Mickey Z
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Thursday, March 09, 2006
The attack area was 87.4% residential
Was LeMay the general who said at Nuremberg if there was any justice the Allied commanders would have suffered the same punishment as their Axis commanders?
p.s. Rosemarie, about Chavez from yesterday, he dresses too similarly to Bush and other tyrant puppets for me to feel he´s a real rival. Remember that warmongers only play when they can predict the outcome by controlling both sides - the counterforce is just as much under wraps.
Posted by Owen on from Barcelona 03/09 at 06:03 AMHey Owen, yeah, it wasn’t Nuremberg, but LeMay said after WWII: “I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal. Fortunately, we were on the winning side.”
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Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/09 at 06:09 AMHey all.
Thanks for the good-wishes yesterday.
Ought to explain. I’m a freelancer, currently writing copy for a website; the company which runs that wensite has now been mergered by another, notorious for outsourcing anything it can;
I don’t know I’m being ‘rightsized’ since virtually no information is coming from upper management, its all ‘commercially sensitive’ - but if I was a horse I wouldn’t back me.
Like I said, I’m a freelancer so have no expectation of security anyway, I’ve got some decent experience working for these guys, and have no kids, mortgage or money owing to the mob. So I’ll be fine. Its the poor bastards getting 1 weeks severance pay for every year they’ve been there (rumour), and still being expected to produce work that may well be discarded in a month (common sense) that I feel bad for.Some more pearls of wisdom from LeMay:
http://tinyurl.com/g4848Posted by Mew on from London 03/09 at 06:56 AMThanks, Mew...I’ll add that LeMay link to the main post.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/09 at 07:47 AMGood morning Owen, Mickey & Mew (so far...)
War criminal indeed. So many instances in history (and the present) where the victors (or oppressors) will never face the proper penalty for their actions. Lemay just happens to have been a particularly outspoken SOB. Not unlike our General Hillier - must see if I can find some more of his prize utterings....
Mew - it’s good that you’re not feeling too devastated by the job situation - does this mean that it should be relatively easy for you to find another, or are you just exhibiting a very healthy sense of positivity?
Lots of water falling from the sky today...off to build an ark, or follow some other whim of those who stroke chqs…
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 09:32 AMAh yes, Hillier seems a man after LeMay’s own heart: http://tinyurl.com/kjjvf
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 09:54 AMI was listening to a Rense show just yesterday. It was the March 1st interview with Leuren Moret talking about her DU Death Star article, Geez if you wanna talk about something really scary there you go..
Anyways he mentioned that during the Tokyo firebombing the US left alone the grounds and Homes of the Japanese elite so that they could be assured of there cooperation after the surrender. They needed Japan on there side to counter China/ Russia.
Hmm sounded more sinister the way he phrased it…
Have a good one everybody!
Posted by Luna_C on from The Delta 03/09 at 10:52 AMEmpress #6: “the army’s job is to, ‘be able to kill people’.” And terrorists are scumbags who detest freedom?! Hillier’s a peach, he is, a hothouse peach of perfection.
Hi Mew, glad you’re only anticipating not reporting imminent dislocation.
Owen, it seems to me that clothes don’t maketh the man in Chavez’s case. Of course, only time will tell.
MZ, are you a widge less stressed or am I imagining things? I am sending hugs and whammying an altitude correction.
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 03/09 at 10:52 AMLuna the sparing of the Japanese elite sounds both sinister and predictable to me - no matter how it’s worded.
MZ I second Mudge’s observation that you seem in better spirits today.
Mudge - I notice a distinct lack of personal good news update from you - I hope you’re just being coy?
While I would not malign an entire province’s people for producing one rotten fruit; Newfoundland has given us Smallwood and now Hillier. They could slow down a little on the self important ne’er do wells.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 11:30 AMHi Empress:
I wasn’t being coy, I just forgot that I don’t have all the Expendables’ emails for formal notifications.
