I think the free lance world is a very difficult one to survive in.. and takes a lot more than an average person has.. it is difficult to hang in there some times,, I am hoping every thing will work out.. is there anything I can do to help? Allan
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't think further bleakness is really what I need. > > We've lost much of our hubris here, and perhaps for the better. Now that > I'm out in the freelance world, I find clients paying later and later, new > opportunities hotly contested, and many falling off the edge every day. I'm > reminded of Floyd's video for ABITW Pt II, where the children simply topple > off the edge of the walkway into the meat grinder. It's difficult to > maintain minimal optimism under these circumstances, moreso arrogance. > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:30 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On the bleak side Chris there's William Blum's 'Killing Hope' - >> http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2007/02/125025.pdf - one can find >> similar on the British Empire too. Blum wrote of a Holocaust denier >> asking if she also denied the US one, and we are all hiding such >> skeletons. I suppose another method might be how many hectares of >> planet space needed to support an individual in the US lifestyle. >> Apart from the hair-shirt stuff I always think of generosity and a lot >> of diversity. Your academics are less smug and more Bolshie than ours >> and I once thought you thumbed noses at authority better than most. >> >> On Oct 4, 4:59 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: >> > LOL I may not be able to drive for medical reasons,, ( I still am >> > perfectly able to drive, the law asks me not to and the reasons are >> valid.. >> > and actually after over 3,000,000+ miles of driving.. and far to many >> > driving courses I just prefer not to drive .. and this is actually a >> great >> > excuse.. >> > >> > Truth is growing up I actually admired the USA for good reason,, but >> since >> > the beginning of the Reagan era onward the nation as a whole has >> > degenerated,, becoming uncaring that is not saying the people but it >> lies >> > in the leadership.. Just where their values are I do not know. Many or >> most >> > claim to be christian, but I think we read same but a different book one >> > with changing words depending on who is reading it.. >> > >> > My grandchildren and children still live there,, I would rather bring >> them >> > here as it would be a memory for a life time as they would have the >> chance >> > to see a different way of life. besides I already know what is there, >> but >> > they do not know what is here. >> > >> > The economic and political leadership on all levels is sorely lacking.. >> not >> > only there but here also. >> > Allan >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Chris Jenkins < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > > When I hear that phrase, I'm reminded of McCarthy, determining from >> > > congressional committee whether or not someone was properly American. >> > > Apparently, being an artist, musician, philosopher, or wanting to >> implement >> > > social platforms to help the less fortunate were all considered such. >> > >> > > Allan said that he had become un-American due to losing his ability to >> > > drive. I'd like to hear you flesh that out some more, Allan, and then >> I'd >> > > like to get some feedback from everyone what they think it means to be >> > > American, or UN as the case may be. >> > >> > -- >> > ( >> > ) >> > |_D Allan >> > >> > If your life is not going right, try making a left turn >> > >> > life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. >> > > -- ( ) |_D Allan If your life is not going right, try making a left turn life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
