Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Taking a dump on the New York Times (plus: William Blum in the news)
It´s been five years or so since I read Rogue State, I thought since then Blum might have gotten past thinking there actually were Arabs on any of those planes.
Posted by Owen on from Barcelona 01/21 at 08:31 AMGood morning All....
Mickey about your #50 comment last night. I think that the problem in Bellows Falls might be the combination of crime and the small size of the police force and municipal budgets that are under pressure. I firmly believe in the right to privacy but, maybe because I have been an advocate for crime victims during much of my life, I think that privacy must be balanced with safety. As a volunteer in a nursing home, I worked with victims of auto accidents and I also have worked with rape victims so my views are probably different from those of many other people. There are places where highway signs read, “Caution, you are entering an aggressive driving area”. That shows that the “system” doesn’t have any way of protecting motorists and of course rapes continue all across the country. On the other hand, a year or two ago, in that same area of the state, a pro-war police officer went into a high school classroom in the middle of the night. His purpose was to check to see if there was any anti-war literature posted. That, I thought was an outrageous violation of privacy.Owen...I see your point. To me, the ethnicity doesn’t matter. The fact that it was blowback does.
Yes, I watched the Blum interview last night. I was disappointed that it was so short. I sympathize with Bill because doing a short interview is MUCH more difficult than doing one that lasts an hour or two. I thought that Blum did an excellent job under the circumstances. I clicked on the first link that Mickey has here about Blum. I was anticipating an attack like that. Bill is in for a bumpy ride and we should all join him in trying to get the truth out. I have yet to hear one intelligent discussion in the media as to the CAUSE of 9/11. I wrote an article about it a long time ago but now forget the title. When WC tried to bring out the facts he paid a high price. Now the war mongers have a new target.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/21 at 09:57 AMMy favourite one-line story, by Calvino:
“When I awoke this morning the dinosaurs were still there.”Posted by Owen on from Barcelona 01/21 at 10:42 AMWell, as work stories seem the vogue today ...
About eight years ago I worked at a mental health concern called “Creative Support.” One of the bizarre things about this place was some of the managers, who behaved as if the regular employees were less than crap ... sound mental health & being valued at work apparently is not something they considered worth their time.
The place had an astonishing staff turnover, especially at head office. Disliking managers is fairly run of the mill, of course, but they way they imposed on us regular nobodies was quite disgusting. Some of the managers had a royal manner that was so conceited it tipped the scales past irritation and into farce, especially as some other “nobody” had always seen similar behaviour or a better example of it.
One of the managers, Colin, had a pecular way with him. He was always decent enough - to me at least - except when another manager, Rick, was about. Then the two would, basically, laugh about what a clueless #### I was. Some people are careful not to explain things properly so you can only not do it except by going back to them for repeat directions. Petty antagonisms like this were the
MO for many managers at Creative Support.Luckily, I was posted not just at their office but another one, & my week was broken up around working with assholes & really splendid people. The manager at the other project was a gem, a delightful woman & also very considerate & thought provoking. So, I kept the job for about 14 months as the balance was there.
After I’d been there maybe eight months I found some interesting things out about Colin. It’s true that women have a far more efficient network of information then men ... I found out at least one reason for this: Colin had attacked & basically raped a woman in another office. Female staff were well advised not to work alone with him - one threatened to quit when (how sensitive) suggestions were made that this be the case.
The victim had been scared & somewhat destroyed by it. Her attempts to complain & go to the police were thwarted by other bullying managers, protecting one of their own, who made it impossible for her to see her complaint through. Naturally, people only have so much nerve after an ordeal like that.
And this at a mental health provider!
Shortly after, Colin left, to get a job closer to home. By this point, I gathered that my scorn towards him for his immature spite towards people was nothing next to what the colleagues who knew the other woman, & about the incident at the time (before I worked there), must have felt.
Feeling somewhat vindictive, & knowing he realised he was as well liked as a gastric virus, I asked him just before he left:
“What’re you doing for a leaving do, Colin?”
We often went out on the beers when someone left, assuming of course that they “made the grade” to the real staff. The more idle, swinish managers were treated to some odd displays of disrespect at these.
“Ah, some of us’ll be going for a pint,” he said, eyes looking vague & lost as people do when lying about things which hurt them.
