Comments on: Tidal party

by: Mo D

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:21:51 +0000

U2 were awesome. The Edge is the Zen Master of the guitar; Adam is the first of his kind as bass player; Larry is only rivalled by Rob Hirst as a drummer and there are no words in my language for Bono. I was happy to breathe in the same air as them for a couple of hours. Collective action through music, power (lots of amps) and passion has always been a way through - I still get goosebumps from Peter, Paul and Mary with MLK … activism takes many forms and for my money nothing like a microphone, a few lights, some good lines and a crowd to feel the earth move.

by: ann

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:17:27 +0000

NO!!!! EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND HAPPY NOW. DAMNIT!!

;-)

by: charles

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:20:59 +0000

I would be a little cautious about the US election result. although it’s been good to see people like Senator Carl Levin get up and demand immediate troop withdrawl, the current conjuncture in US politics is not unalloyed joy for the liberal-left. We’re still a long way away from a position where troops *will* be withdrawn. The center still is pushing for a victory in Iraq. Maybe we’re at 1969 in Vietnam
– I’d say *escalation* is just as likely as getting out. All that has happened is that “stay the course” is no longer credible as a US strategy.

The election happened because the Bush Administration was unable to acknowledge that the war is going badly, or seem flexible at all. It was also about how many US congressman were being investigated for corruption; the Mark Foley affair, the Repub. dude who strangled his wife, the many who did shady land deals. Katrina wasn’t even mentioned by the Democrats in the campaign. For every withdrawl Dem there’s a Joe Lieberman, a Repub in disguise, who’s a hawk on Iraq. Oh and Nancy Pelosi says that impeachment is “off the table”.

There’s a cloud above every silver lining…