Saturday, October 26, 2019

Springsteen

Blinded by the light? Maybe! But then again, supposedly he was born to run. Perhaps, little early-pearly will go by in his curly-wurly, and ask if he needs a ride.

I have much mistrust for celebrities. I always think they do and say things either to be popular or remain popular weighing out the market's potential. Sometimes they, or their managers, miscalculate. We shall see!

Free speech is a very American right. Our constitution grants it. However, labeling another American as unamerican is a devisive attack. Why? In 2016 many Americans decided this is the person they wanted as president, regardless of how many tactics have been used or will be used to try to discredit that election's results, and regardless of how much many with a different political ideology dislike the person.

Certainly, the media was never on Trump's side. The media was bias from the start. Over 240 newspapers backed Hillary Clinton. Trump didn't even have a 5% media support, and still won. Makes one wonder if the media has much credibility these days. Does anyone really understand why the election had those results?

Perhaps, the election was a result of many believing we were at some crucial juncture relevant to that idea of America. What if we really were heading in a direction in which China would easily buy us sooner if we didn't turn policy around. Well, that's one maybe in which many economists have seen that possibility whether they like Trump or not. Moreover, if that would happen, sooner or later some of those rights like free speech would diminish or cease to exist. In fact, the man who was born to run would eventually start protesting and the government guys would shut him up quickly. We all want a better world, but we should learn from history and be careful as to how we go about it. Cuba in the 50s had a pretty good economy. The peso was even worth 2 cents over the American dollar at one point, but Castro had media support like the New York Times and he became popular. Guess what? Cuba is a third world country 60 years later. Of course, people like Bernie will tell you they like the Scandinavian type of socialism. You know, make socialism white again. The sad news is that if China owns you, Scandinavian isn't the type of socialism you will get. Anyhow, make the analysis of what I am saying. I am an exile, and perhaps I was born to run because this world prefers to give away their rights, which  many didn't earn, under a false assumption. 

2 comments:

  1. Don't worry, many people don't know Manfred Mann's Earth Band didn't write it.

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  2. With relevance to rights, we might not really have any. According to George Carlin, we have privileges. Watch the following video.

    Watch "Your Rights Are An ILLUSION - George Carlin" on YouTube.

    https://youtu.be/3gkjWxCl6zE

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