FreeWill Astrology, Again...And More
Sep. 24th, 2008 02:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotSagittarius Horoscope for week of September 25, 2008
Many Americans regard the Pledge of Allegiance as a supreme oath of loyalty to the United States. When I was a kid, we used to recite it to start each school day. Members of Congress still make it their opening salutation at every session. It's not well-known, though, that the Pledge was composed by a Socialist, Baptist minister Francis Bellamy. Republicans might swoon in apoplexy if you presented them with this proof that an extreme left-winger was a fervent patriot. But doing that would be right in alignment with your assignment in the coming week, Sagittarius. You will receive encouragement from the cosmos whenever you seek out and express facts that disprove prevailing biases and mistaken beliefs.
I've already posted elsewhere my views on yon Pledge so I'll move on to other things.
Just came from watching the first two hours of PBS American Masters' history of the Warner Brothers movie studio. It's great that the iconic movies of the times are given the context that adds another layer to our understanding of them as entertainment/cultural artifacts. And now I'm seeing the parallels between the Warner stars of the past and our current crop of celebs. Will we look back generations from now and see Heath Ledger the same way we see James Dean now? How about Will Smith...our age's James Cagney? Tom Hanks as the modern Humphrey Bogart? Which current actresses would you compare to Joan Crawford, or Bette Davis, or Lauren Bacall?
More to come...
Many Americans regard the Pledge of Allegiance as a supreme oath of loyalty to the United States. When I was a kid, we used to recite it to start each school day. Members of Congress still make it their opening salutation at every session. It's not well-known, though, that the Pledge was composed by a Socialist, Baptist minister Francis Bellamy. Republicans might swoon in apoplexy if you presented them with this proof that an extreme left-winger was a fervent patriot. But doing that would be right in alignment with your assignment in the coming week, Sagittarius. You will receive encouragement from the cosmos whenever you seek out and express facts that disprove prevailing biases and mistaken beliefs.
I've already posted elsewhere my views on yon Pledge so I'll move on to other things.
Just came from watching the first two hours of PBS American Masters' history of the Warner Brothers movie studio. It's great that the iconic movies of the times are given the context that adds another layer to our understanding of them as entertainment/cultural artifacts. And now I'm seeing the parallels between the Warner stars of the past and our current crop of celebs. Will we look back generations from now and see Heath Ledger the same way we see James Dean now? How about Will Smith...our age's James Cagney? Tom Hanks as the modern Humphrey Bogart? Which current actresses would you compare to Joan Crawford, or Bette Davis, or Lauren Bacall?
More to come...
