When now 4th of October, 50 years since 1957, is coming very close, the day the sputnik circled the world and flew beep-beep above even Texas, above every house and parking lot, easily seen by even an immoral and naked eye, we are all singing Volare.
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That is, flying, flying, high up in the blue sky, etc, etc (easy for those skilled in italian, or the Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin compatible versions).. and winning the the eurovision song contest already in 1958.
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If the dollar reaches another low on thursday we can also sing Ciao, Ciao Bambina (Bambino), and in any case we can sing it in slightly more than one morre Bush-Year.
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PS. that 50 anniversary, panel on C-SPAN correctly says that one can sum up much by listing
- the sputnik, singing beep-beep
- the Cuba Crises, Kennedy assassinated but before that lots of war-crazy-generals fired.
- two (three) towers, Manhattan, also flying from the blue.
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They did not say Ciao,Ciao to the dollar, but I added it.
PPS I had not heard that before, but something like this
.. sputnik..beep..beep
waking up, USA..from sleep..
but maybe it was easier then, one-two-three major domestic terrorist assassination and nothing much changed. This time it seems to be tougher stuff. |
