Tuesday Open Thread
Submitted by QMS on Tue, 11/28/2017 - 5:06am
Howdy buckaroos! It's your ol' friend Slim Pickens coming to you from the way-out wacky west. It's Tuesday here, so you know what that means... that's right, it's time for another round of "Name that Rune"
an aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men...”
And the answer is...Lord Acton: Historian, champion of liberty, sympathizer of the Confederacy.
Some graffiti once seen scrawled inside a trans-continental train many, many moons ago:
"Mind your wants because something wants your mind."
And my new favorite:
"Respect existence or expect resistance"
This thread is open for all comers, so please make of it what you will. Peace!
Comments
Hola, amigos.
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Hola, DO. Many of us, at the time, pointed out that all of his
excesses would be inherited and expanded on by others, and that some might abuse them, but everybody was hypnotized.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Things to do
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Good info
Went to the 5 calls site to make sure my "reps" are in the NO column. Thanks DO. So many issues, so little representation. Peace
I will make the calls but I am doubtful this really has any
impact on them. It's all driven by campaign contributions and donors. Right now Johnson-R-WI is a no but I am sure his vote can be bought. I have lost all faith in this political system.
O.k. When is the next meeting for the revolution?
-FuturePassed on Sunday, November 25, 2018 10:22 p.m.
Yeah, hear ya
wondering how it will actually shake out when the dust settles? Votes for sale, it's the capitalist way
Is it horrible of me to hope that they do pass this
stinky fish which will implement the "entitlement" cuts under paygo rules? Maybe THEN people will get it that this is not a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
I wish no harm to come to anyone but gosh waiting for the true trigger to the real revolution is tough. Now I know how Evangelicals feel waiting for the Rapture!
O.k. When is the next meeting for the revolution?
-FuturePassed on Sunday, November 25, 2018 10:22 p.m.
pay go rules
why is military spending not under the same rules? It's borrowed money anyway. The corp's should pay go the empire builders, not hide it somewhere. And we pay the interest without benefits.
Agreed!
I suppose for those "National Security" bullshit policies we hear about so often. Nothing is greater than the Military in this Country donchknow?
O.k. When is the next meeting for the revolution?
-FuturePassed on Sunday, November 25, 2018 10:22 p.m.
The Rethugs have been doing this for decades
but they always (with the collusion of the MSM and the help of high powered public relations firms) seem to obfuscate the obvious. If people haven't caught on by now, it is not clear that the populace as a whole will catch on to this rather transparent scheme for enriching the rich at our expense.
Polls say most Americans are against this tax scam
but again, that doesn't mean their representatives will vote in their interests (the people) rather than the donor's interests.
O.k. When is the next meeting for the revolution?
-FuturePassed on Sunday, November 25, 2018 10:22 p.m.
good morning
Your essay reminded me about the Desiderata, but I guess you learn something everyday. I thought the Desiderata was found in a Boston church in the late 1600's. But nooo...it was written in 1927, and is in the public domain. (In a 1976 lawsuit against the magazine's publisher, Combined Registry Co., the court ruled (and subsequently the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld) that copyright had been forfeited because the poem had been authorized for publication without a copyright notice in the 1940s – and that the poem was therefore in the public domain.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
Hope you all have a good day. I'm just home from trade day about to do my chores. Bought a metal leaf rake and a garden rake for $8 and a wool felt hat for $2. Amazing how $10 can make you feel rich. Sadly no avocados today...oh well there's Sat. trade day too.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Thanks for that, but, sadly, I am so
twisted that any mention of Desiderata makes me immediately think of this:
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Here's something interesting.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYFA2wCDw7A]
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
And let's not forget
the poissardes in the French Revolution and the feminist initiatives of the Paris Commune including the women's battalion that defended the Place Blanche.
Desiderata
Wow does that ever bring me back! Had it on a poster early 70's. Inspirational ideas. Thanks!
Good morning QMS. Thanks for the inspiration.
The power of three is referred to by Lewis Carrols Bellman in "The Hunting of the Snark, a poem in eight fits" as follows:
Dissatisfied with merely asserting this universal law, he later proves it:
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Ahh, soo
maybe that's where Dr. Seuss was coming from? Or maybe the Mad Hatter.