TOOBZ! Great job Donita!

Fini FiniTOOBZ! #1
You are my tech hero!! You are the wind beneath my sloppy wings!
Thanks for all of your “help!”

Jesus, that would be like a Subway ad featuring Mama Cass.

-GSD

Oh yeah, and the “debate” over global warming continues with the Christian Science Moniter turning over their editorial page to an oxymoronic conservative comedian for her take on the Al Gore “sham”.

Support your local stand-up comic, not your local right wing propagandist.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/.....ing-comic/

-GSD

Wouldn’t that be more appropriate to have Mama Cass do a KFC ad?

Oh wait, ham sammich, I forgot, I always thought it was fried chicken?

poor Mama

Soul Coughing! some other great songs by them:

Blue eyed Devil
Is Chicago, Not Chicago
True Dreams of Witchita
Screenwriter Blues

Super Bon Bon
White Girl
Collapse
Disseminated
4 out of 5

$300 (with guest vocal by Chris Rock)
Circles

… the more I’ll think I’m with him? In the ground?

That Gram Rabbit song reminds me of Nancy Sinatra and Hazelwood. On to the next one.

Maybe Ken Lay should do a Lipitor ad….

I was about to be snarky then I saw “Frida Kahlo Tequila.”

Oy.

Nothing’s sacred anymore, Donita.

.

Fini,

You were mistaking the John Belushi impression of Elizabeth Taylor.

Comedy gold. Mean spirited, yes. But damn funny.

And yes, Amen to Mama Cass. What an angels voice.

By the way, I think Ken Lay should be doing Kingsford Charcoal ads right about now.

-GSD

Everythingseemssoneat@8
Yeah, they’ve got some of that going on. Some cool dance stuff too!

Madcap Laughs is my favorite Syd record. Donita, How is the LA club scene these days?

Janie Hendrix is a disgrace. Experience Hendrix, the company she set up after bilking Jimi’s brother Leon out of the estate, has been hawking EVERYTHING with Hendrix’s name on it. It’s really a sad end to a legacy that deserves better.

Now, the spin I’m in:

David Ackles - “Candyman”
Sandy Denny - “No More Sad Refrains”
Soul Asylum - “Stand Up And Be Strong”
The Seeds - “No Escape”
Laura Nyro - “Save The Country”
Quicksilver Messenger Service - “Fresh Air”
The Replacements - “Message To The Boys”
Mark Knopfler/Emmylou Harris - “This Is Us”
The Who - “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
J. P. Spencer - “Undefeated” (available for listening at:
http://www.myspace.com/jpaulspencer/
sorry; I couldn’t help but throw in a self-serving plug)

Marilyn Monroe sleeping pills? You’re wicked, Donita! That’s why you’re loved here at FDL. ;)

GSD

If you can be mean spirited to dead rock stars who can you be mean spirited to?

the spin i’m in has been revolving around ‘the go! team’…i can’t stop loving them…the whole record is lovely…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lT2Tq2rC9I

TYPO

If you CAN”T be mean spirited to dead rock stars who can you be mean spirited to?

Love Harry Belafonte and was just listening to him last nite on the tube…

Hi Donita!

I have been listening to this an awful lot– actually since w got enthroned. It runs thru my head way, way too much. ;(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....search=eve of destruction

Mama Cass dying choking on a ham sandwich is an Urban Legend.

For some reason I’ve got Lambert, Hendricks & Ross’s “Gimme That Wine” stuck in my head now.

And I’m STILL pissed at Cass being gone. Whenever I want to feel less miserable in this world I listen to “New World Coming.” One of the all-time greats of the Groovy genre…

Cass was great to listen to. Michelle was great to look at.

wow barry mcguire

Gotta be sure Jane Hamsher sees that one, angie. Sumptin tells me she’ll like it, since I do so much.

TheOtherWa@16
I actually think it’s a sad state of affairs. My point is not trying to be mean towards any of these artists. Sometimes I just have to laugh to keep from crying.

All this discussion of Hendrix got me remembering my trip through the Experience Music Project here in Seattle. It started out as a Hendrix museum, but eventually evolved into something much bigger. But it still has lots and lots of Hendrix stuff, and all the rest of the 60’s as well.

If you ever make it to Seattle and you are into rock and roll, especially th 50’s through the 60’s, with a small amount of Seattle grunge thrown in, don’t let the butt-ugly building at the base of the Space Needle scare you off. It’s kinda pricey, but well worth the trip into downtown.

