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Friday, June 1. 2012

Lookin' good, Bob


 


Getting a bit older, but still cool enough.


 




Posted by Bird Dog in The Song and Dance Man at 14:37 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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An interesting/unfortunate dilemma you present.
No concern for Bob’s twists and turns over his extraordinarily creative career. He remains my bard, my most interesting American! Oh what a lyricist & musician and thought provoking artist.
I’m delighted with his award and the acknowledgement of his positive contributions to society. Much deserved!
But having it happen at the hands of B-hO makes my skin crawl.
To be clear, I would fell no different if a GOP’er had gifted him. They are all the same.
It’s just that B-hO is the sleaziest of them all, hence the bitter-sweet situation.
#1 Westoakland on 2012-06-01 15:35 (Reply)
Sunglasses?
Seems disrespectful of the occasion.
#2 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2012-06-01 19:23 (Reply)
Shy.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2012-06-01 19:25 (Reply)
That was my first thought too. "cool" is going to become a word used only in sarcasm, like "groovy".
#2.2 Daniel K Day on 2012-06-03 12:28 (Reply)
I have a couple of pictures of Bob Dylan's tea house in Santa Monica that I think you will like.
#3 bycyclerepairman (Link) on 2012-06-01 23:10 (Reply)
Peculiar.
#4 MissyW on 2012-06-01 23:59 (Reply)
--yep, getting older --but his works have long since made him timeless. The mortal coil is now but a footnote of ''Bob Dylan'' --
#5 buddy larsen on 2012-06-02 01:55 (Reply)
"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught."

Above, a Yeats for Bob's works. And below, another Yeats for Bob himself:

"An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress."
#6 buddy larsen on 2012-06-02 02:08 (Reply)
It's like Obama and his aides failed the IQ question, Which doesn't belong?
#7 bob sykes on 2012-06-02 08:58 (Reply)
PacRim Jim, he's channeling his inner Roy Orbison.
#8 Sam L. on 2012-06-02 10:39 (Reply)
From Wiki:

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".

So if I am reading that correctly, especially the "cultural or other significant public or private endeavors" part, the president can award the medal to anyone he wants to for any reason he wants.

Kind of waters down the value of the award to about $1.98 don't you think?

I guess my complaint is this.

If you want to give feel good presidential medals to Dylan or Morrison or Nobright, fine. Create another medal, say the Presidential medal of merit or something.

These people aren't in the same league as a deserving soul like JAN KARSKI who have literally earned a medal of FREEDOM.
#9 feeblemind on 2012-06-03 12:05 (Reply)

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