Tag Archives: beatles

Extreme irony watch: Paul and Barack sing Hey Jude together

I’ve long thought of Barack Obama as the fifth Beatle, but I wonder what, exactly, the below video means. Does it represent the cultural triumph of the 1960s (America’s first black president singing “Hey Jude” with Paul McCartney in the White House), … Continue reading

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Why Liberals Need to Support the Health Care Bill

One writer to Josh Marshall’s website takes on those who would make the pure the enemy of the good: If I feel abandoned, it’s not by Obama and the Democratic party, it’s by those on the left advocating to kill the … Continue reading

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A Gay Marriage Proposal in City Council Chambers!

A man asks another man to marry him during a city council hearing!: My response:

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Skeleton Meditation (for Life Perspective)

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Sisyphus Pushing v. Buddha Sitting

Someone recently said to me that to conclude that the universe is without purpose needn’t lead to pessimism and Albert Camus-like rebellion (as I have been suggesting lately). Nihilism might just as well mean “the loss of misery and despair as well. … Continue reading

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George Harrison Mental Health Break

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John Lennon Eyes the Maharishi with Apparent Suspicion

It’s good to be skeptical.               Wearing guru garb does not mean you know shit.

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Emerging from the Conformist Psychological Pain of the 1950s: See Here People Trying to Get Themselves Free by Shaking Their Bodies and Screaming at the Beatles

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Help!

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Ticket to Ride

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Sad Little Nowhere Man

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The Obama Era

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Nothing is Real, and [There’s] Nothing to Get Hung About

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I Like the Multi-headed White Caterpillar

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John McCain Finds a Closing Theme?: “My friends, I want to talk to you about the good things that we can have (if we close our eyes)”

In a staff meeting (secretly recorded) John McCain, Sarah Palin, and their advisors finally land on a closing campaign theme that they think might get them traction:

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Hate—or Hope?

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Mental Health Break: “All You Need is Love” Beatles Song to Help Shake Off the Bad Karma of the McCain-Palin Campaign Rallies

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“Here Comes the Sun”: After a Long, Cold Lonely Bush Winter, See Here Phil Keaggy Sing the Beatles’ Classic Song

On November 5th, the day after the election, will it be “morning in America?”—or mourning in America?

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All We Are Saying Is “Give Calm a Chance”

 And And reason too.

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