Monday, March 12, 2007

Freedoms


This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. ~Joni Mitchell

7 comments:

Stephen A. Bess said...

Amen to that!

Anonymous said...

Sad commentary on our ability to self govern.

Icarus said...

Wow, that's a heavy one from Joni! But a pretty damned good one, though! It beats than coming across a child of god anytime!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Great quote from one of my favorites.

get zapped said...

stephen- let's hope for change...

brian- yes, let's hope for change...

icarus- I love Joni too, she speaks the truth as always.

barbara- Joni has a way with words, doesn't she!

studio lolo said...

I must be pretty free because I'm incredibly self-critical :/ (I know that's not exactly what she meant.) I love Joni's words to her music. I always come away with a message after playing it. BTW, I named one of my dog's after her because she had long blonde hair and big teeth. Joni lived for 17 1/2 years. Thanks for sharing another great post Michelle :)

get zapped said...

Yep, I do the self-critical thing too and it doesn't feel too freeing a lot of the time. I had to laugh about your dog with long hair and big teeth, a Joni clone ;) Wow, she lived a long life too. Thanks for stopping by, Laurel, it's always as pleasure!