Wall Street pays the pipers

Re: “He who pays the piper calls the tunes.”

Wall Street does not play. Wall Street is unlike Bull Connor of the Civil Rights Movement or Pentagon War Mongers of the Viet Nam era. Wall Street will literally kill you to protect its interest. What they did to Elizabeth Warren is but a drop in the bucket as to their influences. They said Ms. Warren would not get Senate confirmation if Pres. Obama nominated her to head an advocacy agency.

If you were Wall Street and if your objective is world domination, you would consider a handful of demonstrators protesting outside of your U.S. headquarters a mere nuisances that go with the territory, even if Michael Moore is one of them; your pipers will take care of them.

In my opinion, the Wall Street demonstrators are analogous to the Luigi Pirandello play, “Six characters in search of an author”.

Act I
The play begins with an acting company preparing to rehearse a play, incidentally one of Pirandello's own (The Rules of the Game). As the rehearsal is about to begin the play is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of six strange people. The Director of the play, furious at the interruption, demands an explanation. The Father reveals themselves as unfinished characters in search of an author to finish their story. The Director initially believes them to be mad, but as they begin to argue amongst themselves and reveal details of their story he begins to listen. While he isn't an author, the Director agrees to stage their story despite the disbelief amongst the jeering actors..
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author#Plot

I read and agree with an account saying that, metaphorically, exposed boobs, cut-offs and hippie pony tails are not going to help the objectives of the demonstrators, whatever they may be. After they nail down their objectives, I would like to suggest soliciting a few chapters of authentic TeaBaggers to come to New York to help with the demonstrations. Just a suggestion. Now picture policeman *Anthony Bologna spraying an elderly TeaBagger with pepper spray.
As always,
BB

OccupyWallStreet; To What End?
by WheninRomeFollow
Excerpt:
While much has been posted here, [and to my mind the most comprehensive source for info, data and opinion on OccupyWallStreet is here at the Daily Kos] not much is known about what the point is. There seems to be a mish mash of ideas being mulled over as to the actual goals.

And
They require legislation. Or they require elections of people willing to support legislation, which TAKES TIME. We really don't have the luxury of time. Lots of pointy heads say we're headed toward a greater recession this 4th quarter, right in the middle of winter......we don't have time to be all egalitarian and lovey flowery about it.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/28/1021043/-OccupyWallStreet;-To-What-End?via=siderecent

* Police Probe Pepper Spray Use
By SEAN GARDINER
Read more at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576599223685769818.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The President and his images of the CBC

Last night, the President was keynote speaker at the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)Foundation Gala and everyone is all *aflutter as to the jest of his speech.

In my opinion, the President of the United States was publicly venting his feelings and interpretations as to how the CBC appears to him and to some it may have come off as a Black on Black crime but a closer look is in order.

The speech was a motivational speech much like the ones we old Black teachers use to give to our Black students in segregated schools or like speeches given later on to early Civil Rights Workers by preachers and other Black leaders.

Many members of the CBC grew up in environments wherein we were exposed to such speeches at any given time and I think the President, rightly or wrongly, was saying, “Look here, ya’ll, it’s time to wake up! It’s a new world. Thoughts are different, people are different and people articulate themselves differently. Stop worrying about the TeaBaggers or what somebody else is doing and put on your thinking caps! You can do better. I know you can. Right now, this is your finest hour. It won't get any better for you to strut your stuff. Take advantage of it. The old spiritual says, “Rise! Shine! Show God your glory!” And with all this new technology around you, use it. Write more books, get on the Sunday shows more often and for Gods' sake, know what you are talking about. If you don't speak well, and you know who you are, then shell out the money to pay for a good speech writer. Start foundations in your home towns and invite me. I’ll come. You still live in the past. Times have changed! Believe me when I tell you it took more than your prayers to get me to where I am today. If you only knew. I tell you this because I want you to wake up and grow up, dammit! I need you!”
Below is an excerpt from what the President actually said during his speech:

So I don't know about you, CBC, but the future rewards those who press on. (Applause.) With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. (Applause.) I'm going to press on for equality. (Applause.) I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. (Applause.) I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on. (Applause.)

I expect all of you to march with me and press on. (Applause.) Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. (Applause.) Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We've got work to do, CBC. (Applause.)
Read more at:
http://www.thegrio.com/politics/transcript-president-obamas-speech-at-the-cbc-foundation-gala.php

Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
*P.S. I am mindful of the song from the 1963 movie “Bye bye Birdie” called Telephone Hour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhR8QtQ4do

You finally learn where babies come from

It’s not so bad knowing who really runs this country and I think it is safe to say the role of the Presidency is that of a figurehead: An ornament, an instrument for ceremonial duties and at times, a scapegoat, if you will.

I am learning the buck no longer stops with the Presidency. I think Pres. Eisenhower alerted us when he highlighted concerns we citizens should have regarding the military industrial complex.

There were two instances that occurred last week alerting me to the ‘figurehead’ office of the President. First there was the book by Ron Suskind revealing how the wishes of the President could be ignored or ‘slow walked’ and then there was the Presidents’ continued threat to veto a request by the Palestinians for statehood.

There were people making the President cross his heart and hope to die that he would veto any vote for statehood for the Palestinians backed by a bill by *Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen designed to cut off specific aid to them if they were to proceed in their efforts to get statehood. Co-sponsors of the bill are both Democrats and Republicans.

From the reviews of the latest book by **Ron Suskind, I learned the bucks stops with Bernanke, Geithner and Poulsin, who are also the people who would not allow the President to hire peoples’ advocate Elizabeth Warren. The same thing happened when “W” wanted to put Harriett Miers on the U.S. Supreme Court: There were loud cries of opposition from Bill Kristal and Charles Krauthammer.

I am tired of Main Street Media not calling out the individuals and heads of agencies for decisions they have made instead of attributing everything to the President but then, that is the purpose of having a figurehead. I guess I just have to live with it. It is what it is. (Sigh)
As always,
BB

* http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-bill-aims-to-cut-funds-to-pro-palestinian-un-groups-1.381644

** http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/books/ron-suskinds-confidence-men-focuses-on-obama-review.html