I may have made myself misunderstood by Mr Glover and others.
See this article and especially the quote below:
www.nps.gov/resources/story.htm?id=251
The Southern lag in industrial development did not result from any inherent economic disadvantages. There was great wealth in the South, but it was primarily tied up in the slave economy. In 1860, the economic value of slaves in the United States exceeded the invested value of all of the nation's railroads, factories, and banks combined. On the eve of the Civil War, cotton prices were at an all-time high. The Confederate leaders were confident that the importance of cotton on the world market, particularly in England and France, would provide the South with the diplomatic and military assistance they needed for victory.
BOOMERBUSTER
OLD CELLO
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
MAC AMORE
For Gigi:
Happy holidays
“(In Napoli where love
is king
When boy meets girl
here's what they say)
Five'll get you ten Old Macky's back in town
D'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe …
When the moon hits your
eye like a big pizza pie
Just a jackknife has MacHeath, that’s amore!
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white,"Vita bella".
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
And he keeps it out of sight, that’s amore!
Hearts will play
tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Scarlet billows start to spread, like a gay tarantella.
Fancy gloves, though wears MacHeath, babe
When the stars make you
drool just like a pasta fool.
When the world seems to
shine like you've had too much wine
there's never, never a trace of red, that’s amore.
When you dance down the
street with a cloud at your feet
Oh, that cement is just its there for the weight, you're in love
When you walk in a dream
but you know you're not
Dreaming senior, someone's
sneakin' 'round a corner.
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
D'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe.
Bells will ring
ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
Old Macky's back in town,
"Vita bella".
Scuzza me, but you see,
back in old Napoli
That's amore (amore)
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
RAWHIDE ON THE RANGE
For Scarlett:
Happy Holidays?
"Oh give me a home,
Where the buffalo roam
Don't try to understand em
Just rope throw an brand em
Where the deer and the antelope play
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart's calculatin', my true love will be waitin',
Home, home on the range,
Keep them doggies movin'
Don't try to understand 'em,
Where seldom is heard, keep movin', movin', movin',
A discouraging word, though they're disapprovin',
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Just rope throw and brand' em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
be waiting at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!"
Happy Holidays?
"Oh give me a home,
Where the buffalo roam
Don't try to understand em
Just rope throw an brand em
Where the deer and the antelope play
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
Boy my heart's calculatin', my true love will be waitin',
Home, home on the range,
Keep them doggies movin'
Don't try to understand 'em,
Where seldom is heard, keep movin', movin', movin',
A discouraging word, though they're disapprovin',
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Just rope throw and brand' em,
Soon we'll be living high and wide.
be waiting at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!"
Sunday, December 14, 2014
BEAT IT MEAN FIRST VERSION
For Betty Boop:
Happy Burp Day
'She was more like a wolverine
from a sit com scene,
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
She said her name was Billy Mean,
And she ripped my jeans.
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
I said you better sew these right now,
or I'll fake a scene
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
She said I am the one
who will dance on the ground in the round now,
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
Billy Mean's not my lover, she's just a girl claims I am the one
It doesn't matter who's right or wrong
And who wants to beware,
(chorus) Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Then showed a selfie (paint bot) of me, says I am the one,
but the kid's not my one, eyes just like mine.
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
Billy Mean's not my lover, she just claims I am one,
I say yes, that's my selfie, it doesn't matter which side I'm on,
I don't want to be square,
so beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
ps I wouldn't use Quincy Jones' stuff for this.
use say let It Bleed, or country Honk, or meld them.
Happy Burp Day
'She was more like a wolverine
from a sit com scene,
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
She said her name was Billy Mean,
And she ripped my jeans.
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
I said you better sew these right now,
or I'll fake a scene
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
She said I am the one
who will dance on the ground in the round now,
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
Billy Mean's not my lover, she's just a girl claims I am the one
It doesn't matter who's right or wrong
And who wants to beware,
(chorus) Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Then showed a selfie (paint bot) of me, says I am the one,
but the kid's not my one, eyes just like mine.
