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Hayseed in concert

Stumbeled by their webpage. Kjetil, Elin, Espen and me went to their concert when El Caco was all sold out…good concert, well worth the 60 kr we paid to see them πŸ™‚ http://www.hayseed.no/. Kjetil by the way left for John’s after a while, he did not like the music, but in a way he is like Kent: What I have not heard, I don’t like! πŸ™‚

Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation

A wise man once said:

…In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist…

…and the wise man was former President Eisenhower. I guess he had his bad sides he as all others, but the statement above was indeed remarkable foreseen. To bad that today the influence of the military-industrial complex is just there Eisenhower did not want it to be. Seems to me that Senator John McCain (R) http://mccain.senate.gov/ is one of the few republicans able to be as wise as needed. Should have been more like him, and fewer like Dick Cheney http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident, who by the way owe the military industry a lot for his wealthy bank account.

Read the whole farewell address here http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm