LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Monday, September 7, 2009

Labor Day in America

Where are the jobs then, that we all stayed in school to have?

A librarian who is just, yanno, asking the hard questions of the ruling class establishment D.C. administration(s). A librarian's function is to provide information, and if she doesn't have it, go out and find it.

Is this the actual reason so many were so wigged that Obama was addressing school children to encourage them to work hard at learning?  Alas, naw, don't think so.  Because if it was, that would be meaningful, and not be crazy.  But one can't help but speculate that there just might be some connection between the crazy and no jobs, of some kind, somewhere.
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