tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post4693878993407146526..comments2023-06-29T23:58:03.749+10:00Comments on church of nobody: Jackson and the bankersnobodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-84297731194868329382009-06-04T09:20:38.784+10:002009-06-04T09:20:38.784+10:00kikz
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by the W,...kikz<br />send me e-mail, i lost your address<br />by the W, the Confederacy's money was NOT backed by gold, it was pure paper; the problem was that they allowed even municipalities to issue notes<br /><br /><br />Beard, 'The Rise of American Civilization'<br />Volume 1, chapter 12<br /><br /><br />After the war on the Bank commenced, however, both he and his colleagues laid hold of the various weapons at hand. From that time forward, the allegation that members of Congress received retainers from the Bank certainly rested on a substantial basis. In any case its mightiest spokesman in the Senate, Daniel Webster, was on the payroll of the corporation, a fact made clear in distant days by the publication of Biddle's letters and papers. In those documents it is recorded that, two weeks after the opening of a congressional session in which a battle royal was to be fought over its charter, Webster wrote to Biddle, shrewdly conveying the information that he had declined to take a case against the Bank and adding with charming frankness: “I believe my retainer has not been renewed or refreshed as usual. If it be wished that my relation to the bank should be continued, it may be well to send me the usual retainers.”<br /><br />Equally well established now is the charge that the Bank contracted its loans for the purpose of producing distress and breaking the back of the political opposition. Beyond all question, in the midst of the contest a term of financial stringency was deliberately inflicted on the country; Biddle, sure of his ground, declaring to the head of the Boston branch that "nothing but the evidence of suffering abroad will produce any effect in Congress." Webster himself, convinced that pressure on the populace would be useful, wrote to Biddle that "this discipline, it appears to me, must have very great effects on the general question of rechartering the Bank."<br /><br />In fact, the private correspondence of the period now open to the student shows that the supporters and beneficiaries of the Bank had effected a strong union of forces for the purpose of controlling a large section of the press, dictating to politicians, frightening indifferent business men, and defying Jackson and his masses. "This worthy President," laughed Biddle, "thinks that because he has scalped Indians and imprisoned Judges, he is to have his way with the Bank. He is mistaken."<br /><br />http://www.yamaguchy.netfirms.com/7897401/benton/beard_12.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-43631263402071673292008-10-20T01:49:00.000+11:002008-10-20T01:49:00.000+11:00mira, man o... i wish i had more than an allegoric...mira, <BR/><BR/>man o... i wish i had more than an allegorical treeline to blend into.... <BR/><BR/>you're forethought & preparation has served you well, i'd bet. :)kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-28609967358908027782008-10-18T12:33:00.000+11:002008-10-18T12:33:00.000+11:00Thanks folks,Yep Paul, you have to admire the word...Thanks folks,<BR/><BR/>Yep Paul, you have to admire the word perfect succinctness of it. And then there's this - "... You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out". Wottaguy!<BR/><BR/>And hey Ellis, how you doing? I wondered about that myself and came to much the same conclusion you did. They stuck his head on a note and the note said 'property of the Federal Reserve'.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-90323313419462365292008-10-18T11:23:00.000+11:002008-10-18T11:23:00.000+11:00i never knew of this Jackson speech before. i was...i never knew of this Jackson speech before. i was aware that he vetoed the Bank of the United States and wrote a veto message conveying similar thinking.<BR/><BR/>When i first found out about that veto, and his enmity toward the bankers, i wondered why in the world is it Jackson's picture that's on the 20$ bill (surely the key denomination for cash transactions) when his desire was to prevent and/or destroy the whole money structure, of which the 20$ bill is a main emblem.