tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post6202241768824867476..comments2023-08-20T21:14:43.398-07:00Comments on Before Nine: Reprint Heaven: The Why Of DogMongo, At The Momenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-30142935566623542252015-01-12T07:46:38.528-08:002015-01-12T07:46:38.528-08:00With effort, it is possible to reform. After a per...With effort, it is possible to reform. After a period of honest self-examination, a regimen of cleansing labor -- such as cable pulling through confined spaces -- may assist in changing selfish and antisocial attitudes.<br /><br />In the spirit of Right Correction, we dream of that day when the Ferret can rejoin society as a cheerful and productive member of the Collective. <br /><br />All Praise To The Leader!Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-18823753982889669072015-01-10T05:13:33.308-08:002015-01-10T05:13:33.308-08:00I regret I never encountered any further informati...I regret I never encountered any further information about the animals missing from the circus in the East Siberian city of Chita. The poignancy of that report is not dulled by time, and although one would like to regard oneself as a cherished companion, as the red-breasted parakeet was, honest self-examination reveals that one also has similarities with the less well-regarded ferret, "a terrible glutton and idle to the core." As the Bard had Hamlet exclaim, " Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping? "<br /><br />Further research prompted by this reminiscence reveals that the replica Mackinlay's whiskey, never inexpensive, is now sold out. One also finds this interesting fact about ferrets:<br /><br /><b>Trained ferrets have been successfully used for many years to assist in leading wires and cables in confined spaces in buildings and aircraft manufacture. A length of light line is attached to a harness around the ferret's chest, and the animal is coaxed to run through the confined space, pulling the lead string with it. The string is then used to pull the cables.</b><br /><br /><br />Freddy el Desfibradddorhttp://fafblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-70614595284202962412015-01-07T06:55:28.156-08:002015-01-07T06:55:28.156-08:00I still wonder about that depressed Siberian ferre...I still wonder about that depressed Siberian ferret which Herr Desfibradddor reported at this time, and hope that he received intervention from a Mental Health Professional™. That, or a fifth of Mackinlay's whiskey, which we were able to get back, unopened, from the Pole we had initially taken it to.<br /><br />Period of Mandatory Happy© to follow. Swell with pride for your Native Land. Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-72073780373318882442015-01-06T16:21:30.743-08:002015-01-06T16:21:30.743-08:00speaking of personal opinion, here's something...speaking of personal opinion, here's something i wrote in 2011:<br /><br />IS OBAMA AN HONEST MAN?<br /><br />Recently I wrote, at another blog, "Obama has always been in the pocket of the banksters and the war party". I was immediately and angrily denounced as a "firebagger." But another commenter, an idealistic and hopeful fan of our president, wrote to ask me, "Is it an illusion that Obama is an honest man? That's a huge part of his value, to me. I believe he is. I've never heard anything substantial to the contrary. Do you think he is bought? Any specifics?"<br /><br />My reply:<br /><br />"Do you think he is bought?" Maybe you've read Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. Ostensibly a World War II novel of the black comedy genre, it is more accurate history than they teach schoolchildren (according to what I've heard - I wasn't there - before my time). Yossarian tells the shrink, "Doc, they're trying to kill me." The shrink says, "No, no, my friend. They aren't trying to kill you. They're trying to kill EVERYBODY." Somehow, Yossarian is not reassured.<br /><br />Similarly, I doubt you will be encouraged to learn that I don't think Obama in particular is bought - I think they're ALL bought.<br /><br />But you ask for specifics. First of all, "you can observe a lot just by watching." In other words, behavior counts more than promises, expressed intentions, sympathies, common values, etc. etc. etc. So let's look at the behavior.<br /><br />How is he doing on the civil liberties front, and the openness/transparency of government front? Read Glenn Greenwald at Salon.<br /><br />How is he doing on the killing of foreigners front? Read antiwar.com.<br /><br />How is he doing on prosecuting all the con men at the finest banks and investment firms, who enriched themselves during the great fraudulent mortgage boom? Read Yves Smith at nakedcapitalism.com.<br /><br />How is handling our current economic situation? Here I can recommend going to very establishment figures - Paul Krugman, Robert Reich - as well as less mainstream figures such as Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson.<br /><br />How can such a handsome, friendly, well-educated, articulate man be a war criminal and a central cog in the machinery of the military industrial congressional financial corporate media complex, a conspiracy to use, abuse, and confuse the people, to "milk, shear, and slaughter the sheeple", metaphorically speaking? [Except that the metaphorical sheeple are, in fact, literally slaughtered.]<br /><br />'Tis a puzzlement. <br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com