..but at work yesterday a Hispanic Gent who has like me survived all the layoffs came up to me and suddenly volunteered in broken English: “Trump no good, Biden no good I vote Kennedy he good.”
Now I’m figuring that he knows I did some reporting so that’s why he decided to just volunteer this so I dug a little deeper with him and found that of four voters in his family 3 were with Kennedy and one with Trump, but not a single one with Joe Biden.
I have talked to a lot of people at work, and a lot whose first language is Spanish. Four years ago I could find a mix of voters, some for Trump some for Biden. So far I have not found a single person who has a good thing to say about Biden. There are still the folks who like Trump and the folks who don’t but so far those who don’t all seem in the Kennedy camp.
Now this isn’t scientific but I think the Dems made a big mistake booting him from their primary.
Again this might mean nothing but that’s what I’m hearing at work at least so far.
Update: Talked to Jose again and asked him if he knows anyone who likes Biden, he answered: “Biden no good, last time I vote for him, now Bah!”
Then I approached another Hispanic fellow at work younger than Jose (who is mid 60’s) a fellow in his late 20’s early 30’s who also speaks fluent English. I’ve heard him talk politics before and asked him: “Of the people you’ve talked to in Spanish here, does anyone support Joe Biden?” He could not name one, some were for Trump others not but not a one had a good word for Biden.
Now these folks don’t run in white liberal circles so they don’t have to worry about being excluded or shunned if they are not sufficiently in the tank for old Joe and I STRONGLY suspect that this is being repeated in the working class non-white communities.
If my gut is right and this is true, this is going to be a whopper.
And today’s is a good day to get a jump start on great songs about dad. Some of these will be familiar to you, others not, and it’s that last category that will make things interesting, I hope.
Most popular music songs are about relationships. You know, boy meets girl or girl loses boy. XTC, well, not so much. But they recorded some such tunes. XTC’s principal songwriter, Andy Partridge, had a troubled relationship with his mother, but less so with his father. Still, there also was conflict between the male Partridges. He sings here, “This civil war, why are we in it?” Musically, “Hold Me My Daddy” is also a successful leap out of XTC’s comfort zone, it incorporates an Afro Pop style.
The Man is Black’s relationship with his father, Ray, was portrayed in a harsh light in the movie Walk the Line. But the truth between the two is murky. For his Live at San Quentin album, Johnny Cash crooned of a dysfunctional father meeting his son in the Shel Silverstein-penned song, “A Boy Named Sue.”
Often sons–and daughters–seek out their mothers when they need guidance. But automobiles are a dad thing, which is why Chuck Berry speaks to his father about getting a new car. Released in 1965, “Dear Dad” was Berry’s last charting American single until the immature and silly “My Ding-a-Ling,” a number one hit for the legend, seven years later.
Because he has a nasty history of car accidents, Billy Joel is not the type of dad to ask for advice on automobiles, unless, of course, it involves filing an insurance claim. “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)” was written for his daughter, Alexa Ray, for his 1993 album, River of Dreams, his last collection of new material in the pop music genre.
The best parents make the most out of a challenging situation. Loretta Lynn tells the story about her dad here. And of course, this song was the title of the Hollywood movie about her storied life.
John Hiatt is yet another one of those artists who hasn’t gotten the support he deserves. “The Rest of the Dream” covers fatherhood, childhood, marriage, and fatherhood again. It’s a multi-generational epic that clocks in under five minutes.
Arguably, this is a Mother’s Day song, because “And When I Die” was written by a woman, Laura Nyro. But the best-known version is by Blood, Sweat & Tears. David Clayton-Thomas sings lead here, and the western-movie style instrumentation puts this song on high on my list. Yee-hah! Coincidentally, in 1963, Johnny Cash released an album titled Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
Steve Goodman, best known for his “City of New Orleans,” wrote many other memorable songs. Obviously, “My Old Man” is about his father, a World War II veteran, who died at 58. Sadly, Goodman passed away at a much younger age–he was 36 when cancer claimed him.
Take a peek at these moving lyrics:
I miss my old man tonight And I wish he was here with me With his corny jokes and his cheap cigars He could look you in the eye and sell you a car That’s not an easy thing to do But no one ever knew a more charming creature On this earth than my old man.
Three months ago, here at Da Tech Guy I compiled another musical collection, 13 Great Songs about Getting Old. Cat Stevens, who decades ago changed his name to Yusuf Islam, wrote and sings the only tune that made both of my lists, “Father and Son.” Sometimes the ultimate show of love for a parent is to let a child go.
Cat’s in the Cradle: Harry Chapin.
From Cat Stevens to another Cat. One of music’s all-time great storytellers, Harry Chapin sings about the typical father of the Baby Boom era. A great provider, yes, but many dads then were too busy for their children. Tragically, Chapin never found out if his son would have “grown up just like me,” that is, not having time for him years later. Chapin, like Goodman, died young, at 38, in an automobile accident.
Did I miss a favorite of yours? Probably. Let me know in the comments.
Prime Minister James Hacker: If there were a conflict of interests which side would the civil service really be on?
Bernard Woolley:The winning side prime Minister
Yes Prime Minister: A Real Partnership 1985
If there is one axiom in the political world it’s that people want to be on the winning side because it’s the winning side that will decide who gets the contracts and patronage that comes from government.
Furthermore it’s the losing side that tends to get scrutiny and if you are someone doing something dishonest or if the people who decide to examine you (think J6 committee) are dishonest.
