THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS TIED INTO THE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION

This post was triggered because someone clicked on and read my 2014 post about JULIAN ASSANGE.

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NOTE  September 23, 2025  I followed the Julian Assange saga for YEARS and well, it seems he was allowed to go free - in his home country of Australia.  Like the Edward Snowden saga, which I also followed for years - Snowden has married and has a child but looks to be permanently in Russia - it seems these men's stories have fallen out of media interest.  

As of today, the Freedom of Speech is being challenged in the United States.  Of course it's not like the Freedom of Speech isn't tied into Freedom of Thought or overall Expression through Art, Ideas, Interpretations, and so on.

The other day I spoke with a "conservative" friend of mine about POLITICAL CARTOONING and showed him some cartoons printed in publications - even before he was President - of Thomas Jefferson. Every President is controversial to someone, some more than others.

My favorite President is Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Controversial. He stepped up into the chaos of the Great Depression and found ways to put people to work and have money circulate again. 

Yes, we should be worried.

Get out there and vote. Vote those who oppose your IDEAS ABOUT HOW LIFE IS BEST LIVED - which includes, not just us as individuals with our "own" concerns but others - OUT OF OFFICE.

I know how frustrating it can be to even research who is running and what they stand for. I do it every election, especially looking into what various newspapers and organizations such as the Teachers and Women say.

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I loath the idea of persons being assassinated for their  opinions or ideas...

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I do not hold the values of a Charlie Kirk...  

Never heard of the man actually, until he was assassinated. So, I find it almost unbelievable that he is being held up as a Hero of the Crazy Right Wing Conservatives.***

C 2025 Christine Trzyna

***My conservative friend seems to think there are only Crazy Left Wing Liberals, no middle of the roaders.

THE BEATLES : LIVE AT WASHINGTON D.C. 1964 THIS IS WHY THEY WERE GREAT!

The Beatles were my first "favs" and, though I rarely post videos of them and their music on this blog, I do return to them time and time again. Sometimes one of their songs comes to me. When first did I hear a Beatle's record? I think some of my older relatives had their 45s and played them... or maybe it was the hip mom of a childhood friend who lived on the same street... or my best friend in high school who used a lot of her babysitting money to buy the albums... that contributed to my fandom.

Recently a friend invited me to hear a Beatles music concert in Long Beach California at an event called First Friday. The band that played (which included one woman singer) was very good and 'a good time was had by all.'

Looking at the comments that were posted under this video... I excerpt from this one:  

@Myguitar-y2e1

No drum mics, no vocal stage monitors, no ear monitors, no guitar pedals, no backup row of instruments, ready to play in case of a broken string, only two roadies, no banks of backing vocalists, No fireworks, no smoke, no string section, no huge video screens, no spotlights or stage lighting,, No electronic guitar tuners, no synthesizers, no digital mixing board, no Guitar techs, no amp techs, no personal assistants, no make up and hair, no costumes, bodyguards, masseuses, lawyers, drivers, personal chefs…. ….. am I leaving anything out?

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THEY WERE TIGHT AND THEY WERE HOT...

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Excerpting again:

@cmwfeb65

Being able to play anywhere near in time AND in harmony, in the middle of a screaming arena, without stage monitors is miraculous. These guys were road-worn pros after a solid year of European Beatlemania, as well as a thousand gigs in noisy, crappy clubs in the previous 5 years.

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I note that they had to clumsily turn Ringo's drum platform, which was wobbly, but that meant they could face the audience in each direction over the time of the concert, that three of the songs they did were cover tunes, and - have we forgotten? - harmonies! And George's musicianship, especially! 

C 2025 Christine Trzyna  BlogSpot

slight edit October 9 2025

FIRST GRADE : EXPERIENCE FORTY-EIGHT : CHRISTINE TRZYNA WRITING WORKSHOP

Go back to first grade. Tell your experience story in the mind and language of that first grader.  Are you reading?  Do you like your teacher?  Is there homework? What are you wearing?  Do you take the school bus?  Keep going...

Then, as an adult, answer this: How did first grade influence your education from then on?

Christine Trzyna

This exercise is part of a series of writing exercises and to bring up the whole series use the tag Christine Trzyna Writing Workshop. 

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