By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Today’s Bird Song
Loon, Redstone Lake, Ontario, Canada. “A few calls and splashes. A good quality alarm call quietly echoes in the background.”
Dear Readers, I had no plans to do a watercooler today, but suddenly, my timeline is inundated with the phrase “free yourself from the burden of the past.” Left, right, and center, everywhere.
Here is its origin and it would be better to address the issue here.
The entire four minutes was about “not being tied to what has happened, but what will happen next.” I can’t believe it. I never thought she’d use that phrase so often. pic.twitter.com/TClfC1EyH6
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) June 29, 2024
(I have a rule not to cite “studies” from the Democratic or Republican National Conventions, but I’m breaking it this time. I don’t think they’re faking it. Because they don’t have to.
• But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; up, not forward, and always spin toward freedom.
• As a leader, I use power like a drum and leadership like a violin. Take any idea you have. Compare the ideas. There is no doubt about the one idea that remains with us, and no doubt we have enthusiasm.
Time to throw some more shrimp on the barbecue.
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