In vino veritas? ...4:27 pm
Megan Basham at Townhall.com has some comments on the pathetic Mel Gibson story (more…)
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On the Money ...12:01 pm
At a moment when many possible presidents would flinch, President Bush this morning patiently reminded everyone about what’s going on, who’s responsible, and who needs to do what to stop the bloodshed:
As we work with friends and allies, it is important to remember this crisis began with Hezbollah’s unprovoked terrorist attacks against Israel. Israel is exercising its right to defend itself. And we mourn the loss of innocent life, both in Lebanon and in Israel. We’re determined to deliver relief to those who suffer; we’re determined to work to resolve this crisis.
To achieve the peace that we want we must achieve certain clear objectives: Lebanon’s democratic government must be empowered to exercise sole authority over its territory. A multinational force must be dispatched to Lebanon quickly so we can help speed the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Lebanese people. Iran must end its financial support and supply of weapons to terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Syria must end its support for terror and respect the sovereignty of Lebanon.
This approach will make it possible what so many around the world want to see: the end of Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel, the return of the Israeli soldiers taken hostage by the terrorists, the suspension of Israel’s operations in Lebanon and the eventual withdrawal of Israeli forces.
The current crisis is part of a larger struggle between the forces of freedom and the forces of terror in the Middle East. For decades, the status quo in the Middle East permitted tyranny and terror to thrive. And as we saw on September the 11th, the status quo in the Middle East led to death and destruction in the United States, and it had to change. So America is opposing the forces of terror and promoting the cause of democracy across the broader Middle East.
This task is long, it is difficult work, but it is necessary work. When democracy spreads in the Middle East the people of that troubled region will have a better future. The terrorists will lose their safe havens and their recruits, and the United States of America will be more secure. The hard work of helping people realize the benefits of liberty is laying the foundation of peace for generations to come.
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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Delmore Daughter ...3:29 pm
A daughter of one of the Delmore Brothers (Debby, daughter of Alton Delmore) keeps up a web site in honor of the musical duo, and there’s a simple but heartfelt piece she has on the site about the day she met Bob Dylan. Not sure when it was written (it was linked on Expecting Rain earlier this week).
Even more touching, actually, is her story “Daddy, Me & the Beatles.” Have a tissue handy for this one. I mean that in a good way.
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Ramona ...2:19 pm
On July 8th, in Villalba, Spain, Dylan and his band performed a pretty version of To Ramona. Sample here.
Dreams, schemes and themes, indeed.
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Neighborhood Bully ...1:47 pm
From a Montana publication called The Daily Inter Lake, a short column by Frank Miele: Neighborhood Bully, Revisited.
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Breaking: “War is dangerous to children” ...1:34 pm
Especially when you launch Katyusha rockets from behind their bedrooms. LGF sums it up: Hizballah Human Shields.
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Changing Times ...5:45 pm
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Predictable Sequence ...10:16 am
On Thursday, a videotaped message from al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Muslims everywhere to rise up against Israel.
On Friday, a Muslim walks into a Jewish organization’s building in Seattle and starts shooting at anything that moves, killing one person and wounding five others.
On Saturday, the media treat it pretty much like just another random act of maniacal gun violence.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
What’s In The Papers ...4:03 pm
More on Todd Haynes “biopic” of Dylan, to be titled “I’m Not There,” from the Toronto Star today (shooting will allegedly begin on Monday in Montreal):
The plan is to have various actors play Dylan at various stages of his life, from his early days up to his 50s. (He recently turned 65.) A complete cast list was finally announced this week, just in time for the start of lensing, and they include well-knowns and unknowns. The six Dylan players are Heath Ledger (replacing Colin Farrell, who dropped out), Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Ben Wishaw (who played Keith Richards in Stoned) and Marcus Carl Franklin (TV’s Law & Order).
Blanchett is female and Franklin is black. This really will be an unusual movie.
The supporting cast includes Heath Ledger’s partner Michelle Williams (who will play the love interest to Blanchett’s Dylan), Julianne Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Canada’s own Bruce Greenwood.
“Bob Dylan was somebody who has rejected all of the various personas that he has embodied over the years,” director Haynes (Far From Heaven) told the press at Cannes in May.
“He continues to move forward by discarding himself, so my idea is to put together a film of multiple characters and tell their stories simultaneously. It’s going to be weird, not a traditional narrative by any means.”
It’s no wonder Dylan likes the idea. It’s not like anything the director puts in such a nutso-sounding film is going to stick to Dylan in any way.
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And another big story in the press today that invokes Bob is one about the Welsh singer Cerys Matthews. From This Is London, Dylan saved me from heroin hell:
“I couldn’t walk, couldn’t breathe,” she says quietly, scarcely audible above the clamour of the north London gastropub where we meet. “I was allergic to heroin. My body would react against it. It fills your lungs up. You suffocate yourself. So what do you do? You make a conscious decision to live. It would have been the end if I hadn’t made that decision.”
The strength to make that choice, she reveals, came from an entirely unexpected quarter. “I had a telephone call from Bob Dylan and from Yusuf Islam [the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens] in a two-week period and it gave me the confidence to follow what my heart was telling me, which was just to get out. I don’t know why they rang, it happened out of the blue.
“I’d like to keep the conversations private but it was a strange time because I’d almost given up hope on everything and started to lose the plot a bit, and that’s a pretty sorry place to be. [Then] these spiritual guides called and it helped me gather strength to change things and move and start again. I just did it by leaving the country and living in the middle of nowhere for a year.”
Alright.
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