Sasha Frere- Jones, the pop music critic of The New Yorker, wrote that popular music is the only kind of art in which we obsess over whether artists are really what they say they are, and has pointed out that it's rather bizarre that we even care whether musicians are assuming a false persona when we don't care that actors are acting (Del Signore). Unplugged exposed these artist’s raw talents, and their performances either bestowed or underscored the credibility associated with true musicianship for rock and pop artists like Nirvana and Mariah Carey. The MTV Unplugged series created a market for an authenticity proving ground, which it succeeded in portraying. It allowed artist’s to show the world their untainted voice and prove themselves to the audience. MTV Unplugged was revolutionary because in just one episode, an artist’s performance could change the way that many people viewed them and their
Samuel Adams opposed the group’s “odious hereditary distinctions.” John Adams denounced the group as an “inroad upon our first principle, equality.” Benjamin Franklin said the Society’s members were acting “in direct opposition to the solemnly declared sense of their country.” Thomas Jefferson labeled himself an “enemy of the institution.” And George Washington said he would resign from the Society if it did not eliminate its hereditary succession.71 What would the Founders have thought of legacy preferences at state universities? “Selective college admissions were unknown in the eighteenth century,” Larson notes, “but we do know what the Revolutionary generation thought about hereditary privilege.” He argues: “Legacy preferences at exclusive public universities were precisely the type of hereditary privilege that the Revolutionary generation sought to destroy forever.”72 The Founders, Larson writes, would have resisted the idea of state-funded university admissions based even part on ancestry “with every fiber of their being.”73 Some might argue that legacy preferences are constitutional because they give just a boost,
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest.
It would ban the political use of money deducted from paychecks by unions or corporations. And it would ban government contractors from contributing to the campaigns of public officials who control the awarding of those contracts (The Sun). By eliminating the payroll deduction union members contributions to political activity will be their decision. Proposition 32 would cut money ties between big unions and politicians and also gets corporate big money out of the politician’s pocket. The measure will curb unions’ outsized political influence everywhere, too often resulting in laws that benefit union members over the interest of all Californians.
Paul Ryan’s fairytale budget plan is written by David Stockman. Stockman argues in his perspective on Ryan’s future budget plan. Stockman begins his view towards Republicans government. He blames the Republican Party that runs capitalism for the country’s increased debt. If the big government cuts of taxes for the “job creators,” it will have no positive effect on the economic status, but will decline and collapse eventually.
This quote was spoken by Jimmy Carter when he was campaigning. What I think that Carter is trying to say is that it would be nest it the man loses because possibly Carter could sway him to come work for him and gain some power from what resources he has to offer. The political maxim would be “that it is better to receive than give” 3.”Cry baby”, screamed the headline of the New York Daily News above a picture of Newt in diapers. “Newt’s Tantrum: He closed down the government because Clinton made him sit at the back of the plane This quote is spoken by Chris Mathews referring to Newt Gingrich’s response to being ignored by Clinton and being a man with a large ego, “shut down” the government because of the lack of “courtesy” given to him by the president. The political maxim of this story is that it is stating that instead of wasting your time being angry and trying to “get even” with others that you think have done you wrong, use your time wisely 4.”The purpose of the war room was not just to respond to Republican attacks... it was to respond to them fast, even before they were broadcasted or published, when the lead of the srory was still rolling around in the reporter’s mind...” This quote was spoken by George Stephanopoulos when he was working for Bill Clinton four years after November 8th, 1988 the defeat of Dukakis by Bush.
In chapter 7 of book one, Winston is talking to a man about life before the revolution and questioned “the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life” (p93). The Party has weakened the people’s minds with “doublethink” and if their minds are weak, they can not challenge the Party. In this case, if no one can remember life before the revolution then there can not be any challenges towards the party. No one can say that the Party has truly failed in the current conditions. The Party has successfully done this by altering history in the form of rewriting books and documents.
Their plan is supposed to restrict the growth of Medicare. This is a good start, but they have no definite plans on how to restrict it. Basically, the Republican plan aims to balance the budget entirely at the expense of the young (for whom we are trying to balance the budget), the environment that they will inherit, the poor, and the weak, while sparing the rich, thealready-by-far most powerful military in the world, the elderly (the ones who accrued most of this debt for us), and those who poison us and our environment.^3 Because the Republican plan to balance the budget is not an earnest attempt to secure the future of ournation by sharing the sacrifices across the population, but merely a political maneuver, it should be vetoed. This way, a more evenly distributed sacrifice, balanced, bi-partisan, and effective plan can be put into effect. Sources: 1. http://sunsite.unc.edu/concord/home/cc_sample.html 2. http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/concord/news/courier_v4n1.html 3.
However, not everyone shared Marcuse’s beliefs. The 1960's folk turned rock singer Bob Dylan undermined Marcuse's idea in the lyrics of his songs: "Like a Rolling Stone," "Highway 61," and "Desolation Row." Dylan portrays that people are different and should strive for greatness rather than conform to certain types of standards. In the Song "Like A Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan wrote about the loss of individualism, therefore a loss of personal freedom in a socialist society. The woman Dylan was writing about had it all, wealth, class, and luxuries: "You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat."
We’ve seen how military research has led to technological advancements such as SIRI. So far there is no proof that a decision to go to war was made solely to make money for the country. So does it matter if a few companies make money from oil or selling weapons? War means people will be killed, and seriously injured. The argument against war profiteering is that nobody should benefit from the suffering of others.