Succinctly said, Tony. Exactly the right synthesis and juxtaposition of current topics. Ironic that Lennon was murdered in the same way that Thompson was but consistent with your theme, the national (and global?) response to those two events is a world apart; truly, billions mourned the loss of Lennon. In truth, probably even among Thompson's colleagues, allegedly "deeply saddened and shocked", there are almost certainly a good number who hated the man's guts - it's inevitable with the sort of man who can and does do the things he routinely did; they have no empathy with those who suffer consequences of their actions. To Carter's credit, as Trump proudly boasts, he and Trump were the only Presidents "in living memory"? (correct me if I'm wrong) who never started a war - but both continued existing ones, and Carted participated fully in the ongoing deception of Palestinians (esp Arafat) that they were working with Israel to achieve peace and justice for them - a typical "state of the art" scam of the US Empire.
But there is the empire as it stands, after slaughtering and subjugating hundreds of thousands of Native Americans and driving multiple tribes, along with their beloved Buffalo - to Extinction, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden and Trump turds one and all, lined up for another Disneyland fantasy of pretense and hypocrisy. How utterly tragic!
Thanks, Tony. They internalized and given lip service to and lived by the lies that they’ve been telling themselves and the people for so long they can’t even see straight. They’re out of their zombie minds.
I doubt if the assembled hypocrites at Carter's funeral even understood the meaning of John Lennon's 'Imagine'. No doubt the song was chosen by Carter's relatives to the annoyance of any of those who hated Lennon and his song.
These are people who are so utterly superficial that, to begin with, they would not be able to differentiate a piece of creative work as being in any way meaningful or simply a trite entertainment. Having been won over by the general public reaction - in this case that Lennon's "Imagine" inspires a cosy, imaginary utopia where we can "all get along" - presumably, in their imaginings, the one the exceptional, American world police will ultimately achieve, this is classified as suitable material to be co-opted as theme music for the American dream. Having embraced another Disneyland fantasy they all sing along - oblivious, once again, to reality.
Succinctly said, Tony. Exactly the right synthesis and juxtaposition of current topics. Ironic that Lennon was murdered in the same way that Thompson was but consistent with your theme, the national (and global?) response to those two events is a world apart; truly, billions mourned the loss of Lennon. In truth, probably even among Thompson's colleagues, allegedly "deeply saddened and shocked", there are almost certainly a good number who hated the man's guts - it's inevitable with the sort of man who can and does do the things he routinely did; they have no empathy with those who suffer consequences of their actions. To Carter's credit, as Trump proudly boasts, he and Trump were the only Presidents "in living memory"? (correct me if I'm wrong) who never started a war - but both continued existing ones, and Carted participated fully in the ongoing deception of Palestinians (esp Arafat) that they were working with Israel to achieve peace and justice for them - a typical "state of the art" scam of the US Empire.
But there is the empire as it stands, after slaughtering and subjugating hundreds of thousands of Native Americans and driving multiple tribes, along with their beloved Buffalo - to Extinction, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden and Trump turds one and all, lined up for another Disneyland fantasy of pretense and hypocrisy. How utterly tragic!
Thanks, Tony. They internalized and given lip service to and lived by the lies that they’ve been telling themselves and the people for so long they can’t even see straight. They’re out of their zombie minds.
In Disneyland one is better off without a "mind", it tempts the entry of ugly reality.
I doubt if the assembled hypocrites at Carter's funeral even understood the meaning of John Lennon's 'Imagine'. No doubt the song was chosen by Carter's relatives to the annoyance of any of those who hated Lennon and his song.
These are people who are so utterly superficial that, to begin with, they would not be able to differentiate a piece of creative work as being in any way meaningful or simply a trite entertainment. Having been won over by the general public reaction - in this case that Lennon's "Imagine" inspires a cosy, imaginary utopia where we can "all get along" - presumably, in their imaginings, the one the exceptional, American world police will ultimately achieve, this is classified as suitable material to be co-opted as theme music for the American dream. Having embraced another Disneyland fantasy they all sing along - oblivious, once again, to reality.