Comments on: http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629 Welcome to the Barbershop Notebooks Blog!!! Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:11:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: R.oB. http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629/comment-page-1#comment-844984 R.oB. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:57:06 +0000 http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5629#comment-844984 The problem is james, is that the GOP calls Keynesian policies during peacetime The New Deal, which they hate. So, while the mechanism does work the end goals and our political will must change in order to make "peace profitable." The problem is james, is that the GOP calls Keynesian policies during peacetime The New Deal, which they hate. So, while the mechanism does work the end goals and our political will must change in order to make “peace profitable.”

]]> By: zhana http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629/comment-page-1#comment-844488 zhana Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5629#comment-844488 good piece! While I agree that war creates temporary jobs(as in what has been coined the military industrial complex)war making is also needed to sustain and reproduce the current world economy. War making i.e colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, whatever u want to call while employing workers in the US (albeit temporarily) also creates a global subordinate labor force. I think this part should not be forgotten. I think the last sentence is very telling because this is what most people in the US believe today. Unfortunately i dont think that is so. We have to scrutinize the type of jobs and who is getting these jobs. I think that is the kind of ideology that hides the processes that are displacing people both in the US and abroad. Here and I am quoting "According to a US Congress Joint Economic Committee report, in 2006, one out of every three Black males was not in the work force." http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=13120 The fact of the matter remains that war-making is not creating jobs for working-class people and people of color in the US (it may temporarily seem so) good piece! While I agree that war creates temporary jobs(as in what has been coined the military industrial complex)war making is also needed to sustain and reproduce the current world economy. War making i.e colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, whatever u want to call while employing workers in the US (albeit temporarily) also creates a global subordinate labor force. I think this part should not be forgotten. I think the last sentence is very telling because this is what most people in the US believe today. Unfortunately i dont think that is so. We have to scrutinize the type of jobs and who is getting these jobs. I think that is the kind of ideology that hides the processes that are displacing people both in the US and abroad. Here and I am quoting “According to a US Congress Joint Economic Committee report, in 2006, one out of every three Black males was not in the work force.” http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=13120
The fact of the matter remains that war-making is not creating jobs for working-class people and people of color in the US (it may temporarily seem so)

]]> By: DCI74 http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629/comment-page-1#comment-844423 DCI74 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5629#comment-844423 Peace can become profitable if as an global society we focus more resources on building up lands that need it the most including basic infrastructure i.e. quality roads, bridges, and modern transportation systems. The construction of these alone can create jobs and the subsequent access can also possibly provide more job opportunities. Peace can become profitable if as an global society we focus more resources on building up lands that need it the most including basic infrastructure i.e. quality roads, bridges, and modern transportation systems. The construction of these alone can create jobs and the subsequent access can also possibly provide more job opportunities.

]]> By: matt http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629/comment-page-1#comment-844417 matt Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:22:24 +0000 http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5629#comment-844417 thanks for reading james. i have a problem with your analogy because people die in war. and if i understand you correctly, you're saying that, as a nation, we find war entertaining. if that's the case (and i am certainly not saying it isn't), then what does that say about the spiritual and mental health of our society? thanks for reading james. i have a problem with your analogy because people die in war. and if i understand you correctly, you’re saying that, as a nation, we find war entertaining. if that’s the case (and i am certainly not saying it isn’t), then what does that say about the spiritual and mental health of our society?

]]> By: james http://www.marclamonthill.com/5629-5629/comment-page-1#comment-844387 james Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:00:28 +0000 http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5629#comment-844387 so, basically, if i'm understanding you correctly, what you're saying is that we need to shift our priorities from making war profitable to making peace profitable. problem is... peace, it's not a big ratings winner. matt, when was the last time you enjoyed watching a couple of football teams huddling up to compliment the other team on its beautiful uniforms? or how about a chess match where the kings and queens seek only to have one innocent dance with their counterparts? so, basically, if i’m understanding you correctly, what you’re saying is that we need to shift our priorities from making war profitable to making peace profitable.

problem is… peace, it’s not a big ratings winner. matt, when was the last time you enjoyed watching a couple of football teams huddling up to compliment the other team on its beautiful uniforms? or how about a chess match where the kings and queens seek only to have one innocent dance with their counterparts?

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