Most of us are familiar with this quote. It's featured in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The translated version on the wall there says: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me." What I'm guessing most readers don't know about this confessional from Martin Niemöller is that he himself was a Nazi. Niemöller was born in Prussia in 1892 and began his career as a U-boat officer in the Imperial Navy of the German Empire. He sank 55,000 tons of Allied ships and was eventually awarded the Iron Cross for his accomplishments. Coming home after World War I, he got married, became a Lutheran pastor, and was a paramilitary commander helping put down t
Today's song is "Buddy Holly" by Weezer. This is how we picture the song. Can you follow the lines with the song? This is what we heard: "Buddy Holly" is a jazzy rock song with a little bit of blues in it. It's a very active song and suddenly starts and suddenly stops. The original song lyrics were about Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. It's a buzzy song with a lot of electronic sounds. This is how I drew the picture: I draw according to what I heard. It starts off smooth and then goes up and down, bumpy, and back and forth and back and forth.