"Primarily this is because rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and have abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men. True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence....The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit." - FDR, 1933, sound familiar anyone? Clearly the pursuit of wealth for wealth's sake is a trivial one, but a lesson we have yet to learn. I'm sure FDR is spinning in his grave.
Monday, 29 September 2008
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it
"Primarily this is because rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and have abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men. True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence....The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit." - FDR, 1933, sound familiar anyone? Clearly the pursuit of wealth for wealth's sake is a trivial one, but a lesson we have yet to learn. I'm sure FDR is spinning in his grave.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Bruce Parry is my hero!
Gotta love a guy who can throw up and present a TV show at the same time, hardcore! Do they teach that in the marines? No wonder we have the best army in the world if they are trained by people like Bruce. Then there's the imbibing of mind altering substances...Some of the finest TV ever made! Bruce you rockFriday, 19 September 2008
"I am Godzilla! You are Japan!"
Today the last rays of summer bathed London in artificial optimism as the world continues to scratch its balls and the capitalist experiment is shown up for the sham it is. It amazes me that we all just sit around and hope the for the best whilst our leaders bail out rich bankers with our tax money, damn are we stupid or what.
Ah well, time to plan a new tattoo, I am thinking of a Nietzsche quote, something like 'when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you' or 'He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster'. Or maybe I'll go for the katakana text for Gojira...hmmmm. And what the fuck was up with Godzuki?
Soundtrack: Flobots - "Handlebars"
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
I squish your head!
Well the world hasn't ended yet that's tomorrow but there is a new iPod Nano which looks really cool so at least that's something.
Film of the year so far 'The Wackness', I graduated art school in '94 so the soundtrack just rules...if you don't love it then you don't deserve ears, buy it, steal it, whatever it takes.
"I squish your head!"
Film of the year so far 'The Wackness', I graduated art school in '94 so the soundtrack just rules...if you don't love it then you don't deserve ears, buy it, steal it, whatever it takes.
"I squish your head!"
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