Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Eliza Gilkyson

My new favorite song. 

Lyapis Trubetskoy - Capital

This is another of my favorite songs. Translations of the lyrics is included. 

Translation by katya

For my dinner, I eat gold bars
Diamond dessert, oil cream
My name is Beelzebub, master of the stratosphere
I'm way too cool, respect for me has no measure

In my left hand a "Snickers", in my right hand a "Mars"
My PR manager is Karl Marx
In my left hand, "Snickers", in my right hand, "Mars"
My PR manager is Karl Marx

Capital! Capital! Capital! Capital!

I eat cities, drinking them down with seas
My beard eclipses the sky
The thunder, wind and rains
Ministers and leaders lick my boots

In my left hand a "Snickers", in my right hand a "Mars"
My PR manager is Karl Marx
My face is Madonna, inside of rotten pears
All on your knees! Orchestra, flourish!

Capital! Capital! Capital! Capital!

Wag the Dog

I just finished watching Wag the Dog, again. I always find it amusing, and topical, even though it was made many years ago. For those of you who have not seen it, the plot is that the President is caught in a sexual indiscretion with a minor. Because of this, his election in a few days is in jeopardy. The solution is to bring in "Mr. Fix-It," played by Robert De Niro. De Niro's solution is to fake up a war with Albania. Not long after the movie was made President Clinton had gone to war with Serbia, over Albanians that lived in Serbia. You can't make anything up, no matter how absurd, and not have it be somewhat true. Many commentators at the time felt that Clinton had gone to war to distract us from Monica Lewinsky. 

Watching the movie reminded me of the upcoming war with Iran. We need a distraction right now from our upcoming election. Will we go to war with Iran before or after the election? My guess is that it depends on President Obama's poll numbers in October. 

This song is from the movie. We do need to "we guard our American borders, we guard the American dream." It seems to me that the best way to guard this is to avoid an unnecessary war.

Man of God

While I am sure this song was written about Bush, it seems to apply to Romney and Obama as well. 

Donna Summer

What do we watch if we turn off the cable? Here is one thing that is watchable.

You do not need Babylon the Great. You can get along without it.