by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
Taken from one of Bob Dylan’s songs, Subterranean Homesick Blues, this lyric “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” is fitting for what went down on 9/11/01 in that classroom in Sarasota, Florida. If you recall, Junior Bush was on a scheduled...
by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
Borrowing from the 1963 Lesley Gore song I’ll Cry If I Want to: “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, you would cry too if it happened to you.” Well, if you still subscribe to this phony Two Party/One Party system, as they say in the world of commerce ‘ Buyer...
by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
To this writer there are in reality but two classifications of evil people: A) The crazy or deranged evil ones and B) The rational, without empathy or caring evil ones. Just viewed Alan Parker’s great 2000 film Angela’s Ashes for perhaps the umpteenth time. The film...
by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
We have a president who has taken the term ‘Low Base’ to a new level. When he did a ‘pass’ on the Charlottesville white supremacy, Neo Nazi march and street battles that ensued the next day, he gave indirect legitimacy to such a mindset. The ‘rot’ from such passive...
by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
In Woody Allen’s 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when “a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead.” Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system...
by Philip Farruggio | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Global Research
Just about 50 years ago the West Coast rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded “What About Me”. Sadly, in this America 2019 the lyrics are more relevant. Fifty years later! Let’s analyze certain parts of the song: What About Me You poisoned my sweet...