Note It in the Log

Just moments after the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg Captain Edward Smith told first officer Murdoch to "note it in the log"—a command that presumably linked the idea of posterity alongside the written word. & of course the Titanic’s log went down with the ship.

"Note it in the log" is such a serious tip of the hat to faith. Write a sonnet. Someone will be around ages hence to read it.

Where do sonnets reside? In books. & books live in the libraries. & libraries depend on funding. & funding depends on the global economy.

Note it in the log

& I saw no difference between the right wing of the GOP as its membership sought to derail the bailout of Wall Street & their disdain for books. They’re all so busy imagining the rapture they don’t have time for sonnets or your child’s education or anything that might look like the future. Of course they’ll say they don’t think the government should save private capital. But that’s not their real objection to the emergency legislation being debated now in Washington. The ultra ultra right wingers of the Republican party believe this world is mostly toast. They also think they can take their money with them to heaven which of course looks like Dubai.

Note it in the log, Mr. Murdoch.

S.K. .

Comments

[william Peace]

Goodness, this is great. Yesterday was a wild day on Wall Street and stocks took a giant dive. This is a sign of a much larger financial and social problem that started with Ronald Reagan and deregulation. Thanks to Reagan and a succession of conservative pro business administrations the wealth of this country is now in the hands of a tiny minority of individuals. These men and women are rich beyond the wildest dreams of the average American who struggles to keep up with the rapidly rising price of energy. To the best of my knowledge there is no historical president for the wealth of this nation to be held by so few. Sure wealthy people have always existed, think about the Phipps, Whitneys, Vanderbilts etc., but they had a paternalistic approach capitalism. Today the wealthiest Americans have no sense of ethics and the result is that the disparity between those who are rich and poor is as wide as the Grand Canyon. In a world where the wealthy are a class apart the average person is struggling to survive and heat their home. Can politicians think and help? After yesterday, I am not sure.