Hi,
An email showed up the other day with some predictions about TECHNOLOGY and the affects on our society so I thought in light of our previous blog, I'd share it with you.
Economically, technology will be changing a tremendous amount as we have already seen but the future holds many changes that will be very hard to imagine. Not only politically but personally and it may help to at least be aware of some of them.
Things that this email predicted will disappear from your life are: the POST OFFICE; the NEWSPAPER; the BOOK; the CHECK; the LAND LINE TELEPHONE; MUSIC; TELEVISION; OWNING "things"; AND PRIVACY.
I would add that Music should include all the arts and that much of our culture will disappear into the Tech box and become difficult to differentiate from that of the rest of the world unless Americans are willing to salvage it for future generations.
Okay, there are four groups that stand out as ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING: THE POST OFFICE; CHECKING ACCOUNTS; OWNING THINGS; AND PRIVACY. These three offer the most problems and change.
Although many of us are used to communicating over the Internet rather than writing formal letters, that is not the real issue in losing the Post Office. Loss of the Post-Office means that all our financial information will be posted on the net. That will include banking, brokering, paying bills, receiving whatever information from those sources that are necessary and anything that you now do in the privacy of the mails.
STRIKE YOU AS UNSAFE?????????? IT CERTAINLY WILL BE!!!!!!!!! Many now pay their bills on the net for convenience and thus far it would appear safe. However, when a whole nation of people have their financial information UP FRONT AND PERSONAL, what true SCAM artist will be able to resist????? Including that greatest of all scam artists, the Government. Only in their case, they won't have to sneak into your accounts!!!!!!!!!They'll simply pass a law and make it LEGAL!!!!!!!!!! THIS FEATURE is certainly a bigger loss of privacy then we have felt so far and leaves citizens very vulnerable to unethical or immoral political groups.
Paralleling this is the CHECK. Your checking account!!!!!!!!! probably your savings account, your contracts for CD's, and other banking entities will be under scrutiny as well. Britain plans to do away with CHECKING ACCOUNTS BY 2018. It appears that it is costing banking billions of dollars to process checks so ONLINE TRANSACTIONS OR PLASTIC CARDS seem to be the plan for the future. OF COURSE, EXCEPT FOR ITS MAJOR CITIES, BRITAIN since WW2 has dreadful postal service in the 'burbs'. It simply never recovered its former glory.
Not OWNING THINGS is pretty general but what the e-mail author points out is that the Apple, Microsoft and Google are currently proceeding with something called "CLOUD SERVICES"
THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN ALL FUTURE COMPUTERS. You pay a subscription fee to the Internet cloud provider. The INTERNET WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT INTO THE OPERATING SYSTEM EVIDENTLY leaving no choice but to use the CLOUD SERVICES to save your files. the author was not CLEAR ABOUT CHOICE IN THIS SITUATION!!!!!!!!! IF IT IS NOT A CHOICE but A DEMAND THAT'S really tough. This VIRTUAL world will allow the user to retrieve music, books, files from anywhere which sounds great unless those files are LOST IN VIRTUAL SPACE!!!!!!!!!EITHER MECHANICALLY OR BY THIEVERY.
The user may lose necessary privacy files. For instance, an artist who keeps files of sketches and paintings on a computer will have to retain non Internet equipment in order to maintain the integrity of the work and protect it from thieves and forgers. As will authors, composers etc. because once it is PUBLIC PROPERTY, LEGAL RIGHTS BECOME HAZY. There is bound to be tremendous legal opposition to this feature if it cannot be refused. Think of the businesses now using the Internet and the liability to them and their privacy issues!!!!!!!!!!!
AS TECHNOLOGY SEEMINGLY MAKES OUR LIFE EASIER, OUR RIGHTS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED!!!!!!!!!! It is going to mean that RESPONSIBILITY IS GREATER AND UNDERSTANDING LEGALITY WILL BECOME MORE NECESSARY!!!!!!!!!!