And next door is the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. It’s pretty cool, too. The queen alien from ALIENS is really pretty scary looking up close.

1. Eric Clapton - The Core
2. Sister Hazel - Sometimes
3. Tom Petty - Maryjane’s Last Dance
4. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
5. 3 Doors Down - By My Side
6. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Deja Voodoo
7. Aerosmith - The Grind (Honkin’ on Bobo)
8. Ten Years After - Baby, Please Don’t Go
9. Led Zeppelin - Hats Off to Roy Harper
10. Russ Ballard - Voices

1. Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah
2. Cream - Royal Albert Hall Reunion 2005

good for now…

Thanks everyone for leaving me epuing myself in a dark thread below….

Donita, I didn’t think you were being mean to the artists, more like the losers who think up these marketing schemes.

“The caterpillar hood
won’t cover the head and
You know you should be home in bed”

I am completely consumed lately by “1000 Years of Popular Music” by Richard Thompson, which comes with both two live CDs and a DVD video of the performance. It’s stunning.

Old Bonnie Raitt is the spin I’m in these days. “Walkin’ Blues” describes it to a T.

O/T, headline just now:

Hezbollah`s Nasrallah declares ‘all-out’ warfare against Israel (Channel 10)

[Ha’aretz]

Thanks Teddy– my s.o. and I sing it a lot and he plays it so well on the gitbox. We make up all kinds of verses to it, just to vent our spleens.

I love that song and it is amazing how relevant it still is– we haven’t come so far as it turns out.

Donita — those are fantastic clips. It’s like a summer vacation in a single post. JUST what I needed today — thanks so much! Awesome, awesome job. :)

OfT: great interview with my mayor about a problem Democrats have.

http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/?p=281

TheOtherWa@30
right on!

Christy Hardin Smith@36
Thanks so much for the props Christy! I think you do an Awsome, awesome job yourself

BobbyG @ 34

Do you have a link for that from Nasrallah? We are witnessing some very very bad juju in Israel right now. This whole thing with Hizbullah, Israel and Hamas WILL draw in the neighbors if this keeps up like its going. Forget about our boys and girls in Iraq coming home now if that happens, it will be World War 4 for real.

Also, OnT, I am enjoying the Charley Pride CD Howie Klein sent me for giving money to some kewl Democrat.

Maybe it was that shithot John Laesch.

Dr. Bong says:
July 14th
10. Russ Ballard - Voices

Wow, I thought I was the only one.
He has another one I really like but I can’t remember the name of it(killed too many brain cells for recreation)right now.I’m at work so I can’t go rummaging through my boxes of albums to find it. :{

Here’s an interview with Ennio Morricone

I’m listening to an album by Gino Paoli, a great Italian singer with whom Morricone wite a number of great songs in the early 60’s (two of them were used in Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution)

Currently Morricone’s working with Morrissey.

Fini @ 40 -

Got it from Ha’aretz online

Dig THIS:
_____

“Military officials are discussing contingency plans for what appears now to be the inevitable evacuation of U.S. citizens.

One official says that the most likely plan would be to use the assets from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based out of Camp Lejeune. The 24th MEU is currently in the Red Sea near Jordan, conducting bilateral and unilateral training exercises.

The most likely candidate from the MEU would be the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. It resembles a small aircraft carrier, complete with helicopters and light attack aircraft.

One official says that the military is working on the assumption that they would have to evacuate nearly 25,000 people.” (MSNBC)
_

great post again, Donita. What a way to insure no work gets done Friday afternoons!

I have been listening to Bryan Ferry — particularly Tokyo Joe — reminds me of Lotus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....arch=bryan ferry tokyo joe

Donita-
love the weird link to rock and roll heaven. fab playlist.
thx
b

Jimi Vodka?!? I know a few hundred thousand college guys who’ll be searching for a bottle after it shows up on the pages of Maxim.

But Frida Tequilla?!?!? Somehow that troubles me even more.

I’ll just keep drinking my beer until the Mahatma Ghandi Schnapps comes out.

Songs I’m glad I had playing in the car on my ride home from work:

Dj Erb - Eurythmics/Marilyn Manson/Snoop
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
And although I don’t understand this video clip, Nick Drake’s - Black Eyed Dog is still an amazing song.

