A year ago, the realities of the economy were just beginning to sink in. The situation that we know now as a Recession, Depression, bailout, or whatever you want to think about didn’t happen overnight, but realization of it came to most people very quickly, like a nightmare that hit just as the clock was chiming 3AM. We’ve been awake for a whole year yet, but the clock is only chiming four times and dawn is still hours away. Since we’re awake, why not spend the time thinking it through?
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Journalism and other myths.
Learned Helplessness
“What can you do?” Often said under a deep sigh, it’s something I’ve heard even more often than “What happened?” recently. People venting their anger have become a staple on the evening nooze, but resigned apathy remains a much more common emotion in response to the Depression. It’s the economic Depression made into a personal depression, matching the lack of income with a sense of helplessness. It’s understandable, yes, but countering it is the most important task we have ahead of us.
Football
Football is the most intellectual of all the major sports in the USofA. Go ahead, laugh, but it’s true. All those breaks between plays are more than time for wagging commentary and the occasional Bud commercial, they are a chance for the coach to send in a play that one side will attempt to execute while the other tries to foil it. Raw athletic ability is often thwarted by a clever plan or a quick wit that sees past it. Amid the changing fronts of trench warfare that make the game, a good General is what it takes to win.
The Heart of It
The facts start out simple enough. A black guy in Cambridge came home from a trip and had to force his way into his own house. A neighbor heard the noise and called the cops. One thing led to another, and the cops wound up taking in the man who broke into his own house. The details of the story that led to the arrest? They are incredibly unimportant as the story took on a life of its own. That’s the real story here.
“Re” Words
I haven’t written about the Economic Crisis, aka Depression, for a long time. There just hasn’t been anything to add to what I said a year ago when this was starting. Thing is, if you watch local nooze you realize that at some point a complete lack of nooze is nooze in itself, and the whole lack of anything becomes worthy of comments. That goes double when you’re in the middle of a Depression and no one seems to get it.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 