tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2926977437514139739..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Most Dangerous Union in the WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-43193227172411026482011-03-09T09:57:41.976-05:002011-03-09T09:57:41.976-05:00The behavior of the character did not change, as y...The behavior of the character did not change, as you say, but the behavior itself was seen anew by the changing circumstances at court. At one moment Falstaff was useful enough to over look his gross short comings. Then the immediate world around him changed a bit and he was now expendable and becoming a liability. Neither character changed. The context of a relationship is every thing.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-30377551954304720532011-03-08T17:39:45.039-05:002011-03-08T17:39:45.039-05:00My memory of Henry IV is that Falstaff is rejected...My memory of Henry IV is that Falstaff is rejected not because of any change in his behaviour, but because association with him is no longer convenient for Hal.Julian Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971592856271772183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-59405473700140049282011-02-27T06:15:26.789-05:002011-02-27T06:15:26.789-05:00Uh! "...in an email the Financial Times repor...Uh! "...in an email the Financial Times reported was "pinging around" trading desks. It reads in part:<br />“<i>We are Wall Street: It’s our job to make money. Whether it’s a commodity, stock, bond, or some hypothetical piece of fake paper, it doesn’t matter. We would trade baseball cards if it were profitable… Go ahead and continue to take us down, but you’re only going to hurt yourselves. What’s going to happen when we can’t find jobs on the Street anymore? Guess what: We’re going to take yours... We aren’t dinosaurs. We are smarter and more vicious than that, and we are going to survive.</i>"<br /><br />http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011226131635826806.htmlMyrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-47332377101351846402011-02-27T05:50:13.408-05:002011-02-27T05:50:13.408-05:00PS: This is not to say that more home production ...PS: This is not to say that more home production will solve the problems of greed and over-acquisition of the (political) power elite.<br /><br />But I can't see how a political movement can solidify without the skills and ability to directly provide sustenance for large numbers of people.<br /><br />Economic power, if non-existent in the home, then where will we find it?Myrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-17873537257809559842011-02-26T09:00:52.305-05:002011-02-26T09:00:52.305-05:00"..we have to learn to fight back in this one..."..we have to learn to fight back in this one-sided class warfare. We have to learn to explain that more of the same medicine that made us sick is not going to cure us..."<br /><br />The poison chalice could be seen as the mass acceptance of a life of passive, unthoughtful consumption of the products and services of the large corporations. (Rather than to engage in productive us of time and resources at home). Also, the willingness to pay more for less and less.<br /><br />My home is host to many young overseas visitors. It can be quite astonishing at times when I discover that many women and men don't know how to cook, use basic farm tools (like balancing a wheelbarrow, using a mattock or a blockbuster etc). The act of sewing two pieces of fabric together poses challenges as does darning socks, stacking firewood, planting seedlings, pruning, making jam. In fact, just about anything that entails producing things for your own sustenance.<br /><br />Over 80% of the population of Australia is urbanised. It appears to be much the same in many other nations.<br /><br />I can't see how city life can be compatible with human survival in the near future, with scenarios of rapidly deepening world poverty, general energy, water and mineral shortages, climate change etc.<br /><br />But I don't see the economic and social evolution of the last 40 years as 'class warfare'. Not when the masses (in the rich industrial countries, at least) roll over and play dead. <br /><br />The fight in those nations hasn't really begun. When it does, it might be a quiet revolution in the kitchens and backyards of many homes.Myrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-34277735243365078012011-02-25T17:50:58.451-05:002011-02-25T17:50:58.451-05:00For someone to use such a nom de plume and then su...For someone to use such a nom de plume and then suggest that someone else should seek help is intriguing. Just one description of the character, <br />"The most intriguing character in William Shakespeare's Henry IV plays is Sir John Falstaff. Falstaff is a likable character of ill repute. He is a drunkard, a thief, a liar, and a coward, but we love him, because he is also humorous, jovial, childish, and free living. Eventually, his behavior becomes so apprehensible that he is rejected." <br />I assume you've chosen your identity carefully and with proper insight.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-51195450013874634712011-02-25T02:30:27.035-05:002011-02-25T02:30:27.035-05:00Drink beer, Falstaff.Drink beer, Falstaff.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-17655415557894426232011-02-24T14:13:10.086-05:002011-02-24T14:13:10.086-05:00The architects of disaster? Chamber of Commerce as...The architects of disaster? Chamber of Commerce as the most dangerous union? What's next, a Marxist interpretation of the trilateral commission? Seek help Perelman.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865552505521389155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-60432983038272443982011-02-24T12:39:16.474-05:002011-02-24T12:39:16.474-05:00Interesting history of the past 40 years. It sound...Interesting history of the past 40 years. It sounds like some major change to the financial system was made in the early 1970s that gave the advantage to financial manipulation over physical production. I wonder what it was....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com