We need a new conservatism in our country that is worthy of the name. We need liberals willing to speak out on the threat our daft politics poses to our influence in the world. We need moderates who do more than stick their fingers in the wind to calculate the halfway point between two political poles.
And, yes, we need to reform a Senate that has become an embarrassment to our democratic claims.
Source: Dionne, Jr., E.J. "In American politics, stupidity is the name of the game," Washington Post," 7/29/10.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
day of driving & conference calls, OTP radio show, meetings, phone calls & follow-up. Now heading to grappling. Kimura-time for The Gorilla!
I have been a fan of Seal (Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel) for a number of years now. Two of my favorite songs are Love's Divine and My Vision. The drive back from Vegas was long yesterday but I was still on my Netroots Nation high and I replayed this more than a couple of times. It is one of those songs that make you want to dream and wax romantic.
Lyrics
I feel like the sun, I feel like the rain I feel like I just found reason for living again 'Cause what I've been feeling, I know that it's real I know there's just no changing the way I feel
You're into my head I'm out of my mind I feel like I've just found reason for being alive And I have a secret I think you should know I feel like I just can't keep it It's deep within me And I feel like I'm losing control
Can you see my vision Of a red hot summer in white? When love was the feeling With no indecision We were turning that key inside To get in the moment
We live in a dream, I see you today I feel like all my fears are fading away Been waiting so long for something new I feel like a constant craving for being with you And I have a secret I think you should know I feel like I just can't keep it It's deep within me And I know that I'm losing control...
CHORUS
Can you see my vision Of a red hot summer in white? When love was the feeling, When love was the feeling When love was the feeling, When love was the feeling
I have a secret, I think you should know I feel like I just can't keep it It's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And it's deep within me And I feel like I'm losing control
CHORUS
Can you see my vision Of a red hot summer in white? When love was the feeling, When love was the feeling When love was the feeling, When love was the feeling. (feeling echo fade)
I wonder how many women (or men) agree with this one? ;) I still remember then USC president Steven Sample talking about Willa Cather during our leadership class. He would read all of the work of one author before moving to the next--and if memory serves me well, Cather was one of the first for him.
Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody.
Source: Cather, Willa. My Antonia
Sunday, July 25, 2010
still on a Netroots Nation high. Learned some things. Met such interesting & talented people. Looking forward to staying in touch. #NN2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
on my 3rd Day here at Netroots Nation getting my prescribed dosage of Fired Up/Ready to Go. Voice hoarse from all the chattering last night.
Friday, July 23, 2010
not saying Netroots Nation is off the chain yet but I'm missing a tooth, there was a tiger in my room & Markos Moulitsas jumped out of my trunk.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
thinking about Whitman's (lack of a) voting record and that Schoolhouse Rock video "Sufferin' Till Suffrage." http://tinyurl.com/6ph7vo
It's not often that you find a punk song about Jerry Brown--sung in his perspective calling for a hippie-fascist vision of America--with roots in the Third Reich. The title of the song is an allusion to the first stanza of the German national anthem that used to start with "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" ("Germany, Germany above all"). I wonder if the Dead Kennedys will update it should he become the youngest and oldest governor ever elected in California.
Lyrics
I am Governor Jerry Brown My aura smiles And never frowns Soon I will be president...
Carter Power will soon go away I will be Fuhrer one day I will command all of you Your kids will meditate in school Your kids will meditate in school!
[Chorus:] California Uber Alles California Uber Alles Uber Alles California Uber Alles California
Zen fascists will control you 100% natural You will jog for the master race And always wear the happy face
Close your eyes, can't happen here Big Bro' on white horse is near The hippies won't come back you say Mellow out or you will pay Mellow out or you will pay!
[Chorus]
Now it is 1984 Knock-knock at your front door It's the suede/denim secret police They have come for your uncool niece
Come quietly to the camp You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp Don't you worry, it's only a shower For your clothes here's a pretty flower.
DIE on organic poison gas Serpent's egg's already hatched You will croak, you little clown When you mess with President Brown When you mess with President Brown
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