Pro Confederates and Pro Unionists have irreconcilable differences and need to get a divorce. Pat’s article is proof of it. When will Red and Blue State cultures see the writing on the walls and end the madness? When?
- Joe DeRenzo
Get’em Steve!
Best Documentary!
In The Shadow Of The Moon has to be the most inspiring film I’ve ever seen. If you weren’t around in those days, you really missed something. Not just the moon-landing itself, but the the character of the country at the time. So many things were changing in the culture and to me, this was the county’s high water mark. Everything the United States was about culminated in Apollo. Not man against nature, but man harnessing it’s potential.
It was a time when this country made bold moves. Such as deciding to launch Apollo 8 and orbit the moon when the original mission was to only orbit the earth. Along with Philip Sheppard’s sublime score, the British documentary includes film footage never seen and premiered at Sundance in 2007. I was one of the lucky ones who saw it on the big screen and it brought back great memories from almost 40 years ago. I downloaded the film from iTunes. A different world from 1969.
- Joe DeRenzo
I like the iPad so much I faked my way onto the cover of TIME!
"The ignorant rhetoric of Sarah Palin is like a bucket with a hole in the bottom. It carries with it the promise of emptiness & stupidity!"
— Joe DeRenzo
Moore Capitalism
I think Michael Moore’s films are funny as hell. I first saw him at the “Battle in Seattle” when I lived there in 99. But this idea that Capitalism is the problem or “Better Living Through Socialism” is misguided. The answer is MORE freedom for the individual even when he’s doing things you don’t like, so long as while he’s doing those things, he respects the legitimate rights of other individuals. (and that goes for both political sides) When the lines get blurred between Government & Corporations, what you have then is Fascism. If what we all want is a truly free society in a truly free country (and that’s a big IF), we first need to quit bashing the “ism” we’ve all benefited from. There! This is Joe’s magnum opus. ; )
- Joe DeRenzo
Happy to take this photo yesterday. It means winter is over and Baseball season is here. These blossoms only last a week or so. Decided it was better to present this image in sepia-tone.
- Joe DeRenzo
