George Harrison’s Tune Is the More Appropriate One

The contradictions of leftist artists never cease to amaze me. Many grew up staunch rebels against authority in their own lives. They rebelled against their parents, teachers, society, societal norms, government, business, Ms. Manners - the whole lot.

But, then they throw in with and romanticize about authoritarian political leaders. I never could figure out if they simply didn't recognize the contradiction or if it was just that their own inflated self image finally found the father figure worthy of their adulation.

And then there's

"Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can.
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man."

There is the contradiction there that leftists just can't see.

"Imagine no possessions", oh okay; just how are we to eat if we can't possess food, how are we to be stable in our life's if we must move with the seasons to stay warm because we have no clothes? Obviously with no possessions that migration to stay warm would have to be on foot.....no wait we'd all be dead because we can't possess anything to eat.

In short John was a "head up his ass" leftie....no wait I was redundant again.

lol - you must listen to instrumental music exclusively if you get so irate and analytical about lyrics.

Disingenuous Kuehn,

Yours was the analysis of a fool.

Did I analyze? I didn't think I did. I thought I just provided a Monday morning poke to you :)

Did you analyze, Jr.? Well let's analyze that:

"you must listen to instrumental music exclusively", Hmmm, appears to be analysis to me. Evidence looked at, assessed, and a conclusion drawn. Is that not analysis, Disingenuous K.?

Then we have this:

"you get so irate", Hmm, more analysis, based on the same logical breakdown described in the last paragraph. Can you show me the exact wording that lead one to believe that I was irate when I wrote that, Disingenuous K.?

Slapping lefties upside the head either in rhetoric or physically is, by myself, never done in anger or irritation. It is done in pure cold rational realization that it is the only, best, and most productive way of dealing with the socialist hardcore, because I am old enough, wise enough, and experienced enough to have learned that long before you were a careless gleam in your dad's eye.

Perspective, DK, look the word up in the dictionary. It is what so many here have, and was gained by those long years of being in the pits with the devils of life, and which produced that wisdom and experience I speak of. Your lack of perspective showed in the first post you ever made here, and it stuck out like a sore thumb, methinks, Sam Grove, et.al. spotted it as well.

You have your head full of "book learnin's" but you haven't traveled enough of the hard roads yet to know how much of that stuff in your head is bullcrap.

Yet, as we said in the Navy about guys like you, you're young, dumb, and full of cum, and their "ain't" no reason to step back and consider the words of others when you have the handle on it already.

It is nice to make your own mistakes, but like most, you're intent on making "ours" all over again.

Perspective, you don't have it as part of your skill set at birth.

Wow - so apparently Beatles song lyrics aren't the only thing you take excessively seriously.

Disingenuous Kuehn,

Yours is the analysis of a fool.

Weren't we just at this intersection?

Perhaps - I'm just a dumb kid, how would I know?

True dat!

Ouch,

and their "ain't" no....should have been "and there "ain't no"

He is talking about a dreamworld though. Ownership is not ideal - it's just the best possible system considering our real circumstances. But if there was no scarcity and no way to interfere with others...

Don, I'm curious about your reaction to the lyrics of John Lennon's "Imagine"?

"Imagine there's no country..."

Couldn't that be considered a Rothbardian dream?

While My Guitar Gently Weeps!

You know, if Glenn Hubbard wanted to do another parody, this Harrison song is ripe with ready-made lyrics to weave today's bad economics and loss of liberty into song.

He dedicated the song to Michelle, not Barack, so I don't see what the big deal is. Maybe he thinks that she's attractive, or he loves the way she tends the garden, or he's impressed that she can put up with her role in society.

And if you think about it another way, he probably assumed that most everyone in the audience was an Obama fan. I don't know whether that was a good assumption or not, but if it was, he'll (re)gain market share. His profit motive should have made you enjoy the concert more, not less.

Re: Taxman, as well as being great satire, it's also great record, with a unique McCartney lead guitar solo.

I ranted a little about the context of it in the British political scene on the other post, maybe it would have been more appropriate here. http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/beatlemania.html?d...

One reason socialists want a worldwide government: they don't want their prey escaping--

"This is a bitter song about how much money The Beatles were paying in taxes. People with high earnings pay exorbitant taxes in England. Many successful entertainers leave the country so they can keep more of their money. As a result, The Beatles - as well as The Who and The Rolling Stones - spent a lot of time in America and other parts of Europe as "tax exiles.""

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=101

Unfortunately for the Beatles, Brian Epstein discovered the notion of tax avoidance very late. This is why they got MBEs - the government got most of the loot up to that point in their careers. And I'm pretty sure the schemes he later came up with didn't work too well either - e.g. filming Help in the Bahamas and Switzerland.

John moved to New York, but not so he could be treated better by the government - he was persecuted far more, if anything. He was "carrying pictures of Chairman Mao" around that time.

Before introducing the Taxman you may want people to remember this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8erePM8V5U&feat...