COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Take a Break

30 comments:

  1. Lynyrd Skynyrd, si!

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  2. Excellent choice in music. I didn't know the EB had it in them.

    Bravo.

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  3. Godammit, whit, one of these days I will not be on blog with cannot-drag-my-sorry-ass-out-of-the-Seventies people.

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  5. Yes, well, that's just peachy, whatever it is, except it's not available here.

    See why I have to smuggle cheese?

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  6. Ahem.

    "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions."

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  7. That's too bad. It's a perfect song for you.

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  8. Marshall Tucker.

    Nice.

    Thanks.

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  9. 'Massive' ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem

    * Story Highlights
    * Made of boulders weighing 4 to 5 tons, the 3,700-year-old wall is 26 feet high
    * Archaeologist: "I don't know how to do it today without mechanical equipment"
    * The wall appears to have been used to defend path that led to spring
    * Wall is believed to have been built by Canaanites

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  10. If we're going back to the 70's, better take that two lane hiway

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  11. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

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  12. Uh, I don't think that's Robert Palmer.

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  13. "I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!"

    Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

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  14. Folks,

    As long as we're passin' tunes back 'n forth let me suggest you try "Dust my Broom's" "Friday Night Blues."

    Here's a link to their latest podcast.

    http://tinyurl.com/kjg547

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  15. Well, save allen the rest of you can just go to hell in your bell bottoms and wide collar shirts.

    Leaving maybe three songs behind. Two of them by ABBA.

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  16. Nice whit thanks....Some JJ Cale would be nice on a sunny fall afternoon also...

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