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Monthly Archives: July 2013

Friday Night Music, 4th of July Edition (A look back), and a bit of a rant

Well, another national natal day has passed, but just barely, and festivities certainly go on around our great land, so it’s only appropriate that we give another listen to the song that should be our National Anthem. This performance is by Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and the assembled multitude. It brings back memories of those […]

A Thought Experiment

Digby notes that at least one protestor, an asshole openly carrying a gun in order to assert his “second amendment rights” and his rights under a crazy open carry law, gets an inordinate amount of respect from the cops that confront him . I’ve seen the video before, but if you haven’t, you can view […]

Monday Night Music-Wendy

This is the sort of thing that makes me re-think my position about re-opening talks with the Confederacy. We definitely want to keep folks like this. The Bright Light Social Hour of Austin (where else in Texas?), honors the most famous state senator in the world: