Monthly Archives: November 2009

Tower of Bubble

November 27, 2009 – 11:46 pm

The global economy of the late-20th Century depended on unimpeded growth. Double-digit supports of production were extolled as paradigm’s of capitalistic success and 3rd World economies shed their backwater status with the dawn on the new millennium. Bigger, taller, larger, faster were the axioms for the new era of excess. Pattaya joined the frenzy with [...]

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The Seven Pillars of Nothing

November 27, 2009 – 8:02 pm

In SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM TE Lawrence wrote about a visit to a desert castle. His host led the British officer through a series of room, each whose walls were permeated with frankincense, myrrh, and other exotic fragrances. They finally arrive at a very simple room. One window. It’s open to the desert. “What do [...]

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Not So Fast

November 25, 2009 – 10:23 pm

Facebook didn’t not ban me. The problem was due to my cookie settings. And I thought my comment was important enough to merit censorship. I guess I’ll have to go to the bad words. Seven according to George Carlin. * Shit * Piss * Fuck * Cunt * Cocksucker * Motherfucker * Tits Anything else [...]

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Facebook Ban on No Thanks Day

November 25, 2009 – 9:44 pm

This evening I wrote the following on my Facebook page. “My people arrived on the Mayflower. Hamlins. We’re still here. Where are the Wamanpoags? On Nantucket protesting Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day.” An hour later the message and comments were removed by someone. I am unable to use my home page and Facebook posted this. Account [...]

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No Thanks Day

November 25, 2009 – 7:36 pm

Half my family arrived in the Americas on the Mayflower. The Hamlin clan owed its survival that first autumn to the Wamanpoags or people of the dawn. The Saints and Strangers of the Old World showed their gratitude by forcing the disease weakened natives from their ancestral home, much as the Moses’ ancestors evicted the [...]

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