As you’re aware, I had an interview on Tuesday, and am now officially a temp! The folks at Westaff called me within hours of receiving my resume. I applied for a medical collector job, which I wasn’t eligible for because their client wanted previous medical collections experience. My counselor said she felt sure she could place me, though, and wanted a meeting after I took their (300-question!) test. I aced that. I arrived in a tie and a pressed shirt at the same time two other seekers arrived in jeans and polo shirts. She handed me the package with the tax forms and we’re on our way! She says she’s marketing me at the higher end of the wage range (ie, $12/hr) because I have so much experience. She also said it was a lock that I’d have a gig on Monday. I take that as hyperbole, since it’s Thursday and I have no word...but then again, she did have to check references. I stayed off the computer all day yesterday awaiting a call. Well, it’s not perfect but it’s the best hope I’ve had in a year.
Yay me!
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 03/09 at 11:55 AMMZ, the air war over Japan was hideous. It was a cynical and calculated effort to make life for ordinary people below hideous.
It wasn’t new.
http://www.why-war.com/encyclopedia/people/civilian_casualties/
Humans are nasty, brutish and short, just like their lives.
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 03/09 at 12:03 PMMudge - my most heartfelt and sincere congratulations on the very promising developments. It’s far less than you deserve, of course, but still great news.
I can’t imagine you not being placed my Monday, unless the woman is administratively incompetant - here’s hoping she’s brilliant, and calls you today! (in case you should prefer to email rather than have me publicly pester you here regarding your next good news announcement: )
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 12:07 PMEmpress - I’m not unduly optimistic but I’m in a pretty much perfect position to see this as an opportunity to spread my wings, carpe diem, all that self-help bollocks.
Mudge - thats why theres a height restriction on pilots. Nastiest and brutishest only need apply. Although, wasn’t the good Mr. Zinn a B-17 pilot?
Good luck with the temping man.A particularly sad quote:
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
— Thoreau
“progress”
Posted by mew on from not london, hooray! 03/09 at 12:22 PMMudge #8, the leadership vaudeville has been locked down for some time now, don´t be deflected by the feisty-maverick schtick.
Posted by Owen on from Barcino 03/09 at 12:50 PMOwen I share your healthy scepticism (and have been told by no small number of well washed brains that I should loosen my tin foil hat) but I’m optimistic in the case of Chavez that he might enable greater solidarity among nations in his part of the world. It’s hardly ideal but it would be better than not. Ya think?
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 02:14 PMGood morning/afternoon from a warm Daylesford, Mickey and the expendables Owen, Mew, Amelopsis, Luna_C and Mudge (congrats!).
Not so long ago you reminded your readers of Dresden and now it’s the firebombing of Tokyo, Mickey - as Robert Fisk said quite a while ago, war means death, and lots of it. Was it the Germans who first bombed cities from the air or who ‘perfected’ these sort of attacks?
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 03/09 at 02:15 PMMudge, was that a medical collections job that you did NOT get. Maybe that’s a good thing? Would that have been a job harassing people with unpaid medical bills? It is good that you will have a different placement. They are VERY lucky to get you. It always amazes me how many over-qualified people are working at jobs that use so little of their talent because suitable more appropriate jobs are not available.
Owen, I agree that Chavez is not perfect but I don’t fault any leader who takes a strong stand against USA aggression. Also, people in the northeast are grateful to Chavez because of his contribution of heating oil. I think that many homeless shelters received oil at NO cost. I have been told that I am eligible for 200 gallons at a 40% discount so I have set my thermostat at 60 instead of 50.
Mickey, you do seem a bit stressed these days. Not surprising with a move and everything else that is going on. The way that stress affects health is very interesting. Recently I came across a book (now I forget the title). I think that it is called “The Second Brain”. The research showed the brain/stomach connection. The subject of the study showed that the intestine and brain have similar cells and hormones. (My facts are a little hazy.) I have to read more.