On Friday, in a Fox News exclusive interview, former President Donald Trump reportedly received $12 million from tech company giants in the Silicon Valley fundraiser Thursday evening, and gained the expected endorsement from one of the Valley’s heavy hitters, David Sacks:
and this one:
If you count the $100 million from Miriam Adelson, and others, the Trump campaign has now raised close to $400 million in 6 days.pic.twitter.com/F3PfBnXjJF
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 7, 2024
You see people are figuring out which way the wind is blowing and have decided that it might be a good idea to follow that breeze rather than sail against it. They might not care for Trump and they may or may not have pure motives for it but they don’t want to be on the wrong side when all is said and done.
There is a passage in the book Lord Hornblower that is a great example of how such things work:
Two hours” said Hornblower “will be ample for all preparations to be made, for the deputation to assemble, for the streets to be decorated, for quarters to be prepared for His Royal Highness and his’s suite.”
“Monsieur, you do not understand all that this implies” protested the Mayor. “It means ”
“It means that you have having to decide whether to enjoy the King’s favour or not” .said Hornblower. “That is the choice before you.”
C. S. Forester: Lord Hornblower 1946
Now even late in the Napoleonic Wars such a decision to come out against Bonaparte carried danger, unfortunately for the Democrats this is the person they are crying Vive L’Empereur! for.
If you're explaining why Biden didn't actually crap his drawers, you're losing https://t.co/4esPdwJpP5
You don’t need the Journal to tell you that Biden is diminished. You need only to open your eyes. Go over Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report into Biden’s unauthorized removal of classified documents. Review Biden’s Oval Office meltdown after Hur released his findings. Watch Biden try to sit at a D-Day commemoration in France on Thursday.
Or read, if you dare, the transcript of Time magazine correspondent Massimo Calabresi and editor in chief Sam Jacobs’s recent interview of Biden. It appeared the same day as Linskey and Hughes’s story.
This is the interview where Biden says—twice—that Russia invaded Russia. Where, immediately after saying, “I’m not going to comment,”
or even this:
CHELSEA HANDLER: "I had to remind [50 Cent] that he is a black person so he can't vote for Donald Trump."
The washed-up comedian adds she is willing to have sex with the rapper if he "publicly denounces Donald Trump." 🤡 pic.twitter.com/h2cvfGakCc
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest if you’re reached the point of low level comics offering to hump a black voter if they come out against Trump odds are your side is not putting the fear of God into anyone..
The people see the writing on the wall and are acting accordingly.
Greta:He knocked over another ATM. This time at knifepoint. He needs your legal advice.
Fletcher Reede: [taking the phone and shouting into it] STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!
Liar Liar 1997
There was an old Batman comic story in Detective Comics 168 (1951) where Batman is invited as a guest instructor at State University to teach a course in criminology. The primary lesson that he teaches is the value of Observation and Deduction.
Well Stanford University deals in law rather than criminology and doesn’t have any masked Superheroes on faculty these days but has apparently discovered the value of Observation and Deduction.
OBSERVATION: High profile schools have allowed pro-hamas students to run wild at colleges at the cost of reputation, grants and enrollments and quality students who decide to go somewhere else where they can actually learn in safety.
DEDUCTION: When a group of Stamford student decided to occupy the President’s office, barricade themselves in and issue demands they decided the best move is to give said students a lesson in the application of law.
Rather than negotiate with them, the administration called the police. Police had to break through a door but then went inside and arrested all 13 students who were present. The administration also announced that seniors in the group would not graduate and everyone who was a current student would be suspended. But it turns out that was just the start. The Stanford Daily reports those students have now been charged with felonies.
The far left is already begging for money for their legal defense however I suspect even with a conviction they won’t do as well as Donald Trump did.
This move, along with the restoration of the SAT for incoming students shows that even colleges in blue states can, through observation and deduction, figure out that any short term cost in terms of leftists angry at this move will pay long term dividends in terms of the lesson it will teach potential student troublemakers:
OBSERVATION: The students who occupied the President’s office are facing suspension, expulsion & Felony chargers that could hinder the chances of getting a job or even a degree
DEDUCTION: It’s a good idea to steer clear of these protests and protesters concentrate on studies and or parties instead if I want a job after college
and of course it’s not just the current students who are getting this lesson in observation and deduction.
There are parents
OBSERVATION: Stamford is not putting up with this pro-hamas nonsense.
DEDUCTION: My $62K a year won’t be wasted and my kid will be safe and educated with a degree won’t be a red flag to employers.
Potential donors:
OBSERVATION: Stamford is not putting up with this pro-hamas nonsense.
DEDUCTION: My money won’t be wasted on folks who want to kill Jews or Destroy buildings
And of course potential employers:
OBSERVATION: Stamford is not putting up with this pro-hamas nonsense.
DEDUCTION: Hiring a Stamford grad means I’d get an employee who is not only educated but doesn’t carry the risk of causing trouble or embarrassment to the firm that a Columbia or Harvard grad might.
Of course as noted the left will try to pressure the university to reverse themselves and given the cost of tuition it’s likely that the parents of those students involved will have the resources to hire some heavy duty lawyers to defend them, but in the end the costs of such litigation and the annoyance of such pressure are miniscule compared to the returns that will come from standing their ground and preserving Stanford’s reputation as a school worth the $62K a year you will pay and these predators will likely move on to easier prey.
The only question is, will other universities in blue states Observe this result and come to the same deduction in time?
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