Maverick Philosopher

Saturday Night at the Oldies: Fools and Useful Idiots

These go out this April Fool's Day to all those who voted for Joey B and Kamala the Clown.  WTF were you thinking? You weren't. But most of you are 'nice people.'  Useful idiots are often very nice people. Would that being 'nice' were enough! 

The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again

Sam Cooke, Fool's Paradise

Ray Charles, I'm a Fool to Care

Johnny Winter, Be Careful with a Fool. Cultural appropriation by an albino!  White supremacy on stilts!

Beatles, The Fool on the Hill

Elvis Presley, A Fool Such as I

Ricky Nelson, Poor Little Fool.  Those "carefree devil eyes" will do it every time. 

Brenda Lee, Fool #1

The Shirelles, Foolish Little Girl

Ricky Nelson, Fools Rush In.  "Fools rush in/Where wise men never go/But wise men never fall in love/So how are they to know?" 

"Wise men say/Only fools rush in/ But I can't help/ Falling in love with you. Andrea Bocelli's live in Las Vegas version.

Elvin Bishop, Fooled Around and Fell in Love

Kingston Trio, Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me

Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Fool

Bill Evans, Foolish Heart

Connie Francis, Everybody's Somebody's Fool

Grateful Dead, Ship of Fools

"The fool who persists in his folly becomes wise" (William Blake)

Civility is for the Civil

A reader sent me a graphic to accompany one of my aphorisms:

Civility is no virtue if a cover for cowardice.

The meme is crude, but I see little point these days in being polite to our enemies. As another of my aphorisms has it, 

Be kind, but be prepared to reply in kind.

But don't be misled by what I am about to post.  You must heed Glenn Beck's GRAVE WARNING.