We have already experienced a great loss of PRIVACY CALLED PROTECTIVENESS or as it should be called OVER-PROTECTIVENESS. The email author points out cameras in phones, buildings, traffic lights and your computer; GPS coordinates, Google street views; and buyer profiling. Sure, these have proved very useful, sometimes fun, sometimes helpful to the users but WHAT IS THE PRICE OF LOSS OF PRIVACY when local, state, or national government DECIDES TO USE THE CAPABILITY FOR ITS OWN DESIGNS. Again there are many LEGAL ISSUES HERE. SOME ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED BUT many have not yet become problems. JUST BE SURE to VOTE in A GOVERNMENT THAT IS NOT A 'SNOOPER' AND IS WILLING TO LET YOU BE!!!!!!!!! There's not much of that lately.
LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!BECOMES MORE AND MORE RELEVANT.
When we support these products with our hard earned funds because we want the latest, the newest,or the best for ourselves and our kids, we are not thinking about the DOWNSIDE. All TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRESENT AND FUTURE has to be viewed REALISTICALLY and the DARK SIDE STUDIED!!!!!!!!! Unless BUYERS BECOME AWARE and use their POWER OF REJECTION (NOT BUYING AN INTRUSIVE PRODUCT!!!!!!!!), there will simply no control of how INVASIVE TECHNOLOGY CAN GET!!!!!!!!! PROFIT SPEAKS LOUDLY!!!!!!! NO PROFIT--NO INTRUSION!!!!!!!!!! YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE DECIDING VOTE even when it is made to seem that you don't. REMEMBER THE EDSEL!!!!!!!!!
For those too young to remember Ford's faux pas, it was called the EDSEL after one of the sons. It was produced and was considered a disaster by Ford, who produced in the late fifties and BUYERS DID NOT BUY IT. Ford Motor Company lost MILLIONS OF DOLLARS on EDSEL's design, manufacturing and marketing because BUYERS REFUSED IT. It was considered a GREAT FAILURE and an embarrassment and production was halted after 1960.
SO YOU SEE, YOU DO HAVE THE LAST ECONOMIC WORD ON THESE KINDS OF THINGS!!!!!!!!!! USE IT!!!!!!!!!
When the NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES DISAPPEAR into the Web completely, there will be subscription fees. No savings to the buyer. Since technology took over the youth, there is little interest in paper reading which leads to BOOKS. The advent of EBOOKs is simply the tip of the iceberg and although this Blogger hates to see the demise of the BOOK, my own EBOOk, "Absolute Power!" is listed in Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com. The reason is REALITY. It is cheaper for the buyer, more convenient, and a wave of a future in which home libraries will be a collector's item, public libraries will host TECHNOLOGY on a full scale, and authors will find their home on the web. SAD BUT TRUE.
THE LAND LINE PHONE has already started disappearing across the nation and as profit diminishes, we may all be forced to relinquish its service which in large part have been taken over by CELL PHONES. The primary problem here is that if you are not assiduous in CHARGING YOUR PHONES, you will be at a loss in the event of an EMERGENCY. THIS IS TECHNOLOGY THAT REQUIRES RETHINKING!!!!!!!!!!!! Where are the "PERMANENT" BATTERES THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE "CONSTANT" CHARGING. I think it's about time for that advance.
The email cited a video "Before the Music Dies" and a book by Steve Knopper, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" about the self-destruction of the music industry. BUYERS ARE SHOWING THEIR DISTASTE with the industry by buying 40% of the "catalog items", in other words THE OLDER BUT GOODIES. The live concert tours are also being affected by the GREED AND CORRUPTION affecting the whole industry. IN POST 63, there is an evaluation of what happened to the art world in America because of the greed and political corruption of many major artists. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE that because artists of all persuasions have a kind of second sight, that they are more aware that AN END IS IN SIGHT AND THIS encourages a lot THE SELF-DESTRUCTION. It's an interesting point but one that RESEARCH will have to take on.
