An important message from Lazenbee Industries
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Fear Management
Since the early days of Lazenbee, back in the mid 80's, we've worked hard to "re-direct the flow", and we've been fairly successful. It's clear when you see that debate has been all but obliterated in politics and journalism that we've had some effect. But halfway there is like halfway pregnant - it ain't happenin'.
So while we're gladdened by the vacuous nature of the exchanges between Our Dear Leader and the "opposition", our spirits again become deflated by the frankly inept handling of some of the most basic techniques of Behaviour Actualisation.
So let's have a recap: don't start something you can't finish. Follow-through is the whole point.
Since the early days of Lazenbee, back in the mid 80's, we've worked hard to "re-direct the flow", and we've been fairly successful. It's clear when you see that debate has been all but obliterated in politics and journalism that we've had some effect. But halfway there is like halfway pregnant - it ain't happenin'.
So while we're gladdened by the vacuous nature of the exchanges between Our Dear Leader and the "opposition", our spirits again become deflated by the frankly inept handling of some of the most basic techniques of Behaviour Actualisation.
So let's have a recap: don't start something you can't finish. Follow-through is the whole point.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Diplomacy - with a vengeance!
As always, we're charmed to see America's sweetheart threatening to use diplomacy, but we fear that it may not have the desired effect, for reasons that Prof Blankenship has outlined elsewhere. Suffice it to say, this may have all the pulling power of "An Evening with Alistair Campbell".
But how it brings back memories of an earlier, more temperate age. It was 1967, and our own Lars Kefauver had passed the high water mark of his career. He was beginning what was to be a six-week run at Jimmy Wong's and had hit on the idea of trying to "re-tool" contemporary popular music.
Suffice it to say, his own brand of strident patriotism, free-jazz and abuse missed it's mark. Few who were there will forget the sight of a red-faced, sweaty and goggle-eyed Lars being dragged off the stage, screaming "Go to hell you f****ing beatniks! I claw your eyes out!", and then tossing raw meat into the audience, exhorting them to "smoke that!".
Will Ms Rice's intervention have the same effect on her desired audience? Only time will tell...
As always, we're charmed to see America's sweetheart threatening to use diplomacy, but we fear that it may not have the desired effect, for reasons that Prof Blankenship has outlined elsewhere. Suffice it to say, this may have all the pulling power of "An Evening with Alistair Campbell".
But how it brings back memories of an earlier, more temperate age. It was 1967, and our own Lars Kefauver had passed the high water mark of his career. He was beginning what was to be a six-week run at Jimmy Wong's and had hit on the idea of trying to "re-tool" contemporary popular music.
Suffice it to say, his own brand of strident patriotism, free-jazz and abuse missed it's mark. Few who were there will forget the sight of a red-faced, sweaty and goggle-eyed Lars being dragged off the stage, screaming "Go to hell you f****ing beatniks! I claw your eyes out!", and then tossing raw meat into the audience, exhorting them to "smoke that!".
Will Ms Rice's intervention have the same effect on her desired audience? Only time will tell...
Saturday, May 27, 2006
"For the moment, however, a different understanding of freedom reigned supreme, one that reveled in the unimpeded reign of economic enterprise, yet tolerated the coercive surveillance of private life and individual conscience. The proposerity of the 1920s and the elimination of "widespread poverty" (or so President Hoover claimed in his inaugural address of 1929) seemed to vindicate this definition of freedom. When the economic crash came, it would be swept aside..."
-Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom, pp. 192-3
-Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom, pp. 192-3
Progressive pre-emption
Much as we adore the self-satirising nature of Our Dear Leader, we at Lazenbee feel duty bound to point out to the Behaviour Actualisation community that bad form is no substitute for full spectrum dominance.
After all, if this keeps up, the "people" may start to notice.
Euston - we have a problem!
"It is an old and historically established maxim that obsolete social forces, nominally still in possession of all the attributes of power and continuing to vegetate long after the basis of their existence has rotted away, inasmuch as the heirs are quarrelling among themselves over the inheritance even before the obituary notice has been printed and the testament read -- that these forces once more summon all their strength before their agony of death, pass from the defensive to the offensive, challenge instead of giving way, and seek to draw the most extreme conclusions from premises which have not only been put in question but already condemned."
