Wednesday, June 3, 2015
daring greatly
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly."
~ Theodore Roosevelt
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action,
choice,
commitment,
history,
human condition,
perspective,
philosophy
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Small C Capitalism by Russell C.J. Duffy
Common sense has been hi-jacked by coin counters. The human spirit is being crushed by excel spread sheet experts. Artisans have been usurped by administrators. Businesses debased by bookkeepers. Accountants and auditors adulate at the altar of commercial avarice. Being big is best but being biggest is better.
Communism collapsed under the constraints of central control. It was a system that ran against human nature. It made no allowance for ambition; it paid scant regard to individuals championing collectivism over character. Capitalism constantly crashes concerning is itself less with the beings that created it concentrating instead on its core function that of profit and loss and less with heart and soul.
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The machine is now the master, its mendicants merely members of the mainframe. Hayek was wrong. Capitalism should work for the workforce. It was designed to initiate greater freedoms not grant remote control. Allowing the tail to wag the dog serves only the fleas who feast on its labours. Nor is the machine of capitalism a symbiotic entity. It is a tool that serves society or at least that was the intention. Allowing it to flex then fade, grow then die like a beast of burden in some industrialised jungle, effectively letting it reap the seeds it has sown impacts on those that engaged its engines in the first place. The serfs serve forced to run a servile life on the wheel of industry.
Sometimes it feels that the horse we have employed to pull our carriage runs where it will without paying any heed to where we try to steer it.
Too often political parties’ kow-tow to the whims of business ignoring the desires of the people they have been elected to represent. The C of their capitalism is large and harsh when what is needed is a soft c, a round c, a small c that regards the community as much as it does the market place. No intelligent individual wants revolution but the revolving doors of the system we live with keep spinning. Recession precedes growth, bust follows boom - ad nausea. Capitalism is good but good is not good enough.
We need to get back to where we started. We need to return capital to the pockets of all but without collective government control. The big C’s of Communism and Capitalism both employ this method, The latter less than the former but far more than is required. We need entrepreneurs not empires. We need to recognise talent then let it earn its own rewards. We need to recall when small was better than big then re-establish this ethos. We need to have communities that control their own lives rather than continue to consort with corporates whose collectivistic ideal is killing the communities that created them in the first place.
We need small c capitalism in the form of co-operatives; small c capitalism in property ownership; cooperation alongside competition not the crushing of communities by corporations; the return of apprenticeships and of artisans. Small c capitalism is big C common sense.
Originally published on Russell C.J. Duffy's blog - http://fishywords.blogspot.co.uk/
Friday, May 29, 2015
There be Aliens
Whether you believe in UFO's or not is a moot point. Personally, I have my own opinions on that matter. The one thing both I and those UFO watchers share is the certainty of life out in space. Mathematically, when you realise how many galaxies there are, how infinite the universe is yet conversely small, for what is size but a man made creation, then the possibilities of extra-terrestrial life becomes abundantly clear. We are not alone.
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Kill more, kill more now
Labels:
antiwar,
control,
corporations,
corruption,
death,
deception,
military,
money,
terror,
war
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
our common doom
“The best that we can do
is to be kindly and helpful
toward our friends and fellow passengers
who are clinging to the same speck of dirt
while we are drifting side by side
to our common doom”
Labels:
altruism,
compassion,
earth,
human condition,
love,
perspective
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
War Made Easy
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antiwar,
corporations,
corruption,
illusions,
lies,
military,
mind control,
money,
propaganda,
terror,
war
Monday, May 25, 2015
dying for conquest !
They go to fight for freedom,
but they are dying for conquest !!!
(War Is a Racket)
(the arms industry)
(permanent war economy)
(list of arms manufacturers)
(military industrial complex)
but they are dying for conquest !!!
(War Is a Racket)
(the arms industry)
(permanent war economy)
(list of arms manufacturers)
(military industrial complex)
Labels:
antiwar,
corporations,
corruption,
government,
military,
profit,
truth,
war
Sunday, May 24, 2015
just look at us
"Just look at us.
Everything is backwards,
everything is upside down.
Doctors destroy health,
lawyers destroy justice,
psychiatrists destroy minds,
scientists destroy truth,
major media destroys information,
religions destroy spirituality
and governments destroy freedom."
Michael Ellner
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corporations,
corruption,
deception,
earth,
greed,
human condition,
ignorance,
insanity,
stupidity,
violence,
war,
waste
Saturday, May 23, 2015
I am You - You are Me
Labels:
consciousness,
human,
illusions,
love,
peace,
perspective,
quantum physics,
self,
universe
Friday, May 22, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
RISE UP !
Labels:
banks,
betrayal,
corporations,
corruption,
deception,
economy,
federal reserve,
government,
human condition,
money,
rebel,
revolution
Monday, May 18, 2015
flags
Labels:
antiwar,
deception,
enemy,
hubris,
human,
human condition,
human rights,
humanity,
humility,
nationalism,
philosophy,
psychology,
war
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
you don't know shit !
Labels:
antiwar,
false flag,
lies,
military,
terror,
terrorism,
terrorist,
war,
war on terror
Friday, May 15, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The King is Dead - Long live the King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known by his stage name B.B. King, was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Rolling Stone ranked King number 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked number 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list). He was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed." King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King). King was also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s. In 1956, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.
In 1990, King was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George H.W. Bush. In 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, inspiring countless other electric blues and blues rock guitarists. (read more)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
in paradisum
"May the angels lead you into paradise;
may the martyrs come to welcome you
and take you to the holy city,
the new and eternal Jerusalem.
May choirs of angels welcome you
and lead you to the bosom of Abraham;
and where Lazarus is poor
no longer may you find eternal rest."
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
it doesn't even know
Labels:
above top secret,
acceptance,
aliens,
disclosure,
education,
human,
ignorance,
insight,
truth
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