(chorus) do do do do do, doooo do do, do
do do do do do, doooo do do
Billy Mean's not my lover, she just claims I am one,
I say yes, that's my selfie, it doesn't matter which side I'm on,
I don't want to be square,
so beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
Just beat it beat it beat it, do do do ,do
ps I wouldn't use Quincy Jones' stuff for this.
use say let It Bleed, or country Honk, or meld them.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
RE REVOLUTIONS
Quigley talked about revolutions 'out of order', in the so called developing world.
That was a key insight for its time in the 60s.
What we have seen since the 60s however is a leap frogging over stages of development in various sectors, such that my oft cited lament,
'never in the history of human conflict has so much been given away, to so many, by so few, so quickly, for so little,'
sums up the history since the 60s nicely.
That was a key insight for its time in the 60s.
What we have seen since the 60s however is a leap frogging over stages of development in various sectors, such that my oft cited lament,
'never in the history of human conflict has so much been given away, to so many, by so few, so quickly, for so little,'
sums up the history since the 60s nicely.
SIR MICHAEL HOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION WAS REALLY AROUND 1776
The coup de grace was 1945:
"...The citizens of the United States had not joined in the Second World War to prop up a system of imperial domination against which they had been the first people to revolt...." Sir Michael Howard
The universal empire of Western Civilization, in Quigley's terminology, was the British Empire, after 1763, not the Napoleonic, briefly, thereafter.
"...The citizens of the United States had not joined in the Second World War to prop up a system of imperial domination against which they had been the first people to revolt...." Sir Michael Howard
The universal empire of Western Civilization, in Quigley's terminology, was the British Empire, after 1763, not the Napoleonic, briefly, thereafter.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
RE P PUTIN HOW THE WEST WAS LOST TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR
This is the take away, for retards:
We, the United States, by our policies and decisions, almost single handed, through the first half of the century, both forced the dismantling of the Western Imperial system,
while also,
at the same time, almost single handed, at the end of World War II, leaving Russia not only fully intact, Eisenhower foregoing what I call the Patton solution for Russia,
and allowing them to develop nuclear weapons they should never have been able to obtain,
but also in control, not only of all of Eastern,
and even Central Europe,
but also of much of the rest of the truly enormous Eurasian land mass.
In order to try to remedy this incalculable series of blunders, we then boomed, and forced Western Europe to help us boom, all the peripheral areas of the globe not under direct Soviet domination.
This Western booming of the rest has been another incalculable series of blunders for the West, as I have pointed out on this blog many times,
and did not, and will not, in the long run, primarily benefit the West as P Putin (who well knows otherwise) has asserted.
We, the United States, by our policies and decisions, almost single handed, through the first half of the century, both forced the dismantling of the Western Imperial system,
while also,
at the same time, almost single handed, at the end of World War II, leaving Russia not only fully intact, Eisenhower foregoing what I call the Patton solution for Russia,
and allowing them to develop nuclear weapons they should never have been able to obtain,
but also in control, not only of all of Eastern,
and even Central Europe,
but also of much of the rest of the truly enormous Eurasian land mass.
In order to try to remedy this incalculable series of blunders, we then boomed, and forced Western Europe to help us boom, all the peripheral areas of the globe not under direct Soviet domination.
This Western booming of the rest has been another incalculable series of blunders for the West, as I have pointed out on this blog many times,
and did not, and will not, in the long run, primarily benefit the West as P Putin (who well knows otherwise) has asserted.
RE PASSAGE P PUTIN HOW THE WEST WAS LOST
See DK post. As he says, P Putin makes some good points indeed. I thought this was exceptionally well phrased:
"Today, we already see a sharp increase in the likelihood of a whole set of violent conflicts with either direct or indirect participation by the world’s major powers. And the risk factors include not just traditional multinational conflicts, but also the internal instability in separate states, especially when we talk about nations located at the intersections of major states’ geopolitical interests, or on the border of cultural, historical, and economic civilizational continents."
