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Watching the Axios interview of Donald Trump, I was reminded of the June 1972 release of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono double album, "Some Time in New York City." In the upper right-hand corner of the LP's cover, there is a picture of President Nixon and Chairman Mao dancing naked with wild abdomen. Some people were upset by this, including members of the Nixon administration.
In an interview, Yoko explained that she thought politicians should be naked in their campaigns, and all meetings while in office. Yoko was 48 years ahead of her time. Today, we have witnessed the naked lying of the president, despite him being fully dressed.
Norbert
(6,039 posts)If that sight didn't melt my eyes, I would have to do that.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)Would make be bleach my eyes and drink disinfectant ugggh * shudder*
lunatica
(53,410 posts)If I have not learned anything else from these last four years, Ive definitely had my eyes opened about the 30% of Americans who see what theyre told to see even after they dont see it.
I used to believe that the dissemination of knowledge, through education could cure all our evils. Now, not so much.
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)it can best be viewed in the context of a cult. The Trumpites are no different than the members of smaller cults, and the concept of 30% of the voting public being as brain-dead as the average Manson follower was is hard to believe. And I do not anticipate that they will come to their senses any time soon.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)American Revolution about the same amount of 30 percent of people wanted to remain a British Colony.
That cheered me up immensely!
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)About one third were pro-Britsh, another third backed the revolution, and the other third took no position. I think that is one of the history lessons that hasn't been properly taught in schools, and thus a large part of the public is ignorant of that fact. I appreciate you bringing it up!
Though it was long ago, I think the group dynamics of the Revolutionary War -- as well as the Civil War -- are important to understand in order to place today's situation in an object context. It's a topic that has fascinated me most of my life -- actually since I was in the 1st grade, though I clearly had a six year old's understanding at the time. Our principal told our class about Mohawk Leader Joseph Brant's camp in our town, and I was hooked. That afternoon, my mother told me that one of our family was friends with Brant; within a week, my brothers showed me where Brant's camp had been.
Some of my ancestors, including the one who was friends with Brant, sided with England. A factor was that they were opposed to the expansion into Indian territory that the Patriots favored. Life on the "western front" was tough enough without more conflicts with some of the Ohio River Valley Indian nations. More, after the Revolution, many of these people advocated recognizing the Lenape as a state within our union.
I studied this on my own, and didn't learn about it in school. It wasn't until college that I found it inside of a classroom as part of our country's history. Likewise, college courses provided the more accurate lessons of the colonial era as involving black, white, and red peoples. I think this can be applied to understanding current events, too.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)Are dark triad personalties.
Coincidence I think not.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:53 AM - Edit history (1)
before dancing naked with it.
On edit-Lennon wrote "wild abdomen" in 1964-http://www.bookride.com/2007/04/in-his-own-write-john-lennon-1964.html
panader0
(25,816 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,833 posts)Towlie
(5,324 posts)I remember once on another discussion forum someone argued "A good spell checker would have caught that." The response was "a good education would have caught that."
panader0
(25,816 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Try sporting some boobs with that!
abdomen >
Boobs >
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)soldierant
(6,847 posts)but I don't recall his abdomen being anywhere near as wild as Donnie*'s.
(I am assuming autocorrupt changed "abandon," incidentally.)
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)soldierant
(6,847 posts)rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)soldierant
(6,847 posts)Response to soldierant (Reply #22)
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totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)H2O Man
(73,536 posts)It would be brutal.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)poor woman.
spanone
(135,828 posts)'I did more for the Black community than anybody with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, whether you like it or not'
Somebody muzzle this rancid, ignorant fuck.
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)Just fucking unreal how obscenely obnoxious he is.
spanone
(135,828 posts)insults etc etc etc.
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)that he is a bigger liar than was LBJ, I'd admit that he is right. And LBJ set that bar high. But the fucking nerve of him to compare himself to Johnson in terms of what each did for black Americans is so gross.
spanone
(135,828 posts)He just found out that Lincoln was a republican
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)And he has the fucking nerve to say that "with the possible exception of Lincoln," he has done more for black Americans than any other president. That ranks with his "no one ever knew" Lincoln was a republican.
we can do it
(12,184 posts)shelshaw
(533 posts)H2O Man
(73,536 posts)kentuck
(111,082 posts)Jumpin' Yo-Semite!
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)No fucking excuse for that.
kentuck
(111,082 posts)..the reference would be to Yosemite National Park.
It's really unbelievable that he would not know that.
On one hand, I think he does, but had what Uncle Charlie (0n "My Three Sons" called a "Fredian slip." On the other hand, the guy is stupid.
malaise
(268,952 posts)Says everything
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)One of the worst that Trump has done.
onetexan
(13,037 posts)soldierant
(6,847 posts)soldierant
(6,847 posts)He often did write as if he were channeling James Joyce.
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)Definitely abdomen.
mnmoderatedem
(3,726 posts)not enough eye bleach in the universe to fix that .
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)my eyes would melt and run down my cheeks.
dmr
(28,347 posts)It's that damn autocorrupt again.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)He's already been memorialized naked with statues!
To save our eyes, I will not post any pictures of them, just a link to a story about them:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/18/12538672/nude-donald-trump-statues-union-square-los-angeles-indecline
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)It's dangerous enough to recognize that Trump is naked under his clothing.
dmr
(28,347 posts)I may need to sanitize my brain!
who box are working out in the room next to me. I laughed so hard reading your post that they asked what was so funny?
dmr
(28,347 posts)But usually I wake Jack, the dog from his snoring.
coeur_de_lion
(3,676 posts)but wouldn't that be FUN?
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)as for president. Shame she wasn't born here!