David E. @ 43 writes:

Currently Morricone’s working with Morrissey.

This is just wrong.

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Well, it isn’t as if Jimi’s bones haven’t been picked clean a thousand times before. I going back to e-bay to look for those hard-to-find Hank Williams signature tourniquets and Karen Carpenter diet videos.

Stooges
Beefheart
Bird
Bach

peace,
jim

Holy crapola! When Marines are evacuating citizens we are going to war. Here we go kids, let’s hope Israel restrains itself and doesn’t go nuclear on Syria or Iran.

Awesome Donita. I was in a Hendrix spin last night (not from an vodka), which is not unusual in this house. I was listening to (in no particular order):

1. Drifting
2. Hey Baby
3. Isabella
4. Peace in Mississippi
5. One Rainy Wish
6. Night Bird Flying
7. 1983 (and Moon Turn the Tides)
8. Love or Confusion

Soul Coughing and Kraftwerk… nice call.

Dover Bitch @ 50

I thought the Kraftwerk choice was outstanding myself. I gotta give her mad props for the geek rock science she dropped there. And who doesn’t like Soul Coughing?

“Wir fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der Autobahn”?

.

Favorite Hendrix song? Waterfall.
Favorite Hendrix cover? All Along the Watchtower
Favorite cover of a Hendrix Cover? Patti Smith’s awesome version of Hey Joe.

Holy crapola is right, Fini.

Dover Bitch@50
yeah One Rainy Wish was my first choice…but then I wanted to GO FASTER!

g#@ammit!
F@$#in’ firewall.

Gnaw arm off…get the hell outta here.

spork

My oldest brother Tom is a guitarist and keyboardist that is 14 yrs older than me. When I was 5 years old he bought Autobahn and it pretty much has stayed on my lifetime playlist ever since. I would make all my childhood friends listen to it, I think it is the ultimate children’s music album. It certainly did wonders for my adult musical taste.

Goldfrapp reminds me of T-Rex (Marc Bolan).

Completely OT, and I apologize, but

Mark Maron’s last show is tonight. The brass at AAR failed to syndicate him and made him some other kind of offer he could refuse.

I will miss him a lot and hope he turns up somewhere else.

Goodnight, Sheeple. :(

I’m really boring: been listening primarily to the 2 Gorillaz CDs and Ringside all week.

FDL has become my one-stop-eye-headshop for all things gruv-vy in politics and music! Now help me keep track of Kevin Shields, eh?

My song of the day, Patrick Hernandez “Born To Be Alive”. Really. Actually it’s punishment for my partner making me watch that dance reality show on TV last night. Let’s see if Kev can remix that one ala GoTeam.
Dan

Ooops.

Make that Marc Maron . . . .

What I’d be listening to on a cloudy Friday afternoon if I didn’t have the radio on:

Our New Orleans: 2005

Good column idea, no?

The site right now is featuring three complete clips from Dirty Dozen, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Dr. John.

ABC Look of Love — hahahha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....arch=bryan ferry

Donita! Fini!

Thanks so much for this lovely Friday afternoon break.

Considering how protective the Hendrix estate has been of Jimi’s legacy over the decades, the latest developments in the licenses they are signing have been…to say the least…quite surprising.

Favorite Hendrix: Little Wing. Whenever I’m asked about my favorite song of all time that’s the answer I give.

It certainly did wonders for my adult musical taste.

That’s sad. ;-)

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The Spin I’m in this week (Psych edition):

1. Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love (side 1) - “Now if you’ll excuse me/I must be on my WAYYYYY”
2. Orquesta Flamboyan - “Vencenermos” - late 60s psych-meets-salsa. KILLER.
3. Os Mutantes - “Rita Lee” - if you don’t know… learn.
4. Stone Circus - “People I once knew” - kind of a tripped out poem over fuzzed guitars. Late 60s California.
5. TRAP DOOR - this just came out… billed as “An international psychedelic mystery mix,” it’s about 40 minutes of non-stop sickness from the guy who runs Groove Merchant record shop in San Francisco. I can’t recommend it highly enough - think: the best moments of the best psych records without all the noodling. Available: http://www.dis-joint.com/
6. Love - “you set the scene” - wraps up Forever Changes.
7. Funkadelic - “Maggot Brain” - listen as Eddie Hazel wrings blood from the neck of his guitar.
8. Lula Cortes y Ze Ramalho - Paebiru lp - this is as close as anyone’s ever come to committing the spirit of a peyote trip to record. by turns lovely and scary.