<BR/><BR/>Then i realized that the banking people had to have put Jackson's head on the 20 on purpose, as a sort of trophy, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>ellis tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-56142274781127966142008-10-18T01:05:00.000+11:002008-10-18T01:05:00.000+11:00I prefer the shorter version"If the American peopl...I prefer the shorter version<BR/><BR/>"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-77366736086352937062008-10-17T22:38:00.000+11:002008-10-17T22:38:00.000+11:00hey pen:)ya..hubs frm etobicoke.sort of misses it ...hey pen:)<BR/><BR/>ya..hubs frm etobicoke.<BR/>sort of misses it but not, still has family there. but, he'd rather be on the emerald coast of fla, the panhandle.. or somewhere in the carib. i tend to agree >:)<BR/><BR/>elections.. eye cripez.. at least w/parlimentary poop, y'all can throw a big ol non confidence vote and get the bastards out...not stuck for 4 yrs... just keep an eye out, i hope CAN isn't using those gd blackbox ele voting machines or counters...beyond hackable.<BR/> <BR/>my last masturbatory trip to the polls was bush/kerry. i might bother, just to write in ron paul as a protest this time round >:) but i doubt it.<BR/><BR/>yup nota..<BR/>i want there to be so much swingin'(for i guess what we could call AR2.0) that benny goodman is played.<BR/>and... i want it broadcast live in livid vivid screamin broadband across the entire globe.<BR/><BR/><BR/>and yea, kev... it is disquieting to think we are so far beyond that number...as to be unrecoverable by any genius/benevolent scientific solution to date. <BR/><BR/>it is horrific to realize even the plans for depop thought up by the machiavellian masters have not stemmed the tide so far.<BR/><BR/>can't even depend on the 'ol black death' for help anymore. too many of us made it thru the 1918flu.<BR/><BR/>somebody's got it covered i'm sure. prob weaponized 1918flu & smallpox combo.. or some such hideous maismaic spectre. hemmoragic fever is quick and dirty. <BR/><BR/>i've read...the zionists have feverishly been workin on race specific pathogens...guess we'll see...<BR/><BR/>i know it won't be a nuke, or rather blanket nukes.. micro, sure..... the warring factions want the realestate. rape/pillage of resources under nuke hazmat conditions is expensive. <BR/><BR/>this time it'll probably be, old reapers in new rags, disease and starvation, brought to you by the MIComplex.<BR/><BR/>and the stones.. well, they're for whomever makes it through, or whomever visits on an interstellar archeao-fieldtrip.<BR/><BR/>noby, <BR/>python..there's one on on palin lately.. i'll try ta find the link.. >:)kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-57476139202679468702008-10-17T15:54:00.000+11:002008-10-17T15:54:00.000+11:00Thanks M, I thought Mr. Nesmitt was on to a winner...Thanks M, I thought Mr. Nesmitt was on to a winner there with 'not-standing-up' bit but never mind. (Sorry folks, Python arcana). And yeah, it's one of those funny phrases isn't it? 'Eternal vigilance'. To be honest I've got it in the 'to-be-avoided' box. It's too fraught.<BR/><BR/>But speaking of python, instead of us as medical experiments, couldn't we merely cut whomever's balls off?<BR/><BR/>And thanks PM, er... Mal, I have enjoyed watching you and your tag-team partner this week. Excellent cooperation. I'm sure our rulers are pleased.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-24160034082833155852008-10-17T12:25:00.000+11:002008-10-17T12:25:00.000+11:00Dear Mister NobodyI just thought I'd drop this in ...Dear Mister Nobody<BR/><BR/>I just thought I'd drop this in to let you see how we (LP/ALP) are handling your investment in Australia.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/10/16/2393437.htm" REL="nofollow">Wayne Swan- the truth</A><BR/><BR/>The Honourable<BR/>Malcolm Turnbull<BR/>BA, LLB (Syd), BCL(Hons) (Oxon), MP<BR/>Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia<BR/>Future Prime Minister of Australia<BR/>Friend and Confidante of The Right Honourable, The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd<BR/>P.S. And before you correct me I do know how to spell and I'm not giving anything away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-50316158491296919452008-10-17T11:47:00.000+11:002008-10-17T11:47:00.000+11:00Nobody,Not exactly a 'fiberglass fake' of the REAL...Nobody,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Not exactly a 'fiberglass fake' of the REAL stonehenge, but it cost millions to build- back in the early 1990's!. <BR/>Please don't take my word for it...<BR/>When you access the REAL pics and info-notice that everything sound real sweet and nice just like an ole beatles song, but don't ignore the FIRST point...that says it all.<BR/>IMHO.<BR/>Peace be to you,<BR/>Kev<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>1.Maintain humanity under five hundred million in perpetual balance with nature. <BR/>2.Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity. <BR/>3.Unite humanity with a living new language. <BR/>4.Rule passion, faith, tradition, and all things with tempered reason. <BR/>5.Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts. <BR/>6.Let all nations rule internally, resolving external disputes in a world court. <BR/>7.Avoid petty laws an useless officials. <BR/>Balance personal rights with social duties. <BR/>8.Prize truth, beauty, love...seeking harmony with the infinite. <BR/>9.Be not a cancer on earth...leave room for nature...<BR/><BR/>(I screwed up on the #'s, and I'm too tired to go back again and figure it out.) <BR/><BR/>http://home.sprynet.com/~eastwood01/geoguide.htmKevenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527702723486597969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-69762444381814197252008-10-17T00:33:00.000+11:002008-10-17T00:33:00.000+11:00well, I've given it much... long and careful thoug...well, I've given it much... long and careful thought; and it's goingt to have to be medical experiments for the lot of ya!<BR/><BR/><BR/>kikz-<BR/>you want to see them swing? Like in a park? Wink. Wink. Nudge.Nudge.<BR/><BR/>Sorry- Noby! I've been having an awful time as of late. My brain seems to have regained a clarity and thirst for information which I haven't known for many a year (just in the past few weeks). For someone reason, It's made me go through the old Python collection.notamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-2356325094247929802008-10-16T22:29:00.000+11:002008-10-16T22:29:00.000+11:00hey kikz;Hubby is from TO?Does he miss it?I like T...hey kikz;<BR/><BR/>Hubby is from TO?<BR/>Does he miss it?<BR/><BR/>I like TO, to visit, but not to live, great restaurants, different shopping, but entirely to busy.<BR/><BR/>yah, I voted in Canada, does it matter?<BR/><BR/>Who knows?<BR/><BR/>This election just had me in knots, I am not kidding, this is a person who cares too much, I think!<BR/><BR/>I held my nose and voted, not for the person I wanted, but for the lesser of two evils.(first time ever)<BR/><BR/>When I left the poll, I told my hubby, I wanted to clean my mouth, scrape my tongue or something!<BR/><BR/>I hate our system, "first past the post", it is bullshit, we have five parties here, and the first past the post, serves the two big ones, likely as your electoral college system does.<BR/><BR/>Aaargh even thinking of it right now, just annoys me.<BR/><BR/><BR/>wrt the book on Lincoln:<BR/>Meria is going to be interviewing the author, so I am looking forward to that, as the book sounds like an eye-opener.<BR/>She is one of the most openly cynical persons, on line. And, yet, she was taken back by what was in this book, another listener told her about it apparently.<BR/><BR/>I haven't checked out the lewrockwell stuff yet, I have been wrapped in this election.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-72189302922377528172008-10-16T21:49:00.000+11:002008-10-16T21:49:00.000+11:00kev'jonthose would be the GA guidestones right?the...kev'jon<BR/><BR/>those would be the GA guidestones right?<BR/>the backstory on them is beyond interesting..<BR/><BR/>ever read what's on em:)?<BR/><BR/>far as i know, there are others scattered round.<BR/><BR/>http://www.<BR/>thegeorgiaguidestones.<BR/>com/as_they_stand.htmkikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-51469376216863579642008-10-16T18:59:00.000+11:002008-10-16T18:59:00.000+11:00Number One: The Larch."But we know he's h...Number One: The Larch.<BR/><BR/>"But we know he's hiding behind the middle Bush..."<BR/><BR/><<< Boom >>><BR/><BR/>@ N.a.Mob<BR/><BR/>"miraculix, the man of spirit and purpose will outlast the whores of greed. Always have...always will. If not in you, in one you have inspired."<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much for reminding me of the obvious. One tends to elide such permanent wisdom when under steady pressure to "produce" in the material realm; especially when one's heart and soul are permanent residents of a creative world. I suppose if I was to add any single characteristic to the short life list I posted, serving as an inspiration is surely the top candidate.<BR/><BR/>@ Kikz<BR/><BR/>Did I mention that I have several hectare of mixed forests that I am tending to? Edge of the forest? I'm already there, coppicing and thinning and stacking -- and keeping a weather eye to the sky... =)<BR/><BR/>@ Penny<BR/><BR/>It's one of those quotes that have become so well-worn as to feel like a comfy old pair of brown shoes. In other words, a cliche. Which I tend to avoid like bubonic plague, only it's one of my personal favorites because it's so resonantly and obviously true in every fiber and thread of existence Lachesis and her sisters weave about our daily existence.