3/18 You Gotta Serve Somebody

I need to call in fifteen minutes as to whether I will be selected to serve jury duty. Ugh, as the family has been battling the stomach flu. Oh so fun. Erin Go Bragh yesterday was tempered with unhappy babies and a sick three year old. The weekend wasn't much better, either.
Bush signed an executive order stripping an investigative agency powers to carry through with its findings. That's great. Fascism at its best. Those who rail against welfare, Section 8 or handouts will be throttled after seeing how the Fed bailed out Bear Stearns this week. How can a company with such economic power, its executives being paid so much and it earning such a reputation for solidity be stripped and sold as junk? Two dollars a share? This sure has made my teaching the Depression unit easy. Oh well. Always nice to listen to my retired father talk about needing to return to work. Enough politics. Will try to see Obama's speech on race.

Over the last couple of days:

Richie Havens - Mixed Bags
Beatles - Yellow Submarine
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Yes - Close To the Edge
Artie Shaw - Star Dust
Nipper's Greatest Hits of the '30s, Vol. I
Hollywood's Best: The Thirties
Jelly Roll Morton - Jazz King of New Orleans
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Through the Years
U2 - Wide Awake In America
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Van Morrison - Moondance
Greenfire - Celtic String Ensemble
Bruce Springsteen - Live In Dublin
Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview
Van - Veedon Fleece
U2 - Paris, 7/4/87 DVD

Happy St. Paddy's Day.