Today's World: October 2011

Friday, October 7, 2011

Peaking On LSD

I named this recent painting of mine"Peaking On LSD".I've distorted little squares because sometimes I feel very distorted listening to the garbage from political representatives who bang on my head as I change the TV dial from comedy to comedy.I've stopped reading the papers,watching MSNBC or purchasing economic books to find some sanity in an insane world.I'm reading the "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller(1930) and find it filled with numerous insights that are timeless.It is a wonderful commentary on modern life and relates to every inch of our own time.Miller is talking to us throughout the book about everyday occurrences that come our way as we think(and think) about our relationships and purpose.He has a Buddhist perspective of being in the present with an acceptance of all forms of life.He is both non-judgemental and discerning as he peaks into the avenues of his life in Paris.He talks frankly about sex and his desires as if he is letting his ID loose for a parade down the pathways of male/female relationships.His book was banned until 1960 in America for being too pornographic but his thoughts and ideas are the real focus of his writings.I will write more in the next post about the book because his ideas are important in today's complicated scene that is made so through greed, misinformation and a spiritless condition.

Wisconsin Public Unions

As we witness the members of the public unions of Wisconsin and their supporters in the streets,one must remember their fight for democracy in the workplace helps all Americans(90% non-union workers) who work for smiling,insensitive dictatorships that would cast workers out into the cold for voicing their opinions and standing up to injustice.The corporate,conservative mindset hates real democracy because it gives ownership to the powerless and respect to the oppressed. Our fathers and mothers had ownership when one third of the American workforce was unionized.Work councils(in fifty percent of Germany's companies)provide equality and democracy between management and labor while making all the decisions for a productive,profitable company.Germany is one of the leading exporters of the world.This new form of capitalism must be replicated on our shores.

William Goonan

From "The Wrecking Crew" by Thomas Frank

The longing for permanent victory over liberlism is not unique to the Anglo-Saxon world.In country after country,business elites have come up with ingenious ways to limit the public's political choices.One of the most effective of these has been massive public debt.Milton Friedman,dean of free-market economists, stated that deficits were a way to smash a liberal state that voters could not be persuaded to part with otherwise.The famous "supply-side" theory that states less tax will unleash economic growth has been used by Republicans to increase the deficit.Reagan and Bush#1 increased the national debt from 914 billion to 4 trillion by 1992.Geroge W Bush,with tax cuts, unpaid wars and bank bailouts,increased the deficit by another 6 billion.Reducing the public's faith in government is the final goal of the Republicans.

Corporate Watch Blog

One of the most glaring examples of this continues to be the ability of corporations to cheat the public out of tens of billions of dollars a year by using offshore tax havens. Indeed, it's estimated that companies and wealthy individuals funneling money through offshore tax havens are evading around $100 billion a year in taxes -- leaving the rest of us to pick up the tab. And with cash-strapped states all across the country cutting vital services to the bone, it's not like we don't need the money

Democratic Socialist USA Statement

WE OPPOSE TOTALITARIANISM IN ITS SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS FORMS. Communism is a horrible, destructive parody of socialism. "Communism" is the most dangerous enemy of democracy and free Labor in the world. We rejoice in its collapse of the Soviet Union with formerly enslaved nations now joining the society of democracy. SD,USA proudly opposes Communist totalitarianism and opposes religious extremism arising in many religious traditions, especially in the Islamic world.
WE AFFIRM THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC/DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MOVEMENT SHALL ALSO BE A ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE FRAGILE ECOLOGY OF THIS PLANET. We commit ourselves to working with labor and environmental coalitions like the Blue Green Alliance, begun by the unionists and environmentalists to preserve our planet and create new jobs in renewable energy and mass transit.

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