Monthly Archives: November 2012

Anyone want to live like the Tribes did when white man came? Not me, but there is no exit sans death. I’d like to leave this damnable country, but where? Isn’t the Constitution just a jumble of words against King … Continue reading →

Raptors for sale.

John Rubens 7009 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 876-1034; (323) 244-3060     Education: 1988 Santa Clara School of Law, J.D., Associate Editor Law Review 1987 1983 University of Strasbourg, France, Degree D’Etudes Francaises 1983 1981 University of … Continue reading →

“On election night, this happened!”

Rollerball II: Where the buck stops is sometimes where the corpus lies. Jonathan E. became “what every executive wanted to be” at the end of Rollerball (1975): bigger than the game. Contrast that post-Vietnam War theology with Leon Panetta’s reminder: … Continue reading →

Rollerball II Where the buck stops is sometimes where the corpus lies.    

Rollerball II The futility of individual effort: Obamaspeak; banks, insurance companies, ngo’s, “multi-national” Corporations, and State Bars. Strangely, not doctors, teachers or churches.

Jonathan E. in Rollerball (1975, A Film by Norman Jewison), could not be “touched” by the “Executive Council” because Jonathan was representing them and supposed to demonstrate the futility of individual effort. Down with the State Bar of California, the … Continue reading →

Daylight Savings Time is a Misnomer The government calls it “savings” but it’s actually simply stealing light from the morning to pay the evening. Suppose people spent less money in the afternoon hours; would there be a time adjustment? Misnomers … Continue reading →