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My PJ Media colleague Ed Driscoll has already picked up Obama's "Jew, I mean a janitor" gaffe on CNBC. For those who just got back from vacation on another planet, what Obama said to the Congressional Black Caucus was:
If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew, uh, as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that with a badge of honor. I have no problem with that.
It's already hit a number of the conservative discussion boards, but except for a passing mention at a Los Angeles Times blog, this utterly outrageous slip made into not one mainstream media news outlet. Ed is right: if this had been Bush, we would have not heard the end of it.
The remarkable thing is that Obama was reading from a prepared text and made the slip nonetheless. The shrinks would have a good deal to say about this. Cracks may be appearing in Obama's unflappable, freeze-dried facade. In some ways that is a scary prospect.
Two years ago I published a piece of political satire entitled "Obama in Nightmare Alley," or rather tried to publish it; in the decade I have written the "Spengler" column at Asia Times Online, it was the one occasion on which a piece was spiked. So I posted it at the First Things blog instead. Martin Peretz at New Republic had argued that Obama might be suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder: "What I suspect is that the president is probably a clinical narcissist. This is not necessarily a bad condition if one maintains for oneself what the psychiatrists call an "optimal margin of illusion," that is, the margin of hope that allows you to work. But what if his narcissism blinds him to the issues and problems in the world and the inveterate foes of the nation that are not susceptible to his charms?"
It happens that in the DSM-IV categorization of such illnesses, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Anti-Social Personality Disorder (what used to be called sociopathy) are closely related. Sociopaths lie effortlessly and without fear. In some respects Obama shows the coldness and mendacity of a sociopath (he certainly lied convincingly to Jewish supporters during the summer of 2008).
This is satire, I hasten to add, not diagnosis: let the shrinks figure out our president as best they might. But there is something creepy about Barack Obama that to this observer brings to mind the carney mentalist played by Tyrone Power, Jr. in the 1947 noir creaker Nightmare Alley. Power's sociopath ends up as the carnival Geek. Obama has spent his life (as the brilliant Angelo Codevilia puts it) as "the Chosen One," the vehicle of an establishment for whom Obama came as a gift from Central Casting. But the personality traits that made Obama such an attractive figure upon whom to project wishful thinking may not serve him well under duress. The President, in short, bears careful watching.
49 Comments, 25 Threads
1. Maine's Michael
Requests for the Brandenburg Gate, Greek Columns, "Specail Olympics", "Flying on Air Force One is a lot of fun", to "our enemies" and AttackWatch.
The diagnostic arc is there.
How best to limit the damage he can cause in his remaining year?
Pray the Republicans don't screw it up with a fatally flawed candidate.
September 26, 2011 - 2:53 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
2. michael hoskins
I think the slip was deliberate. Somewhat like Perry Mason asking a question knowing an objection is coming, then withdrawing…
It is an unfortunate truism that many African Americans (as opposed to Americans of African origin) are antisemitic. He is pandering to his base.
This screams of desperation. When a semi black pol has to pull the urban rumor card out to shore up the monolithic black vote…
September 26, 2011 - 3:16 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
If it was deliberate pandering to a receptive audience, then perhaps Obama used "Jew" with "janitor" rather than with "billionaire" to allow logical folks like IB Bill to be compelled to give him the benefit of the doubt. ETAB would predict that he's sufficiently skilled at verbal manipulation to get both results.
September 26, 2011 - 4:09 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
3. IB Bill
Not sure here. Obama could have been saying the first syllable of "junior" or any number of things. "Jew" doesn't make sense in the context of what Obama was saying. If Obama had said, "Asking a Jew, eh, billionaire to pay the same rate as a janitor," then you'd have the gaffe unequivocally nailed down. But how does mixing up Jew and Janitor end up anti-Semitic, the Janitor is the victimized party in that sentence, not a hallmark of anti-Semitism. I think benefit of doubt goes to Obama here. And I hate to say that, because I love Spengler's writing and can't stand Obama as president.
September 26, 2011 - 3:22 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
I agree. It did sound more like 'ju' than like 'Jew'. Maybe he misread from the teleprompter ;-). And even if it was 'Jew' I agree that confusing Jews with poor exploited janitors is positive coming from someone with his ideology and his connections with unions and their campaigns (there was some famous janitors campaign, I can't quite remember the details now). The antisemitic stereotype of the Jews is the worst of the richest evil greedy parasitic capitalists. That's even according to Marx himself. You're right, it doesn't make sense.
September 27, 2011 - 7:00 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
I'm with you guys–and I'm Jewish. I listened to this and thought it was a true slip of the tongue. anyway, even if he had been trying to say "Jew" it wouldn't have been an anti-Semitic slur: it would have been a nonsenical statement.
much ado about nothing. you want vaguely anti-Semitic? how about Obama suggesting that Israelis don't like him "because of my middle name"?
September 27, 2011 - 8:48 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
I have long been posting that Obama is a clinical narcissist, a state that he probably moved into as a young boy. He moved into a state where he cannot deal directly with the real world, both with issues and people. He has to feel that he controls these issues and people.
Therefore – he moved in what I refer to as a 'virtual world' which is one that he authors and controls. Obama must feel that he controls you.
He does this by several tactics and he has, over the years, mastered them.
The first is misinformation; he is a pathological liar. This is because, he feels no connection to objective reality; therefore he doesn't use words to refer to something real, he uses words to persuade you to accept him. So, when he tells you that his stimulus has 'created a million jobs', this phrase doesn't refer to a real situation (those million jobs); its agenda is to make you submit to him, to worship him, to 'be' His.
I submit that, as he grew up, Obama retreated more and more from any contact with the real world and lives only in His words…which have no connection to reality. He says what he says…to persuade you. Not to represent reality.Then, there's his emotional manipulation. He's a master at this. He'll try the charm – the grin, the wink, the joyful wave. He'll also threaten. How many times has he told us that the apocalypse is just around the corner, unless Congress 'passes this bill'…without reading it, without debating it.. This is basic Obama – that ever-present threat.
Remember his almost tearful statement that unless the Evil GOP House passed a debt ceiling increase, then, He, Obama, couldn't promise that Social Security checks would be mailed out. This was a blatant, malicious lie, for regular tax income that the federal govt takes in..always covers more than the SS requirements.
And finally, if Obama can't make you 'His', using these basic tactics, he'll abuse you. He'll tell you that you are dissenting from His Will, because of your ignorance, or your political partisanship, your bias, your bigotry, and of course, his regular , ..your racism. He's malicious, really malicious because anyone who doesn't submit to His will is perceived as a threat. He'll insult and smear you if you criticize him – as he has done to so many GOP members in Congress (remember how he insulted Paul Ryan sitting in front of him?)…
What then? What if you still continue to question and criticize him? This is perceived as a threat. What do you think of his Snitch Line, that online 'attack Obama' hotline where everyone is supposed to write in, like Big Brother, telling all the 'bad things' people say about Obama? Whew.
Obama cannot, absolutely cannot, deal with questions and dissent. He can't deal with people as 'equals' to him. They must either submit and fall within His Will…or…they do not exist.
I mean that. For Obama, you are either His, which means that he controls you, by which I mean you adore him. Or, you do not exist. He had no interest in the Iranian demonstrators for democracy; they weren't interested in Him but in their own democracy; they therefore did not exist. And that's how he feels about Americans who are not His, who don't adulate and adore Him. They don't exist.
Another aspect of his pathology, is that he has no capacity for self-analysis. Or for intellectual analysis of anything. He's ignorant of and incurious about history, economics, political theory. He's managed to live his life solely by his manipulative charms; he is not an intellect and has done nothing to develop policies, programs..etc..He delegates all that to others and he, himself, does not analyze them. They are 'unreal' to him; they exist in a realm that he can't relate to.
