terrorists are simply a symptom of a strongly held Arab belief that CONVERSION is the ONLY ANSWER.
Christians should understand CONVERSION. It is certainly something that Christianity has pursued over the years. But it becomes quite UNCOMFORTABLE when being foisted upon one rather than one pursuing REFORM. There's an old saying "WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND" and it does seem to fit our Nation's current situation.
Perhaps religious freedom should extend to allowing that concept of freedom in a larger arena by using missionary work to expand knowledge without any forms of coercion from any group. The Arabs need to understand that philosophy,and over-zealous Christians as well. The Communists, who are proponents of Atheism, might take a page out of the same "Holy" book.
At present in the United States, all three forces are fighting for the control of the minds, spiritual lives, and beliefs of America's citizens. WE JUST THOUGHT THE RELIGIOUS WARS WERE OVER!!!!!!!!!! WE WERE WRONG!!!!!!!!
And since citizens of this country have used PEACE to PARTY rather than PARTICIPATE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY for moral, cultural, and political WELFARE, there is certainly a HUGE OPENING for ZEALOTS to CREATE MAYHEM!!!!!!!Of course it helps the UNDERGROUND economy. More on that in the next blog.
"HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL" FROM A WEDDING!!!!!!!!!! In a world that lately seems rife with struggle, change, and TRAPPED ECONOMIES, THE ROYAL WEDDING OFFERED HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE IS STUPENDOUS!!!!! HOPE OPENS THE PURSE TOWARD MORE HOPE!! CRASS??????????NO,JUST A TRUTH!!!!
ENGLAND has one over-riding feature that we should help them protect at ANY COST. The Crown in England represents CONTINUITY!!!!!! Each of us in every country UNDERSTAND WITHOUT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT THAT IF THE ENGLISH CROWN CAN SURVIVE "ALL THAT" SO CAN WE!!!!!!!!!! Our English friends have maintained continuity in spite of wars, loss of power, challenges to its culture, changes in types of government, and even insults from WORLD LEADERS LIKE OBAMA. And they have done this WITH GRACE, STYLE,AND GOOD MANNERS!!!!
Not inviting our President to the wedding after his and Michelle's obvious scorn of tradition was even done with a polite, saving grace type of nod to America's leader. Our leaders could learn something from that type of diplomatic and smoothly conceived understanding!!!!!!!!!!Too often our country does not make the things it does NOT WANT TO DO seem reasonable and acceptable. The BRITISH WIGGLE GOOD!!!!!!!!
The interesting factor is that England's wedding IMPROVED THE ECONOMY IN ALL THE LANDS IN WHICH IT WAS BROADCAST. I haven't yet seen a tally of the amount spent on souvenirs of "Kate and Will's" wedding nor the return of the various companies, media coverage, or ongoing expenditures by the public for travel, hotels etc. but it was immense. The impact of the amount spent by the crown on the wedding itself should make the British government thank Queen Elizabeth, who always seems to be able to create pageants in rough times to bolster the spirits of her citizens. YEAH,JERRY SEINFELD, it was a CIRCUS to you but it was ALSO HOPE, JOY, AND BELIEF done up in WHITE WITH A BIG BLUE AND GOLD RIBBON for the rest of us!!!!!!!
By the way, my family felt we were a little part of the fun when the future Princess Kate took up residence in the GORING HOTEL on Beeston St. in London. It is a lovely, old English hotel with proper service and lovely tea in the afternoon. My husband and children stay there when in London and we took my London-born Dad with my Mum there for a visit some years ago.
If he were alive today, he'd be telling the story for years that he stayed in the "Royal" Goring Hotel. He was a proud Englishman and American. We also visited the house in which he was born, behind some gates that he recognized, and he visited for an hour with the folks now in residence. He found out that it would be torn down that same year. We all had tears in our eyes to think we almost missed this opportunity for him to revisit his past. Two English cabs (there were seven of us) turned off their meters to allow a returning ENGLISHMAN a long visit!!!!!! A fact that placed English CAB DRIVERS high on my list of SPECIAL PEOPLE!! It's all RECOUNTED in my book 'LONDON TO PARIS BY 'CHUTTLE'".
So, quite a week! The Pope's "beatification" was for the Catholics a triumph over the scandals that have scourged the church in recent years. The Pope's status as a Saint is now virtually guaranteed. The continuity of the Vatican is another long treasured link to the past and speaks of hope for the future of all religious belief. Although many folks are not as tuned into this event as the previous ones, believe me, it is a BIG ONE FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH and attests to the belief in their CONTINUITY as change has swept across their lands. Catholics have been in a long battle with atheistic communism and it has taken its toll. There is hope that the Beatification of JOHN PAUL II can convince his followers of the sanctity and moral convictions of his life and that of his Holy staff. This, of course, was a big boost to the economies of heavily Catholic Economies.
With the hope that some or all of the events in late April touched you positively,
CHEERS, CONNIE
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