I forgot to say HI to everyone, so “HI”.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 03/09 at 02:16 PMMoi? Stressed?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/09 at 02:24 PMYeah, I second, third or fourth (godamn MSN Messenger is going crazy) about Chavez. He’s not perfect but countries like Venezuela can’t wait for Jesus to be re-born. I don’t buy that he’s like an ‘asset’ or anything, thats pushing the paranoia a little far, unless you can back it up with some facts.
Makes more sense to me that in actual fact the US is out of control in South America (and not in the usual sense.)Mickey, just imagine if you had arteries of pure lard…
Posted by mew on from not london, hooray! 03/09 at 02:29 PMYou hit it for me, Mew. Each of us falls into that trap...looking for Mr. Right, as it were. No one is perfect and we will never agree with everything anyone does: whether it be an elected leader or a local comrade. It took me this friggin’ long to learn that but it was worth the wait.
As for my “stress,” I don’t want to overstate the situation. Lots going on and lots of disappointment lately...but I’m one of the lucky ones. In the big picture, I have nothing to complain about...but complain, I will. I can’t help it. I’m a human.
Gotta run…
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/09 at 02:40 PMIf I agreed with everything someone said I would pass out from boredom.
Posted by Owen on from Barcino 03/09 at 03:26 PMRMJ: Intestinal brain hormones?!
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 03:44 PMAmelopsis, It sort of makes sense to me. I think of the term, “gut reaction”. Thinking with your stomach seems logical to me. Two brains are better than one, right? OK, everybody, stop laughing. Check it out for yourself.
http://tinyurl.com/yubwePosted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 03/09 at 05:57 PMRMJ that is an intriguing bit of information. And - it’s a 10 yr old ‘discovery’...you’d think they’d have done something more with this by now. I’m puzzled though, at all the strange typos in it, but I’ve not looked to much further back to the source. I have to say that I’m troubled by they guinea pig research but vivesection is still all too prevalent with far too few seeking to use the very viable alternatives.
All in all, it does make sense - I get a horribly quick onset of a sick stomach whenever I’ve see a loved one hurt themselves - immediately - and even before I know if there’s any real cause for concern. If that’s not enough, here’s my favourite little excerpt from the article: “If you were chained to the toilet with cramps, you’d be upset too.”
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 03/09 at 06:24 PMYes Amelopsis, that was not the best article on the topic. I have read some better ones. That just happened to be the one that I came up with then. I think that there is a scientist doing research at the U of Vermont about the connection between stress and intestinal problems. It all just seems so logical to me. I marvel at the wisdom of the human body and how all of the parts are interrelated......................
Tonight’s news reports that the USA is closing the prison at AbuGharib. In the fine print it says that no prisoners will be released they just will be moved. This gives the USA the opportunity to now deny that any abuse is taking place at AbuGharib. This story is significant because this is the same thing that was done at the School of the Assassins at Ft Benning. They changed the name ( so they could say that the school no longer existed) but continued to train death squads there and thought that no one would notice. No wonder my stomach hurts.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 03/09 at 06:52 PMRMJ, “In the fine print it says that no prisoners will be released they just will be moved.”
New location...same treatment. These soldiers round up hundreds of innocents every month for these prisons. SOmeone over at TubThumper’s was saying, “at least they live in a democracy now...” What a load of crap. Anyone can be arrested at anytime and held for any length of time.
Great article, Mick.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 03/09 at 07:36 PMHey Expendables. I hope my concerns about not being here as often as usual haven’t dampened your enthusiasm. Things have been kinda slow. Tomorrow, I’ll be discussing our group recipe day so let’s get back in the old groove, okay?
Good night, all…
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 03/09 at 10:00 PMI haven’t had much to say lately, but just to let you know, I’ve been reading everyone’s posts with interest. Peace.
Posted by Jeremy on from Taiwan 03/10 at 03:24 AM
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