tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248631738921296817.post8905158155784482025..comments2023-09-15T07:35:57.964-07:00Comments on Michele's Journal: Collapse of the Financial MarketM.L. Simmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850324550510860024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248631738921296817.post-75599763047256912632008-10-03T12:35:00.000-07:002008-10-03T12:35:00.000-07:00A video of Chinua Achebe's reading was made. I am...A video of Chinua Achebe's reading was made. I am still trying to obtain a copy from the persons who organized the "Fall for the Book Festival." If and when I do obtain a copy, I will upload the video onto this blog. Thanks for asking.M.L. Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850324550510860024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248631738921296817.post-66468546209096886812008-09-20T05:52:00.000-07:002008-09-20T05:52:00.000-07:00I don't know how involved you were in the planning...I don't know how involved you were in the planning of Mr. Achebe's speaking engagement, but do you know if it will be pod casted or available online as a live feed? I am at UGA in Athens, GA and would enjoy being able to see or hear him speak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289460307299407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248631738921296817.post-85263940999637290872008-09-19T13:15:00.000-07:002008-09-19T13:15:00.000-07:00Peace...I have always seen your stories about lib...Peace...<BR/><BR/>I have always seen your stories about library discoveries a bit differently.<BR/><BR/>I think YOU DO socialize....but often it is with elders, authors, ancestors and spirits of the past or contemporaries in distant locals.<BR/><BR/>In times like these, you wonder, where are the good brothers at? The general feeling on the street, in businesses, out and about, at least here, is quite apathetic if not totally closed.<BR/><BR/>Eyes in the community are searching for signs of resources, abundance, capital and opportunity.<BR/><BR/>There's little time for the "socializing" that makes a community worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>That said, I go out of my way to create the vibe that allows people to flow despite the initial shields. I use....<BR/>silence.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The market being so boldly out of order has everyone communicating quickly, trying to get what they can each day....thinking in short terms.<BR/><BR/>It's really strange seeing affluent people panicking and losing their stuff. I've been watching this happen to the poor people in my family my whole life. These days, my people are struggling...but..they do it without the type of apocalyptic angst of others. They know how to do this...<BR/><BR/>As long as we have a roof over our head is what everybody is saying... <BR/><BR/>Just having a job these days is a sacred thing.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I think it is so much harder to march on Washington when people have 100 interests at their finger tips through the internet, MP3's, TV's, satellite radios, and Video games.<BR/>I mean, there is a Million Woman March coming up and there is no push for anyone to go to that around Detroit. People are like....for what? Or, "I got other things to do". <BR/><BR/>And along with that...too many political identities to align themselves to....<BR/><BR/>We socialize through filters. Schizolizing. Code wording.<BR/><BR/>We're not talking to each other. This is why we could allow The Bushmen from Texas to steal elections, tank surpluses, fund unjust wars, strip us of our rights and demean us through substandard public services and emergency programs.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It has become to expensive and time consuming to talk and focus our conversations to the power point of action. <BR/><BR/>We're too busy surviving in fear of being watched.<BR/><BR/>If economics inform political affiliations, then we know that the spirit of this country is gravely ill with greed because our economic system reflects how we value each other.<BR/><BR/>I'm just trying to do everything I love. And be as loving as I can to everything. <BR/><BR/>Because money may never know my name if this system can furlough brilliance.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05468533428727403911noreply@blogger.com