Yesterday, legendary singer BOB DYLAN released a new song, totally shocking the world. There was NO ADVANCE NOTICE it was coming, for one thing. Secondly, it was his first original song he's written in 7-8 years...and he's releasing it at age 78, so it may be his LAST, who knows. And thirdly, this one 17 minute song comprises a whole "album" which is highly unusual (but it only cost $1.29 on iTunes...I purchased it, BTW, and have listened to it several times).
"Murder Most Foul" is the title of the song / album, and pictured above is the cover artwork. The "song" (Dylan starts out SINGING but then it seems to morph into a POEM he's spontaneously RECITING) deals with the brutal assassination of President John Kennedy in 1963, as you may have guessed. And as his LAST two songs on his LAST album in 2012 dealt with the sinking of the Titanic and the murder of John Lennon, and THIS one deals with KENNEDY'S murder, it would seem that Dylan is trying to comment on tragic historical events and cement his position as a "spokesman" for the times before HE leaves this earth.
On the positive side, I was pleased to find MANY Christian references in the lyrics to "Murder Most Foul." Dylan made a VERY loud profession of Christian faith about 40 years ago, which he gently affirms NOW in THIS long song, and this encouraged me. (That being said, the line about "Wolfman Jack speaking in Tongues" was a LITTLE weird, Lol!! But the many other SERIOUS Christian references were most welcomed.)
So why did Dylan release this new song NOW when it was apparently recorded in 2013, the 50th anniversary of JFK's death?? Well, the song highlights societal and cultural changes in America since JFK got killed. My guess is that Dylan took this song out of the vault NOW to get us thinking about how the Chinese Virus Catastrophe will change our lives NOW, just as the Kennedy Assassination did THEN. Just a thought....only HE knows why he did what he did, obviously.
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In recent days, New York City Mayor BILL DeBLASIO has come under fire, correctly, for his mishandling of the Chinese Virus Catastrophe. What's encouraging is that segments of the LIBERAL media are (finally) pounding him, for once!! Because HE'S a Liberal, he usually gets away with murder. But wait a minute...it's not THAT encouraging, when you dig deeper...
You see, as one who lived close to NYC when Bill was first up for election, I remember many Dems saying they'd vote for him because it would "make history" and "put a black woman in charge of New York City" (Bill's WIFE is black and it's widely perceived that she TELLS HIM WHAT TO DO AND HE DOES IT.) So at the very least, a vote for BILL was a vote to make his wife CO-Mayor, and, at worst, it was to make HER the unofficial Mayor, pulling Bill's strings from behind the scenes. Rightly or wrongly, that was the popular perception and Bill did NOTHING to seek to shoot it down.
Think I'm kidding?? Look at this profile of Bill's wife from Wikipedia. It says she "assumed office" and is an "Incumbent."
Now, look at Wiki's profile of the PRESIDENT'S wife. It says she assumed a "ROLE" as First Lady of the Nation. Contrast the two.
The second one is correct. Being First Lady ANYWHERE is not an "office," it's a "role" but again, IT IS SO WIDELY BELIEVED THAT BILL'S WIFE IS THE "REAL" MAYOR OF NYC THAT EVEN WIKIPEDIA ACKNOWLEDGES IT.
And if being the PRESIDENT'S wife is not an "office," being a MAYOR'S wife sure isn't!!
So this is why it's discouraging that the Liberal media blames BILL (and only Bill) for New York City's woes during the Crisis. They let CHIRLANE off scot-free, she gets NO criticism and has NO accountability for the way she leads Bill down wrong paths. They pile all the blame on the white man EXCLUSIVELY, while the black woman gets NO heat. And that's because the Liberal media is racist, they hate WHITE people, in my opinion.
CHIRLANE should get the blame for letting NYC be hit as hard as it is, during the Crisis.
And BILL should get the blame for letting HER be an unelected, unaccountable Mayor-Behind-The-Scenes!!
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