damn, donita, I’m giving up all my secrets…

Here is my YouTube playlist for this week for The Spin I’m (currently) In:

http://www.youtube.com/view_pl.....E7F3A10109

Fini FiniTOOBZ! (51)

Both Kraftwerk and SC are underrated. Especially Kraftwerk. “We are the Robots” is awesome.

immanentize (53)
Favorite Hendrix song? (Impossible to answer).
Favorite Hendrix cover? How about Killing Floor or Hoochie Kootchie Man
Favorite cover of a Hendrix Cover? Let’s go with Stanley Jordan’s Angel.

Donita, you rule for even thinking about One Rainy Wish for this list. A sure sign these Friday threads are going to be outstanding.

It might be a really good time to start contacting the WH and reps. and letting them know we are not up for the beginning of a world war. Of course it might be too late. The whole thing is totally out of control in the Middle East. And our unloved and impotent President is either incapable of, or not disposed to doing anything to stop it. We are fiddling while the world is teetering in the midst of a fiery “Purple Haze”. As for me? I’m scared.

Hsker D

Just sayin’

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Hey Jim Preston,

I saw Hendrix when he appeared at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, in, oh what? 1968? 69? I think he was dead within a year. Also saw a lot of the Stooges of that era, and listened to “Trout Mask Replica”.

The Hendrix concert was incredible, in the end you could barely hear for the feedback, and Hendrix was busy ramming his guitar into his speakers while the roadies held the speakers steady. Played the guitar with his teeth, finally smashed it to smithereens. I swear I was not stoned at this concert.

Dover Bitch,

Hoochie Kootchie Man — Yaaasssss! Good call!

Donita-
check this out. just posted on youtube a day ago.

Linda Mccartney talks about Jimi being very sensitive about the “packaging” of “Electric Lady Land” album and Linda and Noel Redding re-enact the photo session for the inner cover.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hma.....ch=hendrix linda mccartney

I suppose nobody wants to talk about what a kick-ass band ABBA was….

Yeah, I thought not.

OT - One for the Santorum file:

On the name-calling scale, this doesn’t come close to that red-faced guy in Glenside. But U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s re-election campaign keeps calling Democratic opponent Bob Casey Jr.”Bobby.”

This diminutive nickname makes Casey sound inexperienced, lightweight and without the substance of his father, the late Gov. Bob Casey.

In other words, it’s smart for Santorum to keep doing it.

The Casey camp could fight back by referring to the incumbent as “Ricky,” but Clout has a better idea.

Santorum’s high-school nickname was “Rooster.” Why not have a staffer (where’s Philly Press?) dress up as a rooster to attend Santorum’s public events?

Each day “Right-Wing Rooster” would carry a placard reminding everyone of one of Santorum’s more outrageous statements or positions.

The Santorum people could counter by bringing back “Bobby the Duck,” the duck-costumed staffer they had earlier this year to charge that Casey was ducking the issues.

Then the duck and the rooster could get into a shoving match during a televised debate… well, we can dream can’t we?

http://www.philly.com/mld/dail.....035870.htm

-via huffpo

Me too, OK Kiddo. I feel completely helpless– I have been writing nonstop with LTE’s and the Wapo, it feels so bad and the responses I have gotten and read don’t make me feel any better at all. An example below from wapo today:

>>>>>>>>
Fairfax, Va.: Many well know commentators and pundit are arguing strongly that the U.S. must place itself in some kind of mediator role in the current growing conflict. Do you agree with this premise and if you do why or why not?

Jefferson Morley: If there is going t be a mediator, it has to be the United States. There is no other country capable of playing the role. But the alignment of U.S. and Israeli policy now means that the United States cannot play that role.

Fini @ 50

Background

Spin?
Lisa Gerrard-Elegy
Eastmountainsouth-Ghost
Arvo Part-Psalom
Wynton Marsalis-Stardust(Live Village Vangaurd)
Robbie Robertson-Sacrifice
Richard Ashcroft-World Keeps Turning
Me’Shell Ndegeocello-Track 18(Anthropological Mixtape)
A Jazzy Deep House Mix-Little Louie Vega
Sun Kil Moon-Carry Me Ohio
Ooh Child-Valerie Carter

Hendrix?…….Pali Gap

Thanks Jane and Christy for helping me maintain my sanity in this world. This shit is too scary. Peace.

but zeppo, I can sing almost all the words to ABBA’s songs…..

what does that mean? hmmm, i wonder. ;)

Syd Barrett. Nice.

