Washington calls New York to Empire

Washington calls New York to Empire. Nine years later- 1885- the grateful New Yorkers were pleased to give George Washington the freedom of the city , and in accepting the honor said…. ‘And that your state- at present the seat of the Empire…’ p34 Imperial City 1988 As a contributor to the New York Times pointed out that, ‘there are two things America is supposed not to have: an empire and a ruling class’. The United States gladly accepts its role as a super power and would not be anything else, but it is loath to acknowledge that a super power is merely a deodorized imperialist …The ruling class in this polity, like most others in history anywhere is that small segment of society which controls the bulk of the wealth and thus manipulates power and while there is wealth spread the length and breadth of the republic, most of the control is exercised in New York…. Roosevelt administration into the Federal Writers Project noted that because the money and the power had long been here, because national polices were created by that money and power, New York had for years been virtually the capital of the United States. In one of the most crushing comments that can ever be made about the anointed capital of any nation or about the politicians he dismissed Washington as ‘merely the loud speaker through which New York announced itself’….. As the FWP writer also remarked there had been moments when New York had turned humbly and gratefully to Washington for whatever succor the White House and Congress might afford (he mentioned 1932) By and large year in and year out New York is where the pace is set and where the memorable tunes are played when the imperial grandeur is most consciously on show where the citizens can be most patronizing and where the rest of the world makes for first to pay homage and to be impressed….. have been stung by New York’s high opinion of itself… a large painting entitled Capital City of the World or through the wisecrack of Gracho Marx- When it is 9:30 in New York it’s 1937 in Los Angeles. Modesty isn’t one of the virtues New York has ever seent he point in cultivating and when someone tries it in public the result can sound excruciatingly false. P336 Imperial City. New Zealand has since the beginning of her colonial period well understood Empire and so mid 1941 before USA said it would join the World War our top people were in Washington negotiating to become part of the American Empire- Essential as after Pearl Harbor and before the American lifeline was restored- We had no oil to run our vehicles !!! Thus we have been and continue to be faithful members of the American Empire although Chief Trade Negotiator – T. Grooser came on the TV yesterday after thousands had been in the streets protesting an attempt by USA to have US laws used to prosecute our business people as part of the TPPA – And said ‘our negotiators are stupid!’ Empire!