tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post113692313087153940..comments2023-06-08T07:28:54.296-07:00Comments on Got All These Buckets Coming Out Of My Ears: A funny smell is emanating from Washingtonbeamishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1136931532578793622006-01-10T14:18:00.000-08:002006-01-10T14:18:00.000-08:00I also know what classical liberalism is, which so...I also know what classical liberalism is, which sorta reminds me of these Zappa lyrics from 1968:<BR/><BR/>"UNBIND YOUR MIND<BR/>THERE IS NO TIME<BR/>Boin-n-n-n-n-n-g<BR/>TO LICK YOUR STAMPS<BR/>AND PASTE THEM IN<BR/>DISCORPORATE<BR/>AND WE'LL BEGIN<BR/>FREEDOM! FREEDOM!<BR/>KINDLY LOVING!<BR/>YOU'LL BE ABSOLUTELY FREE<BR/>ONLY IF YOU WANT TO BE<BR/>YOU'LL BE ABSOLUTELY FREE<BR/>ONLY IF YOU WANT TO BE"<BR/><BR/>I've been hot with Zappa lately, Larry gave me a rare DVD bootleg collection of Mothers performances from 1967-68. There is one particularly beautiful pachuco doo-wop song sung by Roy Estrada (Mother's bassist) that literally brings tears to my eyes. I was also given Frank's new biography for Christmas from Ross. Somebody trying to tell me sumpfin'?beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1136927900855534082006-01-10T13:18:00.000-08:002006-01-10T13:18:00.000-08:00From Ludwig von Mises:"Rhetorical bombast, music a...From Ludwig von Mises:<BR/><BR/><B>"Rhetorical bombast, music and song resound, banners wave, flowers and colors serve as symbols, and the leaders seek to attach their followers to their own person. Liberalism has nothing to do with all this. It has no party flower and no party color, no party song and no party idols, no symbols and no slogans. It has the substance and the arguments. These must lead it to victory."</B><BR/><BR/>(He is using "liberalism" in the classical sense.)Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.com