pianogonzology

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Nothing New . . .

. . . Scapegoating - to play off one group against another . . .

. . . be WARY!

(from Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders with Huck Gutman)
". . . For a hundred years, the white workers of the South were the most exploited white workers in America. They were paid the lowest wages, they endured the worst working conditions, their housing was abysmal, their kids went to the most backward schools, and very few could send their children to college. But what did they have? They were given "niggers" to hate and look down on, "niggers" who couldn't vote, drink at their water fountains, use the same bathrooms, or sit up front in the buses or movie theaters.

The political, economic, social, and educational systems of the South enforced those divisions and continually fed the antagonisms. Above all things, white workers were encouraged to despise, and protect themselves from their black neighbors, or face losing what little they had. The rich folks in the the South - the bankers the manufacturers, the cottonfield owners - laughed all the way to the bank. . .political activists. . . brought black and white workers together to fight for justice. They did this not only because they believed in civil rights and equal opportunity but also because they undersood that real economic and political transformation would never be achieved as long as whites and blacks were busy fighting each other - rather than their common oppressors. . . "

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Dost Thou Have Ears . . .

. . . with which to hear . . .

(fromhttp://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29359579/colorado-rape-victim-challenges-obamas-stand-guns-at)
". . . "I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids. So why can't your administration see that these restrictions that you're putting to make it harder for me to own a gun, or harder for me to take that where I need to be is actually just making my kids and I less safe?" Obama replied that nothing he has proposed makes it harder for her to buy a gun. "Well, Kimberly, first of all, obviously — you know, your story is horrific. The strength you've shown in telling your story and, you know, being here tonight is remarkable . . .I just want to repeat that there's nothing that we've proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm. . . you have to be pretty well trained in order to fire a weapon against somebody who is assaulting you and catches you by surprise. . . And what is also true is there's always the possibility that that firearm in a home leads to a tragic accident.". . . "

(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/08/meet-kimberly-corban-the-pro-gun-rape-survivor-who-challenged-obama-on-cnn/)
". . . Corban wasn’t impressed. “I would say it was more of a non-response,” she told The Post. “He kind of dodged the question.”. . ."

. . . and dost the press haveth the wherewithall to point out the obvious????

Monday, January 11, 2016

Always Learned . . .

. . . that you should not destroy something until (and unless) you have something with which to replace it. . .

(from Congress%20Sends%20Obamacare%20Repeal%20to%20President%20for%20First%20Time%20-%20NBC%20News.html)
". . . After dozens of unsuccessful attempts to repeal all or part of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, Congressional Republicans on Wednesday finally succeeded in getting a repeal bill to the president's desk.

The House voted almost entirely along party-lines, 240 to 181, to repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood. Just one Democrat voted for the bill and three Republicans voted against it.

Obama has already made clear that he intends to veto the measure. But repealing the president's landmark accomplishment continues to be a rallying cry for the GOP, and House Speaker Paul Ryan has vowed to continue the effort. . . "

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Empathy . . .

em·pa·thy
Pronunciation: primarystressem-pschwa-themacron
Function: noun
: a being aware of and sharing another person's feelings, experiences, and emotions; also : the ability for this

(from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-barden-obama-speech_568bf575e4b0b958f65cfd29)
". . . Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, introduced President Barack Obama before his Tuesday speech unveiling new executive actions on gun control.

During his introduction, Barden condemned the lack of action on gun violence in the years since the Newtown massacre.

"In the three years since those 26 precious lives were lost at that school, far too many more lives have been lost to gun tragedies in this country," Barden said. "Far too many people right now who are hearing these words are grieving the loss of a loved one to gun violence. As a nation we have to do better. We are better. We're better than this."

"Every gun-related death is preventable," Barden continued. . ."

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Right . . .

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

mi·li·tia
məˈliSHə/Submit
noun
1. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
2. a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities, typically in opposition to a regular army.
3. all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service.

se·cu·ri·ty
səˈkyo͝orədē/
noun
1. the state of being free from danger or threat.
"the system is designed to provide maximum security against toxic spills"
2. a private police force that guards a building, campus, park, etc.

Free State
noun
1. a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
"she had every right to be angry"synonyms: entitlement, prerogative, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority, power, license, permission, dispensation, leave, sanction, freedom

Friday, January 8, 2016

Other . . .

. . . notable 'Untitled' songs. . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled)
"Untitled", by The Smashing Pumpkins, from the album Rotten Apples
"Untitled", by Blink-182, from the album Dude Ranch
"(Untitled)", by Marilyn Manson, from the album Smells Like Children
"Untitled", by Brand New, from the album The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
"Untitled", by Collective Soul, from the album Collective Soul
"Untitled", by Crash Test Dummies from the album God Shuffled His Feet
"Untitled", by The Cure, from the album Disintegration
"Untitled", by Stellastarr, from the album Stellastarr
"Untitled", by Dance Gavin Dance, from the album Downtown Battle Mountain
"Untitled", by Eminem, from the album Recovery
"Untitled", by Finch, from the album What It Is to Burn
"Untitled", by Fuel, from the album Sunburn
"Untitled", by The Gazette, from the album Toxic
"Untitled", by Interpol, from the album Turn on the Bright Lights
"Untitled", by Neutral Milk Hotel, from their album In the Aeroplane over the Sea
"Untitled", by O.A.R., from the album Soul's Aflame
"Untitled", by Orbital, from the album Orbital
"Untitled", by The Panic Channel, from the album One
"Untitled", by Pearl Jam, from the album Live on Two Legs
"Untitled", by Pig Destroyer, from the album Phantom Limb
"Untitled", by R.E.M., from the album Green

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Never . . .