His disdain for Others, whom he can't control is obvious. Obama rejects the right and duties of Congress. He needs to consider himself as The One, and can't handle their decision-making rights. He either tells Congress to 'pass this bill' (without reading or debate or change)..or, utterly ignores the laws that Congress does pass! He sets up executive fiats (EPA) that carry out his wishes..even when Congress had rejected them.
And another aspect, is that even though he himself is not an intellect and is historically and theoretically ignorant, he was brought up embedded in socialism (his mother, grandmother, absent father), and in anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism (all of them and add in his wife). Those are his 'default' positions on the world: socialist, anti-American, anti-capitalism.
Obama is pathological – but remember, he's skilled at manipulating people; that's all he does.
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5. David P. Goldman
The word-association apparently was billionaire-Jew, not janitor-Jew.
September 26, 2011 - 3:25 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Obama, who so obviously dislikes those who are wealthy and seems focused on 'taking them down', could indeed have used the word 'Jew' as an association with 'billionaire'.
He never assumes that wealth is the result of hard work and risk-taking; he assigns wealth to on causal factor: greed. That's his constant reference to those with wealth; they are greedy and must, morally, give it to others –who are assumed by Obama to be poor only because they are not greedy, not because they refuse work and risk.
And, a common image of the wealthy-greedy man, is, the stereotype of the Jew. The Jew who 'jewed him down' (haggled over money)..which actions lead to that Jew's wealth. I suggest that this image is behind Obama's slip. It wasn't a phonetic slip; it was a conceptual slip.
September 26, 2011 - 3:47 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
I agree. 3Q fundraising is not going well, and he probably is about to explode next time Debbie W-S (DNC chair) and Steve Israel (DCCC) tell him more bad news.
I read that Obama is really hurting with the small $ donor hordes from 2008, which means losing the Jews is even more grating. Not to mention being forced to acknowledge Jewish historical ties to Israel and Jerusalem in front of the UNGA last Thursday. No cheers there.Thanks for the link to Nightmare Alley post Mr. Goldman. At the time, I was reading you only at ATimes, but very engaged in The Spine comment threads.
September 26, 2011 - 10:56 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
6. JVDeLong
A fascinating episode during the 2008 campaign were the two occasions (I think it was twice) on which Obama gave the finger to Hillary during speeches. It was obvious to the crowd, which laughed, and ignored by the MSM. I regard this as a classic example of the sociopath who understands his enablers, knows exactly how much he can get away with, and enjoys the thrill and power of the con.
Similarly, Bill Ayers says "yes I wrote the book" in such a way as to make one think he is spoofing the idea. But Cashill makes a good case that this is the truth.
Narcissistic sociopaths are a dime a dozen (I live in DC) — the interesting issue is all the people who want to be fooled.
September 26, 2011 - 3:34 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. ad*m
Timely post. I agree with the 2nd commenter that this was more than a gaffe. It may have the same utility as him marrying his wife, Michelle.
"But the personality traits that made Obama such an attractive figure upon whom to project wishful thinking may not serve him well under duress." ->
Not sure that that is the case, he may well have been an innocent foil. The whole process of President Obama being selected reminds me more of that of the search for the yangsi, the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, in a young boy. He may have been selected first, and turned out to have these traits second. The risks remain the same, obviously.September 26, 2011 - 3:36 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Something from this post on triggered everything in italic type. Will this comment cure it?
September 26, 2011 - 11:29 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Nope. A techie needs to intercede. Something at the tail end of comment #7.
September 26, 2011 - 11:33 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Smoking Frog
Maybe this will do it. I'll see as soon as I post it, so I apologize in advance if it doesn't.
September 27, 2011 - 10:43 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Smoking Frog
I'm trying something else now. It probably won't work, either. Testing one, two, three …
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It is not you, it is the PM server. I like to use HTML tags in my comments for emphasis, links etc. Because PajamasMedia does not have a comment preview feature, I quickly tested my comment in IE, and it looked fine. Somehow, the comment system seems to remove tags. Most likely it was a nested tag. Anyway, apologies.
September 28, 2011 - 5:02 pm Link to this Comment
8. Terry, Eilat - Israel
You hit it exactly, "something creepy" …..
I saw it the first time I saw him speak, he came across as a con man, and I couldn't believe so few saw him that way. It was my first gut reaction, his body language & gestures, facial expressions, the delivery, rhythm, & intonation, every thing said "con man" ….September 26, 2011 - 3:37 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
John J
Every blood relative of his is a con man. It simply speaks poorly of America that it bought it. You can't con an honest man. I guess they've become scarce as hen's teeth.
For some interesting spelunking, Obama con-man-wise:http://www.scribd.com/doc/54015762/Barack-Hussein-Obama-Sr-Immigration-File
http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-07/news/29747969_1_president-obama-ann-dunham-barack-h-obamaIt takes some time to labor through it, but it makes for some really strange reading on a rainy sunday.
Be worried. Be very worried.September 29, 2011 - 2:11 am Link to this Comment | Reply
9. Maine's Michael
Addressing the black audience: "Y'all"
He transforms himself into what he thinks he needs to be for any particular audience. He is demagogic. He believes, and has stated, that 'I have a gift'.
He does not think highly of his audiences.
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10. Alvin
I think #6 has the correct answer. Obama was giving Jews the finger over the recent NY congressional election to fill Wiener's seat.
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11. Herr Wilson
From Mr. Goldman's Obama in Nightmare Alley:
"At some point, if my analysis holds water, we should see behavior from Obama consistent with the other side of antisocial personality disorder. Again, from DSM-IV: "Impulsiveness is often present, including angry outbursts, failure to consider consequences of behaviors, irritability, and/or physical assaults.""
The other side of Obama's personality disorder appeared following his meeting Netanyahu earlier this year.
President Obama's verbal attack was clearly heard by numerous staff up and down the West Wing hallways. The essence of the president's rage and embarrassment can best be summed up with him yelling out very loudly, "What the f-ck was that!?" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2733659/posts
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12. Georgiaboy61
ETAB, your assessment of Obama's psychology is on-target. The signs have been there all along for those who saw them and knew how to interpret them. A degree of narcissism is extremely common in the political and leadership class, but Obama is no garden-variety narcissist, but a mallignant narcissist. Individuals with this personality disorder have a psychological need for power, lack a conscience and empathy, and often display an overdeveloped grandiosity. According to the late M. Scott Peck, M.D., they are also characterized by what he termed "militant ignorance." As you noted, such individuals are often expert at manipulating others and are skilled liars and propagandists. Many of history's greatest tyrants have been malignant narcissists; Hitler and Stalin may have been, according to some medical authorities. Obama is not a Hitler or a Stalin (not yet anyway), but even someone remotely similar to these paragons of evil should be watched closely. There is no denying that Obama shares some behavioral and personality traits in common with these figures. Did anyone else catch the similarity between Obama at the DNC in 2008, chin trust arrogantly outward, and old film footage of Mussolini?
September 26, 2011 - 6:09 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Yes, he is definitely a malignant narcissist, and this is a very serious and dangerous psychological state for an individual with such enormous political and legal power.
If Obama had been left as a local community organizer, then, his need to control all issues and people around him would have been confined to that local domain. But, put an individual with that psychological aberration into a position of great power, and his need to control expands exponentially. We can see this in Obama. His need to control isn't merely his embedded socialism; it's his psychological sociopathy wherein he cannot handle people who consider themselves equal to him and who expect to interact as equals, with him. He's fine as a community activist supervising the lowly ones..but as a President, he's dangerous.