"It is an old and historically established maxim that obsolete social forces, nominally still in possession of all the attributes of power and continuing to vegetate long after the basis of their existence has rotted away, inasmuch as the heirs are quarrelling among themselves over the inheritance even before the obituary notice has been printed and the testament read -- that these forces once more summon all their strength before their agony of death, pass from the defensive to the offensive, challenge instead of giving way, and seek to draw the most extreme conclusions from premises which have not only been put in question but already condemned."
Friday, May 26, 2006
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Investor news
We're always delighted to see new, innovative, solutions-based thinking at work. While the artless whine, the art world dreams of a better future. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, as Joey Bishop no doubt said.
And are we surprised that the effervescent Bono is one of those helping to pave the way forward?
No.
We're always delighted to see new, innovative, solutions-based thinking at work. While the artless whine, the art world dreams of a better future. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, as Joey Bishop no doubt said.
And are we surprised that the effervescent Bono is one of those helping to pave the way forward?
No.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Behave!
One of the things that those of us in the Behaviour Actualisation community have been banging on about for quite some time now is that if you're going to achieve your ends, you must take control.
And yet, we have watched in stupefied amazement at the inept handling of the present situation. While it has been amazing to see the degree to which the Enabling community is willing to "pull the wool over its own eyes", no one should be under any illusions that the "public" will never wake up to the fact it is being offered the same shell game.
If things don't pick up some time soon, we at Lazenbee may need to take up Prof Blankenship's offer of sanctuary on Planet Q-78.
In the meantime, please - could everyone remember that the point of surplus acquisition is not simply "to make a profit" - but the ultimate goal: "the privatisation of the public".
One of the things that those of us in the Behaviour Actualisation community have been banging on about for quite some time now is that if you're going to achieve your ends, you must take control.
And yet, we have watched in stupefied amazement at the inept handling of the present situation. While it has been amazing to see the degree to which the Enabling community is willing to "pull the wool over its own eyes", no one should be under any illusions that the "public" will never wake up to the fact it is being offered the same shell game.
If things don't pick up some time soon, we at Lazenbee may need to take up Prof Blankenship's offer of sanctuary on Planet Q-78.
In the meantime, please - could everyone remember that the point of surplus acquisition is not simply "to make a profit" - but the ultimate goal: "the privatisation of the public".
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Investor Alert 2!
We at Lazenbee Industries have endeavoured, as plainly as we possibly could, to direct the gaze of the Behaviour Actualisation community towards something other than their stock portfolios - namely, maintaining control. And yet, we now sit dumbstruck at the, frankly, ham-fisted performance now in evidence at the Head Office. If this keeps up, the privatisation of the public will have to wait.
White House Press Briefing:
MR. McCLELLAN: And we -- if you look at what the Department of Transportation, for instance, has done, they have moved I think approximately 1,000 truckloads containing more than -- nearly 7 million Meals Ready To Eat to the region. They have moved millions of gallons of water, 15,000-plus tarps, 10,000-plus rolls of plastic sheeting, 3.4 million pounds of ice that they have helped to transport to those who are in need of those supplies.
Q But none of that means anything to somebody who has been living on an interstate overpass for the last three days, without food or water, or any kind of assistance, local or federal.
MR. McCLELLAN: As we were passing over the region yesterday, Bill, we saw people that were standing on those highways, those highways that just disappeared into the water. We saw people that were on rooftops. We saw helicopters in the distance engaged in search and rescue operations as we were passing through the region.
Our concern, first and foremost, is with the people who have been displaced or affected otherwise by this major catastrophe. It is a major catastrophe and there is a major response to this catastrophe. And the federal government will continue working to do everything in our power to get help to those in need. But we certainly understand the frustration coming from people on the ground who are in need of help and we will continue working to get them the assistance that they need. We appreciate the efforts of all those in the region who are working round-the-clock to make sure that they are getting help.
Q Are you going to bring back any National Guardsmen from Iraq to help?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think that the military talked about that a little bit yesterday. I think you're talking about two separate priorities and we're addressing both. And they'll be talking later today, I think, about some of the ongoing increase in the number of National Guard units that are being deployed to the New Orleans area to meet the security and law enforcement needs that are on the ground.
Q Do you have enough troops on hand?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think that they've indicated that, yes.
