in 207’s reign over me, adam sandler as charlie fineman is offended when a shrink tries to connect with him by pretending to like pete seeger, charlie yells at him that he doesn’t know a thing about pete seeger who is a ‘poet’. yada yada.

the script writer had to pull an obscure singer out his ass to make charlie sound like a true music-phile, to coin a word, he could have used john lennon who lived and died in new york. hmm, perhaps that is why ringo has lived in la since the 70’s.

The only Seger I know is Bob Seger, as far as I know he’s still rockin.

In 1995 Seeger did say he was still a communist …. “I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.”

Really, then maybe he should have immigrated to Russia and helped them reform. Oh, snap! Iska called Communists hypocrites. I would have to agree.

He’s 100% a Communist, but is responsible for the 30 blocks? In his own little way, he is.

I would be interested in his thoughts about spiritualism, but then he’s probably an athiest, which makes him the worst kind of hypocrite. A peace maker, I think not.

Communists may have won the Whitehouse, twice. See you on the other side. My concern is still what the Repubs will do if they sweep the midterms. What’s in their toolkit?

RIP? Nah, good riddance!

But. nevertheless. if not for deviants , homos and commies , what musicians are left….yeah.I’ll admit it.I went to see Elton John and enjoyed the show…free tickets..what can I say.

By the 1940s, folk singers had become a ceremonial part of Communist Party meetings. And at nearly all of them, one would find Pete Seeger playing, under the revolutionary pseudonym “Pete Bowers,” with the likes of Lee Hays, Millard Lampell, Burl Ives, Josh White, Saul Aarons, Bernie Asbel, Will Geer, and a new arrival on the East Coast musical scene, Woody Guthrie.

To achieve the effect they wanted—music that was “national in form and revolutionary in content” in Charles Seeger’s conception—they dipped into the past for their material. “Jesse James,” “Wayfaring Stranger,” “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” “Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy,” and “On Top of Old Smokey” were brought to urban settings, in some cases for the first time. Topical songs—many written for the Henry Wallace presidential campaign of 1948—were political editorials often set to old hymns and folk tunes: “Capitalistic Boss,” “Join the Union Tonight,” “Oh, What Congress Done to Me,” “Defense Factory Blues,” and “Marcantonio for Mayor” (for the Stalinist Vito Marcantonio).

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/01/peter-seeger-the-communist-consumers-love

We’ll they’ve outnumbered US..welcome to the state of pop culture stupid.

Seeger spoke first and put his brain in gear later, as a rule, throughout his life. He admits to being led about by the nose as a young man.

Seeger was a professional protester. He was always on the lookout for something to protest about. It was his job. It was his life. Sometimes he was right. Sometimes he was a fuckwit.

He was no great leader. He raised awareness, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.

But he was a professional protester. He was akin to the fuckwit “news” agitators of today: Hannity/O’Reilly/Stewart, etc. He had to be stirring shit, or he was irrelevent. And God forbid that happen.

He made his fucking living stirring up shit. And he did it his whole life. He may have started out all starry-eyed, and stupid as a rock. But then it became a career.

Just keeping it real, Admin

Admin – what the fuck? Where did I equate Seeger with the death of millions? I said it took him fifty years to disavow his support for Stalin. I am sure he was aware of his fuck-up well before then, but for whatever reason he did not come out and admitt it. Not a good look for someone so “enlightened”.

We – the shit throwing monkeys – have clearly established that 1993 was the year Seeger voiced regret over his position re Stalin. I could give a shit when he left the Communist Party. He admits he was lead around by the nose by those folks. He also admitted to being a life long communist.

Z – there are professional protestors. I am not sure your list is accurate, but there are plenty of names to put on the list. Seeger is one of them.

It was as I thought, Stucky, out of context. I suppose next you’re going to be telling us George Steinbrenner was such a great guy.

I’m detecting a superstitiousness stench from you about talking about the dead. He’s dead, get over it.

Never heard of him while he was alive, seems he and Obama struck a chord, and I could have lived my whole life without hearing his name. The only thing that matters at this point for him, is whether he accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior during his lifetime. I would say the same thing about a serial murderer, whether he was born again, or not, and I’ll say the same thing when you’re gone. Good riddance.

The sentiment is likewise, I’m sure. Not that I give a shit, except for your continual misrepresentation of the truth of God’s Word. Typical athiest bullshit. Why should you care? You don’t believe it anyway.

I won’t make the mistake of falling for your sincerity twice.

Stuck meant blithering above, I am sure. Gotta agree with him re Nonymouse. The shit he spouts is beyond belief – like profits should not belong to the business owners/risk takers but rather to the employees. That is far beyond stupid.

Stuck – There are folks here that I care about – including you. And SSS. And AWD. And Admin. And ……etc.

I did not get vicious with you. But I take the thing re integrity very seriously indeed. I may have missed/mis-interprettted the earlier comments twixt you and SSS. If so, my apologies.

People here are like family to me. They are real people to me. And I care about them. I know it is the internet, but I care nonetheless. And as family, I will defend them if things go too far. Integrity is important to me. I have spent my life trying to define it and to develop it. And defend it.

I defend folks I care about, if I think things are being said that cross the line. I have never shied away from defending family, invited or not. Never will.

Re people I care about, I grieve re folks that have departed the site – Punk, Smokey (hope he is still out there), Colma, Howard (hope he pops in soon), Jmarz, Stevie, etc – apologies to anyone I have missed (eugend66 I am not forgetting about you – please post more often!). Hope you are all well.

Non – you are a true dimwit. Your idea is as I said – profit share based on inputs? Whatever the fuck exactly that is, it is as I said – give the profits to those who have not risked anything.

What have I risked? I risked everything I owned, and in some cases my personal freedom if one of my employees fuck up badly enough. What do y employees risk? Not a fucking thing save the loss of their jobs.
And do I owe my employees anything? No I do not. I have met my obligations to each and every one of them to the last cent. If I want to close my business, for any reason whatsoever, I will do so. It is not a case of fuck them – it is a case of the business belongs to me, and I will do with my property as I see fit.

Your position is that business es canot be owned. You are either a socialist or a communist. Your whole point is that I owe my employees more than I contract to give them. That I canot close my business if I want. You want to deprive me of my own property.

Re alliances – I have always disliked you. I am just in good company.

Seriously, you are just a low-life piece of shit.

LL, like I give a shit what you think, you arrogant prick. If it weren’t for europeans, you’d still be hunting and gathering. I hope you have better weapons than stone tipped spears when SHTF.

I’m glad you and Stucky agree. Now, you can both go fuck yourselves.