Day 3 9/09/07

By far the most intelligent thing I've read out of Iraq in a very long time comes from The Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Eshagh al-Fayyadh this week. He is one of the top Shiite (I still have a tendency to want to spell that incorrectly) clerics and he called on Muslims this Friday to keep religion out of politics. What if many of our own leaders could do that? He also has urged Iraqi officials to unite to "rescue the nation from the catastropic situation".
The Patraeus Report is coming out. You can add me to the list of skeptics who already doubt it's validity or value. I'm not sure that it should have the General's name on it since it will be filtered and spun through the White House before being released. I am sure that it will continue to make a case to try to save Republican Party face and honor until the end of the Bush / Cheney term. Whoever takes over for these criminals will be painted as the pansy who chickened out and made us look bad in front of the world. Yeah, right. In private, Republicans will be as relieved as any Democrat that the nightmare of Bush's term and then The War In Iraq end. The only ones who won't like it will be the contractors who eventually will have to come home, however long that takes. Even talk show hosts will love it because it'll give them something to talk about for a long time, cowardly Democrats. Trust me, some day this war ends. If there is any justice, hearings will begin.
I had some feedback about the music lists that I did. I was surprised how hip some of you are. A good friend wrote to request some obscure music topics because he knows that I know a few fun music trivia facts. While I prefer British music trivia centering around some of the guys around The Animals and Jimi Hendrix' Experience (yes, British. Not Jimi, the band.), I thought that I'd throw this one out there. Many of you know who The Runaways are, the chick band from the late 70's with Joan Jett. In 1983, Lita Ford, singer and guitar player from that same band released an album called "Out For Blood". The producer and bass player on that record was Neal Merryweather. In the 70's, he had his own band, Neal Merryweather and The Space Rangers. They were a pretty good band. They played hard pychedelic rock and did a few cover tunes. If you get a chance, check them out. They're available on a few websites to download.
Some people didn't know who Todd Park Mohr was. He is the singer, songwriter, guitarist for Big Head Todd and The Monsters. You may remember songs like Bittersweet, Resignation Superman, Broken Hearted Savior, Sister Sweetly or It's Alright. If you ever get a chance to catch these guys live, do it. If you don't own the cd Sister Sweetly, buy it. It's a very romantic and sexy cd. It gets me in the mood.
I'll continue to make a recommendation or two on music in the future, however you should listen to more music anyway. Turn off the television and turn on the stereo. I have put a lot of time into my music collection and I'm probably obsessive. I know this though, I've always got something interesting to pull out and slap on the old cd player. I can have a stranger over and let them pick something out. They'll find something they like. It's true about music soothing the savage beast. Try it, you'll like it. No one ever had a heart attack from listening to music they enjoyed.
Thanks for dropping by. No more "W's".
Hank