“Oh right,” I said, all innocent. “Yeah, that’ll be nice,” and went into details of the last leaving do, of an excellent bloke called Steve, where plenty of people went & a big old fuss was made of him. Deservedly, as he was a salt of the earth type of guy, & he got the type of send off Colin could only dream of.
I suppose I mention this for one reason: when someone gets away with a major crime, and people know about it, people they see every work day, what exactly does that do for his mental health?
The ironies at Creative Support were never thin on the ground. Treating the staff like shit was one thing, but bullying a raped woman out of her attempts for justice ... words fail me. If I’d been older & wiser I’d have quit when I heard, but part of me was too curious, especially when I heard Colin was leaving. How does shit like that play out?
On his last day, he just walked quietly out & was careful who he said goodbye to.
Posted by Chris Wood on from Manchester, England 01/21 at 10:49 AMMZ, the article at Investors.com is truly staggering.
“Blum Laden” hates America so much, he supports the terrorists ... arghh! Any remember that Simpsons episode where Homer’s skull is x-rayed & a protective shell of thick bone is found around his brain? Seems that writer has the same complaint ... must keep out all wisdom.
Captcha says “running.” Captcha seems to know what it’s talking about these days.
Posted by Chris Wood on from Manchester, England 01/21 at 10:55 AMWhen I saw the headlines that there was a new “Bin Laden” tape, I thought “Yeah, Right”.
This is an all to obvious setup for the Kool-Aiders. I suppose it is a bit hard for Blum to call it an Al-cia-dah job because he will be called paranoid.
Is anyone calling it for what it is out there in netland?
Posted by Jim on from 01/21 at 11:15 AMIt is also telling that the rest of that paragraph wasn’t quoted. If someone can find it and post it, you’ll see what I mean. It points to the real truth of the State apparatus.
Posted by Jim on from 01/21 at 11:18 AMJim, as per your request. It is a pleasure to post this because it is my all time favorite.
“...If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently.
a) I would first apologize—very publicly and very sincerely—to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism.
b) Then I would announce that America’s global interventions have come to an end and inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the union but—believe it or not—a foreign country.
c) I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to our victims and repair the damage from our bombings. There would be enough money.
Do you know what one year’s military budget is equal to? One year.
It’s equal to more than $20,000 per hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That’s what I’d do on my first three days in the White House.d) On the fourth day, I’d be assassinated...”
BILL BLUM quoted.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/21 at 11:59 AMthis isn’t a work story as such. it is the questionaire i had to do at an old job, and they didn’y sack me!
WHO AM I?
What do you always carry with you?
Money, keysWhat is your most unappealing habit?
I will tell you IN A MINUTE
What trait do you least like in others?
Breathtaking Stupidity and maliciousnessWhich virtue is most overrated?
Patience.Which sin is worse?
I’ve never had much time for murder.What do you most like to see in others?
Brains, humour and thinking of other people.What would you kill for?
Nothing, except protecting my family and friends in emergencies.What do you most dislike about yourself?
I put my foot in my mouth a lot.Who do you despise the most?
Very difficult choice but will go for maggie thatcher. If I ever got the chance I definitely would go for the senile old bag.With which historical figure do you most identify with?
Coco the ClownWhat keeps you awake at night
Insomnia isn’t it?What’s your favourite word?
Buffoonery.
What one thing would improve your life immeasurably?
a three year all expenses paid trip round the worldWorst moment at work
the beginning the middle or the endBest moment at work
Getting a free bottle of coke from the machine.When are you happiest?
when work is finished.How would you like to die?
In the Anthrax Castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I would “ face the peril ! “How would you like to be remembered?
As someone you’ve met.What would your motto be?
#### em if they can’t take a jokeWhat do you think your epitaph would be?
Give me peace you daft bastardPosted by michael on from scotland 01/21 at 12:41 PMmichael, YOU’RE HIRED!!!
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 01/21 at 01:00 PMOnce upon a time a customer approached me with a plastic baggy containing a mysterious substance he found on his favourite backyard tree, concerned and wishing to thwart off any possibility of disease.
He’d cleaned it off every other day or so for weeks, only to have it reappear, always in the same location on the tree, near the crotch of a branch.
