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Monday Music

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In last Friday’s open comments forum, the topic was liberty-themed music. Here are the songs that readers of FREE WHITEWATER suggested, with one bonus song that I’ll add tonight. Bonus song — Marilyn McCoo sings the words of the Declaration of Independence.

Holiday, Music

Kenosha Police Department’s Twelve Days of Christmas

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In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the police department has recorded and uploaded to YouTube their rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas. I think is very funny and clever, light-hearted and creative. I have been a critic of police leadership in Whitewater, Wisconsin, but I have never doubted the necessary and demanding role that officers play in…

Libertarians, Music

Who Killed Bambi?

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Like all libertarians, I recognize the clear Second Amendment right of individuals to bear arms. Although I’m not heading out to hunt this weekend, I wish those who do so a good time and good prospects. I also know that our hunting culture – very much a part of our heritage on this continent –…

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Music Monday: Norman Borlaug Rap

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Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and Nobel Laureate, passed away last week, aged ninety-five. Borlaug’s contributions to agriculture led to a Green Revolution, enabling countless millions to be fed, who otherwise would have starved. These efforts also refuted doomsday contentions that humanity could not feed itself; Borlaug’s dedication and genius trumped pessimism and anti-growth pronouncements. For…

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Music Monday: The Kinks — Twentieth Century Man

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The video has lyrics as captions, but I will add them as text, too. Quick note — I disagree with the Kinks about the police: Very few people in America are actually trigger happy. Far, far more common is the conformity that middling bureaucrats and meddlesome politicians expect. This is the age of machinery, A…

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Music Monday: The Beatles —Taxman

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Let me tell you how it will be, There’s one for you, nineteen for me, ‘Cos I’m the Taxman, Yeah, I’m the Taxman. Should five per cent appear too small, Be thankful I don’t take it all. ‘Cos I’m the Taxman, Yeah yeah, I’m the Taxman. (If you drive a car car), I’ll tax the…

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Music Monday: The Kinks — Sunny Afternoon

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Really old song, but even then, they saw the burden of taxation…. The tax mans taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can’t sail my yacht, He’s taken everything I’ve got, All I’ve gots this sunny afternoon. Save me, save me, save me from…

Libertarians, Music

Music Monday: Oingo Boingo — Capitalism

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Here’s a weekly feature, offering a post of a libertarian-themed song, each Monday. Here is Oingo Boingo, with Capitalism. I posted it once before, and it’s my favorite Oingo song. The video is from AraMiraBlack. (Lyrics appear below.) There’s nothing wrong with Capitalism There’s nothing wrong with free enterprise Don’t try to make me feel…

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Music Monday: Rush — Something for Nothing

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Here’s a weekly feature, offering a post of a libertarian-themed song, each Monday. Here is Rush, with Something for Nothing. Lyrics appear below — enjoy! Waiting for the winds of change To sweep the clouds away Waiting for the rainbows end To cast its gold your way Countless ways You pass the days Waiting for…