Sitting in front of the TV used to be one of the few kind of family events at home in America. Well, FORGET IT!!!!!!!! The viewer now uses Netflix to choose the TV movies and can watch alone. The rest of the folks are into their computers playing games and doing other things. The computer has dramatically reduced TV revenues . MUST BE WHY IF YOU DO WATCH TV THERE ARE 20 COMMERCIALS AT THE BREAK!!!!!!!!!!AND they run every few minutes.
Cable companies are trying desperately to re-ignite the medium but with hundreds of stations, of which only a few offer TV worth watching!!!!! MAYBE THEY SHOULD GO THE OTHER DIRECTION????????!!!!!REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS AND MAKE THE GOOD SHOWS FIGHT FOR TIME!!!!!!!!! That would reduce cost, increase quality and thereby, raise revenues! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!
These, of course, are only a few of the changes that may be expected. Only the creative imagination and the imagination of the computer entrepreneurs can really indicate what can be expected but be assured the changes so far are a drop in the bucket. Remember how industry changed society and lives evolved in so many ways. Technology promises that much change and more.
Cheers, Connie
6/15/11
NOTHING CAN GO WRONG!-MMMHMPH POST 66
Hi,
Another Economic FIASCO. The headline in a local paper ".....Owners left powerless in Bulk Buyer Takeover". Condo Owners lost control of their HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION to a large firm THAT BOUGHT OUT UNITS ON CHEAP. According to the article, over 11,000 condos across this nation have suffered similar scenarios.
The problem here is not only the takeover but the reasoning behind the Condo concept. From the beginning folks "in the know" made clear statements that CONDOMINIUMS were much safer than COOPERATIVES BECAUSE OF THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION and legal bylaws!!! Home owners supposedly could not lose control of the buildings and grounds and NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO THE INVESTMENT.
That word-NOTHING- CREATES UNEASINESS. SEARCH FOR NOTHING! Can you find it?????????? NOTHING ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING WITHIN IT THAT RENDERS the word NOTHING USELESS.
NOTHING CAN GO WRONG!!!!!!!Puleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK. The Government says that all the time and look at the messes they're trying to clean up!!!!!!!!!
In this case NOTHING HAD A LOT OF SOMETHING: property values reduced from a quarter of a million dollars to 40-50,000 dollars with numerous vacancies at that price; the collection of dues for HOA dropped, so disrepair began when existing homeowners couldn't meet upkeep; a majority of these 1/4million dollar units became available at the CHEAP; a large company saw the profit in buying up whole groups of UNITS which led to control of the condo association through the HOA.
One likes to think that FAIRNESS always rules--but it's not written in the HOA bylaws!!!!!!!!What is written is that a majority of homeowners control the welfare of the residents and buildings. That means MR. NEW PROFIT MAKER (who is now THE MAJORITY) is in control of this very democratic Association and has the existing tenants over the proverbial barrel. It's legal. It's not real nice. But baby, it's business (condos WERE always more of a business then just owning a home--that's why an HOA was needed) and PROFIT is necessary (either for keeping up the Condos or for a new majority investor) and is the MOTIVE.
Is that wrong? NO!!!!!!
This particular group seems to have been more fair than some would have been. They really refurbished the run down place, added attractions, only doubled rather low dues and assessed current homeowners what amounted to a minimal amount under five grand for the improvements.
HOWEVER, in the interest of protecting their derrieres, they blocked new owners wanting to buy condos by claiming " the new buyers would not have the means to meet condo obligations" In other words-UNIT OWNERS must SELL TO BIG COMPANY (B.C.) at a LOW PRICE OR NOT SELL at all AND PAY whatever B.C. DECIDES TO CHARGE for fees and assessments. B.C. meanwhile restores the units to use as RENTALS so the REMAINING HOMEOWNERS NOW LIVE in a RENTAL FACILITY.