At this point I’d examined the contents and was trying to interrupt him politely to inform him of the origin of the substance, but he continued to explain all the various methods by which he’d attempted to identify this threat to his tree.
He’d smelled it, rubbed it between his fingers, squished it, etc., I was becoming a little impatient when he added that he’d tasted it - thinking it might be tree sap.
At that point I had to excuse myself, telling him I needed to seek additional advice from a collegue, upon which I promptly when to a staff only area and shared this laugh of the day with a few others whom I knew could use a good laugh, before gathering my composure and returning to the concerned customer to advise him that he appeared to have a racoon living in his tree and the substance was excrement which was found in the same location because they select a crotch to use as a latrine.
I could hardly keep a straight face, and he could hardly leave fast enough after thanking me for the diagnosis.
Posted by Amelopsis on from canada 01/21 at 01:39 PMHello Expendables. It’s another Spring-like January day in Astoria.
Excellent stories and comments today. You guys rock.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/21 at 03:21 PMA story for my fellow Expendables:
File this one under: Be Careful for What You Ask For
This actually happened….
As mentioned a couple days ago, during most of the 90’s I rented a room in a house on The Hill, which is the student neighborhood bordering the University of Colorado. I lived there with four other employees of an independent record store, most of whom were working musicians. One of them, Javier, was (is) an accomplished jazz/funk guitarist in the Grant Green mold. Needless to say, none of us woke before noon on any given day, unless we were scheduled to open the store, in which case we’d get up at a quarter to ten, just in time to pound some ice coffee and race our bikes up the road.
On this particular Saturday, Javier and I bumped into each other in the kitchen at about two in the afternoon. I had just finished a bowl of cereal, and Jav was making some green tea (his doctor had told him to quit coffee – an arrhythmia due to stress).
“I’m bored,” he said.
I looked at him and smiled.
“Let’s make something happen,” I said.
Jav poured his tea into the sink, I grabbed a couple beers, and we met on the front porch. Sitting on the cement stairs, Jav sparked a cigarette and I swilled half my bottle, and we resumed our silence under clear skies. Jav hawked a fat loogie and launched it into a flowerbed. I scratched my beard and watched white flakes accumulate on my black t-shirt.
Pretty soon, a well-known “molecule head” stumbled into sight up the street to our left. Obviously tweaked on acid, he would walk two or three steps, then stop to look at a leaf, flower or bug. This went on for at least 15 minutes before he made it to the yard directly across from us, where he slumped onto the grass and commenced to stick his face into the greenery. The gay English professor who lived there stuck his head out the front door and yelled, “Hey! Get off my lawn!” Our wasteoid didn’t move an inch. The front door slammed and birdsong filled the air again.
A few minutes later, a cop cruiser pulled up, blocking our view of the guy on the lawn. In no time they had him slumped against the car in handcuffs, and were rifling through his pockets, letting coins and other items scatter on the sidewalk.
Javier and I turned to our right simultaneously, where we saw a Granola Girl in Grateful Dead rags sprinting toward the cops.
She screamed, “Fire!!!!! Leave him alone!” She physically grabbed one of the cops, and they jogged after her. The acid guy stared after them but did not move.
Jav looked at me with huge eyes and said nothing. We jumped down the stairs and walked around the side of the house to the alley, and immediately noticed a crowd around a garbage dumpster – and whatever was in the dumpster was on fire, flames roaring twenty feet high.
I glanced further up the alley, and dumpsters far into the distance were on fire. Same thing in the opposite direction – dumpsters puffing smoke and flame every 75 feet for blocks and blocks.
We stood there for a while, then passed through the kitchen for more beer on our way back to the front porch.
The cruiser was still sitting there across the street.
The molecule head, however, was gone.
Posted by Hawk on from Boulder, CO 01/21 at 03:23 PMThanks for the quote, Rosemarie. Given the bit that was quoted and what was left out it gets pretty obvious who “made” the tape.
That’s a sad story, Chris. I take it Creative Support” got the bulk of their funding from government.
Unfortunately, ironies bordering on lunacy are par for the course in mental health here in Oz and no doubt everywhere else.An ex-wife of mine is a Clinical Psychologist. Clinical Psychs are trained to diagnose mental illness but are not allowed to prescribe medication. That’s the province of psychiatrists who are not trained to diagnose mental illness.
