tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post9160101495230180087..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Street OracleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63506470332865748082010-06-10T04:59:52.178-07:002010-06-10T04:59:52.178-07:00Apparently the oracle has staying power. Nor drizz...Apparently the oracle has staying power. Nor drizzle nor feet proved sufficient to entirely efface the sidewalk legend, which persisted, albeit growing dimmer, for a week. Then of a sudden it was completely erased -- it borders upon "university property", mind you -- and the sidewalk scrubbed clean.<br /><br />A day later, lo and behold, the words of the oracle mysteriously reappeared. Same colours, but a few small revisions evidently intended to put a fine point on it. (Dog is in the details.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34267672969480762852010-06-04T02:59:57.598-07:002010-06-04T02:59:57.598-07:00Oh, my.Oh, my.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-27082715603132950102010-06-03T15:00:10.460-07:002010-06-03T15:00:10.460-07:00Tom: Following on your mild-mannered citizen'...Tom: Following on your mild-mannered citizen's remarks, it's worth noting that the next three days brings us the annual Bilderberg Society meeting, this year "at the Dolce in Sitges, one of Spain’s most exclusive resorts". The Times (London) link follows. Once again, my invitation appears to have been lost in the mail.<br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7142478.eceCurtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-30066931073850706612010-06-03T11:22:35.476-07:002010-06-03T11:22:35.476-07:00british petroleum
has brought us death
as have oth...british petroleum<br />has brought us death<br />as have other violators<br />of the earth<br /><br />but i drive a car<br />and havnt given up<br />any real part<br />of my user lifestyle<br /><br />so i ask myself<br />am i a selfish bastard<br />or will i change<br />thru thoughtful grateful sacrifice<br /><br />we all need to ask<br />and act or accept<br />being killers and ultimately<br />suicides<br /><br />dragonflies<br />shrimp dolphins<br />and brown pelicans<br />dont get our choiceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-32514057373604396482010-06-03T08:56:37.734-07:002010-06-03T08:56:37.734-07:00capitalism folks. you want it you got it. assume y...capitalism folks. you want it you got it. assume your position consumer.gamefacedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562522181852339258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-33454061847763233382010-06-03T07:52:19.334-07:002010-06-03T07:52:19.334-07:00The words of a mild-mannered, well-educated, relat...The words of a mild-mannered, well-educated, relatively sane and calm senior citizen, overheard while blogging:<br /><br />"Corporations own the country. They own the political system. They own the government. It is an oligarchy."<br /><br />You heard it here first.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8464909291424035562010-06-03T07:17:00.106-07:002010-06-03T07:17:00.106-07:00Stephen: Going outside felt great. It's a be...Stephen: Going outside felt great. It's a beautiful day here, which means it's difficult to get down to work inside, which I must do. As for shredding, that's a whole "other thing". As you probably know, document retention policies are an important corporate consideration and discipline, subject to all sorts of internal and external rules and factors. In my experience, what makes it difficult to remove all traces of a thing (if that's what you're trying to do) is the tendency of employees to copy vast numbers of people on all manner of correspondence even when they've been instructed not to. But different companies have different cultures and practices. MMS's contribution to this disaster seems (to me) to rise to the level of being a "proximate cause", but making such an observation obviously doesn't solve anything. It's depressing, though.<br /><br />Tom: Can't watch gushercam at all any more. We avert our eyes or turn off the television. I've had day-mares, nightmares, etc. I think the rise in the price of shrimp is more predictable than changes in oil prices or the ever-baffling "price at the pump", which is affected so much by politics.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4487364457754871312010-06-03T06:42:05.830-07:002010-06-03T06:42:05.830-07:00I am hearing that the latest cool thing to do for ...I am hearing that the latest cool thing to do for fun is watch gushercam. Right. Like watching open heart surgery on the dying body of something that was once thought great.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-3062932078895818282010-06-03T06:39:02.139-07:002010-06-03T06:39:02.139-07:00Tom,
Good to see sidewalk chalk has made it into ...Tom,<br /><br />Good to see sidewalk chalk has made it into living color here (maybe such rain as might now be falling won't wash it away?). And yes Curtis, no way to cover MMS "errors and culpability" (hadn't yet thought of all the "shredding currently occurring" over at BP, more than likely they've been working overtime at that. How are you feeling, now that you've been outside?STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-74785770629152014522010-06-03T06:32:18.474-07:002010-06-03T06:32:18.474-07:00and still spilling.and still spilling.gamefacedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562522181852339258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-40470428898797303602010-06-03T06:30:04.510-07:002010-06-03T06:30:04.510-07:00Curtis,
More to the point than a rise in the pric...Curtis,<br /><br />More to the point than a rise in the price of shrimp, maybe, would be a rise in the price of gasoline.<br /><br />That could possibly bring about change.<br /><br />I haven't seen any placards here, but then I keep my eyes on the ground, hoping not to stumble upon any more information than I have to.<br /><br />And as it's raining here, that message will by now have, as I predicted, washed away into the past... with the rest of history.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22167650009953701412010-06-03T05:31:31.369-07:002010-06-03T05:31:31.369-07:00Based on my freshly minted June 3, 2010 perspectiv...Based on my freshly minted June 3, 2010 perspective, having already engaged the world through the lens of the print press and other assorted media, the world will not continue on as before, as if none of this had ever happened. Deception will become more devious (there’s no other way to “re-cover-up” Mineral Management Services’ errors and culpability and heaven knows what shredding is currently occurring at BP and its competitor companies) and discourse will coarsen to an even greater degree than it has already.<br /><br />Ingrained habits of self-deception will continue as before, of course, and more and more art will intervene as it rolls off art assembly lines. <br /><br />The price of shrimp will rise and new placards will be painted, especially in university towns.<br /><br />I wonder how I’ll feel later today after I’ve been outside?Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.com