Here’s a cool version of one of my favorite Dylan tunes, “Shelter From The Storm”. While I prefer this song to be played more subdued and acoustic, this clip shows how adept Dylan and his bandmates (here, the Rolling Thunder Review) have always been at adapting and reworking his songs.
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I’ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
“Come in,” she said,
“I’ll give you shelter from the storm.”
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm.
“Come in,” she said,
“I’ll give you shelter from the storm.”
Excerpt from a letter written to Antiwar.com. I think it’s worth a read considering it was written by the former chief of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden Unit.*
Of the eighteen presidential candidates now in the field from both parties, only Mr. Paul has had the courage to square with the average American voter. We are indeed hated and being warred against because we are “over there,†and not for what we are and how we live. Our failure to recognize the truth spoken by Mr. Paul – and spelled out for us in hundreds of pages of statements by Osama bin Laden since 1996 – is leading America toward military and economic disaster.
Excerpt from an audio interview with Antiwar Radio. I think it’s worth a listen considering the interviewee is a former CIA counter-terrorism officer.
I think anybody who knows anything about what’s been going on for the last 10 years would realize that cause and effect are operating here – that, essentially, al Qaeda has an agenda which very specifically says what its grievances are. And its grievances are basically that ‘we’re over there.’
So all Ron Paul was basically saying was that – even as the 9/11 commission report indicated – there were consequences for our presence in the Middle East and if we seriously want to address the terrorism problem we have to be serious about that issue.
Giuliani indicated that he was not only not serious about that issue, but seemed to be ignorant of both the 9/11 [Commission] report and political realities in the Middle East.
*I bet when bin Laden and his buddies are all sitting around, pounding double-deuces of goat’s milk, getting high on incense, and grooving to some old-school chanting, one guy will be like “I helped orchestrate the attack on the Kohl” and then some other guy will be like “Big deal. I helped get the 9/11 hijackers into the country and then got them their flight training.” And all the while, bin Laden’s just sitting there, big grin on his face, and finally says, “Hey who here has an entire CIA division named and devoted solely to him?” and then all the other guys just shut up and are all like “You win.”
Josh gets the hero-of-the-day award for shirking any and all dignity and pride and taking on the chipping contest right-handed and wearing a ridiculous hat. Ridiculous on him, I mean.
We were entertained by one guy’s horribly fantastic or fantastically horrible dancing.
Scott, on the other hand, knows how to do it. I guess.
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