IT'S ALL LEGAL, FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!Some readers will feel B.C. has done the town a FAVOR by cleaning up what was fast becoming a rat-infested defunct project. Others find profit making like this to be gross and morally UNJUST but have no advice to offer. All emotions aside--Condos are a BUSINESS and not TRUE HOME OWNERSHIP (one home+one owner) a system that has its OWN SET OF PROBLEMS).
This in no way attacks the condo owners and HOAs that are currently functioning well and keeping their legal promises to homeowners. There are many with fine standards and HOA officers. But remember this situation affects all condo owners by underlining the hazards that owning cooperatively entails. The condo owners who are now lucky enough to be holding strong assets, should still review their legal papers and by-laws to try to find those loopholes from which profit takers can gain advantage.
Okay, what's at stake here??????????(BESIDE THOSE REMAINING HOMEOWNERS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG????) The big answer is always the same.
LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!! SORRY, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR!!!!!!!!But there are no free lunches or dumping of responsibility!
"NOTHING CAN GO WRONG" SHOULD SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whenever you enter into an agreement that makes you only part of the whole, the only thing you really control is your PART. UNLESS, and this is a BIG UNLESS you either own a large portion like over 51% or you are HOA politician enough to convince others to buy into your investment (buy the defunct units) and stand on your side. CONDOS are an interesting use of CAPITALISM (profit taking) AND COMMUNISM (all for one and one for all). However, all business transactions have dozens of legal loop holes and it simply takes the right set of circumstances to make them pop out.
Have you read about TAKEOVERS in large companies????????? Well, now you understand how that happens. FIND THE LOOPHOLE, MAKE AN OFFER "THEY CAN'T REFUSE" AND IT'S PAYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Although leery of condos from the beginning because of an innate cautiousness about business, the reports showed that they thrived and only a few went under. Most, not all, HOAs seemed reasonable in their demands and restrictions. It is true of most things that when times are prosperous, attitudes soften and dire predictions calm. Still over the years intuition has proved better than most propaganda.
There is little that can be done for the owners in those 11,000 condos (that number is sure to increase as hard financial times continue to deflate home prices). The only advice to those currently in condo associations not currently under siege is to change some of the supposedly 'GOOD' RESTRICTIONS (like deciding who can live there and who cannot) to rules not so easily adaptable to ONE OWNER TAKEOVER. Go over your homeowner's laws with your lawyer with a fine tooth comb and change what can be reinterpreted for someone's advantage. WILL THAT DO IT???????? NO!!!!!! Not Entirely. But it may help in some ways to make the profit process less painful and maybe provide legal ways to cut current owners a slice of the profit.
AS LONG AS THERE IS A CHANCE TO MAKE A PROFIT UNDER ANY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, LAW, OR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY-- PROFIT takes precedence AND THOSE INVOLVED CAN BE RESPONSIBLE ONLY BY BEING AWARE! Make sure it's not your profit that's being taken.
CHEERS, CONNIE
Another Economic FIASCO. The headline in a local paper ".....Owners left powerless in Bulk Buyer Takeover". Condo Owners lost control of their HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION to a large firm THAT BOUGHT OUT UNITS ON CHEAP. According to the article, over 11,000 condos across this nation have suffered similar scenarios.
The problem here is not only the takeover but the reasoning behind the Condo concept. From the beginning folks "in the know" made clear statements that CONDOMINIUMS were much safer than COOPERATIVES BECAUSE OF THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION and legal bylaws!!! Home owners supposedly could not lose control of the buildings and grounds and NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO THE INVESTMENT.
That word-NOTHING- CREATES UNEASINESS. SEARCH FOR NOTHING! Can you find it?????????? NOTHING ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING WITHIN IT THAT RENDERS the word NOTHING USELESS.
NOTHING CAN GO WRONG!!!!!!!Puleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK. The Government says that all the time and look at the messes they're trying to clean up!!!!!!!!!
