January 18, 2009

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep, grew up with it. It was the background music to our lives. It was completely taken for granted at our young ages.
Some British friends asked me about a year ago - "When are Americans going to revolt?"
I didn't have an answer. I was taken aback by the question. I didn't know what they meant. I said some stupid thing and the conversation changed.

Bukko Boomeranger said...

And what happened to those Fab revolutionaries? One shot dead by a nut case. One badly stabbed by a nut case. One taken to the cleaners in divorce court by a cunt-case. And then there's Ringo...

But seriously, the problem with revolutions is that they're painful. I'm into pleasure, not pain. That's why I have lots of popcorn and a reserved spot in the cheap seats, far away in the balcony. Hurry up and get it started, Americans! And when you start looting, don't forget the Wal-Marts!

Anonymous said...

The problem with revolutions is that there is rarely a better option. People are just angry and not that smart. Do you really want to be at the mercy of the majority? Most of them read Readers digest and watch what?
On the other hand, a lot of us were educated in the 60's, thank God. Maybe we can come up with something.
I guess the outcome just depends on where you want to try to go.
I love hand packed ice cream.

Anonymous said...

Sorry but I never bought into the Beatles thing. I was always a Rolling Stones/Led Zeppelin type of guy. I always thought that the Beatles sucked. And I still do.

Anonymous said...

So Bukko Australia, tell us something, after you and your ultraliberal idiots ruined and bankrupted California, you're all on the run trying to screw other countries, huh? I mean, if you helped to create the California mess, why don't go buy some balls and stay there to fix it? You know, clean after your ultraliberal stupid way of running a state, to the point that heroine addicted thugs and foreign gang members (MS-13) have more rights than productive citizens. Is that the type of ideas you're bringing into a nice place like Australia? DON'T CALIFORNICATE AUSTRALIA, ULTRALIBERAL FREAK. GO LIVE WITH YOUR HERO PELOSI.

Anonymous said...

Jim Rogers:

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Anonymous said...

Warning that house prices may fall by 80%


IRELAND WILL see more demolition than construction of houses over the next decade, as the economy struggles to recover from the collapse of the housing market and the emergence of “zombie” banks, UCD economist Morgan Kelly told the conference.

In a presentation that drew several collective intakes of breath, Mr Kelly predicted that house prices would fall by 80 per cent from peak to trough in real terms.

“Construction, but not demolition, of residential and commercial property will fall to zero for the foreseeable future,” he said.

Tomasz Tylenda said...

I highly recommend a song by Lamb of God - "As the Palaces Burn". It's way heavier (pure American metal), but the situation in USA seems to be the worst in the history of this country. Greetings from Poland, where people still don't believe me there's a war ahead, despite seeing what's going on in Latvia, Lithuania or Bulgaria ;)

Link to the song:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=op5YQXyvQP0

Rejoice, the age of the fall has begun,
We'll dance as the palaces burn!
]:->

Bukko Boomeranger said...

Hello Anonymous @ 7:23 a.m.! I'd like to address you by a more personal handle, but you seem to have forgotten to make up a screen name that would make you different to all the other anonymous commenters. Perhaps you're all the same!

As for Californicating Australia, you should realise that Oz is more Cali-fied than the actual Golden State itself. It's quite politically correct down here. Tolerance is the official policy, and people mostly stick to it. It's considered unseemly to bag people based on their nationality, sexual preferences or how poor they are.

There are prejudiced people, of course, like the 46-year-old guy I was taking care of tonight who was praising George Bush and ranting about how the wogs in his suburb have built three mosques and their women walk around in scarves. He's the only Aussie I've met in three years here who defends Bush.

Of course, this guy is a schizophrenic heroin addict -- that's how it's spelled, BTW. "Heroine" is the feminine form of the word "hero." This guy was admitted to our hospital because he got a blood infection from the pustulent sores on his feet. He got those sores from shooting up there on account of using up all his other veins. And the socialised health care system is spending a lot of money to make him healthy.

I don't know how you'll feel about that, Anonymous. On one hand, Australian society is paying taxes to keep a schizo junie alive. On the other hand, he's someone who thinks a lot like you, so you might be glad.

Anyway, my ultraliberal self is going to keep working hard down here. I fit in much better in Australia than I did in California. There's no equivalent to Orange County here, and even the politicians from the Liberal Party (i.e. the conservatives) would be too far left to be admitted to the Democratic Party in the U.S. Mate, I love it here! I'm going for citizenship next year. Wish me luck, eh?

blogger said...

I agree - the Beatles were kinda wussies, girlie men, especially McCartney.

But I always liked this song. It'd be better if a punk rock band covered it.

Anonymous said...

This song really promotes peace, not violent revolution, written by the second-greatest peacemonger of all time, John Lennon (I guess Ghandi would be the first). You shoulda used "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy.

blogger said...

I'm for peaceful revolution

Failing that, I'm for the oppressed burning down buildings.

But give peace a chance. All that I'm saying is give peace a chance.

Then get out the matches.

Anonymous said...

What I love about John Lennon is that while he was promoting peaceful revolution he was wearing combat fatigues and pushing the envelope on everything from music to pot-smoking to agnosticism. He wished for peace but was ready to fight. Well, have we given peace a chance yet? Are we ready for the violent stage?

Anonymous said...

I liked George Harrison best, especially this great song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qpfGVUd8c

but I still preferred Rolling Stones and Led better.

Anonymous said...

Now compare the Beatles with what Led Zeppelin was creating:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=73dvrir5kig

Folks, we're talking about the late 60's here...unbelievable stuff for the time.

Anonymous said...

And this is before Rod Stewart decided to become a wuss:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5IAyAggIjs

Anonymous said...

You got to admit that the Beatles came up with some innovative stuff for those times . I actually liked the Rolling Stones and I liked Bob Dylan also .

This was the first generation that
questioned the Depression and War generation who seemed to be shell-shocked by the events that happened to them . The Baby Boomers rejected capitalism in their youth ,only to embrace it as they got older .

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