The problem is, in such a situation,, i.e., a presidency, Obama cannot control everything and everyone. This would make him feel under great pressure, attacked, threatened by direct interaction and criticism. He could become psychotic under such stress. Remember, all his life, he has cocooned himself from accountability, from questions, from equality. All his life, he has located himself as 'superior' (community organizer, lecturer, senator)..even though he did nothing in these roles.
But as president, with far more experienced and knowledgeable people in Congress and in other nations – he can't handle their direct questions and comments and feeling they are equal to him. He feels he can't control them and this is an enormous stress on him.
I suggest his handlers try to deal with the stress of this 'attack on his fictional world' by putting him into stress-reducing situations (his endless golf), and, by exposing him, constantly, to preset, vetted audiences picked to express adulation.
But we can see great evidence of his feeling threatened and his reaction. These include his utter indifference to and contempt for Congress – the voice of the people. It includes his frequent insults to members of Congress, to the Tea Party, who are, after all, Americans. It includes his astonishing contempt for the States and State Governors; he intends to show them that HE, and HIS RULE is all powerful and States have no rights.
His insults to leaders of foreign states, our allies, who consider themselves equal to the US. Obama can't handle their feeling equal to him so he deliberately and openly insults them – particularly the prime minister of Britain.
I'd say he's near to a breaking point. His 'attack site' where you write in 'what nasty people are saying about our Beloved Leader' is a psychotic action. Yes, it DOES make him feel that he's in control of them and their words, because He's Watching Them…but it's an outrageous action.
I'm not sure what's next. His handlers must be busy 'keeping him fed' with praise and tales of His Glory; they must carefully vet all his interactions..but the real world has a nasty way of intruding. As much as possible, Obama tries to ignore the real world (Afghan war, BP, illegals, fiscal economy)..and lives in his Virtual World of Words (everything will be OK in the future)….but…
September 26, 2011 - 6:47 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
John J
Yes. His speeches (and accompanying histrionics) more and more resemble Hitler's, although they lack the detonating spittle of the German. Maybe he should get a refresher course from Rev. Wright.
I also want to know if anyone else thinks this locking reporters in closets at speeches is something new. Are we paying for his travel to speeches done in secret? Should we?
I wonder if Hitler locked reporters in the beer hall closet, so noone could know what was going on too soon. And why is this not the front page story in every MSM outlet the next morning? I thought Freedom of the Press was holy.
Guess I was wrong.September 29, 2011 - 2:20 am Link to this Comment | Reply
Read Ali Sina's psychobiography,"Understanding Muhammad."It's impossible not to be thinking of Obama when reading it, which I did while Obama was on the rise. It's uncanny. In fact, Sina later wrote about Obama in September, 2008, himself noting the similarity in their narcissitic disorders. http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html
September 30, 2011 - 10:27 am Link to this Comment | Reply
13. Griffin
The diagnosis of Barack Obama is not necessarily an either/or option. The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder includes a check list of 9 characteristics of which 5 must be present for a diagnosis. Similarly, the diagnostic criteria for Sociopathic PD includes a check list of 7 characteristics of which 3 must be present for a diagnosis. This means there can be great variety among people with either diagnosis. Also, the two conditions contain a great deal of overlap such that it is possible for some people to meet the criteria for both.
From DSM-IV:
A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. Requires excessive admiration
5. Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudesBy my admittedly amateur estimation, Obama meets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, maybe 6, and certainly 9.
Another perspective on diagnosis is available from the proposed revision, DSM-V. In DSM-IV, personality disorders are organized in clusters, with check lists of criteria. For DSM-V it has been proposed to organize personality disorders in a dimensional method. For example, the diagnosis would be "Personality Disorder, with narcissistic dimensions". The list of any criteria met would be included, and would not be restricted to the older NPD list. In Obama's case, he does not seem to lack empathy, but that characteristic alone would not exclude him from a diagnosis of NPD.
Either way, it does seem be that Obama meets the criteria for a personality disorder, most likely narcissism. Like any disease, there is a range of severity. It must be emphasized we do not see in Obama anything like the severity of the NPD that Stalin or Mao or Saddam possessed. Obama is not a sadist or murderer.
Several columnists have written on Obama's apparent NPD by now, including Martin Peretz and Charles Krauthammer.
The risk to America is the damage he can do as a dysfunctional president, so impressed as he is with his own abilities as to be out of touch with reality. The recent debacle of his Middle East policy is an excellent case in point.
September 26, 2011 - 7:35 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
I think that Obama has all characteristics of a narcissistic personality disorder, and that includes criteria 6, 7 and 8. He certainly lacks empathy. His interactions with others are all manipulative to achieve his own ends, and he most certainly thinks that others are envious of him..and have 'evil thoughts' against him (his AttachWatch).
As for him not being sadistic or a murderer, this is a matter of scale. I'd consider Stalin, Mao and Hussein sociopaths not narcissists. Did Hitler personally murder or did he instead order murders? I feel that Obama could readily carry out such actions; remember, he's unable to feel empathy.
And we have no idea how far Obama could go when he feels threatened, when he feels that his control over all interactions with Others…is at risk. At the moment, his handlers are 'cooling him off' by his constant golf, parties and campaigning. Take those stress-reduction situations away from Obama and we have no idea what he would do.
Obama loves to campaign because it's a basic situation where he can misinform, manipulate and achieve that sense of total control and adulation that he requires. But he's unable to govern, to develop policies, to analyze programs for he doesn't have that sense of Control..over paperwork and thought..and he requires that sense of Being In Control of People…all the time.
Put his entitlements – and he's feeling more and more entitled all the time, and his sense of total power at risk – and he could move from his current tactics of malicious comments and vindictive retribution to derangement.
September 26, 2011 - 8:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
14. Judy K. Warner
Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin were paragons of competence compared to Obama. They could sustain the illusion because they knew how to manipulate people. Obama's only real ability is reading a Teleprompter and looking superior. He is one of the most incompetent political leaders ever, and he is becoming a laughingstock. Once enough people start laughing, he's done. He is not dangerous because he is incapable of doing anything.
September 26, 2011 - 7:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
To Ms. Warner: "He is not dangerous because he is incapable of doing anything."
Shades of Socrates in the Crito?
"Cr. But do you see. Socrates, that the opinion of [Obama] must be regarded, as is evident in your own case, because [he] can do the very greatest evil to anyone who has lost [his] good opinion?
Soc. I only wish, Crito, that [Obama] could; for then [he] could also do the greatest good, and that would be well. But the truth is, that [he] can do neither good nor evil: [he] cannot make a man wise or make him foolish; and whatever [he does] is the result of chance."
September 26, 2011 - 8:55 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
15. Carl Zeichner
The first time I saw "The Godfather" I was shocked that Don Corleone would refer to a Jewish Congressman as "the Jew in the next district". For me that was almost as bad as cutting off a horse's head and putting it in a movie producer's bed.
But you know what? For many gentiles, the word "Jew" comes easily, without any malice intended.
Chances are, before the speech the President was mingling with black politicians who were speaking easily amongst themselves and may have used the J-word in conversation.
And then when he got up to make his speech he was probably saying to himself over and over, "Don't say Jew. Don't say Jew. Whatever you say, don't say Jew."
By the way, the movie producer who the Godfather threatened was Jewish. Do you think cutting off the horse's head was anti-Semitic?September 26, 2011 - 7:55 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Maine's Michael
No. The horse had an Arabic name. Khartoum.
The Godfather was displaying Islamophobia. I read about it in the NY TIMES.
September 26, 2011 - 8:11 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
16. TheChicagoWay
He probably was going to say "jeweler" and caught himself…. For someone in his rarified position, a jewler is simply a common tradesmen who keeps the missus in baubles. For him. no different than a plumber, janitor, etc…..
