Re: Lily Tomlin:____'No matter how cynical you get

(Shrubspeak seems so Fitting, as a very probably faux-election nears its ugly head)

Appreciate your concern, so I'll be less oblique; ie - not to worry. :-)

Hey.. if I took all the coming madness as SERIOUSLY as any dedicated member of the US Menagerie perhaps should - - this might be good advice.

Dunno what 'retired' connotes, these days.. all I know is that I voluntarily withdrew from an actually rather benign gainful employment (no psyches were murdered there, either daily or even, periodically). Simply, I estimated that if my Needs were not, say, the average idea of 'incessant excessive Wants?' - I might be able to own *my own* time! something which appeared to me to be a vanishingly-rare possibility here - (quite rarer.. the more one imagines one Has and Needs Next (and must preserve at all Cost)).

What can I say? So far so good. Of course, by now I'd be psychologically un'employable', having become accustomed to a level of choice (of my own projects) without a single, Daddy May I? .... for so extended a period.

'Employable' - available for use as a tool.

And since I never gave any slight allegiance to the euphemism of cradle-to-grave Murican 'Security' - I already knew that any medical weirdness I couldn't get around via countless alternatives -- would bankrupt moi just as quickly as it does all the uninsured; the new legions of under-insured -- that rapidly burgeoning Army created by Voodoo Econ and today's Neoconman Cthulhu-Con.

But then - yes, I do remain mystified that so many / for so long have swallowed the beastly premises of the modrin Misanthropic-Capitalist Repo mindset, as All That GNP went to a tinier ---> \ufffd and tinier group of "Thieves in High Places".
[Jim Hightower's new book, btw - he was on Cleveland City Club forum last night, NPR. Deliciously scathing review, with chuckles - of recent 4 years of Infamy]

Still, I did not expect better of our shallow, Narcissistic culture which, since shortly after the founders died off - has always glorified ignorance, idolized rip-off artists, in full admiration of naked cupidity: its Actual God. What Else could one expect from such premises except - dissolution via some probably horrible gnashings and shrieks.. Ruptured-out, perhaps? Have most Muricans lost completely the ability to feel shame? Clearly this is so re the ones elected or selected.

(Umm I did observe once ~ after all, the poverty of one's psyche begins from being carefully taught trite homilies by a shallow parent within a banal culture. And Walking Tall with that burden. I didn't think it was even hyperbole, but WTF)

er, cha cha

So then: I am not 'disappointed' - y'see?! It's a soap opera and I tune in periodically, as one views a car-wreck at the side of the road.. though I have lost all respect for most of the regularly featured players: these are today.. most evidently untermensch. As in {ugh}

But I don't let this probably squalid denouement bum me out - it is, after all is over-said: merely A Play.
Signifying precisely Nothing, in the larger Scheme
Right?