However, re this passage below, see my comments below
"Sanctions are already undermining the foundations of world trade, the WTO rules and the principle of inviolability of private property. They are dealing a blow to liberal model of globalisation based on markets, freedom and competition, which, let me note, is a model that has primarily benefited precisely the Western countries." P Putin
This, the part which I have underlined, has only seemed to have primarily benefited the Western countries.
This has been the great tragedy of the Cold War, for the West.
President Putin apparently considers his realm, more or less, outside the West, because of that war, and because of antecedent Eurasian history, although he does at one point deny appearing to be turning away from the West.
Stalin, of course, had been able to play off Asia against the West, and vice versa, in World War II. because of its size and expanse, Russia can well and is doing the same now.
This is why we, ' the West ', should have broken Russia up, in 1918, after Lenin came to power, when we had the chance. Not so much to be mean to Russia, but to orient this giant area into differing, and not overbearing, political and civilizational orientations, so to speak.
A Westernized, Western oriented, western area of Russia has been there, on the periphery, or semi periphery, of what has been called Western Civilization, for centuries.
"Today, we already see a sharp increase in the likelihood of a whole set of violent conflicts with either direct or indirect participation by the world’s major powers. And the risk factors include not just traditional multinational conflicts, but also the internal instability in separate states, especially when we talk about nations located at the intersections of major states’ geopolitical interests, or on the border of cultural, historical, and economic civilizational continents."
However, re this passage below, see my comments below
"Sanctions are already undermining the foundations of world trade, the WTO rules and the principle of inviolability of private property. They are dealing a blow to liberal model of globalisation based on markets, freedom and competition, which, let me note, is a model that has primarily benefited precisely the Western countries." P Putin
This, the part which I have underlined, has only seemed to have primarily benefited the Western countries.
This has been the great tragedy of the Cold War, for the West.
President Putin apparently considers his realm, more or less, outside the West, because of that war, and because of antecedent Eurasian history, although he does at one point deny appearing to be turning away from the West.
Stalin, of course, had been able to play off Asia against the West, and vice versa, in World War II. because of its size and expanse, Russia can well and is doing the same now.
This is why we, ' the West ', should have broken Russia up, in 1918, after Lenin came to power, when we had the chance. Not so much to be mean to Russia, but to orient this giant area into differing, and not overbearing, political and civilizational orientations, so to speak.
A Westernized, Western oriented, western area of Russia has been there, on the periphery, or semi periphery, of what has been called Western Civilization, for centuries.
Monday, November 17, 2014
RE BACEVICH RE BOLGER CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS ALL OVER AGAIN
Guess what?
"...But who is the enemy?.....
The enemy is 'everyone',
... over there."
"...But who is the enemy?.....
The enemy is 'everyone',
... over there."
Sunday, November 16, 2014
RE P PUTIN'S SPEECH COLD WAR BOOM a puerile game really
The whole trend was to boom non communists. Europe, mainly.
At first this meant Japan, and a few others.
Then, 72, the outreach to China.
China had not ' converted ', however..............
At first this meant Japan, and a few others.
Then, 72, the outreach to China.
China had not ' converted ', however..............
Saturday, November 15, 2014
P PUTIN
"Pardon the analogy, but this is the way nouveaux riches behave when they suddenly end up with a great fortune, in this case, in the shape of world leadership and domination. Instead of managing their wealth wisely, for their own benefit too of course, I think they have committed many follies."
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
I THOT THIS A WELL CONSIDERED REMARK ANONYMOUS
“If the people have to choose between a Republican and a Republican, they'll take the Republican every time.”