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17. jWarrior
16. TheChicagoWay : I agree. This is the simplest explanation.
Obama is a moron, especially when winging it, but there is no way he would talk about the Jooooooooooos.
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18. Georgiaboy61
Griffin, re: "It must be emphasized we do not see in Obama anything like the severity of the NPD that Stalin or Mao or Saddam possessed. Obama is not a sadist or murderer." Agreed, but as you noted, it is is not an "either/or" determination. It should also be borne in mind that the degree of severity of the personality traits in question is critical, not simply their presence or absence. As for whether or not Obama is a sociopath, that is somewhat open to interpretation. Sociopathy falls under "antisocial personality disorder" in the DSMV, and mental health professionals are not universally-agreed about how to diagnose and type sociopaths. Nonetheless, Obama displays at least some of the characteristics usually seen in sociopaths – i.e., superficial charm, manipulativeness, lack of remorse, shame or guilt, a grandiose sense of self and entitlement,etc.
Obama has not yet reached the extremes of behavior of a Stalin or Mao, but that may be due to the robustness of our system of checks and balances, and not for want of trying on Obama's part. Americans are alert to armed totalitarianism of the kind practiced by tyrants in recent history, and Obama knows this. Thus, his tyranical impulses may express themselves in other ways.
"The risk to America is the damage he can do as a dysfunctional president, so impressed as he is with his own abilities as to be out of touch with reality."
Agreed. However, this is also a dangerous time because Obama has, thus far, been relatively unopposed and allowed a free hand in doing what he wishes to do. His crimes against the constitution and our laws are many, but thus far, he has gotten way with committing them without too-many negative consequences, other than plummeting popularity. Obama bet that his opponents would offer only token resistance to his many schemes and end-runs around the law, and so far – he has been proven correct. It is consistent with his personality that he will keep pushing to expand his power, until someone offers meaningful resistance. If no resistance is forthcoming, he will eventually accumulate enough power to do whatever he pleases – and that is when we will see the "real" Obama emerge.
Remember, it is in the interests of a would-be dictator to be "reasonable," as long as his hold on power is less-than-complete; it is only after he has consolidated absolute power in his own hands that moderation is discarded.
History gives many examples of this dynamic.September 26, 2011 - 10:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
John J
I don't think Mao or Stalin started out complete and total schmucks. Noone would ever have followed them, if that was true. They only really blossomed into megalomaniacs when they had control. Prior to that, it had to be done sotto voce.
If Mao and Stalin were so uber-competent, why did they rule crapholes? Because they didn't give a fig for millions of people, but loved themselves beyond measure. They were doing fine. Everyone else can die. Sound like anyone we know?September 29, 2011 - 2:31 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Obama wants control of people's lives. He has a fascination with death, the ultimate control. Think of his support of infanticide while a state senator in Illinois, his aggressive support for and expansion of abortion, up to and including partial birth abortion. This is a man who promised Planned Parenthood his first act as president would be a sweeping pro-abortion program.
September 30, 2011 - 10:42 am Link to this Comment | Reply
19. Buck O'Fama
I've always had my doubts that Obama's community was fully organized. The fact that others are beginning to notice this also is not good news.
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20. Georgiaboy61
Ms. Warner, re: "He is one of the most incompetent political leaders ever, and he is becoming a laughingstock. Once enough people start laughing, he's done. He is not dangerous because he is incapable of doing anything."
I respectfully disagree, at least in part. It is a big mistake, in my view, to underestimate Obama. You do not become president of the USA (albeit an illegal and illegitimate one) without having mastered the many and varied political skills required to rise that high. We can agree that Obama is incompetent in the ways that genuinely matter to Americans – such as creating the conditions for economic prosperity. However, Obama has imbibed the ideas of Alinskyism and communism all his life, and studied implimenting them at the elbow of such masters as Alinsky himself, as well as Mayor Daley of Chicago, and others. He learned his lessons well, for the one thing at which Obama is unquestionably a master is campaigning and by extension what one would term the "dark arts" of propaganda, agent provocatuer tactics, disonformation, and manipulation of others. Obama and his handlers are formidible in these things, and should not be taken lightly. Critics often accuse Obama of being incompetent, but from his frame of reference and stated agenda of "transforming" the USA, he has acheived considerable progress.
We are in agreement about the power of laughter; ridicule is a favorite weapon of the radical left, and one we should not hesitate to use on Obama. He is obviously very-thin skinned, and does not tolerate it well.
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Excellent comments and analysis – all of them. Many thanks.
You are right, don't underestimate Obama. He is incompetent as a president but he's a very competent propagandist, manipulator, twister-of-emotions. His rhetoric has no connection to factual reality, he misinforms and disinforms as he breathes. And he's now entirely stopped his pretence of acting as president, and moved into what he likes to do, and what he does best: campaigning. That's all he's doing now..campaigning.
A major problem with Obama's manipulative rhetoric, in a debate for instance, or in a question period..is that rebuttals to Obama's rhetoric can spend all their time showing how his statements are nothing but misinformation and blatant lies. You have no time to counter with your own plan!
A good tactic is, as suggested, is to laugh at him and not take him seriously. Now that – is something that he can't handle!!
September 26, 2011 - 11:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
I hope you are writing a book about this ETAB. Even if it comes out after Obama's defeat, it will be a best seller.
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"disonformation" shold read "disinformation"… my apologies for the error.
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22. EscapeVelocity
Obama, mixing up his class warfare rhetoric with his race warefare rhetoric.
Perhaps he was referencing the Jizya?
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23. Jack in Silver Spring
David – Quite off topic, but let me wish you and yours a K'tivah v'Chatimah Tovah, and v'Shana Tovah u'Metukah.
September 27, 2011 - 9:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
David P. Goldman
Thank you! And the same to you.
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24. thenachash
Give the guy a break. Its understandable hes got Jews on his mind a lot this week! It wasnt even the typical slur. He confused Jews with "janitors" NOT "billionaires". Usually its the opposite pejorative. And I SERIOUSLY dont think Obama thinks Jews are like Janitors. Its the Jewish Holiday time now. Perhaps its a good sign that Obama has Jews on his mind! Too many more relevant ways to make fun of the guy. Give him a break…THIS TIME!
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25. Neal
Obama is supposed to be close to the Jewish billionaire Crown family of Chicago.
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In the course of this stimulating conversation, he highlighted the difference between a "citizen" and a "city user". The former is a city resident, while the latter is somebody who accesses and uses some or most of a city's facilities and services, without being a resident. This clearly applies to workers who commute every day, to students, to tourists. The difference in impact between the former and the latter group depends on the specific jurisdiction, the time of the year, or the occurrence of a special event (such as a music festival or a sporting match).
Although some smart city initiatives look at both communities (and certainly so for cities that attract loads of tourists or for special events that often pay for a good portion of the initiatives), in most cases the smartness focuses on making life better for residents. For instance, when discussing about participatory planning or policy-making, there is an assumption that residents should have a say, but considerably less attention to how to capture input from non-residents who happen to be "city users".
The dichotomy between citizens and city users stresses the importance of using smart government approaches that cut across multiple domains, jurisdictions and tiers of government.
If the traffic at peak hours is mostly caused by non-residents, is it more effective to use technology to influence their behaviors when they are in the city, or is it better to make sure that the cities or counties they reside in do so? A city can spend money in deploying video cameras to control traffic and charge access, or can rely on other cities to change their residents' behaviors. After all, satellite cities where people just happen to sleep in have an interest in creating a stronger identity and brand, and perhaps lure residents to spend more time (and money) in their shops than letting them spend out of town the vast majority of their time. Equally, counties, provinces or states that are in charge for congested highways and other roads that leads into larger cities, would equally enjoy a lower utilization rate, less traffic, fewer accidents, and so forth.