Q Scott, what impact is this having on the budget? Are you preparing a budget supplemental to take care of it, or how much money are we talking about?
MR. McCLELLAN: That is a good question.
We at Lazenbee Industries have endeavoured, as plainly as we possibly could, to direct the gaze of the Behaviour Actualisation community towards something other than their stock portfolios - namely, maintaining control. And yet, we now sit dumbstruck at the, frankly, ham-fisted performance now in evidence at the Head Office. If this keeps up, the privatisation of the public will have to wait.
White House Press Briefing:
MR. McCLELLAN: And we -- if you look at what the Department of Transportation, for instance, has done, they have moved I think approximately 1,000 truckloads containing more than -- nearly 7 million Meals Ready To Eat to the region. They have moved millions of gallons of water, 15,000-plus tarps, 10,000-plus rolls of plastic sheeting, 3.4 million pounds of ice that they have helped to transport to those who are in need of those supplies.
Q But none of that means anything to somebody who has been living on an interstate overpass for the last three days, without food or water, or any kind of assistance, local or federal.
MR. McCLELLAN: As we were passing over the region yesterday, Bill, we saw people that were standing on those highways, those highways that just disappeared into the water. We saw people that were on rooftops. We saw helicopters in the distance engaged in search and rescue operations as we were passing through the region.
Our concern, first and foremost, is with the people who have been displaced or affected otherwise by this major catastrophe. It is a major catastrophe and there is a major response to this catastrophe. And the federal government will continue working to do everything in our power to get help to those in need. But we certainly understand the frustration coming from people on the ground who are in need of help and we will continue working to get them the assistance that they need. We appreciate the efforts of all those in the region who are working round-the-clock to make sure that they are getting help.
Q Are you going to bring back any National Guardsmen from Iraq to help?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think that the military talked about that a little bit yesterday. I think you're talking about two separate priorities and we're addressing both. And they'll be talking later today, I think, about some of the ongoing increase in the number of National Guard units that are being deployed to the New Orleans area to meet the security and law enforcement needs that are on the ground.
Q Do you have enough troops on hand?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think that they've indicated that, yes.
Q Scott, what impact is this having on the budget? Are you preparing a budget supplemental to take care of it, or how much money are we talking about?
MR. McCLELLAN: That is a good question.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Sighs, dozen madder
We remain somewhat nonplussed towards the Actualising Community, yet before we are accused of being contrarians, consider the following:
The UK (as it is presently known) is currently conducting an election. Millions of electors are now to consider the arguments of a variety of political parties. The "mainstream" media make these arguments available, distilling the "messages" into bite sized chunks.
While we have no objections to this paradigm, we are concerned at the artlessness of the presentation.
We'll leave the inimitable Prof Blankenship to fill in the details. For now, what is essential is to understand that, delightful as it is to pretend, we cannot take for granted that "class" will forever remain "off the table". It's fine for Enablers to think this, but when we see Actualisers thinking this way, we become worried. Because it's time to circle the wagons. Asset stripping is one thing.
Drawing attention to it is another.
We remain somewhat nonplussed towards the Actualising Community, yet before we are accused of being contrarians, consider the following:
The UK (as it is presently known) is currently conducting an election. Millions of electors are now to consider the arguments of a variety of political parties. The "mainstream" media make these arguments available, distilling the "messages" into bite sized chunks.
While we have no objections to this paradigm, we are concerned at the artlessness of the presentation.
We'll leave the inimitable Prof Blankenship to fill in the details. For now, what is essential is to understand that, delightful as it is to pretend, we cannot take for granted that "class" will forever remain "off the table". It's fine for Enablers to think this, but when we see Actualisers thinking this way, we become worried. Because it's time to circle the wagons. Asset stripping is one thing.
Drawing attention to it is another.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Investor Alert! "I wish I could gie ya the feelin"
Lazenbee Industries asks investors to please take note:
Only those suffering from serious delusions could fail to see the pitfalls of the present form of "debate" now dominant in the sole "superpower". But what is perhaps less obvious, is the way that millions of "common" people are now aware that they have a potential power. And they are acting upon this knowledge.
Not good news for the Actualising Community.
