The Music: It was 40 years ago, today, that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. No kidding…. give or take a few days. June first in the UK and June 3rd in the states.
Among the other technical innovations, it was actually the first album [1] ever to use the Dolby Noise reduction system. Tape noise, when you’re banging from track to track, becomes a serious issue.
There is, of course, an awful lot already written about this album. Here’s a fairly decent starting point [2], if you’re interested in doing a little background search.
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* Also, I am reminded [3]that the incident at Tiananmen Square was eighteen years ago today. the people that arranged that show force, are still in power. Question: Why?
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* I’m also reminded of 30 years ago this month, when the Applie ][ hit the stores for the first time.
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* OK, OK, I know… Scooter Libby. [4]
We have, in Sandy Berger someone who committed an actual crime, unlike Libby. All of the screaming that’s been going on over Scooter Libby, from the left, becomes meaningless in light of their cries of foul, at the treatment Sandy Berger got, for having the documents stuffed in his pants. So what’s with all the carrying on on the left side of the ‘sphere tonight? I suppose that we’re talking about a group of people who have been so bereft of any kind of victory and all over the past several years, that anything is cause for breaking out the wacky weed. But before we get too far into the celebration, maybe we ought a look at just what we have here.
Libby was convicted on a case were no charge was ever brought against him, or anyone else, as regards the original investigation that Fitzpatrick was supposed to be doing. The bottom line, here, is this entire thing was set up to cover the tracks of Joe Wilson and Valarie Plame, and Richard Armatage… the one who had leaked her name in the first place. If anyone, there are the real liars, and the ones guilty of obstruction of justice. it’s pointless, at the moment, to comment further on all of this, given that it’s going to be another year and a half before this comes out of the appeals process, for all of the reasons I mentioned and a few I didn’t, this one SHOULD be appealed.
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* Speaking of obstruction of justice, let’s consider the case of William (Cold Cash) Jefferson. I don’t know how many of you are aware of this but there is some serious trouble coming for Nancy Pelosi, over this one. She and the remainder of the Democratic leadership have been stonewalling any attempted getting an investigation going against Jefferson. So much for draining the swamp. That situation is going to be playing very large as this investigation goes forward this summer. Indeed, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if it played large next summer as well, going into the 08 election.
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* By the way have you noticed that most of the stories you see on places like CNN, don’t even mention that Jefferson is a Democrat? Gee, why would that be, I wonder….
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* In the meanwhile We see where to ABC news, their latest polling data with the Washington post, shows the congressional democrats are statistically tied amongst the people as regards who was the stronger leadership force. That’s a 24 point swing toward President Bush. The bit with Jefferson, and the show trial conviction with Libby, is going to trend further away from the Democrats, as more folks catch on to what they’ve been up to.
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* Fairly strong rains here today. Yard work, and work on the truck, both out. One thing I did get to do was the INSIDE of the truck.
You see, we took Ray the Cat to the vet last night… we took my truck as opposed to my wife’s car on the idea that the fur wouldn’t get all over the leather seats, and wouldn’t show as bad on the light brown interior, as opposed to her interior, which is black on black.. and cloth, at that…. Which turned out to be a good move, but it was still a cleaning effort.
Going to have to show that car to you one of these days… next sunny day.