If one looks at the connections between making a city smarter from the standpoint of air quality, traffic, energy consumption, waste management, and so forth, it is quite clear that cooperation with neighboring towns as well as other tiers of government (county, state, etc) are as important as the cooperation between different city departments, if not more.
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After Paul was laid to rest during a heart-wrenching ceremony on Dec. 14, his close friend and 'Fast & Furious' cast mate Ludacris posted the program from the service to serve as a further tribute.
Paul Walker's family and friends continue to mourn his death. The actor's remains were interred during a small memorial service on Dec. 14, two weeks after he tragically died in a fiery car accident. And after the ceremony, Fast & Furious cast mate Ludacris continued to honor his fallen friend.
Ludacris' Tribute To Paul Walker After Funeral
The rapper/actor posted the order of service program from the ceremony on his Instagram on Dec. 14, somberly and without any caption. The photo spoke for itself though — a sepia-toned picture of Paul's smiling face was front and center, with the words, "Always in our hearts…" written above and "1973-2013," captioned below.
The program was a perfect embodiment of Paul — always kind, gentle, and happy. And it also captured how his family and friends must be feeling after his death. It is so, so heartbreaking that Paul is no longer with us, but the program is right — he will always be with us.
Paul Walker Laid To Rest
Ludacris, other Fast & Furious cast mates, and Paul's family gathered at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills on Dec. 14 to say goodbye to the fallen actor.
Emotions were obviously high during the intimate ceremony, as many of the attendees struggled to fight back tears. The funeral was non-denominational and a tri-folded American flag was displayed as Paul's ashes were interred.
There has been such an overwhelming show of support for Paul, and at least his passing has shown how loved and adored he was. He was taken from the world far too soon, but with friends like Ludacris, it's clear he will never be forgotten.
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Please join us March 12th for our guest Orange County Commissioner Jennifer Thompson! We'll have our networking mixer at 6pm and will start our meeting at 630. We look forward to seeing you!
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Jennifer Thompson was elected to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners in November of 2010. In 2012, Commissioner Thompson served as Vice Mayor.
Born at the VA Hospital in Winter Park, Commissioner Thompson graduated from University High School in east Orange County, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Commissioner Thompson is a small business owner, founding her company seven years ago with her husband. She is active in her local community and sits on numerous business and charitable boards. As an elected official she sits on the board for MetroPlan Orlando, United Arts of Central Florida, Children's and Family Services Board and the Central Florida Research Park Board Authority.


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In 1908, American journalist John Kenneth Turner, posing as a wealthy investor, infiltrated hemp plantations in the Yucatán peninsula. His goal: to expose the "chattel slavery" abundant Mexico under the oppressive regime of Porfirio Díaz.
In 1908, American journalist John Kenneth Turner, posing as a wealthy investor, infiltrated hemp plantations in the Yucatán peninsula. His goal: to expose the "chattel slavery" abundant Mexico under the oppressive regime of Porfirio Díaz.
What would you do if you had to build a nation? Start Googling? Download an app? When John Adams strode onto the world stage by joining the Continental Congress as a representative from Massachusetts, he had no iPhone or MacBook Air. Contemporary European books (often in their original languages) and Greek and Latin classics were his RSS and HTML.
The world may have never known Doonesbury [8] if it weren't for Jim Andrews and John McMeel. The founders of Andrews McMeel Universal [9] (then called Universal Press Syndicate) were headquartered in a rented house in Leawood when they discovered a young cartoonist named Garry Trudeau.
In 1936, Mao Tse-tung [12] was not dead, as his enemies would have China believe. Indeed, despite frequent reports of his demise, the 43-year-old communist leader was alive and well and giving his first-ever interviews to a foreign correspondent: Kansas City-born journalist Edgar Snow [13].
In a July 6, 1971, speech before media executives at a Holiday Inn in Kansas City, Missouri, President Richard M. Nixon hinted at a future shift in foreign policy that would climax in his unprecedented visit to China. Trouble was, no one at the Holiday Inn fully fathomed what "Tricky Dick" was up to.
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[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/garry-trudeaus-kansas-city-connection
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My husband's oncologist ordered insertion of a feeding tube early in the treatment stage so when his throat became too sore to eat we could feed him liquid nourishment through the tube. We also put his pain medication through the tube and it was a godsend. He lost very little weight because of the tube and it was removed as soon as he could start eating again. About a month or so following his last radiation treatment. The treatment was an ordeal but it has now been 16 months since he completed radiation and there is no sign of recurrence or metastasis so far. He had Stage 3a inoperable NSCLC. We also used a form of lidocaine that he swallowed just before eating and that helped. The "magic mouthwash" did not work for him as it gave him nausea.
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Atzmus/Atzmut (עצמות from the Hebrew Etzem עצם) meaning "essence", is the descriptive term referred to in Kabbalah, and explored in Hasidic thought, for the Divine essence.
Classical Kabbalah predominantly refers to the Godhead in Judaism with its designated term "Ein Sof" ("No end"-Infinite), as this distinguishes between the Divine Being beyond description and manifestation, and Divine emanations within Creation, which become the descriptive concern of systemised Kabbalistic categorisation. Reference to Atzmus is usually restricted in Kabbalistic theory to discussion whether "Ein Sof" represents the ultimate Divine Being in Itself, or to God as first cause of Creation.
Hasidic thought however, concerns itself with relating transcendent esoteric Kabbalah to the internalised psychological experience of man. In Hasidism, the essential Divine Atzmus above emanation is related to its description of Omnipresent Divine Panentheism in the physical World, and focus on the essential Divinity in daily Jewish spiritual experience. This underlies Hasidism's adjustment of Jewish values to extol the innate sincerity of the common folk, and to shape its concern with selfless spiritual motivation in learning, prayer and benevolence, beyond traditional Talmudic mastery for its own sake alone. The concealed Divine soul essence that each person possesses becomes revealed in the Hasidic doctrine of the Tzadik leader as Divine channel of physical and spiritual sustenance for the community, while the elite perception of essential Divine Unity of Creation in ideal contemplation by the capable few, realises the union of the soul in God. In the Habad investigation of Hasidic thought, Atzmus relates, beyond the revelations of Kabbalah, to the essential Divine Unity and purpose of Creation, revealed in the eschatological future as the ultimate Dirah BeTachtonim (Divine "dwelling place in the lowest" Physical realm), through the essential Will in Mitzvot Jewish observances. This relates to the Divine essence of Torah and the soul, both reflecting the essential fifth level of Yechidah ("Singular"). While esoteric Kabbalah relates to the transcendent fourth level of Torah interpretation and the soul, the level of Chayah (Chochmah-Wisdom insight), the nature of Yechidah (innermost Keter-Will delight), enables its higher Divine source to permeate and descend lower into perception, as essence permeates all while remaining distinct. The essence of the Divine is not restricted to Ein Sof limitlessness or to transcendent Kabbalistic emanation alone. Through seeking to reveal the Divine closeness and Omnipresence to all the community, religiously learned or illiterate, Hasidism, across its different schools, sought to hasten the ultimate Messianic realisation of Atzmus Unity.
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Medieval Jewish philosophers like Maimonides, articulate a transcendent negative theology where it is only possible to describe God in terms of what He is not. Here Divine Unity means that God's singularity is unique and bears no relation to any concept one can conceive. Kabbalah, influenced by the philosophical argument, but seeking the Biblical God who is also immanent, gives a different, more radical solution. It distinguishes between God in Himself and in His emanations. The Infinite Divine, the Ein Sof ("Limitless") is beyond all understanding, description or manifestation. Only through the 10 Sephirot Divine attributes is God revealed to Creation, and the sustaining lifeforce that continuously recreates existence is channelled. The final sephirah Malchut (Kingship) becomes the feminine Shechina (Divine presence), the immanent indwelling Divinity in Creation. In manifestation God is anthropomorphically described as both male and female, where male denotes outward giving and female denotes inward nurturing.
