Posted by floatingbridge on May 10, 2011, at 11:00:47
In reply to Re: Trump This....! » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on May 10, 2011, at 3:43:31
Sorry about the reasons for listening to baroque music, but not about the listening itself. I've been on a Bossa Nova kick.
Favorite baroque composers or pieces?
For the most part, I usually vacillate. between shock, disbelief, and utter embarrassment when I tune into events in my country. I wish I could say my country was more of a team player (of benevolent activities). I had become disillusioned with President Obama, however my husband remains optimistic, and pointed out we did not send troops to Libya. Whew.
I still am not sure why the United States cannot disengage from Iraq. I know there is no stability in place, but we should have never. And then, no one else is stepping in to help.
I read the above post about JA. I had heard him on Democracy Now, an
excellent show in my own opinion. I haven't had the available time with my son home to listen. I am not up to explaining waterboarding to a seven year old who is very intelligent yet insists on believing in Santa Claus because he lives in a enchanted world.Waterboarding was hotly debated here for some time in ridiculous and intellectual terms. Another example of doublespeak. That waterboarding was actually a form of coercive torture and not a fraternity hazing technique. This dates my last real bout of paying attention to about 1.5-2 years ago.
Reading about JA above (I abbreviate because of on posters contagious paranoia. Like anyone cares what I write.) so then needed to read why he was arrested. I was saddened and
sobered. Not shocked by any means
regarding the US comments--I think we are sometimes like a banana
republic regarding the business interests that place so much pressure on the politics here--of course there are
organizations that thrive on absolute secrecy. Kind of saddened that,
ultimately it came down to unhappy sex between consenting adults. And then the situation started to be spun by Others With Interests and those who love scandal. I'm assuming that was the reason for imprisonment.I am still alarmed, very alarmed, when people talk about assassination as a viable option. As if it were legal in our country (it isn't). But then, there is legal theory and then there is practice :(
Have you read "Shock Doctrine"?
I still like Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. Yet the world is more like
aTennessee Williams play at times.
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
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