Ｌｅｏｎａｒｄ Ｃｏｈｅｎ: Born to be Covered

Paul Baribeau - Chelsea Hotel No. 2 from If You Make It on Vimeo.

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Hitchens

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The thing about Christopher Hitchens is that he is a complete asshole and incredibly full of himself. Himself is full of scotch, so, in fact, he is incredibly full of scotch. But he is, at times, especially when you agree with him, a very effective debater. He is undeniably smart. Smart in the sense that he has a strong memory and knows his way around an argument. I also enjoy pomposity in a debate. It is an well chosen technique, particularly if you sport a British accent. The main thing that I am surprised/completely not surprised about in this conversation is his opponent, Mr. Blackwell's (not to be confused with the deceased fashion queen) stunning ignorance. Do you think he really doesn't understand that the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers are two completely separate groups of people? Separated by a century? I applaud Hitchens for making the reference tot he Spanish in America as well to combat the Pilgrim argument, all though it probably sailed over Mr. Balckwell's head like a disinterested hawk over a man not waving a piece of bread. It was an embarrassing performance. A drubbing. But the thing about Mr. Blackwell and his hardy crew is that their strength is in not noticing and not caring when they lose. Surely we must all know that the founding fathers, the Pilgrims, loved Jesus down in their heart and have the joy, joy, joy, deep down to stay? Kudos to Hitchens for also bringing up Thomas Jefferson's translation of The Bible which removed all claims to the supernatural. Can the Founding Father's argument really hold up in the face of that? Maybe Jefferson was a rouge? Well, he was a bit of a rouge. What a hapless pantomime of an argument you have put on for us Mr. Blackwell.

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Fuck You, Fuck You and Fuck You

Sorry for the profanity, but here is another article saying that the government won't forgive student debts because we are "too small to help." You know why I am too small to help? Because I am locked into student debt. You don't think I could do more useful things if I wasn't strapped into that yoke? I could go on and on, but don't you think it would be a large stimulus to the economy to suddenly have people who actually spend money free to spend money? People who's only wrong was trying to get an education while the prices of that education were skyrocketing? Errr. I am having a bad week.

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Ancient Japan

I recently came across this blog on ancient Japan. It is pretty rad. Good job whoever.

Which led me to this history blog. Also good.

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President Obama in Iraq

Remember now, the military hates Democrats. Repeat it enough and maybe someone will believe it.

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Monsula

Monsula, on the other hand, were a band I loved. Someone has been posting their videos to Youtube lately making me both happy and pained. This song was called "Down Inside" and, in my opinion, is better than anything Nirvana ever put out. Sorry.

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Silver

Whne Nirvana comes up in conversation I usually say that this is my favorite of their songs, bearing in mind that I am not that crazy about them. I decided to check it out again to see if I still felt that way. ...I do.

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