In Kabbalah there are traces of Panentheism, such as the Zohar's description of the two forms of sustainence, the "Light that surrounds" and the "Light that fills" all Worlds, and explanations of Moshe Cordovero who systemised Kabbalah. He reconciles previous opinions regarding the Divine nature of the sephirot, by describing them as lights invested in vessels. Only the vessels differentiate, while the light, originating from the Ein Sof, is undifferentiated, removing any notion of plurality, in the manner water pours into different coloured vessels or light streams through different colours of glass. Regarding perception of Divinity, influenced by the negative theology of the philosophers,[2] Cordovero says:
Whenever one forms a conceptual image of God, he should immediately backtrack, recoiling from the false notion, as any notion is shaped by man's spacial world. Rather, he should "Run and Return" towards imagining Divinity, and then rejecting it.
In Lurianic Kabbalah the first act of Creation is the primordial Tzimtzum (self "Withdrawal") of God, to resolve the problem of how finite Creation could emerge from the Infinite. Beforehand, the Ohr Ein Sof fills all reality, nullifying potential creation into non-existence. The tzimtum constitutes a radical leap, withdrawing the infinite light into God, to allow the latent potentially finite light to emerge, from which Creation unfolds. Subsequently, the sephirot reconfigure as Partzufim, recasting Cordovero's linear hierarchy with one of enclothement, allowing lower Creation to conceal within it higher Divine origins.
Before Moshe Cordovero and Isaac Luria gave subsequent systemisations of Kabbalah in the 16th century, Medieval Kabbalists debated the relationship between the Divine Will Keter and the Ein Sof. This involved the philosophical need to divorce the sephirot from any notions of plurality in God, and involved the question of whether the Ein Sof describes the essential Divine Being, or God as first cause of Creation. Cordovero lists Keter as the first sephirah, part of Creation. Luria takes an intermediate view that the Ein Sof does not represent the essence of God, nor that Keter is listed as the first sephirah within Creation, but instead the Ein Sof sublimely transcends Keter, mediating between Atzmus and Keter. He agrees with Cordovero's inclusion of Keter in the sephirot if one is describing the lights in the Sephirot, but in unqualified reference begins the sephirot from Chochmah (Wisdom), as this lists the vessels of the sephirot in Creation.
The Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760), founder of Hasidic Judaism, gave a new stage to Jewish mysticism, by relating the transcendent, esoteric structures of Kabbalah to inner psychological perception and correspondence within the experience of man.[3] This brought Kabbalah into tangible daily life, while elevating man through the perception of Divinity within himself. The central focus of this was the Divine immanence in all Creation, experienced by both common folk and scholars in joy and cleaving to God amidst materiality.
In Hasidic philosophy is also a higher, elite perception of the Panentheistic nullification of Creation within the Omnipresent Divine Unity. "All is God, and God is All". The ideal mystical perception during moments of prayer is Bittul ("Nullification"/annihilation of ego) in the Divine reality, beyond the emotional fervour of Divine immanence. In a renowned parable of the Baal Shem Tov:
...To understand this, we must turn to the Zohar (eg. II 146b), which says that the gates of the heikhalot (Heavenly palaces/chambers) of prayer are one above the other, and the angels receive the prayers and transfer them upward to the Throne of Glory... Now this must be understood: do we not know of God, blessed be His Name, that "the whole earth is full of His glory" (Isaiah 6:3), and that :there is no place empty of Him"? (Tikkunei Zohar 57) If so, then His blessed glory is found wherever anyone prays. In that case, why is it necessary for our prayers to be received by angels who go and transmit them from heikhal to heikhal? It seems to me that the answer follows upon...a parable that my teacher, the Besht, once told before the sounding of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah:
There was once a great and wise king who magically created the illusion of walls and towers and gates. He commanded his people to come to him by way of these gates and towers, and had treasures from the royal treasury displayed at every gate. There were some who went as far as the first gate and then returned, laden with treasure. Others proceeded to gates deeper within the palace and closer to the king; but none reached the king himself. At last, the king's son made a great effort to go to his father, the king. Then he saw that there was really no barrier separating him from his father, for it was all an illusion.
...I heard from my teacher (the Besht) of blessed memory on the verse "all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered" (Psalms 92:10): by means of man's knowledge that "the whole earth is full of His glory", and that every motion and thought, everything, comes from Him - by this very knowledge are all the workers of iniquity scattered. hence, all the angels and the heikhalot were created and made, as it were, from his essence, like the snail whose shell is formed of itself. So, by means of this knowledge, there is no longer any barrier or sundering curtain between man and God.[4]
As this ideal was not within the reach of everyone, mainstream Hasidism instituted the social mysticism of the Tzadik Rebbe Divine intermediary, who could inspire the followers during pilgrimage to their court, and channel Divine spiritual and physical blessing to them. Through attachment to the Tzadik, they could transcend their limited physical perceptions through emotional faith.
The school of Habad, founded by Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), differed from mainstream Hasidism in seeking to intellectually articulate Hasidic thought in systematic study, with the mind as the route to the heart. Consequently, it retained the mystical ideal to communicate as widely as possible the elite nullification of Creation in Divine Unity.[7] In the second section of the Tanya, Schneur Zalman philosophically presents the Panentheism of the Baal Shem Tov, drawing in previous Kabbalistic description. Two levels of Divine Unity are described, both paradoxically true; Lower Unity of emanated Creation dependent on God, Higher Unity of illusionary Creation nullified within God. The follower of Habad method contemplates (Hisbonenus) at length the paradoxical ascent to God during private prayer, or learns Habad thought before communal prayer. The second leader of Habad, Dovber Schneuri expands the thought of his father into practical understanding. His "Tract on Ecstasy" instructs the intellectual contemplation to reach the consummate complete Bittul of no self-awareness. Superficial emotional "Enthusiasm" is to be rejected, as it involves the ego. At the supreme level, Divine Atzmus is encountered through the follower perceiving the Divine Etzem essence of his soul. After the Tract on Ecstasy, Dovber withdrew it from general circulation, instead outlining a lower contemplative instruction, accessible to all, in the "Gate of Unity". It is necessary for the follower to know their spiritual ability. For the average follower, to aim for self-unaware Bittul, beyond emotion, would instead lead to falling below the beneficial spiritual inspiration of emotions. Today, normative ideal Habad practice is to study Hasidic philosophy before prayer, including amongst many texts those on Divine Panentheism, while using the emotional love and awe of God generated, in the subsequent communal morning service. Comsumate Bittul remains for select elite, though all who study Habad thought gain some intellectual and emotional appreciation of the complete Divine Unity.
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R A Lister and Company
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Fate | Taken over |
Successor | Hawker Siddley, Lister Petter |
Founded | 1867 |
Defunct | 1965 |
Headquarters | Dursley Gloucestershire |
Products | Engines |
R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister (1845–1929), to produce agricultural machinery. The family was originally from Yorkshire but Ashton's father (George Lister) relocated to Dursley in 1817.
R. A. Lister and Co. was founded in 1867, and was initially a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, but after the invention of the internal combustion engine the company became a world-renowned name in engineering. By the early 20th century Listers were producing petrol engines, initially to power sheep-shearing equipment. These products remained an important part of the company's business, but over time the product range expanded considerably, ranging from electric lighting plants and dairy equipment to garden furniture.[1]
Lister employed Danish inventor Mikael Pedersen and manufactured his innovative Dursley Pedersen bicycle.
