About Willy
“Death of a Salesman” was first produced in New York in 1949. It was written by Arthur Miller and was described as a scathing review of the American Dream of achieving wealth and success without regard of character or integrity or principles.
The excesses of the post war 1940’s produced allot of national self reflection. Sayed Kotb and Leo Strauss both looked at this developing American Dream and came to many of the same conclusions about how potentially disastrous it could become. Kotb would go home to Egypt with visions of Vanguards of an Islamic State that would protect the people from this corrupt Western Culture. Strauss taught at the University of Chicago. He too was deeply concerned about this culture of Liberal Freedoms because it would encourage people to question everything; all values and moral truths. Without a shared system of values, liberalism would shatter communal ties and lead to anarchy. His solution was to wrap people in a comfortable web of Noble Lies of religion and National Destiny.
Straussian Philosophy in the hands of young idealists like Irvin Kristol and Paul Wolfowitz would transform itself into the Neoconservative Movement.
Kotb would return to Egypt and join the Muslim Brotherhood to struggle against British rule with Gen. Nasir. When they won, Gen. Nasir began to set up a secular government and the Brotherhood and Kotb vowed to overthrow Nasir. Kotb would be captured and imprisoned for many years and he continued to write. Deeply influenced by Kotb, a student named Amen Zuwaheri took up his cause for the formation of an Islamic State, free of Western greed and individualism. Zuwaheri would become the mentor of one Osama bin Laden.
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was given to Arthur Miller in 1949. His play is arguably the only true example of a classic Tragedy, in the Greek style, ever written by an American Playwright and it is just as relevant today as it was on opening night in 1949. Perhaps, in this given context, even more.
Willy Loman became a part of our shared history and his roots are forever intertwined with history. His conflict is very similar to ours.
This Blog and these posts are dedicated to the vision of both Arthur Miller and Willy, his everyman. In hopes that we find a resolution to the conflict that lies within us all.
This site does not pretend to speak for Mr. Miller nor know his views on any matter. Rather, it is created in the spirit of one of the greatest American characters of all time. And the influence “Death of a Salesman” has had on this blogger.
August 6, 2007 at 7:53 am
Hi Scott,
Thanks so much for this site it is superb. The BBC Special “The Power of Nightmares” had quite an influence on me. Richard Perle wrote a book called “The End of Evil”. I see the neo-cons as that very evil Perle writes about. The Death of a Salesman is one I’ll have to watch again.
Welcome to our 9-11 Meet Up group and thanks for joining with us. We look forward to meeting with you.
Regards,
L Jack Hersh
ljhersh@verizon.net
November 1, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Hi Scott,
I was looking for something this morning and happened onto this:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd319.htm
Have you read it?
nwmuse
November 1, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Hey muse;
that is interesting, and yes I heard a bunch of it before… something I just recently found out though, was that, in refering to point #5 on that site link, the missing 2.3 trillion Rumy mentioned on Sept. 10th 2001, do you know that the office on the other side of the wall that the “plane” went out of it’s way to hit….was the office of the Army budgeting and Accountability?
36 men and women died in that office, less than 24 hours after Rumsfeld announced the missing 2.3 trillion dollars, on Sept. 11th 2001.
November 19, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Scott,
I have been looking at the back and forth on the meet-up site, and thought I would put in my two cents to you personally. First, Ron Paul knows the 911 story is BS, and will immediately launch a new investigation. Second, for any chance to win in this media controlled event, he can’t risk being identified with us “wierdos”. It would cost him any chance he might have. Third, he voted to table the impeachment because he knew the support was not there to impeach, and just maybe by going back to committee, it could develop better. As far as his economic agenda, if he instituted his ideas, things would change for everyone, especially the downtrodden. I have been around long enough to know exactly what he is talking about, and he is by far the only honest candidate that has a chance, albeit slim, of getting in. I respect and like Dennis, but he could not handle the job. I lived near Cleveland when he was mayor, and he in not a good delegator or administrator. I personally think that Ron Paul might pick Mayor Rocky Anderson as his running mate, at least he should. Anyway, good to chat with you, and I look forward to seeing you at the meet-up soon.
Thanks,
Dave
November 19, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Hi Dave;
I have heard as much about the reasons Paul shy’s away from admiting his true feelings about 9/11Truth. And I admit, it may affect his polling numbers.
But you all need to face facts; I’m sorry, but, it is true. No one, except for Thompson, Guiliani, Obama, and Hillary are even in the running anymore.
The elections have been rigged by electronic voting machines since 2000.
They won’t let ron Paul win anymore than they will let Kucinich win. Just a fact. Look at what the MSM is doing to him already (Glenn Beck) and Kucinich and Gravel.
The reality is, that the real game is the run-up to the elections. If we can’t expose what happened on 9/11 before the elections, the CFR plant Hillary or Rudy ain’t going to help us.
I don’t really mind Ron Paul as a candidate, I just would hope that if this is what he believes, then he would use the forum he has now to help us bring it to light, rather than waiting to see if Diebold screws up somehow.
I thank you for posting here, and hope that more from the 9/11Tampa Group do the same. And I look forward to meeting you all in person.
December 7, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Willyloman -
I know you’ll get this email…
Please check this out, sign it (hopefully) and then blog it:
Petition to Oppose H.R. 1955
http://www.petitiononline.com/S1959/petition.html
If you can get anyone else to do the same great.
Thanks.
December 8, 2007 at 2:18 am
Thank you Cabal911. i signed it and sent the info on to others as well and I will put up a link to it tomorrow (today? I need sleep). If I don’t se it up on the reddit site, I will put it up there. You may want to if you get to it before I do. It will be seen by alot of people.
January 14, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I love this reference to one of my favorite plays.
Keep up the good work!
January 14, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Thank you Bob. It has always been one of my favorites as well.