Comments on: The End Begins http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/ Making the Connections Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Timothy R. Anderson http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-94235 Timothy R. Anderson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:49:09 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-94235 The world actually might end with the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 11, 000 . The world actually might end with the American military suffering more than 4, 500 fatalities in the Iraq War. The world actually might end with the price of a barrel of oil costing $ 105 . Somewhere in all that , I wonder, will Iraq be allowed to be Iraq again ? Without the dysfunctional, co-dependent , overdependent, mutually catastrophic relationship with the United States of America ? I bring this up because it has now been more than 35 months since the June 28, 2004 ceremony where Iraq got its " sovereignty " . The United States of America is investing a bunch of borrowed money into Iraq. It is not a happy thing. Tim The world actually might end with the Dow Jones Industrial Average below
11, 000 . The world actually might end with the American
military suffering more than 4, 500 fatalities in the Iraq War.
The world actually might end with the price of a barrel of oil costing
$ 105 . Somewhere in all that , I wonder, will Iraq be allowed to be
Iraq again ? Without the dysfunctional, co-dependent , overdependent,
mutually catastrophic relationship with the United States of America ?

I bring this up because it has now been more than 35 months
since the June 28, 2004 ceremony where Iraq got its ” sovereignty ” .

The United States of America is investing a bunch of borrowed money
into Iraq. It is not a happy thing.

Tim

]]> By: Sam http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92325 Sam Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:06:42 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92325 Very good article at ZMag. The only thing missing, unfortunately, is the role of Israel, or rather, Zionism and "eretz Israel." The Political Economy of the U.S.-Iran Crisis http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Jun2006/odonnell0606.html Very good article at ZMag. The only thing missing, unfortunately, is the role of Israel, or rather, Zionism and “eretz Israel.”

The Political Economy of the U.S.-Iran Crisis

http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Jun2006/odonnell0606.html

]]> By: Sam http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92130 Sam Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:10:20 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92130 More on the Ethanol Scam: The coming Ethanol Shock and its impact on global food prices -=- The Hidden Agenda behind the Bush Administration's Bio-Fuel Plan http://mail.constitutionalgov.us/pipermail/economicwar_constitutionalgov.us/2007-July/000505.html http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/energy/ES_Engdahl_Biofuels.mp3 And one more about Iraq and Oil: From Greenspan to Kissinger: Oil Warriors http://counterpunch.com/weissman09192007.html More on the Ethanol Scam:

The coming Ethanol Shock and its impact on global food prices -=- The Hidden Agenda behind the Bush Administration’s Bio-Fuel Plan

http://mail.constitutionalgov.us/pipermail/economicwar_constitutionalgov.us/2007-July/000505.html

http://www.ecoshock.org/downloads/energy/ES_Engdahl_Biofuels.mp3

And one more about Iraq and Oil:

From Greenspan to Kissinger: Oil Warriors

http://counterpunch.com/weissman09192007.html

]]> By: Sam http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92064 Sam Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:45:28 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92064 Remarkable video from the 80's: The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17720.htm Remarkable video from the 80’s:

The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17720.htm

]]> By: Sam http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92047 Sam Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:12:20 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92047 See also: DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA Uh, uhhm: Say no more, Iraq is a slam dunk By Julian Delasantellis http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II11Ak03.html See also:

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA
Uh, uhhm: Say no more, Iraq is a slam dunk
By Julian Delasantellis

