I was raised outta steel
Here in the swamps of Jersey
Some misty years ago
Through the mud and the beer
The blood and the cheers
I’ve seen champions come and go
So if you’ve got the guts, mister
Yeah, if you got the balls
If you think it’s your time
Then step to the line
And bring on your wrecking ball
—Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
Running a little late but wanted to share some Sunday Morning Music. Thought that some Springsteen would be appropriate since he had a bit of a run-in with the creature who now occupies the People’s House. At a show in England, Bruce opened his show by saying that though we were now under the thumb of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration the America of which he wrote for the better part of the past six decades was still there. His is an America of hard working, hardscrabble, hard luck folks who are decent and caring and are just trying to make their way through this world unscathed.
El Presidente Grande Naranja took umbrage at these remarks and basically threatened Bruce with all the power of the highest office in this land for Bruce exercising his First Amendment rights in his criticism of the administration.
I am not going to get into the whole affair this morning except to say those who threaten our basic rights such as free speech and due process and the institutions that have kept democracy afloat for 250 years are not acting in the best interests of America. A virtual wrecking ball is being smashed into every corner of the American edifice.
And the only response to such an attack is with an even bigger wrecking ball, one of accountability and justice.
That’s all I am going to say. Here’s Wrecking Ball from Bruce Springsteen. Some good advice in here: Hold tight to your anger/And don’t fall to your fears.
Let your wrecking ball swing, folks.
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