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Steve Earle - Jerusalem (Live on KEXP)
That whole album kicks b*tt.* The intros are always worth a listen, this one ends up with
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People think this is
hopelessly optimistic but
I'm just gonna keep singing
the song until I die or it comes true
whichever one happens first
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"I believe that on that day
all the children of Abraham
will lay down their swords forever
in Jerusalem."
He must be smiling tonight.
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All tracks composed by Steve Earle; except where indicated
"Ashes to Ashes" – 4:02
"Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)" – 4:19
"Conspiracy Theory" – 4:14 (Duet with Siobhan Kennedy)
"John Walker's Blues" – 3:41
"The Kind" – 2:04
"What's A Simple Man To Do?" – 2:29
"The Truth" – 2:21
"Go Amanda" – 3:34 (Earle, Sheryl Crow)
"I Remember You" – 2:53 (Duet with Emmylou Harris)
"Shadowland" – 2:52
"Jerusalem'" – 3:56
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10-24-2020, 03:27 AM
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10-24-2020, 06:11 AM
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Make no mistake about it, I want to control the world. But I would settle for a rogue nuclear state.
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10-24-2020, 09:42 AM
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It wouldn't even have to be nuclear, just with a lock on some critical natural resource or something of the like.
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10-24-2020, 10:51 AM
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It wouldn't even have to be nuclear, just with a lock on some critical natural resource or something of the like.
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Only issue with that is: if it is critical enough, it will be engineered around so as to not need it, long-term. |
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10-24-2020, 12:20 PM
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Doesn't matter, it's not like iron-fisted rule is sustainable in the positive sense. I'll ride it and bank away a great retirement in a friendly country, and my kids can embezzle or extort enough to set themselves up for their lives.
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I went in prepared to disagree with everything. 
But: Get rid of the penny? Okay, just not cash in general
I see the Electoral College the other way. It's the United Staes not the United Peoples. Federal elections should go through the Electoral College, state and local might vary; but the Electoral College preserves the Union.
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10-24-2020, 07:24 PM
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The electoral college and winner-take-all means:
1. Voting-power is unequal and unfair
2. Third party votes are worth nothing
3. R votes in D states are worth nothing and vice versa
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Plus, there's more.
The reasons some people like it is because the R party "wins" sometimes when it shouldn't and hatred of other states.
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10-24-2020, 07:47 PM
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The reasons some people like it is because the R party "wins" sometimes when it shouldn't and hatred of other states.
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It would flush out in the end eventually. I'm not opposed to a popular vote necessarily. The 2 party system is a pareto principle type problem though. For a 3rd party to gain prominence would require both to really suck, and the 3rd option to be so substantially better, and some luck.
BTW, voting in general is worth nothing. A vote for a losing candidate is worth nothing, and any vote that isn't the final vote to swing an outcome is worth nothing.
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10-24-2020, 08:11 PM
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It would flush out in the end eventually.
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It should be flushed out to sea. I'm trying to not talk directly about politics, so there's much more that I could say. I heard that the three recently appointed SC justices were part of the "legal" team in FL for the 2000 election heist.
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I'm not opposed to a popular vote necessarily. The 2 party system is a pareto principle type problem though. For a 3rd party to gain prominence would require both to really suck, and the 3rd option to be so substantially better, and some luck.
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The number one influence is surely $$$$$$$$$$. Even moreso since Dark Money Citizens (Faux) Corporations United.
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BTW, voting in general is worth nothing. A vote for a losing candidate is worth nothing, and any vote that isn't the final vote to swing an outcome is worth nothing.
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Yes and no. Yes, "we the schlubs" are pretty much powerless.
No, one equally weighted vote per voter is the only fair way.
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My vote in Oregon is worth nothing.
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Yep, "red in a "blue" state. But voting for reds ___________.
Federal red politicians are more whorable than blues, and much of policy sucks. Nearly all of them vote for unethical militarism, for one.
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