Politics

HURRICANE CARTER – BOB DYLAN

August 28, 2011
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Another “Hurricane Classic” Hurricane Carter-Bob Dylan Cops said “Wait a minute, this one’s not dead”-Bob Dylan Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees the bartender in a pool of blood Cries out “My God they killed them all” Here comes the story of the Hurricane The man the authorities came to blame For something that he never done Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been The champion of the world. Three bodies lying there does Patty see And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously “I didn’t do it” he says and he throws up his hands “I was only robbing the register I hope you understand I saw them leaving” he says and he stops “One of us had better call up the cops” And so Patty calls the cops And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing In the hot New Jersey night. Meanwhile far away in another part of town Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down When

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Learn Their Mistakes, Or Be Doomed To Repeat Them!

August 9, 2011
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Gary Kasparov: Making Mistakes in Chess- Aharon Moshe Sanders, Making Mistakes in Life-AhMbDvd August 9, 6:17pm Gary Kasparov: Making Mistakes in Chess   A master chess player Gary Kasparov fully explains the value of mistakes in something as simple as “a game”. However a game, has so many valuable examples that can be applied to real life, that I felt it very fitting to have the man himself explain exactly what mistakes are all about, and how they contain essential elements to allowing experienced palyers to grow.   Today we live in a world where the greatest thinkers, politicians, leaders and experts in their fields are every bit as prone to make mistakes as ever/ The difference is the unfortunate tendency on either the part of the media or even on the individual level to simply ignore, deny, or create convoluted explanations justifying these errors. Far better is to assume as our chess master friend Gary Kasparov is telling us here, that mistakes will occur, and we need to go back and analyze what went went wrong, so as to to become stronger when faced with similar issues in the future.   Accepting the inevitability and responsibility for strategic errors in

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