In this case NOTHING HAD A LOT OF SOMETHING: property values reduced from a quarter of a million dollars to 40-50,000 dollars with numerous vacancies at that price; the collection of dues for HOA dropped, so disrepair began when existing homeowners couldn't meet upkeep; a majority of these 1/4million dollar units became available at the CHEAP; a large company saw the profit in buying up whole groups of UNITS which led to control of the condo association through the HOA.
One likes to think that FAIRNESS always rules--but it's not written in the HOA bylaws!!!!!!!!What is written is that a majority of homeowners control the welfare of the residents and buildings. That means MR. NEW PROFIT MAKER (who is now THE MAJORITY) is in control of this very democratic Association and has the existing tenants over the proverbial barrel. It's legal. It's not real nice. But baby, it's business (condos WERE always more of a business then just owning a home--that's why an HOA was needed) and PROFIT is necessary (either for keeping up the Condos or for a new majority investor) and is the MOTIVE.
Is that wrong? NO!!!!!!
This particular group seems to have been more fair than some would have been. They really refurbished the run down place, added attractions, only doubled rather low dues and assessed current homeowners what amounted to a minimal amount under five grand for the improvements.
HOWEVER, in the interest of protecting their derrieres, they blocked new owners wanting to buy condos by claiming " the new buyers would not have the means to meet condo obligations" In other words-UNIT OWNERS must SELL TO BIG COMPANY (B.C.) at a LOW PRICE OR NOT SELL at all AND PAY whatever B.C. DECIDES TO CHARGE for fees and assessments. B.C. meanwhile restores the units to use as RENTALS so the REMAINING HOMEOWNERS NOW LIVE in a RENTAL FACILITY.
IT'S ALL LEGAL, FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!Some readers will feel B.C. has done the town a FAVOR by cleaning up what was fast becoming a rat-infested defunct project. Others find profit making like this to be gross and morally UNJUST but have no advice to offer. All emotions aside--Condos are a BUSINESS and not TRUE HOME OWNERSHIP (one home+one owner) a system that has its OWN SET OF PROBLEMS).
This in no way attacks the condo owners and HOAs that are currently functioning well and keeping their legal promises to homeowners. There are many with fine standards and HOA officers. But remember this situation affects all condo owners by underlining the hazards that owning cooperatively entails. The condo owners who are now lucky enough to be holding strong assets, should still review their legal papers and by-laws to try to find those loopholes from which profit takers can gain advantage.
Okay, what's at stake here??????????(BESIDE THOSE REMAINING HOMEOWNERS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG????) The big answer is always the same.
LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!! SORRY, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR!!!!!!!!But there are no free lunches or dumping of responsibility!
"NOTHING CAN GO WRONG" SHOULD SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whenever you enter into an agreement that makes you only part of the whole, the only thing you really control is your PART. UNLESS, and this is a BIG UNLESS you either own a large portion like over 51% or you are HOA politician enough to convince others to buy into your investment (buy the defunct units) and stand on your side. CONDOS are an interesting use of CAPITALISM (profit taking) AND COMMUNISM (all for one and one for all). However, all business transactions have dozens of legal loop holes and it simply takes the right set of circumstances to make them pop out.
Have you read about TAKEOVERS in large companies????????? Well, now you understand how that happens. FIND THE LOOPHOLE, MAKE AN OFFER "THEY CAN'T REFUSE" AND IT'S PAYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Although leery of condos from the beginning because of an innate cautiousness about business, the reports showed that they thrived and only a few went under. Most, not all, HOAs seemed reasonable in their demands and restrictions. It is true of most things that when times are prosperous, attitudes soften and dire predictions calm. Still over the years intuition has proved better than most propaganda.
