Boy, I screwed that one up.<\/p>\n
I’m not taking back anything I wrote, it’s just that I really wanted to talk about politics and I was afraid I’d overload you and…<\/p>\n
Today Stories’ song “What Comes After” started playing in my head…<\/p>\n
I’ll get to the song, but the set-up is…<\/p>\n
I’m numb, I don’t know what is going on. Are the tariffs on or off, what’s going to happen with the measles, the law firms, when are people going to realize that the cuts in the government are truly affecting them…<\/p>\n
I’d say it’s whiplash, but really it feels like we’ve been inside a 737 Max in turbulence and we’re wondering if all those changes Boeing made are going to hold.<\/p>\n
In this case Boeing is the Constitution. And so far it’s being shot full of holes. If you think the courts will stop Trump…you probably believe that guy should stay in the Salvadoran jail.<\/p>\n
And then there are the protests…<\/p>\n
Bret Stephens nailed it in the “New York Times”…<\/p>\n
“I have no problem with opposing Trump \u2014\u00a0as we both do (he’s speaking with Gail Collins). My misgivings are about an opposition that takes the form of futile gestures and virtue signaling.”<\/p>\n
The protests are in the rearview mirror. Then again, the big story has become how come the mainstream press didn’t cover them with greater depth and prominence.<\/p>\n
But we learned this week what we already knew… The only thing that can change Trump’s mind is money. Once the bond market started to crater, once the rest of the world stopped believing in the economic power of the U.S…<\/p>\n
Trump put on the brakes.<\/p>\n
This is the only thing that stops him. Not protests in the street, not the legal system, just money. If you want change, you’ve got to fight with money, destabilize Trump’s personal assets or those of his cronies or those of the country itself.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Democrats are silent. Because they don’t understand modern communications methods\/getting your message out.<\/p>\n
Their strategy is to let Trump burn himself out, but what they don’t realize is Trump has completely changed the landscape and is continuing to do so while they sit on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
There is no truth anymore. Hell, rescinding the tariffs was the PLAN! Trump’s acolytes don’t even believe this as they utter it.<\/p>\n
So… The mainstream media has been taken off the table. Completely neutered. Even worse, denigrated.<\/p>\n
Now true students of the game know that information is king. If someone is pontificating and they don’t read the “Times,” WaPo and “Journal,” ignore them. Because these are the only three outlets reporting the news, investigating and detailing. And if you can’t start with the facts, you can’t make headway.<\/p>\n
And it’s not only those on the right who don’t know the facts, but those on the left too.<\/p>\n
As for information…it’s the key to success in any endeavor, not only politics. He or she who knows the most can see the complete landscape and triumph.<\/p>\n
So what the Democratic party needs to do is spread its information 24\/7 into every nook and cranny. From the mainstream to social media. They think that Trump flooding the zone means he’ll drown, nothing could be further from the truth. Mixing metaphors, the Democrats are being trampled by elephants, which just happen to be the Republican party symbol.<\/p>\n
You’ve got to stand up and fight or you lose. Period.<\/p>\n
And you win with information.<\/p>\n
But those in power think information only resides in newspapers and TV news, when in truth so many reach so many more… Not only Joe Rogan, but Mr. Beast. The Democrats should start flooding the zone. Stop complaining and fight back with information. You win a war by inches. But you cannot win unless you start.<\/p>\n
Which brings me back to “What Comes After.”<\/p>\n
All I need to tell you is that Michael Brown was a member of Stories.<\/p>\n
Who is Michael Brown?<\/p>\n
He’s the genius behind the Left Banke, and “Walk Away Ren\u00e9e” and “Pretty Ballerina.”<\/p>\n
Those records have a sound and a feel…that you cannot get anywhere else, which is why they’re forever. That’s the essence of the sixties, experimentation. And darkness to go along with the light. Today everybody is a winner, yesterday everybody knew that you can’t always win, and it was all right to reveal your emotions.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’m listening to the lyrics and wondering if they fit.<\/p>\n
And they didn’t seem to.<\/p>\n
“What Comes After” is a perfect coda to Stories’ second album, “What About Us.” There’s optimism earlier, especially “Love Is in Motion,” the other truly great song on the album.<\/p>\n
Oh, after their version of “Brother Louie” became a hit single the record company tacked it on the end of the album, but…<\/p>\n
“What comes after<\/p>\n
The laughter<\/p>\n
I open my eyes<\/p>\n
Great disaster came after<\/p>\n
I started to cry”<\/p>\n
The feeling of a breakup, it’s the opposite of sex. It feels just as bad as sex does good. It’s nearly intolerable, no matter what the age, you never become immune.<\/p>\n
“What comes after<\/p>\n
What matters<\/p>\n
Has gone far away”<\/p>\n
When you lose the center, when the plot no longer makes sense…how do you cope?<\/p>\n
But listening to the song I realized the final verse applies, is a good metaphor for today:<\/p>\n
“What comes after<\/p>\n
And after<\/p>\n
I open my eyes<\/p>\n
Strange disaster<\/p>\n
Came laster<\/p>\n
I started to cry<\/p>\n
And now I find I’m blind”<\/p>\n
Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3iNBAjeUW3RbffUh5k3mXn?si=dd32809384bb4773<\/p>\n
YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zEp0q7vzVjg<\/p>\n
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