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In Reply to: RE: The dumbing down of the U.S. continues... posted by semuta on July 15, 2016 at 13:19:48
You mean criminal rappers like Paul Simon, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Stevie Wonder, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole, Joan Baez, Burt Bacharach, Lyle Lovett, Sheryl Crow, BB King, Smokey Robinson, Diana Krall, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Alison Kraus, , Blind Boys of Akabama ...And classical artists like Sharon Isbin, Alicia Weilerstein, and Joshua Bell?
It is people like you, who gobble up the vile excremental spew without doing any fact checking, who are dumbing down America.
Geez!
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Edits: 07/15/16Follow Ups:
"You mean criminal rappers like Paul Simon, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Stevie Wonder, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole, Joan Baez, Burt Bacharach, Lyle Lovett, Sheryl Crow, BB King, Smokey Robinson, Diana Krall, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Alison Kraus, , Blind Boys of Akabama ... "
These artists are "rappers"? .... .....
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"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
I'm getting the impression that you're trolling..........
Here is one example, with many others available if you so choose to examine this further.
Balanced? Isn't that how it goes?
When the rapper Common was invited to the Obama White House, conservatives took umbrage because the singer's music has featured lyrics about violence and an anti-police attitude. What the same commentators and pundits seemed to forget was when Eazy-E, the late, controversial rapper from the gangster rap group NWA, was invited to a Republican White House luncheon during the administration of George H.W. Bush. Eazy-E, real name Eric Wright, wrote songs about killing cops in graphic detail as well as raping women, committing robbery and other crimes. But that didn't stop then Republican Senate leader Bob Dole from inviting the rapper to an exclusive luncheon with the president and the Senate's inner circle on March 18, 1991 after the recording artist made a contribution to the Republican Party at the urging of Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas).
Surely you jest!
Yeah the whole story was made up, right?
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His multiple appearances on The Daily Show during the Jon Stewart era showed he had a quick wit and could be an entertaining guest. But when you purposely report exaggerations and falsehoods (self-aggrandizing ones at that!) as Williams did, that should be pretty much the end of your career IMHO, because you no longer have any credibility any more - and what good is your reporting without credibility? It seems as if those with connections, money and power close ranks and protect their own (like Williams) when push comes to shove.
If the helicopter he was riding in had actually been hit by an RPG he most definitely would no longer be reporting from anywhere. The first time I heard him talk about it I knew he was full of it. Helicopters do not survive a hit from an RPG.
. . . I'm saying right now that I don't plan to prune it myself - I'm innocent! ;-)
Although. . . we could profitably tone down the rhetoric a bit, as colorful and entertaining as it might be! ;-)
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