Today, September 5th would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday. Of course I had all of Queen’s albums when I was younger and I think he has arguable one of the best voices with one of the broadest ranges of all time. Unfortunately he died in 1991 after a battle with HIV at the young [...]
Archive for September 5th, 2011
Happy 65th Freddie
Posted in Music, tagged Freddie Mercury, Is this the World We Created, Love of My Life, Queen on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Union Leader’s Thoughts On Labor Day
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Democrats, Jimmy Hoffa Jr., Labor Day, Labor Unions, Politics, Public Employee Unions, Tea Party, Teamsters, Workers on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. revved up a crowd for President Obama as a Labor Day rally in Detroit, Michigan. He said the “tea party” had declared a “war on workers” and added: “President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of bitches out and give America [...]
Uh Oh (Again)
Posted in The Economy, World, tagged Euro, Europe, Eurozone, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, World, World Economy on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The news from Europe has not been good for some time now — but today may be a turning point into even more negative territory. As the United States enjoyed the Labor Day holiday, equity markets across Europe plunged by an average of 4 percent. Germany’s DAX took the hardest hit, falling by more than [...]
Country Music, The Merle Haggard Way
Posted in America, Music, Music videos, tagged America, Country Music, George Jones, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Music, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down on September 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love country music. I’m not talking about the modern stuff that sounds like pop music, even though its sung by some poser wearing a cowboy hat and boots. No, I’m talking about the country music of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, when singers like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Merle [...]
Optimism, Pessimism, And Coin Flips
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Democrats, Inside The Beltway Mentality, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Politics, President Obama, Republicans, Super Committee on September 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Although Congress has been enjoying its August recess, the staffs of the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the so-called “Super Committee” — have been hard at work. The Committee itself will begin meeting soon. So, what’s the prognosis for whether the Super Committee can get the deficit reduction job done? [...]
