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Sunday, July 21, 2002 |
Ballad Honors Taliban John
Now this takes guts. Steve Earle has, according to Fox News (aka the Republican Broadcasting Network), recorded a song praising John Walker Lindh. I'm a fan of Steve Earle, but this does seem a little extreme.
The controversial ballad called "John Walker's Blues" is backed by the chanting of Arabic prayers and praises Allah.
Earle's lyrics describe the United States as "the land of the infidel." Those fighting Usama bin Laden's declared jihad against the United States and Jews are said to have hearts "pure and strong."
The song says when Lindh dies, he will "rise up to the sky like Jesus."
Well, we gotta see. I saw a rerun of Steve on Sessions the other night, with the Del McCoury band. He was terrific.
The Lindh ballad is on Earle's forthcoming album "Jerusalem," which contains other songs that touch on political and social issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Earle is currently in Europe and could not be reached for comment. But he told an audience at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Ontario, Canada, this month: "This song just may get me f---ing deported."
Music-industry heavyweights are already expressing outrage over the controversial song, and many predict it will be banned from the majority of radio playlists when it is released in late September.
[RobotWisdom]
4:57:21 PM Permalink
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With all the recent hype about Apple switch campaign I have started noticing a group of users that could be defined Apple Immigrants. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog]
I guess I'm one of those. My iMac is old -- a 233mHz model -- but it does have the latest OSX on it. But I have an IBM ThinkPad, and with 80211b, I just love sitting in my chair or on the couch. When I'm at home, or at some of my consulting clients, I use the laptop; otherwise I use Windows Desktops. I'm lusting for both the new iMac, and an iBook, and if I could justify the purchase, I'd buy a Mac laptop. I'd sure like to get the Microsoft monkey off my back. And at the same time, I see a lot of very cool stuff happening on the Mac.
10:49:04 AM Permalink
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This guy should be in jail. But instead, he's Director of the Pentagon's Information Awareness Office.
Who's John Poindexter?
A retired Navy Admiral, John Poindexter lost his job as National Security Adviser under Ronald Reagan, and was convicted of conspiracy, lying to Congress, defrauding the government, and destroying evidence in the Iran Contra scandal.
But really, par for the course for this administration.
10:44:14 AM Permalink
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