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II11Ak03.html

]]> By: Sam http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92041 Sam Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:20:02 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92041 In my experience, the "average" American is mentally lazy, anti-intellectual, prone to racist, sexist, and xenophobic simplifications, and who would much rather turn-off the brain and go shopping or turn on the football game. Certainly the US has thousands of people who are the opposite of all this, that is obvious. But the famous ignorance of Americans, their quality of being like big children, their gross materialism, their cultural arrogance, is most certainly in part due to their mental laziness and, generally speaking, their inability to approach complex issues and confront other cultures. The educational system, the mass media obviously contribute to forging this sort of mentality. I wish it weren't so, but I believe that's the way it is here. Hence the enormous indifference, the passivity, the willingness to listen to fools like Rush Limbaugh, and to re-elect criminals like George Bush, and to fall hook, line, and sinker for the crude propaganda that passes for news and political speeches, and finally, their allowing the rise of an authoritarian climate and allowing their country to be taken from them. The US has for all intents and purposes been turned into a quasi-police state. See, for example, the latest article by Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch, as well as the appalling video he comments on: http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09192007.html In my experience, the “average” American is mentally lazy, anti-intellectual, prone to racist, sexist, and xenophobic simplifications, and who would much rather turn-off the brain and go shopping or turn on the football game. Certainly the US has thousands of people who are the opposite of all this, that is obvious. But the famous ignorance of Americans, their quality of being like big children, their gross materialism, their cultural arrogance, is most certainly in part due to their mental laziness and, generally speaking, their inability to approach complex issues and confront other cultures. The educational system, the mass media obviously contribute to forging this sort of mentality. I wish it weren’t so, but I believe that’s the way it is here. Hence the enormous indifference, the passivity, the willingness to listen to fools like Rush Limbaugh, and to re-elect criminals like George Bush, and to fall hook, line, and sinker for the crude propaganda that passes for news and political speeches, and finally, their allowing the rise of an authoritarian climate and allowing their country to be taken from them. The US has for all intents and purposes been turned into a quasi-police state. See, for example, the latest article by Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch, as well as the appalling video he comments on:

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09192007.html

]]> By: Linda c http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92026 Linda c Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:35:17 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92026 Skol, But, you do get up in the mornings, worry about all of this shit, and cope with it. That's an effort! Now, I've got to begin to understand the etiologies of "industrially - cultivated ignorance". Maybe, we aren't lazy - I guess I really need to find out for myself. Skol,

But, you do get up in the mornings, worry about all of this shit, and cope with it. That’s an effort!

Now, I’ve got to begin to understand the etiologies of “industrially - cultivated ignorance”. Maybe, we aren’t lazy - I guess I really need to find out for myself.

]]> By: Stan http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92024 Stan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:22:14 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92024 The "average American" is not lazy, but ignorant. It is an ignorance that is cultivated in and fertilized by the very structure of American society. Unpack "American society," in structure, culture, and relation to global society, and we begin to understand the etiologies of this industrially-cultivated ingorance. The “average American” is not lazy, but ignorant. It is an ignorance that is cultivated in and fertilized by the very structure of American society. Unpack “American society,” in structure, culture, and relation to global society, and we begin to understand the etiologies of this industrially-cultivated ingorance.

]]> By: skol http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92003 skol Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:58:51 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-92003 I'm not buying the lazy argument, if only because it won't get you very far. To some extent, I agree; you'd think more things could be done. I'm about as frustrated as Peggy right about now, and I'm a little worried that some of you have given up on the rest of us who, heaven forbid, are looking for some shred of hope in these scary times. To accuse the public of laziness, on top of everything else, doesn't seem fair to me. How many more things could we factor into what's going on in the head of John Q Public? The media portrayal of the war, of the economy, of Britney Spear's performance at the VMAs (Which of these is Q. Public more interested in, more willing to comprehend, more willing to want to hear about)? What about their mortgages? Pension? Job, cost of living? I could go on and on and on and the only thing I can think of that's lazy is none of us want to get up in the morning and worry about all this shit and not know what to do or how to cope with any of it. Any advice? Is there anything we can work with? Or is it really this intractable? I’m not buying the lazy argument, if only because it won’t get you very far. To some extent, I agree; you’d think more things could be done. I’m about as frustrated as Peggy right about now, and I’m a little worried that some of you have given up on the rest of us who, heaven forbid, are looking for some shred of hope in these scary times. To accuse the public of laziness, on top of everything else, doesn’t seem fair to me. How many more things could we factor into what’s going on in the head of John Q Public? The media portrayal of the war, of the economy, of Britney Spear’s performance at the VMAs (Which of these is Q. Public more interested in, more willing to comprehend, more willing to want to hear about)? What about their mortgages? Pension? Job, cost of living? I could go on and on and on and the only thing I can think of that’s lazy is none of us want to get up in the morning and worry about all this shit and not know what to do or how to cope with any of it. Any advice? Is there anything we can work with? Or is it really this intractable?

]]> By: Sam Carpenter http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-91884 Sam Carpenter Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:26:56 +0000 http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2007/09/05/the-end-begins/#comment-91884 A surprising shift: Confessions of an “ex” Peak Oil Believer http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics___Eurasia/Peak_Oil___Russia/peak_oil___russia.html A surprising shift:

Confessions of an “ex” Peak Oil Believer
http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics___Eurasia/Peak_Oil___Russia/peak_oil___russia.html

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