My Country's In Ruins: Come On, Rise Up

It is interesting to realise that Bruce Springsteen's song of despair and hope My City Of Ruins from The Rising was not a 9/11 song in its own right, but a reflection on the sad state of Asbury Park and the significant amount of blight it had suffered. The element of hope, as the Wiki entry confirms, can be found in the Boss powerfully imploring the city to "rise up" from the decay in the chorus.

Here and now in the UK, plagued as we are by Labour's destruction of the public finances, the EU's destruction of Eurozone economies and its browbeating of the UK into bailout participation, our sky high energy bills in the name of fighting climate change, and the ostrich mindset of the Coalition in the face of these problems and many similar, we can only wish that the message and spirit of that song might be taken up by an individual or group with the determination and ability to do something about it.

Sadly, it's more likely that we'll just end up Dancing In The Dark while we wait for anything of the kind. Especially if the EU forces closure of the power stations before their replacements are built and while the turbines stand idle.