Referencing 9/11 is no accident. This is more success than a massive collusion could even dream.
There's no conspiracy here except our unwillingness to confront the real changes we need to make in our lives. This isn't about "change". This is about local and regional schedules for running fresh water. No lawn mowing. No gasoline powered vehicles. Locally grown foods because its the only kind you can get.
New un-models for education, work, play. If you think Obama, or McCain, or Hillary, or anyone else is going to make this happen, you've got another think coming.
Shocked to find this in AdAge.
9.23.2008
9.16.2008
World of War
Who better to craft a terrorist plot against the White House than the US government itself?
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
Let The Sky Fall
Want to know what's happening in the world and why?
Follow the money.
Our culture is deeply invested in virtual value - stocks, futures, govt bonds, etc - the vast majority of these have NO REAL MATERIAL VALUE.
The global stock market may collapse, and it should. In a truly capitalist economy, that is the purging that builds innovation, evolution and motivates productivity. It is scary, and it is beautiful. When your business dies, the market lets it go happily. A newer, better, smarter business will meet the need that your business met, or it will also go the way of the dodo.
And so for the financial firms facing the failure of their houses of carefully accounted cards, let it go, y'all. Let it go.
Government is not, should not be in the business of bailing you out.
Follow the money.
Our culture is deeply invested in virtual value - stocks, futures, govt bonds, etc - the vast majority of these have NO REAL MATERIAL VALUE.
The global stock market may collapse, and it should. In a truly capitalist economy, that is the purging that builds innovation, evolution and motivates productivity. It is scary, and it is beautiful. When your business dies, the market lets it go happily. A newer, better, smarter business will meet the need that your business met, or it will also go the way of the dodo.
And so for the financial firms facing the failure of their houses of carefully accounted cards, let it go, y'all. Let it go.
Government is not, should not be in the business of bailing you out.
9.15.2008
9.11.2008
Hot Air News
THE ADS THAT AREN'T
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Paul Farhi]
When Democrats turned their attention to national security themes at their
nominating convention last month, Sen. John McCain's campaign was ready. In a
withering TV commercial called "Tiny," McCain claimed that Sen. Barack Obama had
called Iran a "tiny" country that "doesn't pose a serious threat." As reporters
scrambled to vet the claims -- which, it reportedly turned out, distorted
Obama's comments -- few noticed something curious about the commercial itself:
"Tiny" appeared almost nowhere on the air except in news accounts. Since
introducing the much-discussed commercial two weeks ago, in fact, McCain's
campaign has bought airtime for it just 10 times. The McCain ad, in other words,
wasn't really much of an ad at all. In political parlance, "Tiny" was a "vapor,"
or "ghost," ad. The goal of such spots is to stir up news-media interest rather
than to reach voters directly through the purchase of expensive TV time.
http://benton.org/node/16751 [64]
Comment on this Headline [65] ok...
[So, I know I'm feeding into the whole cycle intended by the McCain camp by posting this ad on my blog, but the circularity of that - my attention is (we should all note) NOT on any electoral issues as I post this - is an irresistible illustration of human circular mundanity.]
[This is today's version]
[In contrast, Drill Baby Drill is a valuable metaphor - a political cartoon of sorts. Tony, you know I already think you're a fucking genius.]
9.09.2008
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