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February 11, 2017
For everyone who wanted to leave Maggie's Farm but never did.
RATM's 2000 version of Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm, first recorded in January 1965.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She's the brains behind Pa
She's sixty eight, but she says she's fifty four
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
© Bob Dylan Music Co.
Posted by JD Hull at 07:10 PM | Comments (0)
February 06, 2017
Washington Examiner: "Burning Obama's energy regs."
With the unexpected election of a GOP POTUS, the Washington Examiner--a kind of thinking man's Fox News website and weekly magazine I've read for two years--is jazzed and riding high. And why not? The Examiner is relatively new. Although it started in 2005, in its current form covering just national politics it is barely 4 years old. It is for my money most professional, best-staffed and sanest right-leaning political sheet ever launched. Energy policy is especially well done. This week's magazine features "Trump's Energy Agenda." In one of three pieces devoted to Trump administration's plans for an aggressive energy and environment policy, reporter John Siliciano has one playfully entitled "Trump will burn Obama's energy regulations". Excerpts:
Trump issued his broad America First energy plan on Inauguration Day, highlighting key priorities but without details on how the goals would be reached.
The plan is ambitious, from making the nation energy-independent, to developing clean coal technology and devising an energy-and-terrorism security strategy with the Saudi Arabians.
The new president foresees a $30 billion boost to the economy from repealing strict climate and green regulations, such as the Waters of the U.S. rule, which puts ranchers, energy developers and many others under the thumb of the Environmental Protection Agency.
And then there is the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of Obama's climate agenda, criticized for extending EPA authority over the power grid. The Supreme Court stalled the plan a year ago.
Beyond that, Trump wants to boost oil and natural gas production and to exploit vast fossil fuel deposits in America's shale rock. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has made the U.S. the world's biggest energy producer. Trump wants to extend that lead to the point where imports are not needed.
Posted by JD Hull at 05:12 AM | Comments (0)
Confused about my "politics"? It's not important--but....
Not that it's important. But this blog has been active for 12 years. We all change a bit. Anyway, this may make the confusion worse. Comment I made on Facebook on Sunday:
"I'm pretty liberal even though I grew up mainly in IH [GOP Cincinnati suburb], am a serious capitalist, had moderate GOP parents and worked for one GOP member of Congress. I refuse to think off any partisan script. I'm an R who has twice raised $ for and voted for Hillary Clinton--who I see as a moderate & very similar to Trump as a pol. I also worked for a very liberal Kennedy style senator. Ideologies don't solve problems. People do."
Posted by JD Hull at 03:43 AM | Comments (0)