tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post3014969838042860877..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: North London Winter Wonderland: and still it snowsMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-42601221898025973892009-02-04T01:29:00.000+00:002009-02-04T01:29:00.000+00:00Hi Madam Miaow - just re: your first thoughts on m...Hi Madam Miaow - just re: your first thoughts on my article about the 'Blame China' campaign:<BR/><BR/> 1) Worrying headline.<BR/><BR/>Yes. But that's the accusation which is being made in the USA. It cannot be avoided, and needs to be countered with detailed facts and an understanding of how the crisis has come about.<BR/><BR/> 2) Home Depot and the others have been caught out making major efforts to shaft their own US workers...<BR/><BR/>Absolutely.<BR/><BR/> 3) Reagan and Thatcher began the deregulation process, dismantling rules installed the last time we had one of these in the 1920s. Because of them we've been trading with thin air.<BR/><BR/>Indeed. But we need to be clear that the underlying reasons for the crisis lie in the fundamental nature of fundamentalist capitalism, including the way in which material goods are produced- not merely in the financial engineering of 'thin air' in the operations of which, the capitalist fiasco made its appearance.<BR/><BR/> 4) "... in 1949 China, a country whose population is bigger than that of the USA, Western Europe and Japan combined, fell to the Communist Party."<BR/> That's a funny way of putting it. "Fell"?! No political and social causes, then?<BR/><BR/>An excellent objection. Indeed, there were plenty of political and social causes. My writing style involves sometimes looking at events from the viewpoint of the capitalists & imperialists, to see where they are 'coming from' and thus to explain their actions.<BR/><BR/> Very best wishes,<BR/><BR/> NoahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997525844840944742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-23424054644239532442009-02-04T00:38:00.000+00:002009-02-04T00:38:00.000+00:00Madam Miaow,indeed, what a slippery slopeHave you ...Madam Miaow,<BR/><BR/>indeed, what a slippery slope<BR/><BR/>Have you heard anything directly from the Italian or Portuguese workers themselves?<BR/><BR/>they seem to be the OBJECT of discussion but I'd like to hear their views, what their real conditions are, etc, from them?<BR/><BR/>has anyone heard ANYTHING from those international workers? <BR/><BR/>I haven't, so if you do please let me know as we are getting a very one sided view of eventsModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-30092280083191312702009-02-03T22:49:00.000+00:002009-02-03T22:49:00.000+00:00Thanks, Renegade, for the Dardos award. I got one ...Thanks, Renegade, for the Dardos award. I got one from Dark Party Review a week or two back, but you have reminded me to reciprocate with both of you. Which I will do ...<BR/><BR/>Noah, sorry, I'll get to yours after Morecambe Bay ... and my latest Battlestar Galactica review which I'm about to post.<BR/><BR/>Mod, yes, "indigenous", indeed! Where's the cut off point. The ocean? The border? The next county? My front door? <BR/><BR/>And when? When my Mum's lot came over centuries ago? Or my dad in the 1920s? The '70s? Last year?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-61218207352504114302009-02-03T22:32:00.000+00:002009-02-03T22:32:00.000+00:00yeah i think they have the funds for all the plows...yeah i think they have the funds for all the plows and salt and such pretty well allocated in the budget. I should send you pictures. Walking out to my driveway there are huge walls on both sides of me that just about reach my head. Luckily there's a super nice gent down the street who snow blows my driveway for me. He's a lifesaver. And the only reason i can walk out of my house.Mrs. M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00183304316110414247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-31746085144523748632009-02-03T19:54:00.000+00:002009-02-03T19:54:00.000+00:00it is cold, but that gives us time to think about ...it is cold, but that gives us time to think about things?<BR/><BR/>and what nonsense about "indigenous population" at SU blog?<BR/><BR/>what a decline in the Left,when such terms are used about the "British"<BR/><BR/>I am with Mike Rosen on this, http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=3513#comment-115762ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-25798119055543934372009-02-03T08:41:00.000+00:002009-02-03T08:41:00.000+00:00Madam Miaow,I know what you mean. Sadly we never g...Madam Miaow,<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean. Sadly we never get anything exotic up here so its a closed shop of British Pigeons.<BR/>I fear Kens war on there comrades in Trafalgar Square has led my lot in a lurch to the right. Still, there cooing is very relaxing.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061096026715150773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-76899086945161089592009-02-03T03:03:00.000+00:002009-02-03T03:03:00.000+00:00You won the The Premier Dardos Award Check out my ...You won the <B>The Premier Dardos Award</B> Check out my blog.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-37995915441520789382009-02-03T01:07:00.000+00:002009-02-03T01:07:00.000+00:00Hi Ms Miaow. In order to give this post a slight r...Hi Ms Miaow. In order to give this post a slight relevance to the topic: due to the snow, I was able to stay at home today and thus managed to finish writing an article I've been working on for a few days. <BR/><BR/>It's about the economic crisis and the USA's threat of a trade war against China, so I think you (and perhaps also some other readers of your blog) will find it quite interesting. Its up on the 21st Century Socialism website, at:<BR/><BR/>http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/did_china_cause_the_crisis_01808.html<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>NoahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997525844840944742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-11957574340324578202009-02-02T23:14:00.000+00:002009-02-02T23:14:00.000+00:00Tony, I put out food for the more exotic species b...Tony, I put out food for the more exotic species but there's a family of fat wood pigeons who are always first in line when I put out food. <BR/><BR/>At first I was annoyed coz they're so big and should be able to fend for themselves unlike the more delicate birds, but now I'm quite fond of them.<BR/><BR/>British food for British pigeons! Exotic birds sod off! <BR/><BR/>Oh. That's me, innit?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-52800125242833736702009-02-02T23:07:00.000+00:002009-02-02T23:07:00.000+00:00FOUR FEET OF SNOW??? That'd kill us.Do they grit a...FOUR FEET OF SNOW??? That'd kill us.<BR/><BR/>Do they grit all the roads and the pavements where you are? I mean, two inches and the entire bus system grinds to a complete halt. That's useless. <BR/><BR/>We have the technology. But we can't afford it.<BR/><BR/>Purty, though.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-12709522855435539662009-02-02T22:54:00.000+00:002009-02-02T22:54:00.000+00:00I can empathize. Here in Upstate NY it is wicked ...I can empathize. Here in Upstate NY it is wicked snowy. We have probably around 4 feet or so, but that happens every year, so I'm pretty much used to it by now. It's still unreal to look at though. Very Narnia-ish. But not in a good way. In an oh shit my house is now a fortress that looks like Bunker Hill sort of of way.Mrs. M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00183304316110414247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-2847970902483059942009-02-02T18:26:00.000+00:002009-02-02T18:26:00.000+00:00well, the only wildlife we get is a gang of pigeon...well, the only wildlife we get is a gang of pigeons who have made our 4th floor balcony there club house.<BR/>We gave them extra seed today. In thanks one landed on our satalite dish there by cutting off Mandelson in mid slime.<BR/>We shall give them extra again tomorrow!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061096026715150773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-86670004788162807232009-02-02T17:28:00.000+00:002009-02-02T17:28:00.000+00:00Yes, we'll all be down there with blankets and the...Yes, we'll all be down there with blankets and thermoses like a shot. Erm, when it warms up a bit.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-68343322761370730372009-02-02T15:45:00.000+00:002009-02-02T15:45:00.000+00:00I know its awful for the strikers, Mm Miaow, but a...I know its awful for the strikers, Mm Miaow, but all that teeth chattering & those blue fingers will surely warm the sympathies of the viewers snuggled indoors in front of the Box...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com