There is little that can be done for the owners in those 11,000 condos (that number is sure to increase as hard financial times continue to deflate home prices). The only advice to those currently in condo associations not currently under siege is to change some of the supposedly 'GOOD' RESTRICTIONS (like deciding who can live there and who cannot) to rules not so easily adaptable to ONE OWNER TAKEOVER. Go over your homeowner's laws with your lawyer with a fine tooth comb and change what can be reinterpreted for someone's advantage. WILL THAT DO IT???????? NO!!!!!! Not Entirely. But it may help in some ways to make the profit process less painful and maybe provide legal ways to cut current owners a slice of the profit.
AS LONG AS THERE IS A CHANCE TO MAKE A PROFIT UNDER ANY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, LAW, OR BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY-- PROFIT takes precedence AND THOSE INVOLVED CAN BE RESPONSIBLE ONLY BY BEING AWARE! Make sure it's not your profit that's being taken.
CHEERS, CONNIE
6/6/11
MAKE NATURE WORK FOR US AND SOLVE UNEMPLOYMENT
Hi,
My blog two weeks ago had as an idea that we build a pipeline like the one we built to Alaska but for WATER!!!!!!
SOUND LIKE PIE (or pipe) IN THE SKY?????????? Well, think again!!!!!!!!! A newspaper article in the good old New York Times or Wall Street Journal said that China is planning to move the water from their flood plains to their drought areas. THEY GET THE IDEA!!! Can they accomplish it?????????Who knows but they will do it the Communist way.
I'm on an ECONOMIC MISSION. LISTEN UP!!!!!!!!!
What a great economic idea for a suffering economy. Put people to work, create eventual major profit and make the lives of our citizens far better. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!! A very old saying that Americans seem to have forgotten. How about it WARREN BUFFETT????? How about it PAUL ALLEN, BILL GATES, STEVE WOZNIAK AND STEVE JOBS put some of that MONEY YOU MADE ON THE COMPUTER and MAKE SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THE COMPUTERS DO THE PLOTTING AND PLANNING!!!!!!!!!!!
A capitalist plan can bring together a corporation, investors and the Internet for the planning and implementing of a pipe line OR PIPE LINES or CONNECTING sections of PIPE to control that precious snow that is melting into FLOOD WATER. SURE IT'LL TAKE SOME CATCHMENT BASINS BUT THE PROFIT!!!!! POTENTIAL IS BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!!! I'll bet all those AMERICANS who donate to charities to help others would buy stock in something that would make America a safer land in which to live!!!!!
What "the hey" is the matter with AMERICAN INGENUITY AND AMERICAN ENGINEERS. We're talking about GREEN ENERGY OF A REAL AND MAJOR KIND. Saving forests and vegetation and land that is now under attack. The COSTS OF FIRES AND HELICOPTERS AND WATER BUCKETS PLUS THE COST OF ARID LAND AND FIRES AND FLOODS AND SAND BAGGING ADD UP TO A GIANT AMOUNT. Just the cost of personnel alone and the major dangers to the population should make someone who can do this - DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!!!!!!!! Have we lost sight of the forest (YEAH, IT BURNED) for the trees. Have we just thrown up our hands in despair and surrendered to the forces of nature???????? Are we simply accepting the fatality of flooding and fire?
If our corporations have become too prosperous, blind sided, busy, or poor in capitol or leadership for new projects then let's look in the other direction--which is too bad in a Capitalist country!!!
On the Progressive????? front line where's Al Gore???????Where's Ted Turner?????? Where's George Soros????????? WHERE'S PETER LEWIS??????????Where's PRESIDENT Obama??????These proponents of a GREEN ECONOMY should be acting on this. WHY AREN'T THEY PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE??????? Have they got their proverbial heads up their proverbial behinds??????? (There's a more vulgar expression for that!!!)
Yeah, I'm mad because lately we seem to be satisfied with watching disasters on the news--welcome them even--as a diversion. INSTEAD OF SOLVING THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE OUR EDUCATED YOUNG??????????????
