Month: July 2024

If Israel falls, the West falls. Geert Wilders: “Israel is Europe’s last stand against Islam”

For those with long memories, Geert Wilders is the Dutch politician who has been speaking out against Islam for many years and whom I’ve been reporting on for about as long. In this article he makes clear why Israel is so important to the rest of the world, if we don’t want to be overwhelmed by the horrors of Islamic rule.

Geert never quit in spite of many death threats against him and the frequent need for police protection. He’s battled Left-wing Netherland politicians to a standstill and has finally risen to a top position in the government, and formed a solid right-wing party to bring his nation back from the brink.

A vast library of music is stored on my computer and I’m listening right now to a carefully selected list of semi-country songs of bands that sprang up out of the Hippie Revolution from the folk music protest songs that themselves were a reaction to the Vietnam War.

From the Kingston Trio to Peter, Paul and Mary, the songs changed and progressed and then Bob Dylan came along, and suddenly Janice Joplin and the Kozmic Blues, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Doors of Perception, Quicksilver Messenger Service, all Live at the Fillmore, San Francisco.

Giants of music who rose to fame, some much higher than others but all were Greats. A few yet live, most passed on years ago. Janice Joplin, that tiny person with the giant voice, had a genetic disease and chose her own way out instead.

Old music now that you never hear anymore, except maybe a Beatles song on the radio sometimes. Which is why I keep it on my computer. The longer you live, the more memories you have, and my best ones are all connected to the music I love.