tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post7918884022493633628..comments2024-03-25T03:20:57.659-04:00Comments on My Daily Struggles: Funny Dream: Monsieur Le President et MoiMy Daily Struggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-48879813824331103132011-07-12T10:41:05.958-04:002011-07-12T10:41:05.958-04:00All of my dream interpretations can be accessed at...All of my dream interpretations can be accessed at the following site:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_817690145" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_817690145" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/06/birth-of-joseph-dreamer.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/06/birth-of-joseph-dreamer.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-32788846056845384242011-07-10T16:40:36.800-04:002011-07-10T16:40:36.800-04:00assassination of "the president" = loss ...assassination of "the president" = loss of an erection?<br /><br />The penis figuratively bleeds to "death."My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-18882523681797645332011-07-10T16:39:35.405-04:002011-07-10T16:39:35.405-04:00The term assassination can denote a type of homici...The term assassination can denote a type of homicide.<br /><br />The term assassination can also denote defamation as in "character assassination."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1364895137" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1364895137" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/04/me-and-martin-luther-identification.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/04/me-and-martin-luther-identification.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-48488077796698727242011-07-10T16:36:23.175-04:002011-07-10T16:36:23.175-04:00A discussion of the phallic narcissistic character...A discussion of the phallic narcissistic character:<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1161193870" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1161193870" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OO2ky37krBMC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=%22the+designation+of+the+phallic+narcissistic+character%22&source=bl&ots=zK3sSmxoWa&sig=Eo5AHhu5hW-PvSqBEvvoACMKfHI&hl=en&ei=1wwaTsvpHqu00AHzkaiXBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20designation%20of%20the%20phallic%20narcissistic%20character%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=OO2ky37krBMC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=%22the+designation+of+the+phallic+narcissistic+character%22&source=bl&ots=zK3sSmxoWa&sig=Eo5AHhu5hW-PvSqBEvvoACMKfHI&hl=en&ei=1wwaTsvpHqu00AHzkaiXBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20designation%20of%20the%20phallic%20narcissistic%20character%22&f=false</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-68273248055131113052011-07-08T14:08:36.941-04:002011-07-08T14:08:36.941-04:00"I formed the paranoid belief that Akin Gump ..."I formed the paranoid belief that Akin Gump spoke to Prof. Stern about me."<br /><br />Page 476 of my copy of Prof. Stern's book contains a handwritten notation that I wrote years before I worked at AGSHF. (I had purchased the book in about 1977). The notation is a quote from the Final Scene of Goethe's Faust. (Gustav Mahler set that scene to music in his 8th symphony. July 7 was Mahler's birthday). "Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest, zu tragen peinlich. Und waer Er von Asbest, Er ist nicht reinlich." "We still bear traces of the Earth, which is not seemly. And even if it were of Asbestos, it is not pure."<br /><br />Perhaps AGSHF was faxed a copy of p. 476 by Sheppard Pratt and was curious about the quote ("What is Freedman referring to?"). Perhaps the firm contacted Prof. Stern to find out what that quote was from?My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-3069665142112156412011-07-08T09:59:07.951-04:002011-07-08T09:59:07.951-04:00The night before I had the dream, on the evening o...The night before I had the dream, on the evening of July 6, 2011, I was ruminating about my fantasy of <i>making a lot of money</i> from my book <i>Significant Moments</i>, then using that money to buy a condo in Miami Beach.<br /><br />My thoughts turned to an anecdote I had read about the composer Richard Strauss. When the German Kaiser complained about the unseemly subject matter of his opera <i>Salome</i>, Strauss said to a third party that the money he made from that opera had allowed him to buy property for his villa at Garmisch. (A somewhat wiseacre way of responding to the statement of a head of state -- compare David Gregory's wiseacre behavior with President Bush).<br /><br />"The triumph [of <i>Salome</i>] was so complete that Strauss could afford to laugh off criticism from Kaiser Wilhelm II. "I am sorry that Strauss composed this <i>Salome,"</i> the Kaiser reportedly said. "Normally I'm very keen on him, but this is going to do him a lot of damage." Strauss would relate this story and add with a flourish: "Thanks to that damage I was able to build my villa in Garmisch!"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_976032445" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2008/11/21/the-rest-is-noise.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/2008/11/21/the-rest-is-noise.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-77221103218592782942011-07-08T09:43:44.201-04:002011-07-08T09:43:44.201-04:00A year ago (around July 2010) I watched the follow...A year ago (around July 2010) I watched the following YouTube video several times; it contains English subtitles for Mahler's song "Little Rhein Legend." So I am aware of the subject of the song (see link in above comment).<br /><br />Oddly enough, the innocent song about a <i>gold</i> ring has political references: references to a king (head of state). <br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_226498324" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KVe2sZxEU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KVe2sZxEU</a> <br />Prof. Stern's book ("<i>Gold</i> and Iron") concerns the relationship of a Jewish banker and German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-31792854514263483972011-07-08T09:19:55.212-04:002011-07-08T09:19:55.212-04:00Gustav Mahler was a victim of anti-Semitism in Vie...Gustav Mahler was a victim of anti-Semitism in Vienna; in fact, he lost his conducting post there because of anti-Semitism.<br /><br />On July 5, 2010--one year ago--I wrote a blog post about Mahler titled: "Taking on the World: A Sister Sings Mahler." The post links up the themes of racism against blacks in the U.S., Mahler, and anti-Semitism and features the black soprano, the late Shirley Verret, singing one of Mahler's songs.