Psychiatrists, mostly, are not trained in counselling either. Yet, you can get a medicare rebate for seeing a psychiatrist for counselling but not for seeing a psychologist who is trained, albeit badly.I could go on but you get the idea.
Oh, also via my ex, it seems it’s well known in the trade that mental health attracts (as professionals) far more than it’s fair share of anti-social personality disorders (psychopaths).
Have i ever mentioned that I think this is an ironic world?
Oracle says “human”. I doubt it mostly
Posted by Jim on from 01/21 at 04:49 PMHi all, not catching up yet, just reporting in...move accomplished!
xoxo
Posted by Mudge on from Austin 01/21 at 04:50 PMThis is from the “Investors.com” article Mickey posted. It’s a riot!
In an Internet posting titled “Why Terrorists Hate America,” [Blum] asks: “Who killed more innocent, defenseless people? The terrorists in the United States on September 11 with their flying bombs? Or the Americans in Afghanistan with their AGM-86D cruise missiles, their AGM-130 missiles, their 15,000-pound ‘daisy cutter’ bombs, their depleted uranium and their cluster bombs?"
Good question. Maybe it’s secretly a leftist site?
And then there’s the “Accuracy in Media” (aim.org) site. Jeez. I hadn’t seen this one before. It is to FAIR what whitehouse.org is to the official site of the White House. If that makes any sense at all.
It seems the major complaint in all of these and similar articles from the Right is an ideology that can be named. Thus, the elected president of Haiti is a “marxist”, Blum wanted to attend a bookfair in “communist” Cuba, and so on. But I guess that’s an obvious point.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague 01/21 at 05:08 PMHello again, gang. Lots to comment on...but no time to do so now. We’re heading out to meet friends at the local Tibetan restaurant. I’ll check back with you “all” later.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/21 at 05:34 PMOkay, you all have inspired me to reflect on a work experience from way back - about when Mike, or Hawk, Jr. from Spontaneous Rising, was being conceived.
As a Social Worker in charge of a case load of 360 children and young people and their foster parents, I would usually leave the welfare building to do field work about 9:00 a.m. each day. On one particular morning, I passed a familiar face in the hallway and mutual eye contact confirmed that this other young man and I knew each other from somewhere and sometime way back.
He said, “Hey, I know you!” His appearance and drawl - please excuse the stereotype - made one think of rural Oklahoma. He continued, “Remember me? I went to Sunday School with you.” He grew more intense and excited. “Remember that time I won the attendance contest and they gave me that Bible?” Now almost ecstatic, with great sincerity and joy, he exclaimed, “You know, I still have that son-of-a-bitch!”
Success story of the year.
Posted by Hawk Sr. on from Las Cruces NM 01/21 at 06:42 PMJim, I’m sure that’s true. Some of the folk at Creative Support were a hair too close to slamming my head against the wall for my comfort. Why is it the case that mental health work attracts such people? Maybe it’s like blood banks & vampires. Glad I don’t work there now; the routine of shittiness / sweetness / shittiness made my mental clock far too confused.
Mudge, delighted the move is completed & hope you comfy where you are.
Hawk Sr, words fail me. I always refer to the Bible as “the Bibble”, because that suits my take on what is made of Christianity. I apologise if anybody finds that offensive, but the way the Bibble is used is so staggeringly off target I think my shorthand is justified.
“I still have that son of a bitch ...” yikes.
Am I correct in saying that some / many Expendables believe the Osama tape was a CIA job? That was my first reaction, & I stand by it. It’s too Goldstein (sorry to repeat myself, but it just seems overwhelmingly clear).
All the best to you rarified & special minds ... captcha says “few” ... how accurate.
Posted by Chris Wood on from Manchester, England 01/21 at 07:01 PMPS Jim you’re right, Creative Support competed for government contracts ... under the umbrella of council work, but it’s the same thing effectively (at least in this capacity). A example of people compromising the effectiveness of what they do in order to look more effective ... DOH!
I still get the same at work, sometimes. Reminds me of that Monty Python line: “makes you want to chew your own foot off.”
Posted by Chris Wood on from Manchester, England 01/21 at 07:03 PMGreetings all.
