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blended purple december 2011 skip to main skip to sidebar blended purple they want obedient workers blogs richard wolff from the greek streets real world econ counterpunch naked capitalism arabawy doug henwood louis proyect angry arab dean baker economist s view atrios the activist american leftist cafe americain michael perelman michael pettis brad de long calculated risk econbrowser mike whitney volatility lenin s tomb national security archive economic related resources esa economic indicators world bank data query bureau of labor statistics u s e u economic statistics eia petroleum navigator household debt u s capacity utilization u s eia world oil transit fed funds rate historical baltic dry index u s rail traffic statistics bureau japan trade statistics japan shiller online data u of michigan consumer sentiment u n statistical division imf voting percentages fed household debt survey currency converter u s business cycles u s housing inventory charts u s private investment 2006 2009 federal tax receipts gdp sources of u s corporate profits 1970 2008 fed funds rate 1980 2008 net exports as of us gdp 1970 2008 personal consumption as of us gdp 1970 2008 fertility rates by continent 1950 2010 manufacturing as of gdp us and world 1970 2007 music links imslp petrucci music library pitch frequencies physics of music musical chairs about me purple interested in the intersections of various fields of study degrees in music after many thousands of gigs have retired from the world of the wage labor musician extensive living experience in working class communities in south east asia live off the land and consult on matters of personal expertise enjoy tinkering with ideas and the like view my complete profile saturday december 31 2011 resentment this is the leading political force in the u s today the idea that i as an individual or my family deserve more i have been wronged by outside forces this is not the basis for any type of left movement which has to be formed around the idea of solidarity ows is not to fault for the slogan of a 99 versus 1 is a solid one but the u s has been so successfully riven into various identity factions that the solidarity needed as the foundation for a left movement will be in my view nearly impossible to come by this view comes from living in all regions of the country and working in about every type of job imaginable if one spends some time in an ows encampment or lives only in a coastal urban metropolis it is very easy to forget about the rest of this country representing 90 of u s gdp just look at the poll numbers for ows posted by purple at 12 32 am 1 comment thursday december 22 2011 iraq and cambodia while there are differences the post collapse outcomes are similar in that the u s wiped out the existing government structure and then was surprised when there was vicious power struggle in the vacuum for it was the repeated bombing of cambodia which destabilized and discredited a neutral government and paved the way for the khmer rouge so in terms of cambodia the blame for civil war was placed on the kr in iraq it will be the supposedly innate violence of the muslim people americans are so historically illiterate that this will pass muster with a vast majority of the population again it is worth repeating a thousand times the american people do not have a repressed streak of warm heartedness just waiting to burst forth in a revolutionary flowering ows is dead wrong about this this is a vicious country who still believes for the most part that god made it special and that the rest of the world is inferior and barbaric and when others do win it is because of cheating in this dominant viewpoint the u s made a mistake trying to civil a people in iraq who are beyond hope the complacent general ignorance of the u s population and of course our elite is why decline is baked in culturally not to mention politically reform is impossible though it is important for the historical record to show that there were dissidents posted by purple at 8 43 am 2 comments tuesday december 20 2011 tuition at conservatories tuition at the san francisco conservatory of music is 36 500 a year the vast majority of people leaving the program teach private lessons that might total 15 000 a year and play gigs that pay at best 150 a service for a total of less than 15 000 a year actually 30 000 a year might be a success story a very few win stable gigs with full time orchestras theaters or choirs but we know that is not a blossoming market if you re very wealthy no worries otherwise the economic model of this and other conservatories makes absolutely no sense whatsoever the leadership and professors of these institutions should understand that the u s ruling class who they try to ingratiate themselves with is satiated with philistines who see no need to promote a cultural agenda at this time the bottom line is that conservatories are doing a grave disservice to the young people they are charged with educating posted by purple at 9 09 am no comments monday december 19 2011 hitchens one thing about working in the field of music you learn to separate the immediate from the historical and hitchens is the former historically he is irrelevant and will be forgotten within the decade there is no substance to his work no overarching theory no perceptive insights into the human condition or substantial investigation into topics long ignored pithy comments rarely hold their weight even over the time frame of months and yet this is the main of hitchens work he is like most of the intellectuals today who light accomplishments ride easy on the fantastical and cruel magic carpet of empire posted by purple at 5 25 pm no comments saturday december 17 2011 clashes indicates a level battle ground a trained army shooting and beating protesters with some rocks is not a clash this is state terrorism against its people but since the us most protect the egyptian israeli peace agreement and therefore the former s military at any cost it is portrayed by the new york times as a clash between two equally misguided or excited forces the death toll from renewed violence in egypt s capital rose overnight as clashes between egyptian soldiers and protesters entered a second day on saturday 1 death toll rises from clashes in cairo new york times posted by purple at 8 08 am no comments friday december 16 2011 on the iraq war this recent post by brad de long is curious for its lack of empathy for