Tag: Commentary
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Writing a Memoir for My Family
Writing A Memoir For My Family I’m writing a memoir/family history (from my personal journals, memories, and family stories I heard while growing up) for my children and theirs. I wish my parents and grandparents had done this for my generation. It is an explanation of the paths I chose or, for whatever reason, was…
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The Crucifixion by Phil Ochs
The Crucifixion by Phil Ochs And the night comes again to the circle studded skyThe stars settle slowly, in loneliness they lieTill the universe explodes as a falling star is raisedPlanets are paralyzed, the mountains are amazedBut they all glow brighter from the brilliance of the blazeWith the speed of insanity, then he dies In…
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For What It’s Worth – the background?
For What It’s Worth – The Hut Lounge Something’s happening here Buffalo Springfield on the jukeboxLinda Lane slayed us with herintricate guitar work andsensuous vocals What it is ain’t exactly clear Her band – Lady and the TrampsGeorge Hoka on his Hammondmesmerizing sound like the Animalsvoice soulful like Burdon’s There’s a man with a gun…
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Copperhead Road by Steve Earl
Copperhead Road by Steve Earle Well, my name’s John Lee PettimoreSame as my daddy and his daddy beforeYou hardly ever saw grandaddy down hereHe only came to town about twice a yearHe’d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper lineEverybody knew that he made moonshine Now the revenue man wanted grandaddy badHeaded up…
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Incompetence
Being inundated with the daily propaganda from our MSM, I’ve been rethinking the importance and devastating influence of incompetence in our world. Incompetence imaginationknowledgepractice andexperienceequal successso they say incompetencenegatespractice experienceknowledge andeven imaginationon any given day seems we aregobsmackedbirth to deathwith incompetenceleaders mediocremendicants inept rebels activistsinnovators yesand me tooinspiring nothingnew just singingthe blues So much forknowledgeimaginationpractice…
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Who Gets It?
Who Gets It? Slaves make wealthmaster gets itsurfs make wealthlord gets itemployees make wealthemployer gets itwealth to our ‘betters’ chattel slave soldonce and for allmiserable existencerelatively securemaster’s interestlittle or nocompetition wage-slave sellshimself daily hourlyno secure existenceonly class statusassured in constantcompetitionwith all its vagaries wage-slaves or serfsor chattel slavesworking classes barelysurviving from ancientEgypt Greece andRome to…
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The Primordial Ooze
The Primordial Ooze the darkness isgrowing and I’m old so what to doone thing onlyfight the growingdark strike a sparka match a candlelight a bonfire spark itwherever opportunity presents tindermake daily choices that brighten not darken our collective futures don’t be deceivedall actions have costs impact ever brighter futures or breed dark superstitions reverse evolution…
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The Way It Goes by Gillian Welch
The Way It Goes by Gillian Welch Becky Johnson bought the farmPut a needle in her armThat’s the way that it goesThat’s the way And her brother laid her downIn the cold Kentucky groundThat’s the way that it goesThat’s the way That’s the way that it goesEverybody’s buying little baby clothesThat’s the way that it…
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The Myth of Security
Security a Myth mainstream andsocial media sites bleedmurder larceny andviolence of every stripegovernment leaders theworst confidence menthis side of prison gates brunt ofour conditioningauthoritarians convincing usof our super vulnerabilityneed security forcesat their beckand call must spendlimited resourcesto eliminate crimethe security myth theexcuse of all tyrantsbut damn little for social-economic equity stop the dailynews social mediaclickbait…
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Sane or Insane
Sane or Insane If walking around ina hubristic fog inan insane world isconsidered sanethen color meinsaneand glad of it worsewhen the planet’szeitgeist embracesthat insanity warnationalism genocideI wear insanity abadge of honor as the sanefollow their lemmingnotions to theirlogical conclusionsextinction of Earth’sapex predatorshumans –LE
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