From a 1986 exchange between Bob Dylan and a Mister Jones:
Mister Jones: I was looking through your lyrics. There aren't very many political songs in there.
Bob Dylan: I don't know which of my songs was ever political.
MJ: "Masters Of War" is.
Sexual Rights? Suuuure. Once again the US is going to jump out into the global arena telling everybody else to adopt policies that it has no intention whatsoever of ever adopting itself.
Per this article: America's small change on 'sexual rights' could have big impact - CSMonitor.com we're now going to champion “sexual rights” in discussions of human rights and global development. Bwahahahaha.
For what we are telling others to do as we say and not as we do, see below.
In February 1899, British poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands."
The 2015 US Conference on AIDS was held September 10-13 in Washington, DC. On the opening day dozens of transgender and gender-nonconforming people seized the stage at the lunchtime plenary session to draw attention to HIV+ gender-variant people.
The group was chanting, We are not gay men! to protest the inclusion of trans women in gay male research and statistics.
This evening's music features The Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Enjoy!
James Brown - Papa's got a brand new bag
Autumn arrived. The last few days have been absolutely beautiful.
I look forward to the change of seasons. October is a wonderful month.
President Obama's plan to have the Pentagon create a rebel force in Syria, the “New Syrian Force”, has crashed and burned in such an spectacular way that the Administration is "rethinking" it's entire strategy.
At some point, every campaign needs a song or two to fire up their supporters and those they would influence. Here are a few suggestions to get the point across. Feel free to add your own suggestions.
This evening's music features blues steel guitar player Freddie Roulette and r&b singer Tyrone Davis. Enjoy!
Freddie Roulette - End of the Blues
On Tuesday Judge Susan Webber Wright of the Eastern District of Arkansas has denied a request for summary judgment in the case of Dawson v H&H Electric.
Patricia Dawson of White County claims that she was fired by H & H Electric of Hot Springs because of her sex and because of her failure to conform to expected sex stereotypes.
