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‘Castles Made of Sand’: Jimi Hendrix’s Psychedelic, Ephemeral DC

My mind processes things uniquely. As all our minds do.
Mine does so bizarrely. Which, thankfully, very few of our minds do.
And so it was when I saw the following in DC tech publication Broadband Breakfast….
Democrat Rosenworcel’s Progressive FCC Legacy Resides on Wikipedia, Not in the Federal Code:
“The Biden FCC’s hard pivot left on Net Neutrality and Digital Discrimination lost in federal court, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr dismantled Rosenworcel’s ‘homework gap’ overreach with USF money.”
I immediately thought of Jimi Hendrix – and his classic song “Castles Made of Sand.”
If – due to age or lack of good fortune – you have never heard of Jimi Hendrix or said ditty? You probably don’t know what my headline word “ephemeral” means, either.
I’ll pause – to allow some of you to read up upon those items that have until now eluded you….
Ok.
I’m quite sure Hendrix was not thinking of Washington, DC when he wrote his timeless (we hope) tune. The chorus of which is variations on this theme:
“And so castles made of sand fall in the sea – eventually” (more…)
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