Jane @ 65

It’s fantastic to work with Donita, thanks for putting us together on this project. She’s a real trooper and a great columnist! Not to mention one hell of a vocalist in her own right.

I keep showing that clip on YouTube from Serial Mom to friends and family when I am telling them about helping her with tech stuff for this column. It’s a big hit with Mom and my uncles, they think its hilarious when she spits on the guy and he bursts into bigger flames.

OT-
This is funny as shit…”former WSJ editorial writer John Fund in court over civil spat with former girlfriend, Morgan Pilsbury, the daughter of another of his former girlfriends.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....6015c.html

garymar,
Thanks for the memories. I was too young to go in those days. Saw Captain Beefheart several times in small venues in NYC in the 79-80 era. If you want a trip back in time, check out the movie “Festival Express”. Best footage of Janis I’ve seen (in the DVD special features). Also excellent Dead footage (Easy Wind, Don’t Ease Me In) sweet stuff.

j

coriolanus,

Pali Gap… yes! I knew I forgot a tune that was in my play list last night. FDL is an amazing place… Pali Gap, Maggot Brain, Pocket Calculator… all in one thread.

Jane, did you know Angel and Little Wing were the same song when Hendrix first started writing it/them (at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 I think)?

Eveythingseemssoneat@59
Goldfrapp samples “Spirit In The Sky” on that track, I’m jealous

john in sacramento @ 78

That’s a fantastic backgrounder John, I bookmarked for later review in its entirety. Thanks.

OK, house stuff calls, bbl maybe, but more likely late night tonight after I finish calling bingo at the church festival. WOOHOO!! Yay me!

curve666@62
Born To Be Alive is one of my favorite dance songs of all time!

zeppo@76
I want to talk about ABBA, one of my favorite band of all time. In fact my solo band is currently covering Waterloo

Dover @ 86

I love Stevie Ray Vaughn’s version of Little Wing

for “spirit in the sky” fans, check out the Stovall Sisters’ (of “hang on in there” fame) gospel version.

john in sacramento, me too. and Voodoo Chile.

nicelyput2000@75
thanks for that youtube link. I actually saw that interview yesterday whilst I was putting together this piece. Very interesting.

I wonder if Hendrix ever took Sprite.

YAY– Donita loves ABBA too! woohoo!

Eric Clapton’s 73 Rainbow Show has an outstanding Little Wing.

Jerry Garcia still rules…..

Jefferson Morley: If there is going t be a mediator, it has to be the United States. There is no other country capable of playing the role. But the alignment of U.S. and Israeli policy now means that the United States cannot play that role.

This is ass-backwards. America’s policy has always been aligned with Israel, and that has not prevented American Presidents from playing the role of mediator, with varying success. The problem is that our current pResident, with his eponymous Doctrine, has neither moral authority nor leverage over any of the players.

We are seeing (and some on our small blue orb are experiencing firsthand) a regional war in the Middle East, as our single-superpower status has been tarnished by having at the helm of the only possible mediator-state a sociopath.

Now, perhaps as never before, is the time when the blogosphere could well play a role in bringing to bear enormous pressure on our government to play an extremely active role in stopping what might be starting in the Mideast. The lives we save may be our kids’. America has the tools to do the job.

Whups…. I thought I was being facetious there with the ABBA reference.

My own current musical preferences, presently, run toward some newer jazz stuff. Keiko Matsui being one of my current favorite artists. Acoustic Alchemy is running quite high as well, with their Sounds of St. Lucia album.

sticky — I am a very big spirit in the sky fan. I am sure i quoted it here six or seven months ago….

Thanks very much for the tip — I will check out the Stovall Sisters version.

gotta learn me some blockquotes, i guess….

I saw Hendrix at the one and only Denver Pop Festival. It was a cool night in June, and I remember being cold more than I remember the performance.

The police tear gassed the gate crashers (me) but we left before the gas reached us — it drifted into the stadium, as part of that extra special concert experience for the paying customers. After eating a watermelon in the park, the radio announced they were letting everyone in. We went back, saw Hendrix, and went home.

angie…78

Kiddo kudos coming your way.