More bad news comes - again - from the new Labour camp, which grinds forward with its "election campaign". It is not so much the vapidity or the Orwellian nature of the current exercise which vexes us (though we do find it comforting that even the opposition displays the visage of our Dear Leader). No, it is the fact that electorate is less than enamoured with the whole process and is beginning to do things about it. And some of the less wellhinged are starting to panic and say things they may wish they shouldn't have. Things Enablers might read.
But - on the brighter side, some things never change.
Lazenbee Industries asks investors to please take note:
Only those suffering from serious delusions could fail to see the pitfalls of the present form of "debate" now dominant in the sole "superpower". But what is perhaps less obvious, is the way that millions of "common" people are now aware that they have a potential power. And they are acting upon this knowledge.
Not good news for the Actualising Community.
More bad news comes - again - from the new Labour camp, which grinds forward with its "election campaign". It is not so much the vapidity or the Orwellian nature of the current exercise which vexes us (though we do find it comforting that even the opposition displays the visage of our Dear Leader). No, it is the fact that electorate is less than enamoured with the whole process and is beginning to do things about it. And some of the less wellhinged are starting to panic and say things they may wish they shouldn't have. Things Enablers might read.
But - on the brighter side, some things never change.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Sinful wages
If today's investor ever needed another example of why we must "privatise the public" as soon as possible, then the streets of Glasgow and London provided the very thing today.
We cannot help but feel a sense of dismay when we think of the ground which has been lost in recent years - but then we see that there still people who care, and we can't help smiling.
If today's investor ever needed another example of why we must "privatise the public" as soon as possible, then the streets of Glasgow and London provided the very thing today.
We cannot help but feel a sense of dismay when we think of the ground which has been lost in recent years - but then we see that there still people who care, and we can't help smiling.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Forward not back
We wish to express our concern at the apparent aimlessness of the once mighty and masterful minds of the new Labour project.
It isn't simply the manner in which the "ball is being dropped."
No, it goes further than this. Once upon a time, we at Lazenbee Industries marvelled - yes, absolutely marvelled - at the furious pace with which "Old Britain" was obliterated. Concepts like "liberty" and "happiness" became as meaningless as the jazzy scat doodlings of some hopheaded lounge lizard.
But, as the great Professor Earl K Blankenship has pointed out, time and time again, the goal must be the "privatisation of the public". Investors must be aware that we are now further from that goal today, not closer.
It is time for Actualisers to consider something bolder than "blue sky" "thinking outside the box". Vapourise the sky, dismantle the box and plan ahead.
We wish to express our concern at the apparent aimlessness of the once mighty and masterful minds of the new Labour project.
It isn't simply the manner in which the "ball is being dropped."
No, it goes further than this. Once upon a time, we at Lazenbee Industries marvelled - yes, absolutely marvelled - at the furious pace with which "Old Britain" was obliterated. Concepts like "liberty" and "happiness" became as meaningless as the jazzy scat doodlings of some hopheaded lounge lizard.
But, as the great Professor Earl K Blankenship has pointed out, time and time again, the goal must be the "privatisation of the public". Investors must be aware that we are now further from that goal today, not closer.
It is time for Actualisers to consider something bolder than "blue sky" "thinking outside the box". Vapourise the sky, dismantle the box and plan ahead.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Mea Culpa
It has come to the attention of the Board of Management of Lazenbee Industries that the "posting" of items on this blog has been less than dynamic.
And for this, we are sorry beyond measure.
Yet, we simply say to you that change, will be both bold and positive, can at times be fraught with "difficulties". The recent slew of right-sizings to which Lazenbee Industries has been committed to has demanded more attention than one would have thought possible. And yet.
And yet, we feel confident that a progressive and fiscally responsible outcome will lead to a future that is rewarding, nimble and pliant.
We look forward to meeting your needs.
It has come to the attention of the Board of Management of Lazenbee Industries that the "posting" of items on this blog has been less than dynamic.
And for this, we are sorry beyond measure.
Yet, we simply say to you that change, will be both bold and positive, can at times be fraught with "difficulties". The recent slew of right-sizings to which Lazenbee Industries has been committed to has demanded more attention than one would have thought possible. And yet.
And yet, we feel confident that a progressive and fiscally responsible outcome will lead to a future that is rewarding, nimble and pliant.
We look forward to meeting your needs.
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
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