Taking a cue from the Experts…
This is my own personal way of having a splendid weekend. We know that most people can achieve this type of feeling of euphoric buzz during the week; however, for me personally the demands of the week, deadlines, topics, running a very small business, and trying to see to it that everyone is happy, challenged, and certainly productive is a bit much on the plate of someone who has other interests as well.
Yet I have found after many years that it is the little things that count the most. Being able to get to my own essential stack of stuff, crack open a new book, perhaps even having an extended session with the band. It is those little things that we don’t place a lot of stock in that seems to present me the most autonomy, and as we all know it is autonomy indeed that brings many people the most happiness.
We all have our favorite writers based on genre. It wouldn’t be fair to ask Mr. George Will to write something such as Richard Russo’s masterful and gripping, Pulitzer Prize winning Empire Falls. Furthermore as great writers go, how could one call upon Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) to write political satire as well as George Will or even Herman Melville (Moby Dick) for that matter. The following excerpt is from an article written by Charles Krauthammer:
What do you do if you can’t run on your record — on 9 percent unemployment, stagnant growth and ruinous deficits as far as the eye can see? How to run when you are asked whether Americans are better off than they were four years ago and you are compelled to answer no?
Play the outsider. Declare yourself the underdog. Denounce Washington as if the electorate hasn’t noticed that you’ve been in charge of it for nearly three years. But above all: Find villains.President Obama first tried finding excuses, blaming America’s dismal condition on Japanese supply-chain interruptions, the Arab Spring, European debt and various acts of God.
Didn’t work. Sounds plaintive, defensive. Lacks fight, which is what Obama’s base lusts for above all. Hence Obama’s new strategy: Don’t whine, blame. Attack. Indict. Accuse. Who? The rich — and their Republican protectors — for wrecking America.
I sure have many more experts and their magnificent opinions just waiting to share.
Right now, “The Coming Battle” by M. W. Walbert is at the top of my list. I hadn’t scrolled through a book on my screen before. I went through the 493 pages in less than 22 minutes. Since it’s sequential and historical narrative, it read very easily. The big plus is that it was written before the fact of the Federal Reserve.
493 pages, at this link:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/comingbattle.htm
Hey George!! Good nah…Great to hear from you! Are you a speed reader? For me, depends on the material. If it’s intellectual or academia I read slower; however, all other (except gov’t bills) I go about as fast as I want.
I read something about your site hits and Fbook? Is there a noticeable improvement? And where did you acquire such an enormous amount of readers? Cheers!
Goin’ over to Fbook now…
I’ve been a photographic speed reader since the age of four. I’m able to read multiple books, at the same time. Dr. Stan Montieth could tell you something about the way I devour printed material. When I worked in talk radio, I read just about every book in that radio station, in 6 years. Randy Yarbrough of “To Free America” and I have similar levels of sarcasm and cynicism. I’ve had very good teachers, along the way. It’s fun to search out how many of my friends are on Internet radio. Robby Noel and Barrt Chamish are still plugging away. Michael Corbin of “A Closer Look” always said that he really needed me as a writer. I really miss his style in doing a radio program. If I were a good little corporate widget, I wouldn’t get booted down the road, as much as I have.
George:
Yep! You have mentioned something like this too me before,re:your reading capabilities. With the way you do it photographically, I’d lose my mind. Although I was diagnosed with a photographic memory.