UNEMPLOYMENT????????? Any idea how many Americans this project would employ???????? Construction workers would have jobs again.
HEY, OBAMA. HEY TRUMP. HEY PALIN. YOU POLITICOS LISTENING??????????? THERE'S YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISE. THERE'S YOUR GREEN AMERICA. THERE'S YOUR EMPLOYMENT LINE!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, it will be costly but all that MONEY SPENT CONTROLLING FIRES AND FLOODING CAN BE EARMARKED FOR PIPELINES and CRAMMED WITH SNOW. I hate to encourage GREED but can you imagine that the water now flooding all those states could become a commodity more expensive than OIL!!!!!!!!!
PLUS, WE ARE PLANNING TO RUN NATURAL GAS LINES ACROSS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!! WHY CAN'T WATER LINES BE RUN AT THE SAME TIME????????What state would not pay to bring in damage saving water!!!!!!! REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT WATER COMPANIES?????????? WHO WOULD PAY A WATER COMPANY FOR WATER IN THEIR HOME?????????WHO???? ONLY A MAJOR PORTION OF OUR POPULATION!!!!!! What state would not be willing to pay to keep the snows from overburdening the populace and what FLOODED states would not contribute to control flooding.
THINK INVESTORS--THINK!!!!!!!!! We mined gold, plutonium, and silver, diamonds, precious gems as well as coal and iron, lead and more. We made atomic energy, began the electrification of the world and our ancestors ran railroad lines everywhere. We invented so many things, it makes my head swim. WE RAN A PIPE LINE TO ALASKA for oil !!!!!!!!!
SO WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS????????
What did the movie, "NETWORK" say years ago. "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE"--where's that fire in the belly that created the steam engine?????Where's the investors that brought us the computer (AFRAID OF REALLY HARD WORK????) or will they stand up and be counted?????????
I know you're out there and have the brains to do the job!!!!!!! I just don't know where so this blog is an attempt to flush you out and suggest the next GREAT PROJECT for America. BECOME AN AMERICAN HERO!!!!!!!!!! A HEATED PIPELINE FROM THE FROZEN NORTH TO THE ARID DESERTS WITH VALVES ALONG THE WAY TO ALLOW WATER WHERE IT IS NEEDED!!!!!!! A DREAM???????
NO!!!!!!!!!! MAKE IT A REALITY. NOTHING VENTURED-NOTHING GAINED.
CHEERS, CONNIE
My blog two weeks ago had as an idea that we build a pipeline like the one we built to Alaska but for WATER!!!!!!
SOUND LIKE PIE (or pipe) IN THE SKY?????????? Well, think again!!!!!!!!! A newspaper article in the good old New York Times or Wall Street Journal said that China is planning to move the water from their flood plains to their drought areas. THEY GET THE IDEA!!! Can they accomplish it?????????Who knows but they will do it the Communist way.
I'm on an ECONOMIC MISSION. LISTEN UP!!!!!!!!!
What a great economic idea for a suffering economy. Put people to work, create eventual major profit and make the lives of our citizens far better. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!! A very old saying that Americans seem to have forgotten. How about it WARREN BUFFETT????? How about it PAUL ALLEN, BILL GATES, STEVE WOZNIAK AND STEVE JOBS put some of that MONEY YOU MADE ON THE COMPUTER and MAKE SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THE COMPUTERS DO THE PLOTTING AND PLANNING!!!!!!!!!!!
A capitalist plan can bring together a corporation, investors and the Internet for the planning and implementing of a pipe line OR PIPE LINES or CONNECTING sections of PIPE to control that precious snow that is melting into FLOOD WATER. SURE IT'LL TAKE SOME CATCHMENT BASINS BUT THE PROFIT!!!!! POTENTIAL IS BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!!! I'll bet all those AMERICANS who donate to charities to help others would buy stock in something that would make America a safer land in which to live!!!!!
