Excerpts from Blogosphere, I
I'll post things that I read and find worthwhile. I'm sure many people will disagree but that's life.By Joe Bageant
Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
As an Anglo European white guy from a very long line of white guys, I want to thank all the brown, black, yellow and red people for a marvelous three-century joy ride. During the past 300 years of the industrial age, as Europeans, and later as Americans, we have managed to consume infinitely more than we ever produced, thanks to colonialism, crooked deals with despotic potentates and good old gunboats and grapeshot. Yes, we have lived, and still live, extravagant lifestyles far above the rest of you. And so, my sincere thanks to all of you folks around the world working in sweatshops, or living on two bucks a day, even though you sit on vast oil deposits. And to those outside my window here in Mexico this morning, the two guys pruning the retired gringo's hedges with what look like pocket knives, I say, keep up the good work. It's the world's cheap labor guys like you -- the black, brown and yellow folks who take it up the shorts -- who make capitalism look like it actually works. So keep on humping. Remember: We've got predator drones.
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Comments (55)
Daycare seems to be one of the biggest expenditures for most families, and that is covered by government also.
Easier said then done at times, but it really helps to remind myself that suffering is natural. And I must learn to accept it. It's ok to be a psychopath at times for mental pain relief.
U crack me up Mike. Hopefully you were aware that I was in agreement with you. Exactly why I said the age of 13-16. I think it takes a good role model to steer people in the right direction. Maybe you have seen a few of those rogue squirrels in your neighborhood, who just do whatever the hell they want, when they want. Their parents probably took the stash of acorns and went on a binge.
Oh ... thx god he's not MALTESE then ... he would have been even brighter!!