<BR/><BR/>So please, say what you will; I never called "dibs" after all... =)<BR/><BR/>And "eternal vigilance"?<BR/><BR/>Awful hard to maintain in the face of limited life spans and generational gaps, though the former need not snuff the flame and the latter is largely just cheesy psychological scaffolding constructed around our human "coming of age" cycle.<BR/><BR/>That "eternal vigilance" is what we are all actually up against, we the useless eaters, only adds to the irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-30357087713963478382008-10-16T17:04:00.000+11:002008-10-16T17:04:00.000+11:00Python! Did somebody say Python? Somebody stop me ...Python! Did somebody say Python? Somebody stop me before I quote again!!! NaM, I'll send you an attachment you may groove on.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping in KJ. And they got a Stonehenge in Georgia? So what's in Salisbury Plain? It's not some fibreglass fake is it? Is there no end to the wickedness of these people?!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Kikz. I'll go check that out. That guy is like the anti-Ken Burns I take it, ha ha.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, folks sorry for the slack and idleness thing. But we worshippers of Aergia are required to make sacrifices and pay obeisance. But I'm a whisker away from a piece about smoking mirrors. I don't know if anyone will groove on it, but then, I never do really. Ciao.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-29211631547967374842008-10-16T03:21:00.000+11:002008-10-16T03:21:00.000+11:00kikz: "always best to stay in the treeline." (: k...kikz: "always best to stay in the treeline." (: <BR/><BR/>kind of reminds me of the Python film "And now for something completely different" - there's a segment: "how best to not be seen" (don't stand up...hillarious stuff if you get a chance to watch)<BR/><BR/>http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=36099<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but I am ever the sucker for Python humor.notamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-47768972699371201522008-10-15T22:12:00.000+11:002008-10-15T22:12:00.000+11:00well I read it, all.And the more things change, th...well I read it, all.<BR/><BR/>And the more things change, the more they stay the same.<BR/><BR/>(oops sorry miraculix, I was reading through your response as I typed this and saw, no surprise, you said those same words)<BR/><BR/>The moneyed classes, of course wish to control the unmoneyed masses.<BR/><BR/>How else to keep them subordinate, and themselves elevated?<BR/>How else to profit, in every way possible?<BR/><BR/>It was a good speech though, interesting and eloquent.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-44353244419882240872008-10-15T21:49:00.000+11:002008-10-15T21:49:00.000+11:00oh and.. more frm my library of alexandria bookmar...oh and.. more frm my library of alexandria bookmarks...required reading section...<BR/>waistbow :)<BR/><BR/>gustavas myers:<BR/>more on the tyrant lincoln; his insider trading inre the transcontinental rr/rothschild bagmen (robber barons)and northern canal sys.......... <BR/><BR/>against the backdrop of the nasty underbelly of 'the great american/canadian fortunes'.. presidential included... and the supreme court and its true function.<BR/><BR/>ye godz bless yamaguchy for copy/upload of this and many other hard to find tomes... including writings of eustace mullins.<BR/><BR/>the gustavas myers book; in entirety and indexed:<BR/><BR/>http://yamaguchy.<BR/>netfirms.com/7897401/myers/myers_index.html<BR/><BR/>to get to yamaguchy's homepage...just delete all, after the .com <BR/><BR/>so much good reading there, you'll need to bookmark it!<BR/><BR/>if you appreciate his efforts, drop him a line. you might even mention, kikz sent ya :) he might remb me :)<BR/><BR/>(headscratch... i've probably given y'all this link b4.. but it's definitely worth a relink :)<BR/><BR/>just c/p each line of the link into the browser, added onto the end of the former..<BR/>my efforts at a single hilight c/p fail.kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-24951330089392131992008-10-15T21:13:00.000+11:002008-10-15T21:13:00.000+11:00yep noby..that would be an odd life.. both sides.....yep noby..<BR/><BR/>that would be an odd life.. both sides.. hubs/wifey.<BR/><BR/>her not aware of the proximity of danger.. and his double existence. <BR/><BR/>shudder.....