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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
strange days
have found me, in the steamy Jooly/August vegetation mire of the Gods honest Florida.
Florida of flores, the air hums with ufo insects
in a soft light, after a rain
Sun Maharaj has backed of to chase the beauty on the other side
late summer lacks the flower smells. waterlogged wood. rotting fruit from trees. decomposing flowers. but the air is full of the sweat of the gulf , raining briefly, intensely. like a lovelorn man and a beautiful woman.
these are days in the Void- capital V. Watching 70s flicks on netflix. living in the moment like the greatest of sages. drinking the love of life through the pores, and eyes of course. I should be writing a novel (and I am preparing the ground in ways I suppose), or on an airplane, boat, car, horse, yak, somewhere far away, starting a religion, owning a bar in the bronx, etc. Like John Lennon said, life is what happens while you're making other plans. So my life is to be a shaman to my tribe (me son wife) , and Earth. Im also unemployed as real shamans/sadhus usually are. Channeling the good for the Earthly life forms as well as Uberearthly.
Florida of flores, the air hums with ufo insects
in a soft light, after a rain
Sun Maharaj has backed of to chase the beauty on the other side
late summer lacks the flower smells. waterlogged wood. rotting fruit from trees. decomposing flowers. but the air is full of the sweat of the gulf , raining briefly, intensely. like a lovelorn man and a beautiful woman.
these are days in the Void- capital V. Watching 70s flicks on netflix. living in the moment like the greatest of sages. drinking the love of life through the pores, and eyes of course. I should be writing a novel (and I am preparing the ground in ways I suppose), or on an airplane, boat, car, horse, yak, somewhere far away, starting a religion, owning a bar in the bronx, etc. Like John Lennon said, life is what happens while you're making other plans. So my life is to be a shaman to my tribe (me son wife) , and Earth. Im also unemployed as real shamans/sadhus usually are. Channeling the good for the Earthly life forms as well as Uberearthly.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
have you ever felt
like you didnt want to be anywhere that was accessible to you at all, even asleep? What do you do?
feeling the fragility of the body
am I getting old? I dont feeel old
floating across the green land
from below
feeling the fragility of the body
am I getting old? I dont feeel old
floating across the green land
from below
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
that '70's show
Retro 70's fashion is OK. '70's economic mistakes and war mongering is not. Since WW2 the US has driven its economy to a large degree by war. Yes folks, for over 50 years war has been the solution of our government. This is confirmed by some economists who have studied the FDR presidency, only it worked in that case, due to many other factors not present now. Of course there are other reasons to wage war, but if it is not in a country's economic advantage or related concerns of sovereignty they will not wage war. This is world history. Although modern politicians would like us other wise.
Lets do a quick and dirty OM rundown. Fat cat generals and other goons who grew powerful in a well funded war machine post WW2 were giddy by the effectiveness and funding of that machine. The new enemy, perhaps rightly, was communism. The Korean war was the testing ground necessary to show the American people how dangerous the reds were, and establish the new enemy in the public eye. Plus they got to try out new weapons not ready in time for ww2. It costs a lot of money to make all those weapons, hell even simple tools! Does anyone remember the $700 screwdrivers and toilet seats the government was paying for in the '80's?
Then Vietnam. JFK was reportedly about to write off most support for the cause...about the time he was murdered. Hmmm. Unpopular war, many dead, no results, for over 10 years. Even war supporters should have known after Tet it was a done deal. Why stay? Because it meant big money. That napalm costs a lot.
So much taxpayer money is diverted to defense industries, that other areas suffer...but it takes a while to shake out economically. At first jobs are created, money is made, etc. See the 1950's US (again many different circumstances not present today). Not a bad time economically speaking. Then the '70s. Oil embargoes, unemployment skyrockets, horrible inflation. Earlier this summer I read 'Decent Interval' about the final days of US presence in Saigon. The US tried to milk the cash cow until it was literally chased out of the city, April 1975. The problems were already rearing their heads at home though. Somehow under Carter's semi-sane judgment (he came close to legalizing Cannabis also), the US made it through the '70's.
Enter Reagan. Reaganomics. Cut from other programs, build up arms race, funnel money to defense contractors. Necessary? I guess we'll never know but the USSR was bankrupt, and corrupt by the late '80's. Bush 1, floated down the pike. Didn't enter Iraq; good, didn't do much else; bad. Clinton, good times overall (perhaps not in Bosnia). Budget surpluses, very low fuel prices. Country was calm and watching Seinfeld every Thursday.
Now the current dickheaded administration, out of greed and stupidity invades Iraq for oil, and strategic control of the region. Budget surpluses blown quickly; fuel prices begin to rise. Public funds increasingly channeled to private war and reconstruction contractors (cut out that troublesome red tape and feed the monkey directly), often unaccountable. Some of these connected to private business interest of the VP and others. Still flushing trillions into Iraq with no result. Sound like Vietnam? After studying Vietnam the dark hand realized that keeping US body counts low was the key to protracted war. Only they didn't realize (or maybe they do) they are pushing the economy to the brink. They are using old solutions to new problems, and doing it in a much more greedy and reckless manor. We are only seeing the beginning of the problems.
And I'm pretty fucking pissed off about it.
Conclusion: War is not a viable economic strategy. People suffer and die. Even animals treat each other better.
Lets do a quick and dirty OM rundown. Fat cat generals and other goons who grew powerful in a well funded war machine post WW2 were giddy by the effectiveness and funding of that machine. The new enemy, perhaps rightly, was communism. The Korean war was the testing ground necessary to show the American people how dangerous the reds were, and establish the new enemy in the public eye. Plus they got to try out new weapons not ready in time for ww2. It costs a lot of money to make all those weapons, hell even simple tools! Does anyone remember the $700 screwdrivers and toilet seats the government was paying for in the '80's?
