Tuesday, October 6, 2015
21st century
Sorry folks, this "blog" actually serves as a kind of notebook for moi, especially lately at the top. For my ideas in general you might try the third post down from the top entitled "Intro." In its early days I was hoping to turn on the comment feature, but I never found the time to figure out how to do so.
We have arrived where the scenario commences. Seems, with enough hard hearts, courses of events on a broad scale become inevitable. But if many, many humans give "the other" more attention, then perhaps the force emerging from smaller scale situations may effect a large scale swerve from determinacy.
"Most of the time the work to keep the good spirit alive is done individually, but once in a while it transforms into a group effort." Arlo Guthrie
https://www.facebook.com/arloguthrie/posts/10154626464610195
10/20 "There are lots of small rebel groups in the hinterlands of Homs, Hama and Aleppo and in Idlib province who are not al-Qaeda. But most have become hard line Salafis a la Saudi Arabia who want sharia law and allow as how they might not kill all the Alawis, Christians, Druze and other minorities that come under their rule but keep them as second class citizens under a dictatorship. Some are still Muslim Brotherhood, some of whom want a Muslim state but with elections.
"However, these groups are small and not very effective fighters, and have been forced to ally with al-Qaeda to avoid being killed by the Syrian Arab Army and in hopes of taking more territory. Moreover, the amount of Syrian territory now held by rebels who want democratic elections and full legal equality for all Syrians would be in my estimation zero percent..."
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/10/20/american-hypocrisy-against-muslim-sharia-law-home-calls-it-moderate-syria
Just who are they saying are the moderates? (it's the fog of war, people)
10/3 "Despite the squawking from the likes of Sen. John McCain, Russia mainly hit al-Qaeda in Syria and groups closely allied with it such as Ahrar al-Sham (Freemen of Syria) and Suqour al-Jabal (Mountain Eagles)–which allied with al-Qaeda in an Aleppo campaign this last summer. Russia also may have hit some small independent groups left over from the old, collapsed Free Syrian Army along with these bigger targets.
"Radio Free Europe reported, 'The areas in northern Homs Province reportedly targeted by the Russian air strikes are controlled by a number of Syrian rebel groups — including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), as well as Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra (Al-Nusra Front), and hard-line Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham, according to activists, locals, and experts.'
"The Russias also hit Talbisa. RFE says “The U.S.-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the rebel-held town of Talbisah is controlled by the Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham, and a number of other local rebel groups.” In other words, the Russians hit the Nusra Front/ al-Qaeda and its allies.
"The fact is that the United States has bombed the Support Front/ al-Qaeda on several occasions, itself, so it is odd to criticize Russia for that. As for the others, if they are al-Qaeda allies sitting with al-Qaeda operatives they seem fair game for bombing...
http://www.juancole.com/2015/10/saudis-russia-allies.html
Could be that folks who feel the grief most at these times feel compelled to speak out about our conflicted policy. There's a cost to speaking out. Among progressives it's ok to blast Bush right now; many have arguments against the '03 war down pat. But distracting "mainstream" items and short attention spans arrest interest in how the blunders go on under Obama. Some can put 2 and 2 together just standing on the sidelines, but apparently with our media it takes a moderate attention span simply to find a way to the sidelines. Patrick Cockburn had a point of view 15 months ago that hasn't simply been forgotten...that point of view was never even ACKNOWLEDGED or encountered by mainstream media...hence by most Americans.
Aug 2014 "There are extraordinary elements in the present U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria that are attracting surprisingly little attention. In Iraq, the U.S. is carrying out air strikes and sending in advisers and trainers to help beat back the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (better known as ISIS) on the Kurdish capital, Erbil. The U.S. would presumably do the same if ISIS surrounds or attacks Baghdad. But in Syria, Washington’s policy is the exact opposite: there the main opponent of ISIS is the Syrian government and the Syrian Kurds in their northern enclaves. Both are under attack from ISIS, which has taken about a third of the country, including most of its oil and gas production facilities.
"But U.S., Western European, Saudi, and Arab Gulf policy is to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, which happens to be the policy of ISIS and other jihadis in Syria. If Assad goes, then ISIS will be the beneficiary, since it is either defeating or absorbing the rest of the Syrian armed opposition..." See second link below
All we're told now is that Putin's tyrant for supporting Assad. Follow Patrick Cockburn, folks.
http://www.juancole.com/2015/11/friends-remember-freedom.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
http://www.juancole.com/2014/08/resulted-bizarre-moderate.html
rsial piece claiming that Turkish intelligence had armed Jabhat al-Nusra with Sarin, citing a combination of news reports of Syrians detained in Turkey near the border with Sarin and anonymous government and intelligence officials (17). Hersh also claims that the US made a “rat line” to move weapons seized in Libya through southern Turkey to Syrian rebels fighting against Assad.
It must also be mentioned that ISIS has been very successful smuggling oil through Turkey, something that opposition MP Ali Ediboğlu insists the Turkish state must know about (22). This ironically parallels the silent cooperation of the Assad Regime, which also is knowingly part of a chain where it receives oil from ISIS through a middleman named George Haswani (23). ISIS also profits handsomely from smuggling of looted antiquities through Turkey (24), and the total trade between Turkey and ISIS-controlled areas has gone up while Turkey’s total trade with Syria has been badly hit by the war (25). It is thus clear that ISIS’ finances could not be what they are without this quiet cooperation by both Turkey and Syria. https://historyxisis.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/syria-isis-and-kurds-turkeys-changing-positions-in-a-region-of-uncertainties/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/panoramio/Riqg
Members of it seems are manpower sources for Daesh as they defect (three links below). It seems there could be a logic for drying up these swamps first. If Turkey would prohibit the influx of volunteers, wouldn't that sort of round out the latter approach?