Jane Hamsher@66
Yeah all of this Hendrix estate stuff I’ve been reading the last couple of days has been making my eyes cross.
Fini is the best!
Pleasure to be here!

Teddy SF, really easy to blockquote — just like bold or italics only write — blockquote — where you would put the — i — or the — b –

and always preview those blockquotes (speaking from huge past mistake).

Oklahoma kiddo:

“tools”?

Greg Sargent’s got a short interview with Jonathan Turley up at TPM Cafe about the Wilson’s civil case:

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/co.....ves_office

Donita –

There is a picture of you on your site under the classic gallery of you on stage playing guitar with your hair flying around you –

That picture is so aural!

Who took it? It is tremendous.

immanentize says:

Teddy SF, really easy to blockquote — just like bold or italics only write — blockquote — where you would put the — i — or the — b –

…and don’t forget to close the tag.

:-)

TSF –

gotta learn me some blockquotes, i guess….

Easy — same as italics, but use [blockquote] [/blockquote] instead of [i] [/i].

Oh that reminds me of a favorite night of mine, we had 4 couples over for dinner. All the guys were playing music of their choice and their guitars etc and we were listening raptly; then I suggested the girls have a chance to pick something. The ladies were polite and demurred, but I persisted. I pulled out my ABBA best of and my s.o. saw me and shook his head worriedly. I put it on, turned up the volume, and all the girls jumped up and started dancing wildly around the living room and singing with fake mikes– completely unrehearsed and spontaneous.

The guys sat there stunned.

(hey, ok kiddo, that was not my letter there, but thanks; just wanted to reference what you were talking about in your 71. I have had many, too many, letters published lately, though. I am really scared and have been writing alot.)

Janie Hendrix…More maroon than purple. Karma g’wan getcha, girl.

>:-(

Today’s spin:

-The Best of Doug Sahm and Friends

-Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers

-Slayer/Seasons In The Abyss

-Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X

-Thelonious Monk/Solo Monk

…and, before all the moneychangers defiled the temple…Jimi, Axis:Bold As Love.

No buyer’s remorse here.

hi,

generally, i’m a FDL lurker, but i love music and donita rocks so i will briefly de-lurk now

these are the current grooves i’m rockin’ on my hit list:

grandmasterflash - white lines
prince - kiss
britney spears - toxic (i constantly get slammed for this but it’s a great ass shaker)
missy elliot - work it
beastie boys - hey ladies
salt n’ pepper - shoop
commadores - brick house
cypress hill - insane in the membrane
m.i.a - galang (remix)
50 cent - hate it or love it
staple singers - i’ll take you there
stevie wonder - sir duke

Actually Haaretz had a good article I think it was called the Angry Skies that gives some background. The Israeli unit hit in the North was from the reserves. There were questions about its training (and the training of most reserve units) and it was their last day before being rotated out. The response of at least one of the participants of a meeting of the General Staff was to bomb Lebanon’s infrastructure back 30 years.

In the article BobbyG cited, Nasrallah did speak of further escalation. Of course, his house had been bombed by the Israelis earlier in the day.

Haaretz has its own slants but over all it’s coverage is lightyears ahead of what you can expect from the American media.

The current Israeli goal is to destroy Hezbollah. Their strategy to accomplish this is to shoot up Lebanon and destroy its infrastructure. They were not able to eliminate Hezbollah with an 18 year occupation of Southern Lebanon so you pretty much have an idea of how successful their strategy is likely to prove. According to the first article I cited, the Israeli General Staff put Ehud Olmert in a bind by leaking their plans for a massive retaliation forcing him to go along with it or face the political consequences of appearing to back down. The generals seem to be currently in control of Israel’s response. While they have been able to play political games with Olmert, their skills on the wider international scene are abysmal. We will support them because our foreign policy has been held hostage by them for years. In Europe and the Middle East, the Israeli reaction has been a public relations disaster.

If you are interested in rooting around Haaretz, it’s at:

http://www.haaretz.com/

yay darkblack!

(I’ve kinda been waitin’ around for that one, actually!)

darkblack you raided my music collection (except for slayer)!!

Have you heard Frank Black’s cover of Doug Sahm’s “Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day” on Honeycomb?

huge past mistake

NO WAY!

Spirit in the Sky, Promises End, I Hear You Knocking - day.

OT

Donald Rumsfeld