What "the hey" is the matter with AMERICAN INGENUITY AND AMERICAN ENGINEERS. We're talking about GREEN ENERGY OF A REAL AND MAJOR KIND. Saving forests and vegetation and land that is now under attack. The COSTS OF FIRES AND HELICOPTERS AND WATER BUCKETS PLUS THE COST OF ARID LAND AND FIRES AND FLOODS AND SAND BAGGING ADD UP TO A GIANT AMOUNT. Just the cost of personnel alone and the major dangers to the population should make someone who can do this - DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!!!!!!!! Have we lost sight of the forest (YEAH, IT BURNED) for the trees. Have we just thrown up our hands in despair and surrendered to the forces of nature???????? Are we simply accepting the fatality of flooding and fire?
If our corporations have become too prosperous, blind sided, busy, or poor in capitol or leadership for new projects then let's look in the other direction--which is too bad in a Capitalist country!!!
On the Progressive????? front line where's Al Gore???????Where's Ted Turner?????? Where's George Soros????????? WHERE'S PETER LEWIS??????????Where's PRESIDENT Obama??????These proponents of a GREEN ECONOMY should be acting on this. WHY AREN'T THEY PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE??????? Have they got their proverbial heads up their proverbial behinds??????? (There's a more vulgar expression for that!!!)
Yeah, I'm mad because lately we seem to be satisfied with watching disasters on the news--welcome them even--as a diversion. INSTEAD OF SOLVING THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE OUR EDUCATED YOUNG??????????????
UNEMPLOYMENT????????? Any idea how many Americans this project would employ???????? Construction workers would have jobs again.
HEY, OBAMA. HEY TRUMP. HEY PALIN. YOU POLITICOS LISTENING??????????? THERE'S YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISE. THERE'S YOUR GREEN AMERICA. THERE'S YOUR EMPLOYMENT LINE!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, it will be costly but all that MONEY SPENT CONTROLLING FIRES AND FLOODING CAN BE EARMARKED FOR PIPELINES and CRAMMED WITH SNOW. I hate to encourage GREED but can you imagine that the water now flooding all those states could become a commodity more expensive than OIL!!!!!!!!!
PLUS, WE ARE PLANNING TO RUN NATURAL GAS LINES ACROSS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!! WHY CAN'T WATER LINES BE RUN AT THE SAME TIME????????What state would not pay to bring in damage saving water!!!!!!! REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT WATER COMPANIES?????????? WHO WOULD PAY A WATER COMPANY FOR WATER IN THEIR HOME?????????WHO???? ONLY A MAJOR PORTION OF OUR POPULATION!!!!!! What state would not be willing to pay to keep the snows from overburdening the populace and what FLOODED states would not contribute to control flooding.
THINK INVESTORS--THINK!!!!!!!!! We mined gold, plutonium, and silver, diamonds, precious gems as well as coal and iron, lead and more. We made atomic energy, began the electrification of the world and our ancestors ran railroad lines everywhere. We invented so many things, it makes my head swim. WE RAN A PIPE LINE TO ALASKA for oil !!!!!!!!!
SO WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS????????
What did the movie, "NETWORK" say years ago. "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE"--where's that fire in the belly that created the steam engine?????Where's the investors that brought us the computer (AFRAID OF REALLY HARD WORK????) or will they stand up and be counted?????????
I know you're out there and have the brains to do the job!!!!!!! I just don't know where so this blog is an attempt to flush you out and suggest the next GREAT PROJECT for America. BECOME AN AMERICAN HERO!!!!!!!!!! A HEATED PIPELINE FROM THE FROZEN NORTH TO THE ARID DESERTS WITH VALVES ALONG THE WAY TO ALLOW WATER WHERE IT IS NEEDED!!!!!!! A DREAM???????
NO!!!!!!!!!! MAKE IT A REALITY. NOTHING VENTURED-NOTHING GAINED.
CHEERS, CONNIE
5/31/11
TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION POST 64
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
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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