"There is little doubt that any special training given Syrian Sunnis by the US will be acquired by members of al-Qaeda affiliates for use against the US. It will be acquired because out on the battlefield US-trained moderates will be de facto allies of ISIS, and so will need the latter and will fight alongside them, sharing techniques. It will also be acquired when the moderates defect to the al-Qaeda affiliates." Juan Cole, June '14, http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/moderate-fighters-quixotic.html
"1. The Sunni Syrian fighters are not all that wedded to a particular ideology. Several important groups originally operating as part of the pro-Western Free Syrian Army defected to the al-Qaeda affiliates last September, apparently mainly because the latter pay better. That is, the assumption that there are essential or perduring 'moderates' is incorrect. Guerrillas need resources and admire winners, so groups with more resources that have more victories will pick up allies over time even if they are horrible groups." http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/moderate-fighters-quixotic.html
20TH CENTURY MAN- The Kinks
A A A(move A shape from down a fret back) A D D A E E
A (riff 2x) A D G D G D A (riff 2x)
A E
This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
A
A wonderful world of technology
D G D A (riff)
Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare
A E
This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation
A
It's the age of insanity
D G D A (riff)
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
A G G A G G
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
A D G D G D A (riff)
A G G# A
My momma says she can't understand me
E
Can't see me motivation
A
Just give me some security
D G D A (riff)
I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century
A G G# A
You keep all your smart modern writers
E
Give me William Shakesphere
A
You keep all your smart modern painters
D G D A (riff)
I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
A G G# A G
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
A G G# A G
Well, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
BRIDGE:
Em A5 Em G G/F# Em
I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
D Am C C/B A5
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey
A5 Am A5 G G/F# Em
Got no privacy, got no liberty
D A5 C C/B A (riff)
Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
A (no chord) G D A
Don't wanna get myself shot down
(no chord) G D A
By some trigger happy policeman
(no chord) G D
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
D F C G A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
(no chord) G D A
My mama says she can't understand me
(no chord) G D A
Can't see my motivation
(no chord) G D
Ain't got no security
D F C G A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 (repeat ...)
I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man
I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man
A G D A
This is the twentieth century
G D A
Too much aggrevation
G D
This is the age of insanity
D F C G A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
RIFF:
'A' chord
----------------------------
-------------------3-3-3-2--
-------------------2-2-2-2-- repeat
-------------------4-4-4-2--
----0-5p0-5p0---0-----------
--------------0-------------
RIFF #2:
A G G/F# Em
------------------------------------
----3-3-2---------0------0----------
----2-2-2---------0------0----------
----4-4-2---0---0------0------0-----
--0-------0-------------------------
--------------3------2------0-------
NOTE: Pick notes on the bridge, strum all other times. The riffs are
approximate, to give the general idea. The bridge has been altered a bit
to make it sound better for guitar. This is the way the song goes in my
mind.
(from Muswell Hilbillies, 1971)
(sent by Harlan)
A E
This is the age of the telescreen, survellance nightmares
A
The wonderful world of technology
D G D A (riff)
Alt facts, drones, and financial warfare
A E
This is the Donald's presidency, too much aggravation
A
It's the age of insanity
D G D A (riff)
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
A G G A G G
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
A D G D G D A (riff)
A G G# A
Blog replies say they don't understand me
E
Can't see my motivation
A
Just give me some security
D G D A (riff)
I'm a paranoid GIG dude product of the 21st century
A G G# A
You keep all your smart modern writers
E
Give me William Shakesphere
A
You keep all your smart modern painters
D G D A (riff)
I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
A G G# A G
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
A G G# A G
Well, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
BRIDGE:
Em A5 Em G G/F# Em
I was born in a trickle-down state, ruled by bailoutocracy
D Am C C/B A5
Controlled by commitee members and people dressed in grey
A5 Am A5 G G/F# Em
Got no privacy, got no liberty
D A5 C C/B A (riff)
Cause the 21st century people took it all away from me
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
A (no chord) G D A
Don't wanna get myself shot down
(no chord) G D A
By some trigger happy policeman
(no chord) G D
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
D F C G A
I'm a 21st century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
(no chord) G D A
Blogger friends say can't understand me
(no chord) G D A
Can't see my motivation
(no chord) G D
Ain't got no security
D F C G A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 (repeat ...)
Don't wanna be a meltdown man, Don't wanna be a meltdown man,
Don't wanna be a meltdown man
A G D A
This is the 21st century
G D A
Too much aggravation
G D
This is the age of insanity
D F C G A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
This is the age of the telescreen, survellance nightmares
The wonderful world of technology
Alt facts, drones, and financial warfare
This is the Donald's presidency, too much aggravation
It's the age of insanity
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
Blogger friends say they don't understand me
Can't see my motivation
Just give me some security
I'm a paranoid GIG dude product of the 21st century
You keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William Shakesphere
You keep all your smart modern painters
I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
Well, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution
I'm a 21st century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
I was born in a trickle-down state, ruled by the neocons
Controlled by commitee members and people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Cause the 21st century people took it all away from me
Don't wanna get myself shot down
By some trigger happy policeman
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
I'm a 21st century man but I don't wanna die here
Blogger friends say can't understand me
Can't see my motivation
Ain't got no security
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
Don't wanna be a meltdown man, Don't wanna be a meltdown man,
Don't wanna be a meltdown man
This is the 21st century
Too much aggravation
This is the age of insanity
I'm a 21st century man but I don't wanna be here
original by The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnlze1ygsfI
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