Tag: Oz

Got a Sociological Imagination?

Greetings, TBPers… I ran across something I wrote about 10 years ago and a friend suggested I post it here.   There are many on this site that throw shade at the discipline of Sociology and me for varying reasons. I believe some of it is justified while some of it might come from misrepresentations of the field in general.  I understand that most assume the only job someone with a degree in sociology does is act as a social worker , reinforcing the establishment and government over the people; the antithesis to much of what we discuss on this site about government corruption, graft and hierarchies of power.

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My Life In Oz

SUBMITTED BY — GEO3 

(Written in March, 2011)

Part of my lifelong fascination with the Wizard of Oz, and definitely the “good” witch, Glenda. A short tale of a day in the life of your average “Tin-Buffer” in the land of OZ.

Geo3

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Being the first to arrive at work grants a few privileges. With no supervisors around, I can easily spend the first 30 minutes of my day solving the crossword as published in the OZ Oracle. Not much of a challenge as the Wizard clue appears three to four times.


 
I am a level-3 tin buffer. Almost 20 years of metal dust and shiny butts are my epitaph. Customers are steady, most with a severe case of corrosion, but a few we are suspicious of who reappear weekly wanting only certain areas buffed or lubed lightly and then asking for a cigarette afterwards.
 

Level-4 of my profession requires special training as this involves facial contours, and just one slight abrasion can cause these prima-donnas to go off. There is talk of newer models being either aluminum or plastic which will not require our services, so perhaps it won’t be worth my while to go for the higher level license.

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Dahum! It turns out Obama didn’t pay her mortgage after all

Surely, you remember this lovely citizen voter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=P36x8rTb3jI

Well, it seems the bloom has fallen off the rose. Peggy Joseph is a suburban soccer mom with four children, who earns her living as a hard-working nurse, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, and has no history of ever accepting any form of government assistance or taxpayer-funded handouts.

She learned something about Obama —– “He had a very big voice, just like the Wizard of Oz. The wizard was this little teeny-teeny tiny man, and I think it’s the same thing with Obama, the man behind the curtain.”

She learned something about herself —– “It’s within ourselves to have the determination, the courage, and the brains, to bring us to our destiny.”

I vacillate between hope and hopelessness, sometimes from one minute to the next.  Right now I feel a little bit of hope.  I’m sure one of Admin’s posts will change that.