Happy Days ????
Hey Folks,
You may have heard from me before that, in my view, every society/culture/civilization’s “Prime Directive” is to further its own existence while maintaining or accentuating the disparate benefits and degradations of its various citizens.
Furthermore, this is accomplished by inventing a mythology to justify, disguise, or distract from the blatantly depraved, prejudicial, or otherwise unsavory reality of the system.
This Orwellian reality is evident today in the Bush regime’s attempts to replace science and the “reality based community” with “faith” – faith in the leader and faith in the leader’s god - "Watch the Wizard, not the man or the depravity behind the curtain."
Well, listening to NPR Saturday, I heard a piece discussing a memoir from the 50’s. It struck me how clearly it demonstrated the disconnect between what really was and what the culture had created for itself to believe.
Give a listen and see what you think:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6394288
- Uke Man
You may have heard from me before that, in my view, every society/culture/civilization’s “Prime Directive” is to further its own existence while maintaining or accentuating the disparate benefits and degradations of its various citizens.
Furthermore, this is accomplished by inventing a mythology to justify, disguise, or distract from the blatantly depraved, prejudicial, or otherwise unsavory reality of the system.
This Orwellian reality is evident today in the Bush regime’s attempts to replace science and the “reality based community” with “faith” – faith in the leader and faith in the leader’s god - "Watch the Wizard, not the man or the depravity behind the curtain."
Well, listening to NPR Saturday, I heard a piece discussing a memoir from the 50’s. It struck me how clearly it demonstrated the disconnect between what really was and what the culture had created for itself to believe.
Give a listen and see what you think:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6394288
- Uke Man
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
I listened and enjoyed. Since I do remember the 50's, I also know some things in Ohio were not so good. Like the time my two black friends could not skate at Gold Cliff (Circleville) when our class went skating. They could not skate because they were black. That's NOT a good memory from the 50's. Sondra
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