Tag Archives: Henry Ford

by another name

Attacking the enfranchised “unfit.” Purging society of those who do not measure up to the required standards of national efficiency, ( Henry Kissinger’s “useless eaters” ) or whatever euphemisms we may have to couch the theory of euthanasia, and the … Continue reading

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cats cradle: fatal feline attraction

Thorstein Veblen, as the previous post indicated, had little love for pets. Pets to him, represented the power of symbolism, the purchasing of things that people can’t use, and are wasteful, yet are endowed with a measure of status. In … Continue reading

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edsel : too late with the nose job

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) the edsel was not a bad car. i know it’s now a standard joke for ‘loser’. all you have top do is refer to the edsel in any capacity of ‘failure’ and you win your … Continue reading

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repeat after me…getting better all the time

“Every day in every way I am getting better and better.” The “every day” formula. Some ninety years ago, millions of Americans intoned those words twice a day, confident that by so doing they were improving their health, expanding their … Continue reading

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JOY OF COOKING

” give me a thousand acres of tractable land & all the gang members that exist & you’ll see the authentic alternative lifestyle, the agrarian one”. ( Bob Dylan, liner notes, World Gone Wrong ) Food for thought. Second helpings, … Continue reading

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