in the wrong era. Soundly refuting
liberals online since 2000. NOTE: That is NOT
me pictured at left. :)
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Audacity of Truth
"Diplomacy":
"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
“Now we’ve got a new bunch of Hitlers”
Linda Ronstadt has taken up the rhetoric of her new mentor and hero Michael Moore:
Don’t get her [Ronstadt] started on the recent presidential election. “People don’t realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves,” she says. Of Iraq in particular, she adds, “I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don’t know anything about the Iraqis, but they’re angry and frustrated in their own lives. It’s like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we’ve got a new bunch of Hitlers.”
Here’s what happened earlier this year that created quite a stir:
More temperate remarks got Ronstadt into hot water in June, when while performing at the Aladdin Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, she dedicated an encore of Desperado to Michael Moore, controversial director of the anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Ronstadt had cited Moore at many previous concerts without any problems, she says, and she learned of unrest at the Aladdin after hearing TV reports that concertgoers had thrown drinks and ripped down posters.
Hey Linda: “You’re no good, you’re no good, you’re no good, baby you’re no good.” (Recognize those lyrics?)
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Well guess what? I was walking by Tower Records at Lincoln Center on my way to work this morning, and there’s a new Linda Ronstadt CD out.
There’s no bad publicity.
And apparently no accounting for taste either…hasnt anyone told her, politely, that she cant SPARE the piece of her mind shes giving us?
Les: LOL. Wonder if it will be among her better sellers?
Eric: She probably wouldn’t care and you know what, she should just keep on being who she is. She’s proven she can still entertain, just in a different way than she used to
Earth to Linda….
You are old. Your music is old. Your audience is old. Your audience is conservative. Connect the dots. Nobody is listening.
Jim, any idea how her new album is doing?
I somehow don’t think this one will be one of Linda’s platinum efforts. I’m half tempted to get it just to see if she can still sing, but I got too many things on my Amazon wish list as it is.
LOL Les – yeah, put this album on the bottom of the list of the ones you want the most this holiday season