IrishAyes
IrishAyes's JournalGREAT OP !!!!
Count me out of those who don't give a damn, because I certainly do. Very proud of President Obama and I don't care who knows it. If they can't shut me up here in the remote MidWest corners of RedNeckLand, the naysayers on DU had might as well save their breath. I don't need to validate my choice to anyone. Anyone who objects can go suck a lemon.
I'll try to find a copy of something I read about the solitary lifestyle and post it here;
It's buried somewhere on my FB timeline. Up to my ears in work right now, but expect it within the week at least. Very poetic.
This week on the news I also heard a clip of a 7-yr-old girl singing exactly like
Billie Holliday, too.
And even though he's in his 20's now, my friend JD Simo was a blues wonder kid by the same age.
I saw YouTube videos by a kid named Downtown Danny Donato singing great blues.
My favorite, however, was Michael Junior who had a special singing light opera and classics on PBS when he was about 8 or 9. He's using his Dutch last name now but I can't find his latest work. He had the voice of an angel.
On the other side of the age bracket, I never tired of hearing Johnny Cash either. And Leonard Cohen has about the most mesmerizing voice I ever heard.
Great idea, except I make my dogs' chew and tug toys from rolled up jeans legs
with a knot tied in the middle. Lasts about a week each. They shredded Kong toys faster than that. Actually, they'll chew anything they get a chance to behind my back, which is why they might never have free run indoors when I'm out.
12 minutes? Just scratches the surface.
My computer won't play videos anymore, but I've seen that before and now have it bookmarked once again. Thanks. I'm one of those strange folks who love great speeches. How wonderful that with videos and CD's I can hear them whenever I choose. Got a great collection of Mario Cuomo's speeches. MLK too. etc.
Sadly, no Lincoln though.
If you don't mind a few non-secular tunes,
here are a few of mine: Most of the Christmas songs, but mainly Clay Aiken's version of 'Mary Did You Know'. Also 'Our God Reigns' and my personal favorite, 'Ave Maria'. As a bit charismatic, I dance around the house and sing it to different tunes when I feel really in the dumps, and it always perks me right up, along with my own dance versions of the Hail Mary. As a lifelong blues fan, I'm also one of those strange people made happier by blues music.
But really, just about anything with a good dance beat ought to cheer up everybody.
I think perhaps the cracker reference MIGHT'VE been to the southern mindset rather than
a communion wafer. Say what?
I'd wager it's 100% political and 100% racial.
How it must burn when faced by his defenders! How many of them (hint: zero) have supporters who'd take a bullet for them out of pure love? My bet is that POTUS has many. So the Repugs hate him also because we don't, and even their own mothers don't love them as much. That must rankle.
Barack Obama has proved he even wants to improve the lives of those who hate him. Real proof of the
pudding. And he's a zillion times nicer to his detractors than I could ever be. If I chanced upon Boner where I was fairly sure not to be caught and thrown in jail, I'd have a hard time not slapping his face. Heck, I couldn't even trust myself not to do it in plain open public.
Steve, thank you so much!
You should know a housebound friend of mine in L.A. (IRL - I used to live there) looks forward so much to pictures of President Obama that I send her, most from DU. She only has one son left, and calls Barack her 'other son'. That's how much so many of us love him and his whole family. I feel the same. I don't know how any parent could not feel proud of a son like that.
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