"There is More Value in Placing a Flower in a Rifle Barrel than Making War."

Tuesday, March 21. 2006

"There is More Value in Placing a Flower in a Rifle Barrel than Making War."

Carlos Santana's version of "Let's hold hands and sing Kumbaya" sounds a bit different from the version that Sharon Stone was speaking of yesterday, but it was nonetheless "Let's hold and hands and sing Kumbaya."

From an AP report on Mr. Santana:

"I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing," the 58-year-old rock icon said. "My concept is the opposite of George W. Bush."
...

"There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war," he said. "As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets."

Of course musical notes may come in handy when the other side isn't firing bullets at you to begin with, but ya know... why get mired in detail?

As Ms. Stone, who was quoted in yesterday's Agence France-Presse report, might say: "We can choose to have this alternative kind of growth that is a collective nuance of understanding." (emphasis added)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm all for a "collective nuance of understanding" ... especially when Sharon Stone says it.

I feel certain that once it is explained to the Islamofascists that oppose us, they will also be for a "collective nuance of understanding"....

Update: Betsy Newmark has some thoughts on Santana and Stone as well.

Posted by Tom Elia in Politics at 10:37 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (5)

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"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Dalai Lama, Tibet

#1 Luis on 2006-03-21 11:19 (Reply)

Jimi Hendrix volunteered for the 101st Airborne in 1961. He made 25 successful jumps and then broke his ankle on the 26th, resulting in his being cut loose honorably by the military. He was famously pro-Viet Nam war in the 60s.

Carlos Santana should stop trying to re-write history. Jimi Hendrix was 100 times the man Carlos Santana will ever be.

#2 Larry on 2006-03-21 12:22 (Reply)

Is that true about Jimi Hendrix? I've never heard that before; if true, I'm in awe.

#2.1 Skunkbeard on 2006-03-21 13:03 (Reply)

Jimi was also a citizen.

#3 Dave on 2006-03-21 12:31 (Reply)

This is from his wikipedia entry:

"On May 31, 1962, after exactly one year of service, Hendrix was recommended for discharge for "behavior problems", "little regard for regulations", and for being "apprehended masturbating in platoon area while supposed to be on detail"[2]. Hendrix would later tell reporters that he received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump. The 2005 biography Room Full of Mirrors by Charles Cross claims that Hendrix faked being gay—claiming to have fallen in love with a fellow soldier—and was therefore discharged. According to Cross, Hendrix was an avid anti-communist and did not leave the Army as a protest to the Vietnam War, but simply wanted out so he could focus on playing guitar."

#4 Tim on 2006-03-22 09:24 (Reply)

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