Cheers,
moi
er, I Who Be

Post #171,015 by deSitter 8/26/04 6:28:43 AM 8/26/04 6:31:37 AM Reply	Re: Lily Tomlin:____'No matter how cynical you get Ashton: You're semi-retired right? You live in the Bay Area right? You don't have a lot of major worries because you get in every night at 2 or 3 AM right? Go down to the wharf, have a beer and some beef, shoot the shit with the bartender, flirt with a waitress, go to Pacific Heights and watch the seagulls and the boats. Take a sweater, a book, and a doobie. Lighten up. Here, stay here: [link\|http://www.pacificheightsinn.com/\|http://www.pacificheightsinn.com/] Hire a whore. A nice one. Splurge. -drl Edited by deSitter Aug. 26, 2004, 06:31:37 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #171,116 by Ashton 8/26/04 5:42:26 PM Reply	A possible misunderestimation (Shrubspeak seems so Fitting, as a very probably faux-election nears its ugly head) Appreciate your concern, so I'll be less oblique; ie - not to worry. :-) Hey.. if I took all the coming madness as SERIOUSLY as any dedicated member of the US Menagerie perhaps should - - this might be good advice. Dunno what 'retired' connotes, these days.. all I know is that I voluntarily withdrew from an actually rather benign gainful employment (no psyches were murdered there, either daily or even, periodically). Simply, I estimated that if my Needs were not, say, the average idea of 'incessant excessive Wants?' - I might be able to own my own time! something which appeared to me to be a vanishingly-rare possibility here - (quite rarer.. the more one imagines one Has and Needs Next (and must preserve at all Cost)). What can I say? So far so good. Of course, by now I'd be psychologically un'employable', having become accustomed to a level of choice (of my own projects) without a single, Daddy May I? .... for so extended a period. 'Employable' - available for use as a tool. And since I never gave any slight allegiance to the euphemism of cradle-to-grave Murican 'Security' - I already knew that any medical weirdness I couldn't get around via countless alternatives -- would bankrupt moi just as quickly as it does all the uninsured; the new legions of under-insured -- that rapidly burgeoning Army created by Voodoo Econ and today's Neoconman Cthulhu-Con. But then - yes, I do remain mystified that so many / for so long have swallowed the beastly premises of the modrin Misanthropic-Capitalist Repo mindset, as All That GNP went to a tinier ---> \ufffd and tinier group of "Thieves in High Places". [Jim Hightower's new book, btw - he was on Cleveland City Club forum last night, NPR. Deliciously scathing review, with chuckles - of recent 4 years of Infamy] Still, I did not expect better of our shallow, Narcissistic culture which, since shortly after the founders died off - has always glorified ignorance, idolized rip-off artists, in full admiration of naked cupidity: its Actual God. What Else could one expect from such premises except - dissolution via some probably horrible gnashings and shrieks.. Ruptured-out, perhaps? Have most Muricans lost completely the ability to feel shame? Clearly this is so re the ones elected or selected. (Umm I did observe once ~ after all, the poverty of one's psyche begins from being carefully taught trite homilies by a shallow parent within a banal culture. And Walking Tall with that burden. I didn't think it was even hyperbole, but WTF) er, cha cha So then: I am not 'disappointed' - y'see?! It's a soap opera and I tune in periodically, as one views a car-wreck at the side of the road.. though I have lost all respect for most of the regularly featured players: these are today.. most evidently untermensch. As in {ugh} But I don't let this probably squalid denouement bum me out - it is, after all is over-said: merely A Play. Signifying precisely Nothing, in the larger Scheme Right? Cheers, moi er, I Who Be You and your logic. We never hear about anything but your logic. Everything I propose you batter down with your logic. I'm fed up with you and your cold, rational criticism. -- Himmler to Heydrich.. [Wighton, Heydrich] I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe \ufffd I believe what I believe is right. \ufffd -- George W. Bush, in Rome, July 22, 2001 via Giovanni!
Post #171,120 by boxley 8/26/04 6:07:14 PM Reply	the old "too busy to get a job" routine eh? gonna be there myself sometime, thinking about rehabbing housing or in less PC terms slumlord. thanx, bill These miserable swine, having nothing but illusions to live on, marshmallows for the soul in place of good meat, will now stoop to any disgusting level to prevent even those miserable morsels from vanishing into thin air. The country is being destroyed by these stupid, vicious right-wing fanatics, the spiritual brothers of the brownshirts and redstars, collectivists and authoritarians all, who would not know freedom if it bit them on the ass, who spend all their time trying to stamp, bludgeon, and eviscerate the very idea of the individual's right to his own private world. DRL questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #171,122 by deSitter 8/26/04 6:12:40 PM Reply	Re: the old "too busy to get a job" routine eh? Need a hired man? Let me know. Can paint, saw, nail, etc. - good at geometry. -drl
Post #171,128 by hnick 8/26/04 6:54:28 PM Reply	Geometry, yes but can you still function in 3D? It's a joke, son, laugh... _{attributed to a large chicken}
Post #171,129 by deSitter 8/26/04 7:01:55 PM Reply	6! -drl
Post #171,132 by hnick 8/26/04 7:21:01 PM Reply	Well, I knew that... getting it down to 3 is the trick....
Post #171,136 by boxley 8/26/04 7:46:59 PM Reply	yeah, he hits thumb with hammer and his toe swells These miserable swine, having nothing but illusions to live on, marshmallows for the soul in place of good meat, will now stoop to any disgusting level to prevent even those miserable morsels from vanishing into thin air. The country is being destroyed by these stupid, vicious right-wing fanatics, the spiritual brothers of the brownshirts and redstars, collectivists and authoritarians all, who would not know freedom if it bit them on the ass, who spend all their time trying to stamp, bludgeon, and eviscerate the very idea of the individual's right to his own private world. DRL questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #171,289 by danreck 8/27/04 2:11:14 PM Reply	Quit avoiding the questions... are you going to get a hooker or aren't you? The one word you left out describing the sheeple was voyeuristic... And, of course, I'd like to hear about your hooker experience here on IWETHEY. Gesticulating for free 24/7, Danno
Post #171,299 by Ashton 8/27/04 2:19:22 PM Reply	Frustration for voyeurs - pull the blinds. Pay? PAY !!! What makes you so certain they don't pay me, rent-boy?

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