Back in ‘86 I had a summer job at a popular hot dog joint just below the University of Pittsburgh dormitories. The place was open 23 hours a day, and I worked the 9PM to 9AM shift dispensing quick fry items and hot dogs. During the weekend, this place was packed, literally wall to wall, with people after the many local bars closed down for the evening. Dealing with and serving a drunken throng is a challenge from which I gained no enjoyment. So, as people are wont to do, I tried to inject some small measure of levity where there was none.At the time there was a cartoon on TV called Thundercats. I must confess that I didn’t watch it, but I knew through commercials that the Thundercats were a humanoid cat people with names like, Lion-O, Tigra, and Norbert. When they fought the evil anti-Thundercat folks, the Thundercat leader, Norbert I believe, would shout, “Thundercats!” The rest would respond, “Ho!” And then the fight would commence. Yes, it’s silly, but imagine being drunk out of your skull, waiting your turn in a crowded hot dog joint, when suddenly a fry cooks yells, “Thundercats!”, and three others including the assistant manager shout, “Ho!”.
In the heat of the bar rush hour, we would also befuddle the drunkards by shouting, “Anyone from Smeggins, Idaho step up and get served first!” or “Anyone whose first name is Blim step up and get served first.” We did that all the time. No one ever raised their hand and claimed to fulfill any of the absurd requirements we set. They always looked around to see if someone else would, but no one even tried to lie and get served first!Now the french fries of this place are legendary in Pittsburgh, and rightly so. They are made fresh and they seriously pile them on. You need climbing gear to eat the large serving of fries. Because of this, the fry line is no joke. You don’t get out of the fry line when the place is packed and expect to get back in and buy fries that same evening. As a result, some joker in the fry line had to go to the bathroom so desperately that he urinated on the floor in the midst of the crowd so that he wouldn’t lose his place. Delightful.
Finally, one morning I was cleaning up before the end of my shift and a woman walked in. It was clear that she was a prostitute and that she was in a bad mood. She started snapping her order and was just looking for someone to give her a reason to go off. I leaned over the counter, smiled at her and said something like,"Hey, I’ll take care of you. What do you need?” She looked at me for a second like I was crazy, then she smiled. The transition was quite impressive. I don’t think she had been treated like a normal person all night, probably longer than that. We shot the breeze a bit as I fixed her order. As she paid, she slipped me a phone number. “Give me a call if you need anything” she said. Well, I was flattered at the gesture. I went home feeling good. I hope she did too. What a “life”.
Posted by Cart on from near Warshington DC 01/21 at 08:02 PMYou hope she did? So that means you didn’t call her? Now that’s where the story could have started…
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 01/21 at 08:14 PMYeah, Chris, Osama Goldstein, indeed.
When you look at events with the “Goldstein” possibility in mind, they tend to sort themselves out pretty quickly. The trap then is to fall into argueing with someone over the tech issues when all you need is a bit of common sense and logic.
i.e. why would Osama (if he’s the demonic enemy) leave out the most damning bit of Blum’s magnificent quote?
Back to the original “Osama” video evidence - why would he allow a video camera to record him ridiculing his own suicide bombers? OR if spies can film him and get the video out, how come he aint dead yet? Duh
And while I’m on a roll - how come the towers fell down when planes and fires can’t do that sort of thing?
The evidence is always stareing you in the face and the spin (brainwashing) is always about how to “see” it.Exploiters are attracted to situations that provide vulnerable people because the feeling of power is a relative thing. The greater the discrepancy, the greater the rush for them. If they aren’t exploiters when they start, they often become so due to the temptations of the environment. Power is addictive and has the same pathology. Hence all the abuse due to police, priests, doctors, etc.
Hospitals are corrupt enough when run by governments for the above reason but quickly move beyond the pale when they are run by private capital because their raison d’etre is to make a profit i.e. exploit the situation.
The worst possible combination is when private companies are paid by the Govt. The potential for corruption is extreme as is the ability to cover it up.Whew! That feels better!!!
Thanks for indulging me this far in my rave.Posted by Jim on from 01/21 at 08:46 PMI meant to say hospitals AND prisons
Posted by Jim on from 01/21 at 08:48 PMNow James, I meant that story to be an exercise in humanity, not sex for hire. My sex for hire stories are a lot quicker and much less interesting.
