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"Bruce Springsteen has made a series of rousing, splenetic speeches castigating
Donald Trump and his administration, calling the president “unfit” for office.
In what amounts to one of the most sustained attacks on Trump and American
lawmakers from a cultural figure, he made the speeches on stage in Manchester,
as he opened his
Land of Hope and Dreams tour with the E Street Band.
Introducing the song that gives the tour its name, he said: “In my home, the
America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope
and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent
and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and
the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against
authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”
Later, introducing
House of a Thousand Guitars, he said: “The last check, the
last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are
the people, you and me. It’s in the union of people around a common set of
values now that’s all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. So
at the end of the day, all we’ve got is each other.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
