Czerny [described as a "compostion factory" by John Field] was descibed by Schumman [in the most hurtful manner] as producing “music without soul”, while Schumman was described as “sickeningly sentimental” by Ravel.

As Ravel was making his comments, or just before, Debussy was in verbal fisticuffs with Camille Saint-Saens – each describing the other as [effectively] twee.

I am pleased to say I have mastered 2 movements of Balakirev’s 2nd piano sonata and have grown 1000 miles for doing so.

The difference between all the above and Ms Rice is they were all deeply passionate ultra talented people, where she is a rather average bureaucrat who came along just when the US government was looking for trogladites who could itorate.

Some say even Sly considered running for Governor.

Hey Condi, try Shostakovich’s “Leningrad”. It was composed while his orchestra members were dying on a regular basis – along with the rest of his beloved St. Petersburg ( Leningrad )during the 900 day siege of Leningrad. Overly romantic?
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Shostakovich began work on the Seventh Symphony in September, 1941 when Leningrad was under siege by the German army. More than 600,000 people were to perish in the struggle. The composer endured the terrible conditions along with his fellow-citizens until he agreed to be evacuated to Moscow a month later. By then he had completed the first three movements of the work. He completed the symphony in December of that year, having been evacuated again, this time to Kuybïshev, where the first performance of the work took place on March 5, 1942.

http://www.iclassics.com/featureArticle?contentId=876

This doctor says you’ve got a whole in your soul, Dr. Rice – so large that a Mack truck could drive through it. Sideways. And all along I thought the former S.U. and Russia were your areas of expertise…what a dumbass.

Rice is still hell bent on comparing Saddam to Hitler, but if you take her “quote” (sic) out of context…she might be promoted to prophess.

As some like to make comparisons between pipsqueak GWB and the Hit-man, perhaps we should consider. Approx 100% of the core masonic infrastucture of the Nazi party remained in key roles after the defeat (well in the West). So that whole corporate mentality festered and developed into the modern Germany.

The interesting thing about the Rice statement (hardly a quote) is when you remove Dear Leader nothing could drastically change in the the US without destroying her “stable environment”. I don’t think Rice is bright enough to make a vieled threat as sophisicated as that, so I’m the mug who’s just slipped on a banana skin!

The American peeps are being ruled by a dictator and I have no idea why they blindly accept it except for the fact “it hasn’t affected me”.

It is affecting them and they could be caught up in another world war if they continue to ignore what king george is doing in their names.

White House website is getting scrubbed…..

Everyone had better start taking the Dems seriously. As well as keep very close watch that what they say they are going to do, they do. Much more oversight is needed, and I think we had better quit making more studies and fact finding missions for awhile and start using some plain old common sense. Most of the best Intelligence officers have left, I know, but we must have some method of tying it all together. BushCo has us in some deep sheets, and I think it stinks to high heaven.

Hope we get Libby convicted, and turn him over. I think that would set the grounds for Congress to proceed with Impeachement Hearings. At least if I know my Congressman, and I think I do… He will be all over it… so Dems must stand up, and we must stand with them, at least until we get this whole mess under some control… Its our best and I think, only chance.

…thanks for the great post . Sorry , I had been thinking of asking Larry about this for a while, and unthinking slapped it into a comment in your post; meant to slap it unthinking into one by him …

See what 4 Corona can do to a normaly sane person?

Now , I have a question for you having been ‘inside’ way further than anyone I know . ( having been in Virginia alone beats me all to hell ) …
Is there political will in Washington to scrap Ballistic Missile Defence upon the election of Any Democratic Candidate? By that I mean , is missile defence a strictly Republican animal , fostered by Rumsfeldian Ideologues and attending interested parties, is it a self realizing property of said Defence Establishment Contractors, or is it the silent will of the whole of Washington, regardless of political stripe?
Since I think the new Low Yield arms race is the new obscenity and the offensive nature of BMD is an unworkable result thereof, I’d like to know if we should just get used to installations in Czech and Poland and Nebraska and in orbit, or can the whole mad scam be stopped some sunny day in November.
Cause if it can , it would be the primary point I’d aim at any 08 Candidate.

I know ,I’m being a single issue poster and I’m not normally, but I’m drunk and worried.

I gave up on Democrats when they continued to treat Olbermann seriously. His comparison of Bush to Neville Chamberlain was a classic howler: the fact that someone we consider stable like Steve Clemons gave Olbermann an “Attaboy” for this tells me how far you guys have to go.

You guys are going to wake up in 2009 and Rudy Giuliani will be President of the United States. Rice will be Vice-President. And you’ll be spittling all over your keyboards wondering how it happened.

The people don’t believe that Rice is incompetent at all. You do, but you’re not the people. Some day you’ll figure that out, but by then it will be too late.

Finally: PrchrLady-you may, in your wildest fantasies, believe that you can actually teach Condoleezza Rice anything. One word: don’t.