Sir Robert Ashton Lister was still alive in the late 1920s, by which time the management of the firm had passed to younger members of his family. In 1926 the chairman of the board was Austin Lister, and the company was run by the five sons of Austin's brother Charles: Robert, George, Percy, Frank and Cecil. Inevitably this occasionally caused tensions: for example, George managed home sales and Frank was in charge of buying, while Cecil did not have a clearly defined role at all, and, although Robert was the eldest, it was Percy (later Sir Percy) who had by far the most significant impact.[1]
As managing director Percy led the firm through a period of significant growth and prosperity in the 1920s and 1930s. By 1926 the workforce was around 2000 and was growing rapidly; the company ran a 24-hour manufacturing operation, expanding its range of products and supplying retailers to around 6000 UK customers and many more worldwide.[2] Retailing revenues were particularly healthy in Australia and New Zealand, where sheep-shearing equipment was in great demand.
The company headquarters were housed in an early 16th-century Priory building in Dursley, which remained the headquarters of Lister Petter at time of writing in 2009. In the nearby valley was located a foundry, together with a number of other workshops necessary for the production of engines and the various other products offered, including a machining shop, capstan lathe shop, engine assembly lines, and a coopers' shop.
Lister engines were traditionally painted a mid-range shade of Brunswick Green, which continues to be used by Lister Petter (see below) at time of writing (2009). In 1929, the first of Lister's own design of "CS" (cold start) diesel engine was made in Dursley. The CS is a slow-running (600 rpm) and reliable engine, suitable for driving electric generators or irrigation pumps. The CS type engines were available in single-, twin-, triple- and four-cylinder versions in a range of power outputs and gained a reputation for longevity and reliability, especially in Commonwealth countries, to which they were widely exported. Some CS engines ran practically continuously for decades in agricultural, industrial and electrical applications.
By around 1930 Listers were producing around 600 engines a week, most of which were small at around 1.5 to 3 hp; many of these were used in the construction industry. Listers continued to flourish during the 1930s, riding the economic financial crisis and building on its many earlier successes.[3]
The most successful Lister engine was the D-type engine, most of which were rated at 1.5 horsepower at 700 RPM. More than 250,000 'D' engines were built between 1926 and 1964: they were used for a wide variety of light tasks such as pumping and small-scale electricity generation. The Lister 'D' is still one of the most widely seen vintage stationary engines in the UK. Hand-cranked Lister diesel engines were used in many early dumpers.
Listers obtained many other plants over the years to assist with production demand initially in war time Britain, Nympsfield 1942, Wotton under Edge 1943 & Cinderford 1944 mainly employed women working on sub-assemblies or packing spares: they continued on until (dates req). Marine Mountings near Swindon was purchased from the Admiralty in 1946 and became the home of the D Type production till 1963 when the SR range became its main product, together with SL and LD models in 1-4 cylinder versions. Marine Mountings was closed in 19??.<5>
Having survived the Second World War, Listers continued to benefit from its reputation for durable, reliable high-quality engines, and its pedigree as an old-established firm. However labour costs in the post-war period made a return to the heyday of the 1920s and 1930s impossible. Competition from rivals such as Petter and from overseas were also factors to be contended with, and unauthorized copycat engines ("Listeroids") were produced in other countries. In 1965 Listers was acquired by Hawker-Siddeley (see below) who had bought its old rival Petter in 1957.
A larger investment was made in 1966 when they bought the old Gresham & Craven plant in Walkden, Lancashire. This plant had a large iron foundry, pattern shop and machine shop. It was reorganised to supply diesel engine parts that were previously bought from sub-contractors. The plant produced cylinder heads, crankcases, flywheels, gearcases and a multitude of small parts for the parent plants. It also assembled moisture extraction units and the SR range of diesel generators employing 200-250 personnel until it was closed in 1971 because of a downturn in demand for diesel engines.<6>
In 1986 Hawker-Siddeley merged the two engineering concerns to form a new company, Lister-Petter, which was now placed to build on the strengths of both its predecessors. The economic climate of the 1980s and 90s, however, led to a change in the company's fortunes, and Hawker-Siddeley had to sell out. An unstable period followed, and, having narrowly escaped collapse, the company was split; part was acquired by Deutz AG but the core part of the business was bought out by venture capital investors who began to rebuild its product range.
In the early years of the 21st century, as in previous decades, small, durable, reliable industrial and marine engines continued to be a staple, notably the ALPHA water-cooled industrial and marine engines (2-, 3- or 4-cylinder) and the "T" air-cooled series (1-, 2- or 3-cylinder). Although Lister-Petter no longer ran a foundry, engines and diesel generating sets continued to be assembled and sold from a factory on the original site in Dursley. The new investors began to extend the product range to include more powerful engines and a wider range of generating set specifications. In 2007 a new heavy-duty engine, the OMEGA, offering up to 268 kW, was added to the company's product range.
In 2007 Lister Petter held an exhibition in Dursley to mark its 140th anniversary, which included a group photo of staff on the 60th anniversary in 1927. Listers has always had strong family traditions, and one employee who attended this 2007 exhibition was able to identify both her maternal grandparents in the 1927 photo.
In 2009 Lister Shearing (now a separate company) celebrated its centenary.
Lister took over Blackstone & Co in 1937 to form Lister Blackstone.[4]
R A Lister & Company was taken over by the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1965, and merged in 1986 with Petter Diesels to form Lister Petter Ltd.
Smallcreep's Day by Peter Currell Brown is a surrealist satire on modern industrial life. The 1965 novel was written while the author worked at R A Lister and Company, Dursley.
The supply of remanufactured Lister engines and parts[edit]
Although R A Lister ceased production of many of its well known models many years ago, many of these engine are still in use today all over the world. Some of the most prominent suppliers of parts and services for these engine in the UK are Listerparts.co.uk [5] Realdiesels, Parts and Engines [6] Marine Engine Services Ltd[7] and Sleeman & Hawken Ltd.[8] Another firm, Marine Power Services[9] specialise in the restoration and marinisation of Lister engines for the inland waterways and the manufacture of component castings including Lister JP marine exhaust and water system manifolds.
Listeroid engines[edit]
Production of CS engines in England ended in 1987 but the popularity and reputation of the design meant that a number of Indian manufacturers have since continued production of "Listeroids" or clones copied from the CS design. These engines are used in India and also exported to other countries, including Australia and the USA. Recently there has been an upsurge in interest in these engines and their unique capabilities for long-term electrical generation or pumping, and the initially haphazard build quality of "Listeroids" had now largely reached the same level as the original Lister-built units[citation needed]. They are becoming increasingly popular for "off grid" or "remote" uses[citation needed], partially because of their ability to use a large variety of alternative fuels and ease of maintenance and repair. Indian companies have also taken out licenses on Petter diesel engines (naturally dubbed 'Petteroids'), as well as other Lister (and latterly Lister-Petter) designs, such as Indian-built versions of the air-cooled L-Series diesel engines.
Lister trucks and Industrial locomotives[edit]
Lister also built light trucks fitted with their engines, for use around factories. From 1926 to 1968 they built light narrow gauge railway locomotives, weighing as little as 1½ tons, typically used by small brickworks and on peat bogs. The locos were often characterised by a total lack of bodywork; sometimes they had the luxury of an all over roof supported by four corner posts.
Lister 1 Ton works truck
- ^ a b Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, A. S. Bullock, 2009
- ^ Your Works and Ours, history produced for employees, 1926
- ^ Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, A. S. Bullock, 2009.
