No clue what all CCR had in mind when they penned the song, but the grunts liked this message.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Trumpet vine has convinced me that evil exists in the biblical sense. I have dug up mulberries, I have obliterated nightshades, I've had poison ivy for breakfast, but this crap has me beat.
The trumpet vines were a particular nuisance as they grew between a neighbor's fence and mine which had been built to run along side on another for about 30 feet. I managed to kill them at the root (along with a lot of my neighbor's lawn) with gobs of glyphosphate, (Yeah, I know don't say it.) But then I noticed the trumpet vines poking up in other spots on the property.
We did get hummingbirds from time to time, but not all that often. Hard to appreciate them they zoom around so fast. On the odd occasion that they showed up to drink from the trumpet blossoms, they usually scared the crap outta me shooting around like outsized hornets. A hummingbird so startled me once that I nearly chopped my peg leg in half with a chainsaw I was running.
I had no idea what trumpet vines were until a neighbor planted them ten or twelve years ago. I started noticing suckers coming up in my yard a few years after that. Everywhere! Mexicans bought the house last year and cut all of it down, which I thought was great. No dice, they will sprout up 18-24 inches in a week! I've sprayed with Ortho Weed-B-Gone, Bayer, Round-Up, PoisonIvy/Vine Killer, and cat piss. I'm thinking TRIOX, but that will kill the grass, too.
Try putting down clear, heavy-duty plastic sheeting, very well sealed, to bake the roots in the summer heat; after mowing it all down to the ground, and pissing on it.
Good luck.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Somehow, we've swerved away from the huge Hawaiian....but that's OK.
There's lawn care needs to be met also.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
I probably wouldn't even mind the hassle of having to mow, but I read on real (not conspiracy) gardening sites that trumpet vines have baseball bat sized roots and will punch right through concrete.
Try putting down clear, heavy-duty plastic sheeting, very well sealed, to bake the roots in the summer heat; after mowing it all down to the ground, and pissing on it.
At some point, it would be more fun to rent a backhoe and just dig myself a pool.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Retain whatever tenuous grasp on sanity that you have
Out west one seldom hears about the Mason-Dixon line. Out east the closer you get to it the more liberal prejudice there is toward those who live even close to it. I call it the nearline arrogance.
Out west one seldom hears about the Mason-Dixon line. Out east the closer you get to it the more liberal prejudice there is toward those who live even close to it. I call it the nearline arrogance.
Out west, you were still mexicon territory, yet to be conquered.
What you call arrogance, many still call reality of the north/south division which has not ended to this day.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
best album title - ever - did i shave my legs for this?
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Ua mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono `o Hawai'i Being perpetuated (is) the sovereignty of the land to righteousness/ to balance, Hawai`i Ua mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono `o Hawai'i
If just for a day our king and queen Would visit all these islands and saw everything How would they feel about the changes of our land Could you just imagine if they were around And saw highways on their sacred grounds How would they feel about this modern city life?
Tears would come from each other's eyes As they would stop to realize That our people are in great, great danger now How would they feel? Would their smiles be content, then cry
Chorus: Cry for the gods, cry for the people Cry for the land that was taken away And then yet you'll find, Hawai'i.
Could you just imagine they came back And saw traffic lights and railroad tracks How would they feel about this modern city life Tears would come from each other's eyes As they would stop to realize That our land is in great, great danger now.
All the fighting that the King has done To conquer all these islands, now these condominiums How would he feel if he saw Hawai'i nei? How would he feel? Would his smile be content, then cry?
(E hana hou i ka hui) (Repeat chorus)
Ua mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono `o Hawai'i Ua mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono `o Hawai'i.
This song is by a guy also famous for singing over the rainbow. It's one of the big dude's best: Hawaii '78. is a song about losing the land of ones forefathers to modernity and foreign invaders. I suggest listening to it with an open heart, recognizing that our own land is sacred and we too are losing our lands to globalism the very empire that was built in our own name.
Our ancestors used to be sacred. May they be so again. In this way, Hawaiians like Israel Kamakawiwo'ole know much better than we what we ourselves are losing. Like poor Hawaiians, many around us don't recognize the changes. They don't see the invaders and the cruel masters who bring them here. But our forebears would have us notice. And they would have us fight it.
I read the lyrics, Deasy. It's sad, but he did mention all the islands his king conquered, so I ain't feeling too bad. That's some prime realestate they were sitting on, but it's only yours for as long as you can hold onto it.
Isn't Rocky Mountain Way from that album? I've always figured this was an anthem against the new liberal politics that came out of the hippies moving their "socialist revolution" into government.
Bruddah Iz passed several years prior to my moving to Oahu.
He set a high standard for ethnic nationalism. Full of love for his people, never hating others, but ready to defend what had been in his heritage in the best way he knew.