. . . fail you. . .

Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you

Singing creation, look into her eyes
Out of her mouth she is speaking the sky
Circling heaven, higher than high
She in time is movement

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Streaming to rivers, she floats on the sea
Gathers her children who sit on her knee
Showing and telling them where they are free
She is softly speaking

Holding the line when she seems unpleasant
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

There is no real dilemma
She has her own agenda
Though there's a vulture hovering above our heads
Go on and trust the pattern
Her sun and moon are lanterns
Painting the firmament with stars

She is the vision of attention engaged
Breaking the spell of automaton rage
A circuit of heaven, a luminous wave
All is seen before her

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

And Ye Shall Hear . . .

On Tuesday, January 5th, President Barack Obama said (among other things in his address regarding gun control measures),
". . . I believe in the Second Amendment. It’s there written on the paper. It guarantees a right to bear arms. No matter how many times people try to twist my words around — I . . . believe that we can find ways to reduce gun violence consistent with the Second Amendment. . . "

2016 Republican Presidential candidates said,
Sen. Marco Rubio said Obama is "obsessed" with "undermining" the second amendment.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush . . . accused Obama of “trampling on the Second Amendment.”

Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted, Fight back against @BarackObama's unconstitutional #2A executive action

Ben Carson argued on Twitter that Obama’s proposal will "regulate" freedom.

Carly Fiorina tweeted, Another lawless, unconstitutional overreach. The 2nd Amendment is an individual right.

Did any of the latter LISTEN to the former?

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

What's So Funny . . .

. . . (to paraphrase Nick Lowe) about facts, good sense and understanding . . .

(from Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders with Huck Gutman)
". . . The problem . . . is that groups representing the wealthiest people in this country are able to decisively influence the legislative process so that public policy reflects the interest of the privileged few and not the needs of the general population. And if you don't understand this simple fact, you haven't a clue as to what politics in America is all about. . . "

Monday, January 4, 2016

Songs . . .

. . . for the old and the new . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne-
poem by Robert Burns)

Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,

and never thought upon;
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On old long syne.

CHORUS:
On old long syne my Jo,
On old long syne,
That thou canst never once reflect,
On old long syne.

(from the New Year's Pre-Party at Bourbon Street on the Beach, December 31, 2015)

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Hotep . . .

. . . Bubba . . . (or the other way around . . . )

(from https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bubba%20hotep)
". . . After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley . . . wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack . . . an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep . . . , an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions. . ."

GOT IT??

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Sans . . .

. . . vocal . . .

At heaven's door we pick the lock
When all we had to do was knock
Though Alice she rattles her train of chains
The fetters are inward all the same

Take a look as you fall
Passing through another wall
Here is where the corn is cut
The wind comes down
Get off the pot
Get off the pot
Get off the pot

It's your world the way that you live
Eats the smile right off your face
You're not in Kansas anymore
I am the sheath I cry for more

Biding trends and waves of shock
The turbulence it turns me on
Nonetheless we're born and rocked
By divas, drunks and Barbie dolls

I signed up for high-wired acts
If I lose my balance just cut me some slack
I'm holding out for what can be
EMC squared possibility

Experience to be alive
The abstract now is literalized
You have dreams and nightmares to explore
Get the goods
Get off the floor
Get off the floor

Get off the floor

(solo piano improvisations on Plunge by Jay Graboski, performed by Ray Jozwiak)

Friday, January 1, 2016

Ah . . .

. . . satire . . .

(from http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/1/1455773/-To-Bernie-Sanders-Supporters-From-The-Establishment-DNC)
". . . It has come to our attention that a few of you have been wandering outside of our giant, multicultural, comfortable tent. This comes as a complete surprise to us, because we have done everything imaginable to keep you complacent open our hearts and minds to your concerns and build a corporate funded oligarchy nationwide coalition of status quo responsible Democrats. . . Our success has been bought and paid for, and we’ll change our views faster than a Kama Sutra flipbook in order to keep it that way. . . Senator Obama was right in 2004 when he said there isn’t a Red or Blue America. There’s only a money fucking green America, and we have most of it. At least, on “our” side, we have most of it. . . No one is going to vote for some really, really, really old socialist Jew from a state that doesn’t even have a professional football team. Political revolution by raising awareness and the general collective consciousness of the American people goes over like a fart in church when facing a well-established...erm...establishment. . . While you’re out there working your asses off, we’re still cashing checks and rigging both the media and the terms of the debates. . . And we’re literally banking on Bernie Sanders losing the primary so you’ll become just as jaded as we are. Best Wishes, Hillary Clinton and the DNC . . ."