Also in that first post, I explained how I chose “THAT ‘WASP’ NAME<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Moving right along, on March 18 I posted\u00a0Jeremiah and the Parable of the Dirty Underwear<\/a>. \u00a0For the Bible version, see\u00a0\u00a0Jeremiah 13:1-11<\/a>. \u00a0(An “interesting read.”) \u00a0<\/em>It also cited a\u00a0Harry Golden<\/a>\u00a0essay with a similar story. \u00a0As to that I wrote, “few people would use ‘schmooze’ and ‘death’ in the same sentence, let alone the same title, but Golden did.”<\/p>\n The next stop – metaphorically speaking – was\u00a0Pink Floyd and \u201crigid schooling<\/a>.” \u00a0That post compared modern musicians like\u00a0Pink Floyd<\/a>\u00a0with old-time Bible prophets like\u00a0Isaiah<\/a>. For example, in\u00a0The Wall<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Pink Floyd took issue with – among other things – “an out-of-touch education system bent on producing compliant cogs in the societal wheel.” \u00a0In a similar way – according to guys like Isaac Asimov<\/a>\u00a0– the Bible prophets of 3,000 or more years ago were also<\/em>\u00a0considered the \u201cradicals of their day.\u201d \u00a0Isaiah for one took great issue with the kind of priesthood that was “primarily interested in the minutiae of ritual<\/strong><\/em>.”<\/p>\n That included one big difference: \u00a0In\u00a0Ridley Scott<\/a>‘s 2014\u00a0version – including the image at left, of Moses and “Pharaoh” –\u00a0<\/span>God<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was portrayed by “a <\/span>bratty kid with an English accent<\/strong><\/em>.” \u00a0I also noted that “the Moses played by\u00a0Christian Bale<\/a>\u00a0was<\/em> more human, more like us today and therefore more believable.” \u00a0I ended that post with two points:<\/span><\/p>\n First:\u00a0 To the icons<\/a> that we choose to throw our cares and responsibilities on \u2013 like Moses \u2013 we followers are pretty much a pain in the neck<\/a>… \u00a0Second:\u00a0 Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/em><\/strong> is a pretty good movie and well worth seeing, if only in the interest of broadening your horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And finally, I closed out the month of March 2015 with\u00a0\u201cWhen adultery was proof of \u2018loyalty<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Looking back – a year later – I think I may have been a bit\u00a0prescient<\/a>. \u00a0Harry’s essay on “when adultery was proof of loyalty” was set during the time of the\u00a0Commonwealth of England<\/a>. \u00a0That came after\u00a0the Execution of Charles I<\/a>, in 1649. \u00a0Basically a bunch of\u00a0radical conservatives<\/a><\/em>\u00a0took over the government, shook things up, and made every Englishman’s life miserable.<\/p>\n Which naturally gave rise to a whole lot of quasi-religious hypocrisy<\/a>:<\/p>\n One may easily see how desire for office or promotion led to hypocrisy.\u00a0 If sour looks, upturned eyes, nasal twang, speech garnished with Old Testament texts, were means to favor, there were others who could assume them besides those naturally afflicted with such habits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At the time I asked, “Does any of this sound familiar?” \u00a0In closing I noted one of Harry Golden’s main points in his essay, that history repeats itself in cycles<\/a>. \u00a0Which led to the question:<\/p>\n * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 *<\/p>\n Joseph N. Welch<\/a> (at left) tries to figure a way to escape McCarthyism<\/a><\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 *<\/p>\n The upper image is courtesy of the article\u00a0Nell Gwyn<\/a>,\u00a0included in\u00a0Charles II of England<\/a><\/em>. The full caption reads: \u201cNell Gwynn was one of the first English<\/a>\u00a0actresses<\/a> and a mistress of King Charles II of England<\/a>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n The lower image is courtesy of\u00a0McCarthyism \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a>. \u00a0See also\u00a0<\/em>Joseph Nye Welch<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 shown in the lower image at left \u2013 as \u201chead counsel for the United States Army<\/a> while it was under investigation by Joseph McCarthy<\/a>\u2019s Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations<\/a> for Communist activities.\u201d See also – r<\/em>e: history repeating in cycles – Historic recurrence \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * I started this blog a year ago. \u00a0My first post came on March 12, 2015, with \u201cBirdman,\u201d the movie. 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I posted On \u201cExodus: Gods and Kings<\/a>” on March 28, 2015. \u00a0I noted the natural inclination to compare that 2014 movie with the 1956\u00a0DeMille film, The Ten Commandments<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
“Which cycle are we in now??”<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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