<br /><br />Perhaps these associations relate to the manifest dream thoughts about "homeless shelter" and Eleanor Holmes Norton.<br /><br />Mahler said famously: I am thrice <i>homeless</i>, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.”<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_151646099" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_151646099" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/07/sister-sings-mahler.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/07/sister-sings-mahler.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-72277136918788489212011-07-08T07:57:35.252-04:002011-07-08T07:57:35.252-04:00The blog post "Did Akin Gump Operate Like a C...The blog post "Did Akin Gump Operate Like a Cult?" contains the following quote:<br /><br />"(Incidentally, Professor Stern's book, a study of anti-Semitism in late 19th-century Germany, recounts the relationship between Gerson Bleichr”der, a wealthy German-Jewish banker and power broker and a confidant of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In crucial ways the BleichrØder-Bismarck relationship parallels the relationship between Akin Gump partner and senior manager Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. and President Clinton. Stern is a professor of history at Columbia University.)"<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_503981977" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_503981977" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-akin-gump-operate-like-cult.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-akin-gump-operate-like-cult.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-79772944806695915482011-07-07T15:58:44.278-04:002011-07-07T15:58:44.278-04:00The playwright Clifford Odets used to refer to his...The playwright Clifford Odets used to refer to his penis as "The President."<br /><br />Apparently the blog post title has phallic associations.My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-30878594120306278402011-07-07T11:32:36.538-04:002011-07-07T11:32:36.538-04:00GW's test report (May 1994, Yu Ling Han) state...GW's test report (May 1994, Yu Ling Han) states:<br /><br />"A more exploratory and interpersonal approach to therapy must be handled cautiously, as it may awaken feelings of false hopes disappointments, and self-deprecation that are too painful for Mr. Freedman to tolerate at this time."<br /><br />She seems to say that I can't handle depth insights. I would dispute that. On an intellectual level I understand a lot about myself. That intellectual understanding, however, is split off from any awareness of associated emotions. In other words, I show massive splitting and isolative defenses.My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-53253790174296489372011-07-07T09:24:21.104-04:002011-07-07T09:24:21.104-04:00The defamatory statement about Jean Sarkozy was:
...The defamatory statement about Jean Sarkozy was:<br /><br />"The young man, Siné wrote without a shred of evidence, was planning to convert to Judaism before marrying Jessica Sebaoun-Darty, the Jewish heiress of a huge electronics chain. 'He'll go a long way in life, this lad!' Siné commented. The piece was published without controversy - until several days later, when a radio presenter referred to it as anti-Semitic. The families of those concerned were said to be 'sickened'. Val, who took the controversial decision to re-publish a Danish newspaper's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed two years ago in the name of freedom of the press, agreed that the piece was offensive and told its author to apologise.<br /><br />Siné refused, saying he would rather 'cut his own nuts off' and was, more or less, fired. Cue outrage, argument, counter argument, argument. Was the original statement anti-Semitic? For Val, there was no doubt. Siné's statements, he said last week, 'could be interpreted as making a link between conversion to Judaism and social success' and that they spread the old stereotype associating Jews and money."<br /><br />Note the following passage, specifically the phrase: "Siné's statements, he said last week, <i><b>'could be interpreted as</b></i> making a link between conversion to Judaism and social success'"<br /><br />The D.C. Corporation Counsel in its Reply Brief in <i>Freedman v. D.C. Dept. Human Rights</i> made much ado about my repeated use of the phrase "could be interpreted as" -- as in (paraphrasing) "Freedman believes her statement 'could be interpreted as' evidence of anti-Semitism." Apparently a sign of mental illness?My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-64768105351980711742011-07-07T09:10:03.609-04:002011-07-07T09:10:03.609-04:00ELAINE: You know, George, admitting another man i...ELAINE: You know, George, admitting another man is good-looking doesn't mean you're gay.<br /><br />GEORGE: Well, it doesn't help!My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-76172029277764338002011-07-07T07:17:47.997-04:002011-07-07T07:17:47.997-04:00"Jews eat the food of whatever culture they a..."Jews eat the food of whatever culture they are a part of." See YouTube link in post featuring an interview with Jewish cook, Arthur Schwartz.<br /><br />Heinrich Heine (who coined the term <i>Lisztomania,</i> by the way) said, "Jews are like everyone else, only more so."My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-32635736235234016492011-07-07T05:38:10.907-04:002011-07-07T05:38:10.907-04:00The day before I dreamed "The Dream of Milton...The day before I dreamed "The Dream of Milton's Successor" I saw former U.S.A.G. Dick Thornburgh in an office building in downtown Washington and wondered whether he recognized me and would report to Bob Strauss that he saw me.<br /><br />Both A.G. Thornburgh and Ambassador Bob Strauss worked in the Bush Administration.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1764308378" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1764308378" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1764308378" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2009/10/dream-of-miltons-successor.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2009/10/dream-of-miltons-successor.html</a><br /><br />Several years ago I had an email exchange with Gov. Thornburgh about the legal issue of defamation. Both Jean Sarkozy and I were victims of defamation.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2122690782" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/01/message-from-former-attorney-general-of.html" rel="nofollow">http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/01/message-from-former-attorney-general-of.html</a>My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.com