- ^ "Lister Blackstone Advert from "The Lister Standard" (Winter 1949/50)". Dursleyglos.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ "Lister Engines Parts and Spares Spare Parts". Listerparts.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ "R A Lister and Lister-Petter Diesel Engines and Spare Parts Sales". Realdiesels.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ Marine Engine Services Ltd - Lister Engine Parts and Services, Marine and Industrial engines and parts
- ^ Sleeman & Hawken Ltd - Lister Engine Parts and Services
- ^ Marine Power Services - Engine restorers and parts manufacturer
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quote:Does being a slave make one morally superior
quote:If you get free and then go set up plantation no, if you get free then work to free other slaves, or just don't go get slaves than you kind are more moral than a slaveowner by default.
quote:to anyone even the slave owner,
quote:There is hardly anything more immoral than the total subjugation of a person to your will, the total deprivation of another's liberty. In a way its worse than murder.
quote:Often, dealing with adversity rather than dealing out adversity, makes one morally superior.
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text: 9/22/2011 Why do so many duck hunters turn into depressing old cranks yammering about the "good old days"? Young waterfowlers beware: You will have to deal with such intolerable cynics. They'll tell you the ducks just don't fly like they used to; that steel shot has ruined the sport; that it's not even worth the effort of putting out decoys anymore. The irony those affected by "Old Duck Hunter's Disorder" fail to recognize is that there is likely a greater abundance of waterfowl right now than at any point in their lives. The latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) survey reveals an estimated 45.6 million breeding ducks, the highest ever recorded since surveys began in 1955. And last season Louisiana waterfowlers brought 2.7 million ducks to bag, an astounding average of 30.6 birds per hunter. With liberal season lengths and a nationwide limit of six ducks per day, this is arguably the best era to be a duck hunter since the abolition of market gunning. However, it's very possible this is the result of pure luck, namely a disease outbreak affecting a key predator species and a long favorable weather cycle. Our good fortune has masked a habitat and agriculture policy crisis, and if we are to sustain duck populations at their current levels we must address several conservation issues before Mother Nature deals us a lesser hand. What Drives Duck Production? The Missouri Coteau is one of the most important habitats on the American side of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR), the 300,000-square-mile "Duck Factory" that stretches from Alberta to Iowa and produces more than half of all North American waterfowl. "Whether duck populations rise or fall is almost entirely dependant upon whether nests fail or succeed, right here, period," Devney says, gesturing across a green landscape dotted by shallow, seasonal wetlands that seem to stretch on forever. "People would never believe that this is what drives continental duck production until they see it." Delta Waterfowl often touts a study funded by Ducks Unlimited-Canada that found breeding-ground variables such as nest success, duckling survival and the survival of nesting hens account for 76 percent of the annual change in populations of mid-continent (Mississippi and Central Flyway) mallards. Non-breeding ground mortality, which includes hunting harvest and natural wintering-ground mortality, accounts for just 9 percent of the annual change. Waterfowl require adequate wintering grounds, but the study suggests there is sufficient wintering habitat to support more ducks than the breeding grounds currently provide. So while Ducks Unlimited (DU) and other conservation groups have done much good raising awareness of threatened winter habitat, especially along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf coasts, some people, not surprisingly Delta Waterfowl, argue the bulk of our resources and manpower ought to be poured into prairie nesting habitat. What makes good nesting habitat? Research by Ron Reynolds for the USFWS found that the break-even point for nesting waterfowl is a landscape of at least 40 percent prairie grass. Below that threshold, the overwhelming majority of nests are lost to egg-eating predators such as skunks, raccoons and foxes, and the waterfowl population experiences a net decrease. Habitats of greater than 40 percent grass increase the duck population, because they have sufficient cover for hens to hide their nests from predators. These areas must be preserved, and nobody has been more instrumental in this regard than DU. Its long-time strategy of purchasing habitat and managing large, quality waterfowl easements has paid great dividends for waterfowl and hunters over the years. The trouble is we're losing good habitat faster than it's being saved. The conservation component of American agriculture policy, even our once proud Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), is on the verge of breaking. It's estimated that CRP alone is responsible for producing 2.2 million ducks per year (not to mention an economic net output of $1 billion, according to Pheasants Forever), but top duck-producer North Dakota has lost 22 percent of its CRP since 2007. DU predicts the downward trend will continue in 2012-2013. Another important program under constant threat of elimination is the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, which annually provides $47.6 million in matching grants to wetlands projects and has conserved 25 million acres in 20 years. "Somehow nesting hens are able to key on good soil," Devney says as we stride into a nearby wetland. "We can't even fully explain how, but the bottom line is they are going to arrive in rich-soil areas whether there's good nesting grass awaiting them or not." As if to illustrate the point, a farmer on a John Deere tractor goes about his business in an adjacent field. Agriculture is not going away, nor would we want it to, and so it will compete with ducks for rich-soil areas in perpetuity. Therefore if we do not prevent CRP's decline, says Delta, more wetlands will be diverted for crops and fall below the 40 percent grassland threshold, resulting in dead broods and well-fed coyotes. The loss of habitat in the United States is a serious issue, but it's nothing compared to Canada's woes. Far from the pristine wilderness many Americans envision, much of prairie Canada has seen its wetlands drained and its grasslands tied up by cattle ranches. About two-thirds of the PPR is in Canada, and historically Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba produced two-thirds to three-fourths of all continental mallards. Yet by the 1990s fewer than two out of every five mallards nested north of the border and in 2009, for the first time ever, more ducks overall (14 million) nested in the United States than Canada (12.5 million). The trend has become more marked since. Duck populations are nowhere near the level they could be if Canada had a CRP-equivalent—one such attempt, the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program, has shown some promise. The key factors influencing annual variation in populations of mid-continent mallards: Note that three breeding-ground variables account for 76 percent of the yearly change. (Based on data compiled by Ducks-Unlimited Canada.) A 17-Year Lucky Streak


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Artists Alan Menken, Jim Carrey (beta)
Published March 02, 2011
Bad guys get the best songs.
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They're all drinking milk
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - With just days remaining in the 2013 Nevada Legislature, control of Senate was up in the air when Democrat Joyce Woodhouse flew home to Henderson to be with her ill husband.
Woodhouse's departure Friday night leaves the upper chamber in 10-10 partisan split.
Under Senate rules, Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki can only cast a tie-breaking vote on procedural matters, not final passage of a bill.
Bills that end in a tie vote fail.
Lawmakers are scrambling to process and finalize budget bills. The Legislature must adjourn by midnight Monday.
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Q. I have young Children. What do they do during worship?
A. We love and welcome children at Buck Mountain! Your children may stay in the church with you for the entire service. Feel free to bring quiet toys and other amusements to keep your young child occupied. If your child makes noise, consider it a gift to us. That's how we see it.
Your child may attend Sunday school during the school year for the first part of the worship service, then re-join you in
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Q. Do you always have Communion?
A. Almost always. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Communion at our church. If you are not baptized, or if for some reason you don't want to receive Communion, you may come forward with everyone else and cross your hands over your chest. This indicates to the priest that you wish to receive a blessing (a short prayer with her hand on your head) rather than Communion.
Q. How long are the worship services?
A. The morning service runs about an hour and 15 minutes. The evening services are about an hour.
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I'm a huge Bond fan and naturally rushed to the see Skyfall as soon as it was released. Well more than a week later and I still have the movie stuck in my head most importantly I have its costumes stick in my head. While yes the Bond girls had some divine ensembles it was Craig's attire I remain more interested in; the clean lines, the fresh forms and the lasting sharp impression. This is power dressing at its androgynous best as it commands respect and holds a brand new air of authority. Whether a tailored grey, modern metallic or opulent velvet the new suit can be worn from desk to bar with the simply undoing of a ponytail or the loosening of a collar. For more borrowed from the boys inspiration check out my older posts 'Dress Me Like a Lady Boy' and 'Driving Miss Dandy'.
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