pianogonzology

Monday, June 8, 2015

Citizens . . .

. . . United . . .

(from http://reclaimdemocracy.org/who-are-citizens-united/)
The Court majority (Justices Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas) argued:
1. barring independent political spending amounts to squelching free speech protected by the First Amendment.
2. the First Amendment protects not just a person’s right to speak, but the act of speech itself, regardless of the speaker. Therefore the First Amendment protects the speech of corporations and unions, whether we consider them people or not.
3. although government has the authority to prevent corruption or “the appearance of corruption,” it has no place in determining whether large political expenditures are either of those things, so it may not impose spending limits on that basis.
4. the public has the right to hear all available information, and spending limits prevent information from reaching the public.

The Court minority (Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor) argued:
1. the First Amendment protects only individual speech, not speech by associations of individuals.
2. government may prevent corruption, and campaign spending can be corrupt when it buys influence over legislators. Therefore government may impose spending limits on corporations and unions.
3. government may prevent the appearance of corruption, which undermines public confidence in democracy. Limits on corporate and union political spending are an expression of that authority.
4. the public has the right to hear all available information, and when corporations spend money individuals can’t match, messages from corporations drown out messages from others, and that information fails to reach the public.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Custom . . .

(from Joseph and his Brothers by Thomas Mann, translation by Josesph E. Woods)
". . . That occurred everywhere among men, and everywhere men fretted whether they still had an understanding of both the Lord and the times - even though that also led here and there to the most awkward sort of knowledge and even though Jacob's inherited ideas about the Lord provided him with the most refined and exhausting means for testing the worrisome question about the extent to which man's usages and customs could lag behind the will and development of that same Lord.

All the same, how very close at hand error constantly lurked here as well. One need not even think of Laban, left behind in the land of origins, and of how he put his little son in a jar. He had simply lacked any awareness of the problem - for instance, of how custom could become abomination. . ."

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Split . . .

Knit one, slip and slip . . .

Not sure what that means. But in spite of a Monday full of many reasons to not be so content, here we sit quite content. At least I hope she, as well as I.

Have any infinitives been split in the writing of the above lines?

Friday, June 5, 2015

Punctuality. . .

. . . Dreams . . .

The bar was moderately full and the manager said we could play. As a matter of fact, he said we could begin at any time. But we didn't even know where the stage was or how to access the venue to load our gear in. Meantime, more and more people flowed into the room(s). MANY, MANY more people flowed into the room. Now the manger was sounding annoyed. "You can start whenever you're ready!" Ready? How could we be ready when we still haven't located a door? (Flash to a parking garage) Equipment unloaded from vehicles and stacked ready to be brought in. Finally, directions were received regarding access to an elevator and the venue. Two of us began to load the gear into the elevator, while the remaining man agreed to park the cars. Wheeling what appears to be a Leslie tone cabinet into the lift I suddenly and regretfully realize that . . .

I FORGOT TO BRING MY 'OHO' UNIFORM!!!!
AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Sing It . . .

Cowboy . . .

Is there something new
That's happening between us
Or has
Something gone away that used to be

It's a mystery
Comes out of the blue
Just some evening
Words exchanged between we two
Starts out simply
Ends up blistering

Is there something new
That's happening between us
Or has
Something gone away that used to be

Maybe harmless stuff

About the weather

Or some such

Dinner's fabulous

The company

Was so intoxicating

Is there something new
That's happening between us
Or has
Something gone away that used to be

I'd like to talk
About what's happening
But when I do
I find that
I'm the one to blame

We've got to try
To see this through
We've been
Through so many things
And worse things too
The answer's
There to see

Is there something new
That's happening between us
Or has
Something gone away that used to be

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Morality . . .

(from http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/bernie-sanders-asks-if-american-economy-moral-n364541 on Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders)
". . . "Ninety-nine percent of all new income generated today goes to the top 1 percent. The top one-tenth of 1 percent owns as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. Does anybody think this is the kind of economy we should have. Do we think it's moral?" . . . "These people are so greedy, they're so out of touch with reality," he said. "They think they own the world. ... I'm sorry to have to tell them, they live in the United States, they benefit from the United States, we have kids who are hungry in this country. We have people who are working two, three, four jobs, who can't send their kids to college. . ."

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

ABC . . .

. . . beginning with "A" . . .

OHO . . .

. . . adroitly adapts articulated anthems to acoustic agenda of agreeable apex. Aural amusement abounds upon appointment of this assemblage to amuse amigo and audience alike.