Songs that are in my mind.

Okay, I've been away from this blog long enough. I have spent too much time on Facebook, following political scenes, shouting political crys and just alienating myself from a world that is not me and doesn't have much use for me.

SO, I will use this forum as my soapbox. I can't do too much damage here. I've only got two followers. And hopefully they won't be following too closely. After all, it's better to lose two followers on this blog than offend my 156 friends on Facebook.

Recently, a few people have been bringing up Neil Young songs. Jon Hardy has been singing parts of one or two songs from After the Goldrush in his comment bars. Robbie Redmon found similarity with John Hiatt's music. And Andy Whinery and I used to play Heart of Gold and Needle and the Damage Done from Harvest in the early 70s. Never mind that I flipped out on acid while driving around Ontario, Canada listening to Round and Round We Go from the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere album (sometimes album titles are so profound).

This is one song that came to mind after ending a very brief Facebook friendship with Tara. Never mind what the lyrics may really mean. It's just a fuckin' sad song.

Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life, Twenty-four and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two

Love lost, such a cost, Give me things that don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed, Rolling home to you

Old Man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
I need someone to love me the whole day through.
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes, run around the same old town
Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.

I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past
But I'm all alone at last, rolling home to you.

Old Man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
I need someone to love me the whole day through.
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.

Glenn Beck Wants Chinese Communists Markets

It was my understanding that Libertarians were individuals who advocated certain freedoms from government intrusion (which I thought was a hallmark of Liberalism , at one time). So, while looking up qualities of Libertarianism, I drifted into a stub on Laissez-Faire economics. Now laissez-faire is often associated with Free Market economics which is an objective of the conservatives and, most particularly, those who want you to spend your money with them without any protection by government. You know, those "it's your own fault if you get fooled" people.

I was surprised to see that the idea of laissez-faire was actually first used by the Chinese in the Han Dynasty around 200 B.C. (Han, by the way, is thought to be where the word Hun came from). So, if I were to make the same kind of connections that Glenn Beck makes: My God! Glenn Beck is advocating an economy invented by the Chinese! And with the same reasoning, China is Communist, therefore, Glenn Beck must be advocating Communism! But wait -- There's more. Because Free Market economy was invented in the Han Dynasty that must make Glenn Beck a Hun and he wants to take over the world.

And I bet he eats rice, too.

Continuing on is pointless, because I could just keep going in circles making "if this then, that" arguments as Beck does. But I don't have Nielson ratings either, which is why he keeps on telling you that he's going to let you in on a little secret in the next segment or on the next day.

Okay, It's time to start blogging again.

I guess it's been sometime since I blogged, so I may as well put some more time and effort into it. For those who are just discovering my blog, remember that the previous entries were more than 6 months ago.