INTRODUCTION TO AN ‘ANTI-AMERICAN TUNE’ (Or, BEGINNING OF THE McEND)

.
Many’s the time I’ve been mistaken

And many times confused
Yes, and I’ve often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I’m all right, I’m all right
I’m just weary to my bones
Still, you don’t expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

.

I don’t know a soul who’s not been battered
I don’t have a friend who feels at ease
I don’t know a dream that’s not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
Oh, but it’s all right, it’s all right
For we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
We’re traveling on
I wonder what’s gone wrong
I can’t help it, I wonder what’s gone wrong

.

And I dreamed I was dying
And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea

And I dreamed I was flying

.

Oh, we come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age’s most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune
Oh, it’s all right, it’s all right
It’s all right
You can’t be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow’s going to be another working day
And I’m trying to get some rest
That’s all, I’m trying to get some rest

.

"American Tune" (Paul Simon/slide show by Ilana)

.

.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkSV5vN5VTA

.

Many’s the time I’ve alluded to the ‘Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends’ forthcoming magnum opus, piece de resistance, tour de force, or multi-part penultimate blog bit. I have even spoken/written somewhat specifically about it to a few of my friends over the last couple of years, giving them a basic idea of what topics it will address, and forewarning them that it will alienate piss off many people – Democrats AND Republicans, Liberals AND (so-called) Conservatives, Enemies AND Friends of mine – perhaps it will even piss off some of those few persons who have “Followed” my blog over the years. Nevertheless, the time has arrived for the ‘Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends’ grand finale.

.

If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog then you’ve noticed that there have been fewer and fewer posts lately during these ‘dog days of blogging’ at F-FFF. Fact is, “the thrill is gone” and I’m more than a little burned out on blogging. But I would never be able to forgive myself if I did not conclude this *yawner* of a blog without composing and posting the grand finale I’ve hinted at so many times over the last couple years.

.

I am still unsure exactly what form the multi-part blog bit will take - how it will unfold (I’ll let the Spirit dictate that) - although I do have a general idea about the topics I will address. The many books and magazine articles I intend to reference, as well as the quotes I intend to use, have been collected and stored for a couple of years now in certain specific places where I could find them when needed. Likewise, the majority of the first installment of my big bang denouement has already been written and is champing at the bit, ready to burst forth into the light of day.

.

But before unveiling the first segment of the end, I want to somewhat prepare you for it - to set the proper mood designed to ease you into the necessary mind-set for what is to come. With that as my goal, I am posting below, links to a couple of blog articles penned by a writer I have read and admired for many years:

.

Some time ago, in those years when I subscribed to (this country’s very best current events magazine) ‘The New American’, my favorite regular contributor to that periodical was William Norman Grigg. Mr. Grigg eventually had a falling out with ‘The New American’ management and left in a huff, but I still have a copy of his book ‘FREEDOM ON THE ALTAR: The UN’s Crusade Against God & Family’ sitting on one of my bookshelves.

.

.

Mr. Grigg’s blog (here at Blogspot.com), ‘PRO LIBERTATE’, is one of those that I regularly read. The only (minor) negative comments I have to make regarding Grigg’s blogging is that he really ought to cease using the fifty dollar words and the occasional ego-stroking Latin expressions. 

.

[Mr. Grigg, your intelligence will be just as apparent to your readers without the high-octane fuel you think the $50. words and Latin expressions bring to your writing. Let us never forget the important writing lesson that Douglas Hyde teaches his readers on page 132 of his valuable little book ‘Dedication And Leadership’.]

.

At any octane rating, I hope you will read two of William Norman Grigg’s recent blog postings as a general preparation for where I intend to travel during the course of the ‘Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends’ final multi-part blog bit. I do not necessarily agree entirely with Mr. Grigg’s viewpoints in the articles that follow, but there is definitely far more agreement than disagreement in the way he and I perceive these issues.

.

In this first article, William Norman Grigg compares the son (Senator Rand Paul) to his father (Congressman Ron Paul), and finds the son’s political positioning terribly inferior (apparently the apple fell too far from the tree!)

.

Click here:

.

RAND PAUL, MEET TIMON OF ATHENS

.

.

In this second article, Mr. Grigg explains why we should not be surprised that BOTH Democrats and Republicans routinely misrepresent Constitutional limitations and promote bigger, more intrusive, more liberty-infringing government policies against the American citizens.

.

Click here:

.

OBAMACARE AND THE REVENGE OF THE "SECRET CONSTITUTION"

.

The first installment of the final multi-part blog bit at ‘Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends’ may be posted as early as tomorrow (and maybe not). Nevertheless, it will take some time for me to compose all of the concluding blog bits in my big bang finale. But regardless, . . . the end is near.

.

.

Someone once said, “ . . . you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”.

.

I intend to share some truth in this blog’s final installments, although I’m sure this truth will be ridiculed, if not violently opposed. When was the Truth ever popular?

.

~ Stephen T. McCarthy

.

YE OLDE COMMENT POLICY: All comments, pro and con, are welcome. However, ad hominem attacks and disrespectful epithets will not be tolerated (read: "posted"). After all, this isn’t Amazon.com, so I don’t have to put up with that kind of bovine excrement.

.