Hasn’t that been the case since Jimmy Carter. To start, there’s the gutless response of Senate Democrats to the playing of the race card by Clarence Thomas during his Senate confirmation hearings. The silent, relentlessly conservative Thomas is an historical antidote to the progressive achievements of Thurgood Marshall. Compounding this is the failure to block the nominations in subsequent confirmation hearings for John Roberts and especially the right-wing justice, Samuel Alito. The Supreme Court is currently ruled by conservative activists, and with progressive members aging and ailing, is likely to continue to move rightward as a Republican Congress and, possibly, a Republican president dominate politics after 2016. Democrats elected Bill Clinton, the “third way” president who “ended welfare as we know it”, and signed the bill from a Republican congress that repealed Glass/Steagall. Turns out, the third way was to talk progressively and act conservatively; Democrat in name only, and begs the question, is Clinton-the-Lesser any different? The accomplishments of a Republican President, George Bush, who led the US into an expensive and needless war in Iraq, a failed economy, and made the US a diplomatic pariah have been largely buried by time and message. Subsequent to Bush, the House has effectively spiked the wheels of government for four years, and yet, and yet, the electorate turns to Republicans. And yet, the Democratic President, who ended two wars, restored the US economy, made the nation healthier through the ACA and environmental initiatives, led the way on energy independence, stood with gays and immigrants in the fight for equality, repaired America’s international reputation, and fought to restore the kind of vibrant middle class so vital to US prosperity, mostly done with a “do-nothing” Congress, is criticized by Republicans, the press, and now, most noxiously, by Democrats campaigning for office.
The nation is at risk because uber-rich citizens and multi-national businesses own the press, lavishly fund their economic (read political) (and cultural) interests and effectively control the jobs of most of those in Congress, including some cowardly, fraudulent Democrats. The electorate, focused on their jobs and families, isn’t paying attention, or has given up, and has become, therefore, captive in its views to the constant stream of right-wing propaganda (Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, et al). Progressives are hamstrung by their desire for compromise and comity, suspect of battle, waiting for the “long game” that may never come, and are unsupported by those they have placed in office to do good. In this they unwittingly wait for the only event that can interrupt the ultra-conservative time-line, a government response to an uprising by the people. Let’s hope that response, if it comes, looks something like that of Franklin Roosevelt and not like that of Herbert Hoover.
Hasn’t that been the case since Jimmy Carter. To start, there’s the gutless response of Senate Democrats to the playing of the race card by Clarence Thomas during his Senate confirmation hearings. The silent, relentlessly conservative Thomas is an historical antidote to the progressive achievements of Thurgood Marshall. Compounding this is the failure to block the nominations in subsequent confirmation hearings for John Roberts and especially the right-wing justice, Samuel Alito. The Supreme Court is currently ruled by conservative activists, and with progressive members aging and ailing, is likely to continue to move rightward as a Republican Congress and, possibly, a Republican president dominate politics after 2016. Democrats elected Bill Clinton, the “third way” president who “ended welfare as we know it”, and signed the bill from a Republican congress that repealed Glass/Steagall. Turns out, the third way was to talk progressively and act conservatively; Democrat in name only, and begs the question, is Clinton-the-Lesser any different? The accomplishments of a Republican President, George Bush, who led the US into an expensive and needless war in Iraq, a failed economy, and made the US a diplomatic pariah have been largely buried by time and message. Subsequent to Bush, the House has effectively spiked the wheels of government for four years, and yet, and yet, the electorate turns to Republicans. And yet, the Democratic President, who ended two wars, restored the US economy, made the nation healthier through the ACA and environmental initiatives, led the way on energy independence, stood with gays and immigrants in the fight for equality, repaired America’s international reputation, and fought to restore the kind of vibrant middle class so vital to US prosperity, mostly done with a “do-nothing” Congress, is criticized by Republicans, the press, and now, most noxiously, by Democrats campaigning for office.
The nation is at risk because uber-rich citizens and multi-national businesses own the press, lavishly fund their economic (read political) (and cultural) interests and effectively control the jobs of most of those in Congress, including some cowardly, fraudulent Democrats. The electorate, focused on their jobs and families, isn’t paying attention, or has given up, and has become, therefore, captive in its views to the constant stream of right-wing propaganda (Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, et al). Progressives are hamstrung by their desire for compromise and comity, suspect of battle, waiting for the “long game” that may never come, and are unsupported by those they have placed in office to do good. In this they unwittingly wait for the only event that can interrupt the ultra-conservative time-line, a government response to an uprising by the people. Let’s hope that response, if it comes, looks something like that of Franklin Roosevelt and not like that of Herbert Hoover.
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