Then Vietnam. JFK was reportedly about to write off most support for the cause...about the time he was murdered. Hmmm. Unpopular war, many dead, no results, for over 10 years. Even war supporters should have known after Tet it was a done deal. Why stay? Because it meant big money. That napalm costs a lot.
So much taxpayer money is diverted to defense industries, that other areas suffer...but it takes a while to shake out economically. At first jobs are created, money is made, etc. See the 1950's US (again many different circumstances not present today). Not a bad time economically speaking. Then the '70s. Oil embargoes, unemployment skyrockets, horrible inflation. Earlier this summer I read 'Decent Interval' about the final days of US presence in Saigon. The US tried to milk the cash cow until it was literally chased out of the city, April 1975. The problems were already rearing their heads at home though. Somehow under Carter's semi-sane judgment (he came close to legalizing Cannabis also), the US made it through the '70's.
Enter Reagan. Reaganomics. Cut from other programs, build up arms race, funnel money to defense contractors. Necessary? I guess we'll never know but the USSR was bankrupt, and corrupt by the late '80's. Bush 1, floated down the pike. Didn't enter Iraq; good, didn't do much else; bad. Clinton, good times overall (perhaps not in Bosnia). Budget surpluses, very low fuel prices. Country was calm and watching Seinfeld every Thursday.
Now the current dickheaded administration, out of greed and stupidity invades Iraq for oil, and strategic control of the region. Budget surpluses blown quickly; fuel prices begin to rise. Public funds increasingly channeled to private war and reconstruction contractors (cut out that troublesome red tape and feed the monkey directly), often unaccountable. Some of these connected to private business interest of the VP and others. Still flushing trillions into Iraq with no result. Sound like Vietnam? After studying Vietnam the dark hand realized that keeping US body counts low was the key to protracted war. Only they didn't realize (or maybe they do) they are pushing the economy to the brink. They are using old solutions to new problems, and doing it in a much more greedy and reckless manor. We are only seeing the beginning of the problems.
And I'm pretty fucking pissed off about it.
Conclusion: War is not a viable economic strategy. People suffer and die. Even animals treat each other better.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
the economy
In case nobody has noticed, things are getting tight here in America. Just read about Benake's testimony this morning. Being an armchair economist (almost majored in it), and unemployed, and suffering many unexpected expenditures lately, I am taking special notice. In this american life of mine, I have never seen such drastic increase in the cost of damn near everything. Bernake, rightly, stated that demand for oil, in particular, has simply exceeded supply. Its not futures speculators. Petrol (gas to us amurcans) has always been, in comparison to other nations, cheaper here, in spite of the private industry (non-nationalized) that has certainly thrived here. In is interesting (or expected) he did not include the wars of attrition the US is fighting on two fronts that are draining the coffers, as other economists have. Then the icing on the cake this weekend: Fannie mae and Freddie Mac are in the red. Normally this is was a desired thing for the elite bank owners, who like in the '80's fiasco, over-wrote houses etc. (some apparently non-existent), only to get bailed out by the fed. govt., with whom they had a very cozy 'business' relationship under Reagan.
I have read all manner of comments from around the world about America's role in the world economy. The most bizarre perhaps (on Al Jazzera), one man who stated that America is staging is own economic downturn for the purpose of....hurting other nations. That is certainly ingenious. 'I'm gonna burn down my house to piss of my neighbor' logic.
What is good is that China, in particular, has a vested interest in the American economy; after all who is going to buy all that cheap crap that produce? Russia is relishing, Chavez is blissful (calling for $300 a barrel if Congress pisses him off), and Bush is still oblivious (he did blame the democrats today, another brilliant assessment, almost as good as the Al Jazzera dude).
On a personal note I have been sick for what seems like several days. My fever peaked out, I hope, yesterday.
I have read all manner of comments from around the world about America's role in the world economy. The most bizarre perhaps (on Al Jazzera), one man who stated that America is staging is own economic downturn for the purpose of....hurting other nations. That is certainly ingenious. 'I'm gonna burn down my house to piss of my neighbor' logic.
What is good is that China, in particular, has a vested interest in the American economy; after all who is going to buy all that cheap crap that produce? Russia is relishing, Chavez is blissful (calling for $300 a barrel if Congress pisses him off), and Bush is still oblivious (he did blame the democrats today, another brilliant assessment, almost as good as the Al Jazzera dude).
On a personal note I have been sick for what seems like several days. My fever peaked out, I hope, yesterday.
Friday, July 11, 2008
late
there is no excuse for not blogging, not that I need one. Just like I don't answer my phone when I'm busy, or when someone calls me a lot. There is a cessation of freedom that comes with technology, and living in close quarters with others. There is a drive to be disconnected from the trivial.
Lots has happened. I saw Tom Waits in Jax. I'm not in the mood to write about that. I got a preliminary offer from a German publishing house to publish my thesis. Thats good news. Sent it off today. In fact I'll continue this post at a later date.
Lots has happened. I saw Tom Waits in Jax. I'm not in the mood to write about that. I got a preliminary offer from a German publishing house to publish my thesis. Thats good news. Sent it off today. In fact I'll continue this post at a later date.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Tom Waits 7-1-08 Jax
I realized I never mentioned Mr Waits' show. Me and Dave drove down about 1:30pm. My nerves were frazzled by getting a letter from a bureaucrat about why they werent responsible for my car flooding.
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