Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Friday, January 05, 2007
Hamlet meets Malcolm X
Good morning Hamlet, Malcolm, and Mickey…
As I always say, asking “please” never stopped a bullet or a bomb.I wonder if the Press will ever give the dead Iraqis as much coverage as Nancy’s pearls have gotten. Stupid question, I know!
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/05 at 08:37 AMGood morning, Expendables. Astoria is about to get rained on but the temperature is more like April than January.
RMJ, I had a funny feeling you’d appreciate Malcolm’s words.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/05 at 10:34 AMHappy Friday, Expendables. This report comes to you from a civilized part of the continent, at least in relation to its southern neighbour (cool Canadian spelling, eh?).
MZ, a fine article yesterday (Health Nut). That’s why you get paid the big bucks. Among things that I look forward to in Saint John, NB, is stocking up on some decent soap. The Guelph Soap Co. and The Soap Works are the two that I prefer (anyone can de-bunk these if they so choose - I haven’t researched them). No luck yet in finding bars from The Paper Street Soap Company.
re: Hamlet vs. Malcolm: though I’m no model of activism, what marks me as a radical is the inability to keep my mouth shut when faced with abuse of power. Over the course of time this has cost me (large and small), but not nearly as much as being silent. I vote for grasping the nettle, which is one of the ways you know you’re still alive (and often, regretfully, that others may be dead from the neck up).
Lastly, last night I read the first article that effectively contests dissent about 9/11. I’ve held the middle ground on this issue, both damning the political mirage called the American Left for its “Shut Up” argument towards 9/11 dissenters (and willful refusal of realpolitik, but that’s nothing new), while also marveling at the loopy theories set forth by the far opposite end of the spectrum. Phil Mole’s article in the current issue of “Skeptic” magazine (v. 12 no.4) fails to footnote/document key elements, and important questions remain, but it’s a step toward a clearer understanding. Good going, Phil. http://www.skeptic.com
Day 5 of my return to a sucrose-free diet is intact. My lapse has left me with about a 10-spot to jettison.
Posted by Zenprole on from N of the Border 01/05 at 11:05 AMIncredible quotes and perfect timing...just what I needed this morning, Mick. Hello all…
It’s 60 in Chicago...January is usually our coldest month. Read in the paper today that it’s El Nino’s fault. Just El Nino...it’ll pass.
Every time anyone mentions El Nino all I can think about is Chris Farley on SNL dressed in tights and a small vest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibo40FQjG40
captch says ‘century,’ as in, will we see another one?
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/05 at 11:15 AMJOS, thanks for the Farley link. YouTube also has the “Schmitts Gay” spoof, which is priceless.
http://tinyurl.com/y55avxIf it isn’t cold in Chicago, is it at least windy? Then Alka Selzer could re-work that old commercial: “When your cold from the balmy winter wind of Chicago just won’t quit, it’s Alka Selzer Cold tablets.”
Posted by Zenprole on from N of the Border 01/05 at 12:16 PMWe can always count on the wind here, Zenprole…
We had 50 mph winds yesterday.
There’s nothing better than the Schmitz Gay video. Of course, this is the one that has all the kids laughing these days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/05 at 12:40 PMHello Zenprole and JOS. Thanks for the laughs, dudes. Much appreciated. I’ll get to the 9/11 article shortly.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/05 at 01:15 PMLOL! That’s frickin’ hilarious! SNL has been comedy poison for a few decades, but occasionally they hit the mark.
There haven’t been so many laughs on CO since people thought the 2006 election results would change things.
Captcha sez ‘record.’ I say ‘play.’
Posted by Zenprole on from N of the Border 01/05 at 03:04 PMMmmm...Zen, maybe I should turn this place into a comedy site and really strike it rich.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/05 at 03:34 PMOff topic and not very funny, but kind of interesting.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/05 at 06:33 PMThanks, RMJ. America is truly where free-dumb rings.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/05 at 06:41 PMI wish people would get over the crazy idea that the human race is worth anything. It is made up of crooks, suckers, and mostly lazy cowards. The few moments of genuine heroism only serve to prove the lazy coward rule. The human “family” has only met a real challenge when it is too late.
When we’ve destroyed ourselves, the cockroaches won’t miss us.
If we could learn to think like crooks, we might have a chance against the rich. But, the never ending moralizing and infatuation with human good or evil makes it nearly impossible.
Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/05 at 10:05 PMI gotta say that I am usually in the mood to agree with you, John. Though there is some worth to the human race...I think.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 01/05 at 10:13 PMGood morning Hamlet, Malcolm, Mickey - and Rosemarie, zenprole, JOS and John Hanks (must say I agree with your attitude towards the human race).
“As I always say, asking “please” never stopped a bullet or a bomb.” Quite so, Rosemarie!Have a good weekend, all of you expendables,
Helga from a quite humid Daylesford, AustraliaPosted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/05 at 10:13 PMThanks for making me laugh, Mickey - as in #11
‘America is truly where free-dumb rings.’ You are a true patriot!Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/05 at 10:22 PMHello Helga and JOS…
John Hanks: Are you implying that folks on this blog have an “infatuation with human good or evil”? Either way, your comment made me recall a Vonnegut line: “There is no reason good can’t triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia.”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/05 at 10:22 PMYes. Liberals in general moralize too much. They think that counting moral coup makes a difference. (I count myself as a liberal, since that seems to be even worse than a Communist these days.) I love the Mark Twain, Vonnegut, Mencken, and Ambrose Bierce perspective on things.
The endless positivity and false hope drives me crazy.Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/06 at 12:22 AMYou might wanna hang out here more often, John. I think you’ve got us pegged incorrectly. I do not see any such infatuation and I definitely do not see many “liberals” here.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/06 at 08:20 AMrmj, great link! Here is another :
Posted by nick on from ohio 01/06 at 09:24 AMI will. Unjust and ill informed snap judgements are one of my specialties.
Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/06 at 10:45 AMHey, it’s part of being human. We are a rather pathetic species.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/06 at 10:49 AMI’ve decided (thanks to the dope) that miscommnication is always better anyway. We get “communicated with” thousands of times a day.
Most of my political street signs include a “slant”, i.e. “Rapture for none. Jesus hates blockheads and phonies.”, etc. Some are straight, but very annoying i.e. “Bush Did 911.”Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/06 at 11:07 AMAfter reading above comments...I remembered what a ‘teacher’ once said about humans. “man is the only species who must make a conscious effort to become conscious”...to be or not to be...or...we once were and we must become again. Our minds..telling ourselves..you don’t want to be a command driven robot..how dare you retaliate, I’ll show you, I will injure your body..transcending the habitual...the ‘normal’ will heal..becoming the one ‘I’ and not that which is fragmented, the many I’s.. by the contradictions of the insane society.
Posted by Joe of Maine on from 01/06 at 12:00 PMI think we start in innocence, then we pick up knowledge, and if we are lucky our innocence is recovered.
Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/06 at 12:41 PMI think Hamlet was thinking about whether he could be a lazy coward or not.
Posted by John Hanks on from Laramie, Wyoming 01/06 at 12:44 PM
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