the million or so iraqi s who had their lives ended prematurely by the war is the big problem with the war really the fact that iran gained a bit more influence or that the precious national security of the united states was ever so slightly damaged internationalism is the only intellectually progressive position to take in today s world yes getting rid of saddam hussein would have been a mitzvah if we had not replaced him with a chaotic mess that was for half a decade at least significantly worse than being ruled by saddam hussein certainly the national security of the united states has been harmed by the adventure iran is no longer contained by iraq and there are an awful lot more people in the world who have very good reason to hate america 1 1 why were we in iraq brad de long posted by purple at 8 23 pm no comments tuesday december 13 2011 occupy get criticized by labor hacks it s pretty much true that the average union official is more concerned with putting in their 20 years and retiring than any sort of commitment to a class struggle i recall getting laid off in california and the local union office was equal parts unconcerned unaware lazy and incompetent the labor bureaucracy s role in sabotaging any sort of independent left can be seen in their criticisms of the occupy movement actions yesterday posted by purple at 10 13 pm no comments thursday december 8 2011 from russia with love russia sold iran some state of the art radar jammers in october russia has sent a set of mobile radar jammers to iran and is negotiating future deliveries that moscow believes do not contravene current united nations sanctions on the islamic state s regime an official said tuesday 10 25 i really doubt that drone just happened to shut down and gently come to rest in iranian soil all on its own posted by purple at 8 11 pm no comments student debt is social not individual problem the problem with the student loan debate is it is entirely couched in the individualist cost benefit paradigm nowhere in the mainstream is it acknowledged that a society is healthier and wealthier with smarter and more well rounded people it s entirely about whether x degree will make an individual richer or not and whether the debt is worth the risk because we know that all good capitalists take on risk before making their fortunes this bloomberg article is a good exhibit posted by purple at 5 01 am 1 comment wednesday december 7 2011 projection much it s amusing to see western papers and meritocrats salivating at the coming crash in china or the groundswell of protest against putin china s gdp is is doubling every 6 years or so and putin s popularity is just under 50 i guess anything is better than looking at the mirror posted by purple at 8 56 pm no comments monday december 5 2011 the cia in iran one thing should be stated explicitly the u s secret government run out of the cia is very very likely sponsoring separatist groups in iran that are deeply involved in terrorist activity 1 us funds terror groups to sow chaos in iran uk telegraph posted by purple at 3 44 pm no comments sunday december 4 2011 this is your country and no liberal civil rights organization is going to lift a finger no academic institution is going to lift a finger dry rot has reached deep within the u s establishment and the american public pretty much does not care there is no unrealized revolutionary spirit or even nascent good heartedness beating below the surface people at large mostly want to win their lottery ticket and are perfectly happy to trample as many others as necessary to get it this was an ugly country in the best of times and its demise will be exponentially worse domestically and internationally 1 yasha levine released from jail exposes lapd s appalling treatment of detained occupy la protesters the exiled posted by purple at 7 16 am no comments friday december 2 2011 salafists make an initial strong showing in egypt the u s has to be pleased with the results in egypt these religious leaders and their political attaches are mostly very dumb and easy to control it s why they were unleashed on the soviet union in afghanistan and while 9 11 was a form of blowback religious based movements coming out of the middle east at least offer no hope of challenging class relations or the flow of money posted by purple at 9 33 pm no comments on calling oneself a nerd i m hearing it bantered about with increasing frequency and don t like it there is no need to relegate oneself to a ghetto or shy away from the fact that one considers knowledge important i can t imagine a historical revolutionary ever calling themself a nerd it s a form of psychological self neutering posted by purple at 9 15 pm no comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom cops 1979 volcker imposes discipline the standard of living of the average american has to decline but the wealthy of course will maintain or improve their standard some getting to be much older posts music and class race to the bottom imperialism and the piano privatizing our language if china bordered the united states they don t want an educated population does the consumption rate matter rfid implants for every american worker the other trade deficit with china and its resolution silver and opium the end of the post world war 2 order the new reserve army of the unemployed the u s congratulates itself on diversity as inequality hits record heights can atheists get their own bls category our patriotic dna database too much capacity too little demand divide et impera the limits of identity politics the end of the population boom avoiding math and science a hypothesis capitalism and regionalism liberty equity franternity the americans are lazy meme interviews and other links the stench of us economic decay grows stronger p c roberts zhao dongmin a chinese activist who will never win the nobel esteban morales corruption the true counter revolution reform the international monetary system people s bank of china u s constitution storm clouds over globalization historical spheres of influence maps america s head servant hong ho fung over production is the heart of the crisis robert brenner the shadow cia china and the crisis of over production walden bello fall of the roman republic bbc synopsis bretton woods bbc synopsis various quotes keynes income inequality marx venice holland britian u s to marx equilbrium in capitalism marx how pacific trade will eclipse atlantic leisure 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