THE AFTERMATH
Guy de Maupassant ends his great novel “Une Vie” with the statement “Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks.” Conservatives should understand that in politics, things are rarely as good or as bad as one thinks in the aftermath of an election.
Hat tip Paul MirengoffDEMOCRACY’S FATE
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
The phantom of the Opera is the longest running musical in the history of Broadway proclaims the marquee on the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Michael Crawford was sensational in the lead.
Posted in Audio/Visual, Music
Tagged Broadway, Majestic Theatre, Michael Crawford, Phantom.Opera
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
The inimitable voice of Michael Crawford
GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA
His frends call him Bev. George Beverly Shea is Grammy Award-winning Canadian-born gospel singer and hymn composer. Bev celebrated his 103rd birthday less than three weeks ago. He was born on the first of February in the year 1909.
If it is appointed unto man to live three score years and ten, Bev has indeed been blessed.
Posted in Audio/Visual, Music
Tagged Billy Graham, George Beverly Shea, gospel singer, hymn singer
OLD ROCKY TOP
An old favorite by the Osmond Brothers
ATHIESTS DONT HAVE NO SONGS
It’s Steve Martin with his latest parody. It’s exquisitely amusing. I like the laid back style of the performance. It gives the impression they put this together on a lark just a few minutes ago.
Who knows, maybe it was.
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