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I adored Dylan back in the day. He was hero, poet, philosopher king, beatnik hippie all rolled into one. I knew the words to all his songs! I was in 7th grade when Kennedy was shot. I was in 4th grade during the Kennedy/Nixon pres campaign. My older sister who was a wannabe beatnik brought Dylan's Freewheelin' album into the house, probably around the time of the assassination.
Many years down the road, I turned on Dylan after I read about Hurricane Carter to my own satisfaction. Now that was a very cool song! I could still say so although I think his version of the story is a lie. I don't buy that Carter was wrongly convicted and came to see Dylan's song as part of a whitewash. Even if it was catchy. So I was no longer favourably disposed to Dylan, now that I was 'grown up'.
I heard Murder Most Foul when it first came out. By accident. I'm sorry for those of you who like it, but I don't. I was flabbergasted, found it asinine in every way. Including the title.
Just sayin'
Commented Oct 28, 2020 on Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways at Light On Dark Water
Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways
This piece is actually what I was writing when I started thinking about the so-called baby boomer generation, and the whole generations scheme, which led to a separate post on that theme. More about that further down. A month or two or three ago when this album came out there was a promotional v...
Hysterical! And yes I caught Chuck's irony in the midst of his hyperbole. Oxymorons are educated beyond their intelligence.
Commented Oct 28, 2020 on Seen on Putatively Social Media at Light On Dark Water
Seen on Putatively Social Media
This world is highly lacking in empathy and overflowing with judgemental, apathetic douchebags. It's clear from the context that no irony was intended. Yes, I laughed out loud.
John 19:10-11
10 Then Pilate said to Him, "Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know I have the *power to crucify You, and the power to release You?"
11 Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against me unless it had been given you from above."
Authority for capital punishment is given to state leaders by God.
Jesus did not come to abolish capital punishment, rather it is by His crucifixion that He redeems us.
Commented Aug 17, 2018 on The Catholic Catechism - changes on death penalty teaching at LifeNet
The Catholic Catechism - changes on death penalty teaching
While the death penalty is not abortion or euthanasia, they are related. They all entail government sanctioned killing. UPDATE: Numerous commentaries on this which we will post in next several days. The amendments approved by the Pope are In full continuity with Pope John Paul II and Pope Bene...
One year, back a few, someone did a time-lapse video of March For Life! It was impressive, going on forever. I'm always baffled that there is no estimate of the # of people at the march....NYT coverage so ridiculous! A few hundred! Amazing they covered it- but only to diminish it.
FYI the 'counter protestors' are organized under 'Stop Patriarchy', a CPUSA project.
(That's Communist Party USA)
Highly organized & well funded.
Commented Jan 24, 2016 on Friday's March for Life, Part 1 at LifeNet
Friday's March for Life, Part 1
This is part 1 because we will have at least two more parts over the next two days, including the Created Equal representation, and a short video from America Media - publishers of the Jesuit America magazine. Our bus was cancelled, so several of us drove down. The weather was really not a pro...
Median income (50,000) is too low to enable optimal investments in children of families at/below 50,000. I paraphrased (accurately I believe). What does that mean??
On the other hand thanks for this bit of clarity: " a minimum wage law is really a form of redistributive taxation."
Commented Feb 19, 2013 on Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised to $9?—Posner at The Becker-Posner Blog
Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised to $9?—Posner
The President in his State of the Union address last week proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9, and then indexing it by the rate of inflation. The proposal will not commend itself to most economists who study the economic consequences of minimum wages. They make ...
Why is income inequality a serious problem in US?
Just something for the govt to "fix".
Commented Feb 19, 2013 on Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised to $9?—Posner at The Becker-Posner Blog
Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised to $9?—Posner
The President in his State of the Union address last week proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9, and then indexing it by the rate of inflation. The proposal will not commend itself to most economists who study the economic consequences of minimum wages. They make ...
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