<BR/><BR/>of course.. the plame affair.. was quite different. i hope someday... that the responsible parties swing for it.. no telling how many 'assets' were 'liquidated' worldwide by her outing. and the worst of it.. her real job was to track illegal deals on nuke materials. i can not envision a more treasonable offense than her outing.kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-78550732724905811502008-10-15T20:56:00.000+11:002008-10-15T20:56:00.000+11:00y, penn :)i've never read dilorenzo's book, can't ...y, penn :)<BR/><BR/>i've never read dilorenzo's book, can't afford it.....but i've read his archives.. so i guess that's as close as i can get...<BR/><BR/>i've read lewrockwell for years.. <BR/>lt. col. karen kwiatkowski has some great articles on there as well.<BR/><BR/>and another coupla pen pals of mine contribute there also.. tom chartier.. and mike in tokyo.<BR/><BR/>fred reed/butler shaffer, i adore....<BR/><BR/>at the opposite end of the spectrum....gary north... ollie's unc.. eyeroll! <BR/><BR/>lotza different and good work there. the austrian/mises school would seem to have a better idea as to economics than our present model. i'm no expert... in any sense.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>oh and penn.. you said you were voting.. canadian i'm guessing? hubs is frm toronto.<BR/><BR/>if it mattered i'd vote too. but.. our electoral college elects the electors who elect the pres.. so if the 'party' vote wasn't large enuff in the primary... tuff noogiez... the pres ele.. is pure theatre.<BR/><BR/>but the sad fukin fact is that 99.9% of UMmerikanz have no idea that is the case.<BR/>(crimson blush of shame)kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-35255202605189647322008-10-15T13:10:00.000+11:002008-10-15T13:10:00.000+11:00nobody-Freakin excellent post.Came over in the tru...nobody-<BR/><BR/>Freakin excellent post.<BR/><BR/>Came over in the truck from Tony & Les's place. This is exactly what the meat of the situation is:Ergo the ones that control the money supply.<BR/>Sounds so materialistic, but "money" is and has intrinsic value over and above simple mall shopping.<BR/><BR/>Funny how often my fellow neighborhood (Neo-conservative Pro-McCain) bible thumper/homeschoolers endlessly bring up "the founding fathers" bullshit and forget or ignor apt items such as this.<BR/><BR/>Btw-if you're going on a short GA tour you might want to tag a little known place in Elbert County:<BR/>"The American Stonehenge". <BR/>Absolutely.... beautiful.Kevenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527702723486597969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-27861093771100719682008-10-15T11:10:00.000+11:002008-10-15T11:10:00.000+11:00Thanks Kikz,I can understand that. But I do love h...Thanks Kikz,<BR/><BR/>I can understand that. But I do love hearing spook stories.<BR/><BR/>I know an an artist whose wife was (probably still is) a diplomat. They used to get great postings. And he was telling of another dipo guy they knew who was a spook. My friend's wife knew and told her husband (who told me natch - mind you, I have no idea who this guy was). Anyway the point of the story was that this guy's wife didn't know he was a spook. Everyone in the embassy knew (and probably their spouses too) but not her. For mine, this is exquisitely fucked.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-29460554373891658952008-10-15T02:35:00.000+11:002008-10-15T02:35:00.000+11:00kikz when you say the 'real lincoln'are you referr...kikz when you say the 'real lincoln'<BR/><BR/>are you referring to the book of that name?<BR/><BR/>The Real Lincoln<BR/>Thomas Dilorenzo<BR/><BR/>Meria has been talking it up <BR/>as another illusion shattering book.<BR/><BR/>Like everything you thought you knew about Lincoln was bogus, which I am getting the impression is an opionion you may agree with?<BR/><BR/>I looked him up and he has done alot of articles on lewrockwell<BR/><BR/>http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo-arch.html<BR/><BR/>Just wondering?Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-22160517072690404562008-10-14T22:46:00.000+11:002008-10-14T22:46:00.000+11:00we'd known the 'retired' spook for years.. at that...we'd known the 'retired' spook for years.. at that time.<BR/><BR/>i think he and hubs still yak occasionally, but we haven't seen him socially in years.