Those hard working people "need leaders but get gamblers instead."
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A lot of people love to blame Obama. For whatever reason they decide. I like the guy and voted for him twice. A lot still love to blame Bush II. I actually liked the guy and voted for him once but we're lucky we survived that debacle. Even his Dad has now written he was ill served by his hires the blame for which can only lie with him in the end. I'm not too crazy about any of the current crew of contenders. At least one or two or three come across as intelligent at least. Its a tough job. Nobody will ever please everyone. Eisenhower was probably the last truly accomplished president (beyond politics). Well, I guess you could count Reagan as well. |
Wow, I wasn't aware that certain people are claiming the "liberal media" is disseminating a "lie", that the U.S. debt is due in large part to the unpaid for Iraq war, amongst other causes (including the "Corporate Welfare" handed out by the last President, the only one in U.S. history to veto not a SINGLE spending Bill, many of them brought to his desk by those not-tax-the-rich-and-spend Republicans). |
Oh no, I didn't intend to insinuate that skin color had anything to do with it (whether or not it does is an entirely different matter). But the President blamed for many things not actually of his making (the "Socialist domestic policy" in this country certainly didn't originate in the past seven years, but that's too complicated a subject to be discussing here, fer cryin' out loud!) does happen to be half-black (that he is called black when he is equally white just proves that racism in this country is still alive and well, all protestations to the contrary aside). Whenever I see a situation wherein that happens, I think of that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to quote it! |
Facts courtesy of the strictly unbiased news media and truth only a certainly kind of adult can handle. Like I said, bitterly ironic. What was the slogan? "If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention." Hahaha. I'm laughing bitterly. But what the heck, given how large a portion of the population is living in that fact free void, Hillary will probably get elected and then re-elected giving you and your ilk another 8 years to bring us that worker's paradise y'all been dreaming about. Bdp - skin color has nothing to do with it. I'm opposed to socialist domestic policy regardless of its author's race, gender or political party. |
If I remember correctly, is was an unpaid for war in Iraq that had something to do with the debt, amongst many other factors creating the situation facing whoever took over in '09. Of course, it's easier to, as Larry David put in one of his Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, "blame the black man". It's amazing how the guy who inherited the largest surplus in U.S. history and turned it into the largest (up to that time) deficit isn't held responsible for doing so by a certain kind of person. |
"A Satisfied Mind" (originally by Porter Wagoner) How many times have You heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way But little they know That it's so hard to find One rich man in ten With a satisfied mind Once I was winning In fortune and fame Everything that I dreamed for To get a start in life's game Then suddenly it happened I lost every dime But I'm richer by far With a satisfied mind Money can't buy back Your youth when you're old Or a friend when you're lonely Or a love that's grown cold The wealthiest person Is a pauper at times Compared to the man With a satisfied mind When my life has ended And my time has run out My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt But one thing's for certain When it comes my time I'll leave this old world With a satisfied mind How many times have You heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way But little they know That it's so hard to find One rich man in ten With a satisfied mind |
Heroes - Bowie I, I will be king And you, you will be my queen Though nothing will drive them away We can be Heroes, just for one day We can be us, just for one day I, I can remember Standing, by the wall And the guns shot above our heads And we kissed, as though nothing could fall And the shame was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day |
Thanks, Al. You're absolutely right; I looked it up and those lyrics are, indeed, as sung in Showboat. Even those specific lyrics, though, as many others, were changed by Robeson for the performance. Many others, it seems, were modified along the way to adjust for changes in cultural sensitivities and the song has been performed by hundreds of different artists. In 1952 it was one of my favorite songs and we played it on a wind up Victrola. |
Very profound indeed, Jim (Broadstone). A correction to the words, though, if I may. They are actually "I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'." Here is a link to the famous performance of the song by the great Paul Robeson in the 1936 version of "Showboat". Best regards, -- Al |
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