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Posted by floatingbridge on April 3, 2010, at 14:34:26
In reply to Re: Harmony in the home, posted by Sigismund on March 26, 2010, at 23:56:29
Thanks! Seems my smart phone lost quite a bit...
Getting my husband to find this in his music collection....
In a completely different vein, I've been enjoying musician Andrew Bird. Youtube-able, I imagine. No lyrics like the captain; however, he's a great whistler.
Have you read any Chris Hedges? (I was suspecting you might be humoring me....)
Posted by Sigismund on April 3, 2010, at 14:34:26
In reply to the captain » Sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on March 28, 2010, at 12:06:55
>Have you read any Chris Hedges? (I was suspecting you might be humoring me....)
Isn't he the man who gave the courageous speech night presentation (not sure what you call it) some years ago?
And he's on Truthout sometimes.
I also like Henri Giroux (sp?).
Posted by Sigismund on April 3, 2010, at 14:34:26
In reply to Re: the captain » floatingbridge, posted by Sigismund on March 28, 2010, at 16:32:16
The End of literacy and the triumph of spectacle?
Oh my!
Posted by floatingbridge on April 3, 2010, at 14:34:28
In reply to Re: the captain » floatingbridge, posted by Sigismund on March 28, 2010, at 16:32:16
Yes he is. And what a crazy scene here in the states--We were back east (that is what we say here, 'back' east) and the world had gone mad. In our town, w/in hours, a Sikh was almost mobbed by a crowd and removed from the Amtrak train in handcuffs--or was it, yes, it was the feet thing, too. (Never mind that the mayor of the whole city was a felon, and is again a felon, relieved of his position and in jail as I write.) He (the Sikh) had a 'gasp' knife 'concealed' in his head wrap which was indelicately removed from his head by the group of morning commuters. We lived in a fine, liberal two-private university town. Everyone on every faculty was afraid to say a single f-n' word. For months! And months! It was unreal. And here was this one guy who just basically spoke his own opinion, aka 'free-speech'--quite a foundational concept here. He was quite infamous.
Most unnerving of all, beside the street-level hysteria, was the absolute dreadful silence. "Silence=Death" had already been circulated widely by, I think, the gay rights movement. Intellectually, I knew that silence accompanied violations--but had never felt it before. I will never forget.
And (wow, sorry for that blast) BTW, I have not read any of his books yet. I love the title "I Don't Believe in Atheists".
Have you read that end of literacy book?
And Henri Giroux...that rings a bell....
TruthOut?
> Isn't he the man who gave the courageous speech night presentation (not sure what you call it) some years ago?
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> And he's on Truthout sometimes.
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> I also like Henri Giroux (sp?).
Posted by Sigismund on April 3, 2010, at 14:34:28
In reply to Re: the captain » Sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on March 28, 2010, at 17:36:20
>I love the title "I Don't Believe in Atheists".
Yeah, the only thing worse than religion is people who want to suppress it.
I kind of like religion...it's a testament to our kookiness, that being one of our nicer attributes.>Have you read that end of literacy book?
No, I've not read any books of his.
I did read that address he gave (or attempted to give) before he was taken off the stage.
I was impressed.
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