"Rolling in the Deep" à la Voegelin

A young lady with a nice voice happened to take a class with Barry Cooper and was so impressed by Eric Voegelin's book, Science, Politics, and Gnosticism she felt compelled to memorialize it in song, which, like so many aspects of our culture, has made its way to YouTube. Enjoy the song composed and sung by Kirsten per Andersen. (and some of her more serious work may be enjoyed HERE.)

Here are her lyrics:

Rolling in the Deep à la Voegelin
There's an essay starting in my heart
Reaching my publisher, and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head, ignore my work, and I'll lay your books bare
See how I denounce every stage of you
Don't underestimate the analysis I will do

 

There's an essay starting in my heart
Reaching my publisher
And it's bringing me out the dark

 

The steps of your goal remind me of God
They keep me thinking you've got answers to it all
The steps of your goal, I have to assess
I can't help feeling
You've got answers to it all
Treating us like sheep
You have just lies inside of your head
And you play them like a cheat

 

Baby, I have no gnosis to be told
But I've heard one of yours
And I'm gonna make your books burn
Think of me when you solve earthly despair
Make a perfect world
As mine sure won't compare

 

The steps of your goal remind me of God
They keep me thinking you've got answers to it all
The steps of your goal, I have to assess
I can't help feeling
You've answers to it all
Treating us like sheep
You have just lies inside of your head
And you play them like a cheat
Answers to it all
Treating us like sheep
You have just lies inside of your head
But you played them, like a cheater

 

Throw your soul into every new order
Craft your golem to find what you look for
Turn all sorrow into treasured gold
You'll find it still exists and defies what you told
You've answers to it all
Answers to it all
It all, it all, it all . . .

                     Kirsten per Andersen

The War on Kudzu
–Sic semper tyrannis–

The 111^th Congress (2010-2011) made itself controversial by passing Public Law 111-148, the  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is the foundational law for compulsory universal participation in government-run health services (socialized medicine). While this law and its historic journey through the courts have garnered almost all the public's attention, there is another law, also worthy of attention but virtually unknown, Public Law 111-385, entitled the Federal Kudzu Suppression Act. This law, dwarfed by the length of the health care law, runs to only 328 pages.

"The Vine that Ate the South"

The US Congress enacted this law on the basis of the following findings:

1. Kudzu kills or damages other plants by smothering them under a blanket of leaves, encompassing tree trunks, breaking branches, or even uprooting entire trees. Kudzu’s ability to grow quickly, survive in areas of low nitrogen availability, and acquire resources quickly allows it to out-compete native species.
     

This photo shows the growth of Kudzu in Atlanta, Georgia.

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