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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Different . . .

. . . but the same . . .

(from Thomas Jefferson; The Art of Power by Jon Meacham)
". . . Both Federalists and Republicans believed the fate of the United States could turn on the confrontation of the hour. In the broad public discourse, driven by partisan editors publishing partisan newspapers, there seemed no middle ground, only extremes of opinion or of outcome . . . "

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Friday, February 1, 2019

News. . .

. . . fake and otherwise . . .

(from Thomas Jefferson; The Art of Power by Jon Meacham)
". . . The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them....Do not be too severe upon [the people's] errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions; and experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind. . . "

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Saturday, February 18, 2017

Orange Stuff . . .

(from http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/newspaper-mistakenly-runs-picture-alec-baldwin-snl-instead-trump-n719846)

". . . This was no laughing matter for a major newspaper in the Dominican Republic. . . El Nacional issued an apology Saturday after readers quickly pointed out it used a picture of Alec Baldwin playing President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" — instead of the true Trump's image — for a story about U.S.-Israeli relations. . . The paper said on its website that the gaffe went "unnoticed during the reviewing of page 19" because of a "mix-up of photos" sent by The Associated Press. . . "The picture was sent that day by the Associated Press with the name of the actor and the program, but was placed as if it were the one of Trump," the paper said. "El Nacional apologizes to the readers and to all those who felt sincerely affected by the publication. Alec Baldwin imitates Trump on one of the most important shows in the U.S.". . ."

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Two Points . . .

1. Major newspapers are enjoying the business of publishing non-sense in the name of sparking sales
2. Justin Moyer is not a musician (not a 'true' musician by my estimation)

If you read Justin Moyer's August 8(http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/08/08/all-that-jazz-isnt-all-that-great/) piece you will understand. I will briefly touch upon some of his statements below.

"Jazz is boring." - baseless conjecture

"Jazz is overrated." - baseless conjecture

"Jazz is washed up." - baseless conjecture

"Unlike a poorly received New Yorker piece purportedly written by jazz great Sonny Rollins, this is not satire." - could've fooled me.

"Jazz has run out of ideas, and yet it’s still getting applause." - baseless conjecture

"Like cirrus clouds or cotton candy, I found jazz generically pleasing, but insubstantial and hard to grasp. " - no shit Sherlock!

"Some of my problems:" - you said it man. You got problems!

"1. Jazz takes great songs — and abandons the lyrics that help make them great" - sweeping generalization
"2. Improvisation isn’t all it’s cracked up to be." - baseless, sweeping, generalization, conjecture
"3. Jazz stopped evolving." - false
"4. Jazz is mushy." - ?????
"5. Jazz let itself be co-opted." - huh??

Fortunately, Justin admits he doesn't get it. Unfortunately, someone thought what he had to say was worth publishing in a major newspaper for others to read.

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Where's the Cheer?. . .

. . .That I should feel
Inside my heart
This time of year
While all the
Televisions
Newspapers
And billboards
Count the shopping days
For me

It appears
To me that
I'm the only one
Who doesn't see
The fine and natural
Attraction to what seems
Part race
Part obstacle course
I believe

Long ago I leaned that we
Celebrate this season
Anniversary of the birth
Of someone named Jesus

Through the years
How my perception of it all
Has gone awry
When so much
Manufactured hype
And pressurized requirements
Make it all seem a lie

How I wish
Since it's the
Time of year that
Dreams can come alive
That you and I
See one November when
Without the retail forecasting
Some peace on earth
Goodwill to all arrives

CHEER
©2007 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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