Week of July 10, 2008
I Am Not an Animal
Regarding Danny Schechter’s “House of Cards,” June 26: Income levels have been static for decades, since the 1970s, however the dollar has been greatly devalued, and living expenses have risen inexorably. First the American family put women to work to make up the difference, then started working longer hours, and finally turned in desperation to credit.
When incomes have no chance of rising, but prices continue to, and you cannot afford what you need NOW, why would anyone think they could put it on credit and pay it off later? You’re not going to have more money later, you’re going to have the same or less, and it will be worth less!
However, the global credit scam was required to provide the illusion of continued prosperity and income increases to the public, who otherwise would have put intense pressure on the corporate masters to raise wages to livable levels.
This was all a premeditated scheme by the Establishment, the ultra-rich and powerful, complicit with our government, to push the middle class back into the lower class, create an unbreachable gulf between the haves and the have-nots, divert the entirety of wealth accumulation into the hands of those who are already wealthy with more money than they know what to do with, and drive the public out of property ownership and investments and into debt and bondage. In short, this is a directed and planned scheme to enslave the public with financial obligations instead of whips and iron chains. The result is the same, the methods more insidious and invisible.
Which, among other reasons, is why I never, ever, ever will take debt in the form of credit. I am not a slave. I AM A FREE MAN. You can chain me when I die.
–“Chaos Motor”
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Blue
Fantastic article about the music of Dennis Wilson finally being released [Chris Morris’s “Sonic Nation,” June 26]. He truly captured Dennis’s spirit, and his grasp of his talent and his high praise for this long overdue release completely touched me.
See, I shot the photo from the article of Dennis and Christine McVie and this was actually taken the first time those two sat at a piano together ... . Chris wrote that the best songs on Pacific Ocean Blue “reflect an impatience with the world of the flesh, and a desire to know what’s on the other side of earthly experience.” I spent the better part of 18 years chasing around the world with Dennis and his band (a good part of it somewhere or other along our L.A. coastline), and I’ve waited years for this day to come. However, even I never dreamed of his music receiving such a loving, caring, mind-blowingly magnificent release as this. Thanks to CityBeat and Chris Morris for taking notice.
–Ed Roach
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Pollack, Joke
With all the negativity in the world, it’s great to read the upbeat L.A. CityBeat. The Living section had an inspiring story on how crappy Juan Pierre plays baseball [The Last Sportswriter, June 26]. But wait, he actually isn’t a bad player. As a matter of fact, he can field, hit, and steal bases. Now that I think about it, what the hell was the point of that story taking up space in your recent issue except ... to take up space. I would much rather have seen yet another ad about sex.
What a piece of work Neal Pollack is, and what a piece of shit his article was. So Neal doesn’t like the Dodgers – fine. Tell him to stop his bitching, and spend time more wisely by improving his craft as a so-called writer and putting out something positive.
–Sam Giamendi
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Kiss the Sky
Regarding Rebecca Schoenkopf’s Commie Girl, July 3: You need to take my Independence Day Challenge at www.pasadenaclosetconservative.blogspot.com, then get down on your knees, kiss the ground of the U.S.A., and thank God that you have the inalienable right to hate the very country that gives you freedom of speech.
–“Pasadena Closet Conservative”
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This week’s CityBeat cover is disgusting, saddening, and offends me as an American.
Why is it so horrible to love America any more?
–Aaron Proctor
Pasadena
You’ll probably catch a bit of heat for the “Happy Birthday USA!” cover, but I thought it was absolutely brilliant!! Please consider having a larger image available for download.
I’d love to print it and put it up in my office.
–Marta
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Published: 07/09/2008
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