Posted by Cart on from near Warshington DC 01/21 at 08:49 PMI have very few real stories, interesting ones anyway. If its to be work related, even fewer.
I had a brief stint temping at the Post Office. The arsehole/nice people ratio was roughly 1:10 as far as customers went. One sticks out though - a guy came in asking for second class stamps. Don’t know if that translates into American, in the UK you can buy a cheaper stamp that still gets there, but slower.
This guy wanted not just 2nd class stamps, but a particular number of 2nd class stamps in a particular format the PO stopped doing several months previous. I could give him any number of second class stamps in a variety of pretty styles, but not exactly what he wanted.
On being informed of this, the man huffed off in a remarkably petulant way - “What is this, a Third World country?”. He seemed to mean it. The guy had no clue what a Third World country was like, and neither did I. I had an inkling it had little to do with second class stamps though.
A second story (on the basis that two shite stories might make one whole one); Feb 2003, the big Iraq march thing. About 6PM I flumped down on a bench in Green Park, knackered from 6 hours of continuous trudging (I get terrible backpain from my height) and not keen on the speeches awaiting my fellow trudgees in Hyde Park. With me was my Soooocialist Worker placard, “Victory To The Intifada!”, which I had randomly picked up, and quite easily justified to myself.
A 50-60-ish gentleman sidled up to me and slathered me in anti-semitic patter: did I know about Balfour, Bildeburg, the Jews killed Brit soldiers don’tcha know..."yeah, I know that stuff..” far too tired to argue or beat him soundly… should I have chewed the guy out? I could see through his spiel, would the next person he tried? Clearly his ilk had decided this was fertile recruiting ground.
On my way back along the Thames, several vans full of decidedly grumpy riot cops cooped up in minivans on the side streets. That cheered me up no end.
“wife” - are you kidding?
Posted by mew on from inger-lund 01/21 at 09:07 PMHello all, hope you are well.
The article on Blum / Osama @ AIM (Accuracy in Media - oh it’s irony - I like it!) - irritates the #### out of me.
Pulling the old trick to label anyone disagreeing with the govt and it’s policies a terrorist / foe of america and of ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’. (Put those two words in inverted commas to highlight that what they call ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ might not be entirely in keeping with the literal meaning).
Yeah you savage fuckers, we’ll torture and bomb you into freedom and democracy, whether you like it or not. Goes beyond satire, doesn’t it?
I mean look at these parts:“He may be in a cave somewhere, but it is apparent that Osama bin Laden has a very effective means of global communications. By the same token, the far left-wing in the U.S. has an effective way of conveying its message to the rest of the world. They succeeded in getting an obscure anti-American book into the hands of bin Laden, who is now promoting it worldwide. The significance of the latest bin Laden tape is that the world’s top terrorist has made common cause with the blame-America-first crowd, which finds the U.S. guilty of everything that goes wrong on the planet”
“..it seems suspicious how Al-Jazeera keeps obtaining and airing terrorist video or audio tapes. He said Al-Jazeera must know where they are coming from and who is providing them. The obvious conclusion is that Al-Jazeera has a working relationship with the terrorists trying to kill Americans and destroy the United States”.
Oh my.
Posted by Paul M on from Scotland 01/21 at 09:30 PMChris: No offense! You are right. People, unfortunately use the best things for ridiculous or destructive purposes.
Posted by Hawk Sr. on from Las Cruces NM 01/21 at 09:43 PMI’m sorry I missed all the discussions but I wasn’t home much today and I just got in “late.” Hello and thanks to Hawk Sr. and Jr., Mew, Cart, Paul, James, Jim, and everyone else from earlier on. Great stories, great comments. I hope to be more involved tomorrow. Also hoping to hear more about Mudge’s move.
G’night, my friends.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 01/21 at 10:55 PMThat’s quite a story about your employment at La Guardia airport, Mickey! What an inventive guy you are ..
And a belated ‘hi’ to all the expendables - more than a day late!Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/22 at 06:20 PMThat is a priceless Bill Blum quote, RMJ! One of the very first things I read in ‘Rogue State’ ..
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/22 at 06:28 PMMICHAEL, YOU’RE HIRED BY ME AS WELL!!
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 01/22 at 06:29 PM
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