I was in high school when this concert took place. I saw the movie at that time. The Song for Bangladesh and My Sweet Lord changed me. George Harrison did, and I began a spiritual life, trying to find that core of universal love that George and others espoused.
This is the Ode to Joy but it is not the Chorale version in the 4th movement of the 9th symphony. Listen to it. It starts slowly, rhythmically, and builds, taking you along, to an explosion of FREEDOM (as opposed to joy, though it certainly feels like joy), as Beethoven originally titled it, but ...
I have been in traffic like this, in Indonesia, and after you get over the culture shock, it is beautiful. It demonstrates the teachings of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, and Lao Tsu, Self interest (caveat emptorL let the buyer (or driver) beware, is the most efficient organizing principle. People kn...
What's pathetic is this "Young Turks" talking head. He's juvenile. Gingrich was right in the first place. Ryan's healthcare/budget bill needed popular support and consensus. The Dems were already portraying Ryan as dumping granny off the cliff. Newt knew what he was doing—facing political realit...
Newt is the man for the job. He has done it before. Balanced the budget. Paid down the debt. No one else can say that.