{"id":34387,"date":"2024-05-20T12:23:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=34387"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:23:45","slug":"rapidly-riding-on-the-rapids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/05\/20\/rapidly-riding-on-the-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapidly Riding on the Rapids"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp3\"> Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp4\"> Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWho knows<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re caught up in the throws<br \/>\nHow it goes<br \/>\nRapidly riding on the rapids<br \/>\nWonder how quid pro quo did<br \/>\nDid the problem rid?<br \/>\n(Or was it hid)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIf things weren&#8217;t already frightening<br \/>\nHere comes the thunder and lightning<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nInstability in the atmosphere<br \/>\nI fear it&#8217;s everywhere<br \/>\nThe increased intensity is clear<br \/>\nLook there, there, and there<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWho knows<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re caught up in the gears<br \/>\nWith dues in arrears<br \/>\nRapidly riding on the rapids<br \/>\nWonder how quid pro quo did<br \/>\nDid the problem rid?<br \/>\n(Or the bid hid)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIf things weren&#8217;t already frightening<br \/>\nHere comes the thunder and lightning<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nInstability in the atmosphere<br \/>\nI fear it&#8217;s everywhere<br \/>\nThe increased intensity is clear<br \/>\nLook there, there, and there<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nA little more cash (stash)<br \/>\nFor a lot more trash (fast)<br \/>\nVoters thrashed (trashed)<br \/>\nTruth trashed (thrashed)<br \/>\nCarbon bribe (cried)<br \/>\nDevil&#8217;s bride (died)<\/p>\n<p>If things weren&#8217;t already frightening<br \/>\nHere comes the thunder and lightning<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nInstability in the atmosphere<br \/>\nI fear it&#8217;s everywhere<br \/>\nThe increased intensity is clear<br \/>\nLook there, there, and there<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nAware? There, there, there!<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS NOTE<br \/>\n&#8220;Quid pro quo,&#8221; a Latin term meaning &#8220;something for something,&#8221; refers to a mutual exchange where one party provides something in return for something else from another party. In the context of governments&#8217; climate policy, quid pro quo can manifest in several ways:<\/p>\n<p>Policy and Legislation<br \/>\nWithin a country, lawmakers might support climate-related legislation in exchange for concessions in other policy areas. This can involve political bargaining where support for green initiatives is traded for support on unrelated legislation or local projects.<\/p>\n<p>Political Support and Lobbying<br \/>\nGovernments might craft climate policies that favor certain industries or sectors in exchange for political support, campaign contributions, or other forms of influence. This can lead to policies that are beneficial to particular stakeholders but may not always align with the most effective or equitable climate strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Such arrangements can lead to compromises that dilute the effectiveness of climate action or create inequalities in how the burdens and benefits of climate policies are distributed. Political quid pro quo usually lands us in rough waters, up the river, and without a paddle.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;Right Now&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp3 Rapidly-Riding-on-the-Rapids.mp4 [Verse 1] Who knows When you&#8217;re caught up in the throws How it goes Rapidly riding on the rapids Wonder how quid pro quo did Did the problem rid? (Or was it hid) [Bridge] If things weren&#8217;t already frightening Here comes the thunder and lightning [Chorus] Instability in the atmosphere I fear it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955,24],"tags":[163,546,563,3968],"class_list":["post-34387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-climate-change","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34405,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34387\/revisions\/34405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}