<BR/><BR/>always the gentleman, even when schnockered...gentleman jim. <BR/><BR/>and no, once i figured out who he ...had been.... and what he would always be.. as <BR/>there is no such thing as an X spook... i decided that it was the safer thing to keep it light and airy, and simply thank'd him for the 'keys to the kingdom'. <BR/>i didn't want to pry, asking him the gazillion questions i had/have.. and egotistically supposing that my inquisitiveness may at some future date, somehow garner the unwanted attentions of his old outfit or their kin. i have no idea in my deluded mind how... but being as spooked of spooks as i am... and having some vague idea of the warring politico/ideolog factions....and that gd mantra.. w/us or against us... by the neocon/repugs at that time.......basically rendered me a silent observer in jim's company when talk turned to intl. intrique cloaks/daggers. i let that big boar, open its purse and hand out pearls.<BR/><BR/>it was nothing gentleman jim ever said, mind ya.. it was just.. i thought it the prudent thing to be/do. always best to stay in the treeline.<BR/><BR/>...funny, how 'here' can be wrongly construed as 'in the treeline' but in actuality..is something entirely different. <BR/><BR/>the mind bogglez.... :)kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-472945791877797932008-10-14T12:10:00.000+11:002008-10-14T12:10:00.000+11:00Nice of you folks to keep popping in. I'm in a bit...Nice of you folks to keep popping in. I'm in a bit of a flat patch at the moment. My head is buzzing but perhaps it's buzzing too much to calm down and sit at a keyboard and focus. But this sustained conversation gees me up. I'll put in a sesh at the keyboard shortly and finish this thing that's been sitting on my desktop for the last couple of days.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about hard-wired Nina. I'd just say that the software programming never changes. I view humans as blank slates. They can be made into selfish gits or they can be made into selfless carers. Frankly I think that humans, all things being equal, or more inclined to the latter. Darwin would be forced to concur, I reckon.<BR/><BR/> Certainly this individual or that one will naturally incline to greater or lesser selfishness/selflessness, but on a societal basis anything is possible. It depends on who holds the reins of power and what suits them. As Buddhism spread to Asia, Emperors, courts and entire peoples became Buddhist and stayed that way for generations. Even in the West, whilst I'd have to give it astronomically long odds, this is possible.<BR/><BR/>And Kikz, I grooved on that story. You met a spook who told you of the CFR and the TLC? Talk about meeting O'Brien. Have you had further conversations with him? I'd be curious to hear about it.<BR/><BR/>And Pen, sorry mate. It can be arduous reading 19th prose. Having read and re-read Patrick O'Brian for so many years now I find I can slip into fairly easily.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, chickens are brilliant. The pair I looked after for a month were really quite affectionate creatures. But give them the run of the lawn and they will trash it. Scratch and peck is pretty much all they got. Still, I'd rather have chooks than a lawn, ha ha.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-76637567809090457422008-10-14T09:36:00.000+11:002008-10-14T09:36:00.000+11:00I am going to be totally off topic, as this post m...I am going to be totally off topic, as this post made me suffer ADS.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>My mind is occupied with so much other stuff, the election here has me flummoxed.<BR/><BR/>Tomorrow is election day, and I still haven't even made up my mind who to vote for.<BR/><BR/>If I vote the lesser of the two evils, I am still voting for evil.<BR/>That bothers me!<BR/><BR/>I am in the process of trying to save my own meagre pension savings, shifting into safer places and then keeping the fingers crossed.<BR/><BR/>Hard working people who saved there own money do not deserve this shit.<BR/><BR/> I would be lyin if I said, I wasn't worried.<BR/><BR/>Been working in the yard, soon it will be winter here, and the garden has to be put to bed, amongst other projects that I am trying to get done before the weather turns.<BR/><BR/>I was talking with the other half, about how we can put a chicken coop behind out fabulous shed if necessary, and they can eat the bugs in the yard and the garden and other stuff of course.<BR/><BR/>Wonder how the old cat will like that?<BR/><BR/>Maybe in a way , I am more hopeful then I actually think I am.<BR/><BR/>I guess the fact, that I am thinking of the future, and prepping for it , is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Last year, almost at this time, I wasn't so certain I would live to see this year come in.<BR/><BR/>So for me, despite all that is going on, and my fretting, and my working away, I guess, I am hopeful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that post, and I will read it. <BR/><BR/>sorry nobody :(Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.com