Rock 'n' Roll Reviewed

 Long before Covid-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome panicked many souls from 2002-2004. 

On July 30, 2003, 490,000 fans gathered in Toronto for 12 hours to watch 14 bands, headlined by the Rolling Stones to show the world the SARS disease was not as dangerous as advertised. 

Peace, love, food, water and toilets was all there for the nearly half a million music drenched fans from start to finish. The Toronto police said they made fewer arrest at 2003s "Toronto Rocks" then the usual downtown Saturday night festivities. 

Rush did a fantastic instrumental of the Rolling Stones, "Paint it Black," and Justin Timberlake co-sang with Mick Jagger on "Miss You."

Rush saned keyboards for all four songs they performed, and the trio definitely held their own with the mighty Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones teamed with ACDC, and nailed B.B. King's 1964 blues tune, "Rock Me Baby."  

The Rolling Stones doing their six songs along with the tunes by Rush was more than enough to make "Toronto Rocks" worth watching and owning.  ACDC was disappointing to me only because of their song selections, "Back in Black" and "Thunderstruck." 

"Rock Me Baby" and Rush's "Freewill" blasting on a quality sound system seize my senses with every view. "Toronto Rocks," a solid three and a half stars. 

Mark Izzy Schurr 

 

Modern Moron Political Book Review

 An election for president was held on Nov. 3, 2020, Joe Biden won, Donald Trump did not, that is the truth, and any claim to the contrary is untrue, Republican, lawyer and political commentator, Chris Christie said.

Trump's speech about election fraud was untrue and rambling. As a lawyer, you cannot bring an indictment before you present the evidence, and that's exactly what Trump did when he said he won the election, Christie said.

I'm still no fan of Christie, but to my pleasant surprise, he's not an idiot. 

"Republican Rescue" is among my top four political books, an easy four-star rating for sagaciously expressing opposing points of views and opinions without pissing me off. 

Chapter 13, "Q AMOK" was my favorite part of "Republican Rescue." Christie said we need to renounce conspiracy theorist and truth deniers, the ones who know better and are just plain nuts. We need to discredit the extremist, Christie said.

QAnon theories are baseless, fact less, absurd and dangerous, Christie said. Too many politicians don't want to upset the truth deniers, QAnoners, The White Supremist and the wild extremist. (Christie)   

In 1983, then Michigan Senator, Daniel Patrick said everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts, and Christie illustrated this quote marvelously in "Republican Rescue."    

Christie said Big Media and elites with far too much power are a serious threat to society and big business dealings, and I agree.   

Republicans will like this book because it rips President Joe Biden and the sub-par way Democrats run government. From my own personal experience, and everything I've read about politics; both the Democrats and Republicans have no handle on inflation or violent crime. In this less then 300-page book, Christie crunches the numbers on these issues and a lot more.

Digital soldiers have caused too many Americans to embrace dark fantasies. People are blinded by ideology and become too loyal to their tribe. These people are adamantly convinced all their prejudices are justified and deny anyone's truth's.   

November, 2021s "Republican Rescue Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorist, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden" would be a great read for English students from 6th grade through college in my humble opinion. 

It's easy for me to fly off the deep end of verbal rage when it comes to politics and Christie knows how to talk to everyone, regardless of their political and personal believes, a skill I envy. 

Mark Izzy Schurr