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Quote from the quote box that will make you think hard:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

— US President Dwight Eisenhower 1953 speech

In other news, after hearing snips and bits of the new Springsteen recording, We Shall Overcome – The Seeger Sessions I bought it and am very impressed. I don’t know where that sound/voice comes from (yeah, yeah, yeah, new jersey) but what a great collection of favorites bearing his own imprint. The whole country fiddle/southern/gospel-blues thing mixed with a nice generous portion of brass and New Orleans feel, centered around the song and this incredible gravelly, tender, tough voice. I had a couple other things stashed in my shopping cart but so far I haven’t moved past “da bruce” aka “the boss” (which when you think about it is the same thing….)