tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post6351678006667216489..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: On the Bus ??"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-84821781885994977132007-11-22T14:47:00.000-08:002007-11-22T14:47:00.000-08:00Dave, I might argue that America needed the Pranks...Dave, <BR/>I might argue that America <I>needed</I> the Pranksters, what with Nixon and Agnew, and all the cold war BS. One could also argue the world <I>needs</I> liquidity, and I might agree, even if it be conjured and sprinkled forth by rich-nation decree like SDR-pixie dust. But instead it [conjured promises] has been flowing uphill to over-indulged US consumers that know NOT the exchange Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-30553956631984884082007-11-21T20:05:00.000-08:002007-11-21T20:05:00.000-08:00Hey, hey, hey!"Garcia is dead."Sure, 28 YEARS LATE...Hey, hey, hey!<BR/><BR/>"Garcia is dead."<BR/><BR/>Sure, 28 YEARS LATER! -- in his long-run, which will eventually be all of ours. <BR/><BR/>Other than that, good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-89453108485809902222007-11-21T01:01:00.000-08:002007-11-21T01:01:00.000-08:00wcw - I'd suggest looking to the 1880's, actually ...wcw - <BR/><BR/>I'd suggest looking to the 1880's, actually - the true wellspring of the current paradise.Charles Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486529931043507880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-87066897675859670562007-11-20T19:28:00.000-08:002007-11-20T19:28:00.000-08:00Full disclosure: I want to get on the bus, but the...Full disclosure: I want to get on the bus, but they won't let me because I can't produce the xact change required."Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-5911057811498151632007-11-20T19:19:00.000-08:002007-11-20T19:19:00.000-08:00In re the 1960s, I give you the 1920s: progenitor ...In re the 1960s, I give you the 1920s: progenitor of the bulk of American culture (and especially male business culture) from the 1950s to more-or-less the present. The 1960s didn't take quite as well, but they certainly had their effect. You can't ignore them.<BR/><BR/>Full disclosure: my roommate back when decided *he* wanted a bus. Someone gave him one. It moved from parking spot to wcwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307608293310560164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-43832186985136643892007-11-20T14:43:00.000-08:002007-11-20T14:43:00.000-08:00The thing is, Cass, that successful abrupt, utopia...The thing is, Cass, that successful abrupt, utopian breaks with the past, such as the bus, demand that the future accommodate what was their vision of it. Hence, forty years later we find ourselves in a world where (despite the fact that the remaining vestiges of the era convince as much as a detached, but yet to cede, lizard's tail) even economic recessions are not permissable. In a word - Charles Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486529931043507880noreply@blogger.com