Daily Blues & Views

  With some help from friend Jory Aronson, a great mandolin player, here is an up dated version of my "Levi Song."   To the tune of The Streets of Bakersfield by Buck Owens...or something similar.         Levi Song They don’t make ‘em like they used to I won’t buy them at the store The Levi’s I once knew and loved, They don't work for me no more. The fabric is by far much thinner, It don’t last too long this way. The blue jeans that were once a winner, Don't hold up from day to day. Chorus; Levi has become the essence Of a known phenomenon. They have built-in obsolescence, Corporate greed continues on. Maybe I sound sentimental, Perhaps a little bit berserk, Still, I issue out a warning, Don’t wear Levi’s when you work!

This YouTube video is both shocking and revealing. One one level, using a definition of ignorance  as “not knowing” you might conclude that these folks just don’t know American history too well. On another level they are disgracefully ignorant. Who draws a blank when asked What caused the Civil War?  More importantly why? If there is anything that anyone with a basic education knows in the country it's the story of how our democracy came to be.  We yearly celebrate the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln.  Certainly, these folks in the video have heard of them?  Maybe not.  Lincoln, above all is arguably the most iconic figure in American history.  He's on our calendar, our money, and easily recognizable.   Maybe, like Nikki Haily, they just don't want to say the word slavery.  That would acknowledge the racist history of our country and the thread of white supremacy that runs through our entire history from its inception to the present....