OOOPS

I should be writing stuff, shouldn't I?

Choosing The Lesser Of Two Evils

Merely postpones the inevitable.

The Disease Of Sin Exists

Long before the symptoms of sin appear.

What On Earth

Our abuse of the earth will only destroy the world

Her inability to accommodate us, the world

Will not be her destruction, merely ours

The earth will eventually evict the world

Before we ever destroy her, keeping our deposit.

Our Other Selves

Others are blamed for everything.

If only they would…

If only they wouldn’t…

If only they did…

If only they didn’t...

To others we are the other.

The Boss and The Bureaucrat

Last night I had thought about adding my literary voice to the multitudes who shook their collective heads in amazement that bureaucrats in London wouldn't let a couple of senior citizens named Bruce and Paul stay out past curfew to sing a few songs for their fans in Hyde Park.  But curfew is curfew.  Rules are rules. The letter of the law will be obeyed even if the Spirit In The Night suggested otherwise. 

Now, the thought of pulling the plug on The Boss is kinda amusing.  Considering his reputation for playing three hour plus concerts the thought that the only way to get him off the stage is to cut the power and make him go home would be of the highest compliment for him and his band.  The bureaucratic fear that he might entertain the public into infinity unless he was stopped should put a smile -or big grin- on any and all Boss and E Street Band fans.  But he is an American and when in London...

But.  But...  Mr. McCartney?  Sir Paul McCartney?  A Knight!  If only he had his horse and lance.  A knight and Member of the British Empire is unceremoniously told he can't stay out past 10:30pm and play with his friends.  This is now the second time the city of London has shut down a concert involving Paul.

Not only did The Boss give the public more than their money's worth with a three hour plus concert he threw in a mini Paul McCartney and the E Street Band featuring Bruce Springsteen concert as an added bonus at no extra charge only to have it all pretty much immediately shut down by the powers that be because they were more concerned with rich neighbors of the park instead of a public that was having a wild but innocent time courtesy of two artists grateful for and to their fans.  Bureaucrats are rarely talented and also rarely grateful to and for anything except themselves and their rules.  And that is why the concert ended the way it did.

This never would've happened in Asbury Park.

 

Reality Check

 

Scowl and stare

Glare if you dare

The world doesn't care

Whether it's fair

 

Worth or Value at a Price

If money grew on trees
Eventually there'd be
No more public property

Self Distraction

People who can't stand to be alone

Can't stand to be with themselves

Materialism

When the going gets tough

The tough go shopping

Prophet And Loss

What does it profit a man

To try to gain the world and fail

And lose his soul

Wants Wanting

Socialism:  We want what's ours


Communism:  We want what's yours


Capitalism:  We want what's ours and yours


Americanism:  I want what's mine and what's not mine and what's
                          left over

Communication Breakdown

If people speak

Only when spoken to

Who would speak first

No Expectations

No disappointments.

Once Upon A Time

People lived happily ever after.

No Shoes, No Shirt...

My kind of woman.