Submitted by MJS on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 1:19pm
What do you cling to when you cling?
What stirs you up and makes you sing?
Did the Liberty Bell make freedom ring?
What do you cling to, when you cling?
What do you fight for when you fight?
What gets you in your dreams at night?
Did someone come to steal your rights?
What do you fight for when you fight?
What do you do when reason fails?
What takes the wind out of your sails?
Did your blood run cold, did you turn pale?
What do you do when reason fails? Read below the fold...
Submitted by MJS on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:04pm
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Submitted by MJS on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 2:49pm
Submitted by MJS on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 3:37pm
MSNBC* has some footage up of a panel discussion about race. Without judging the relative merits of those who share their views, I was struck by two things: one, we're still fucking up the children who so many of us say must be cherished, and two, the negative issues of race and ethnicity will not vanish without a whole lot of work. Perhaps they never will, but that is no excuse to not address these issues and attempt to build a better world "for the children."
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Submitted by MJS on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 5:55pm
It's fairly simple: old, governmentally approved ways of testing many cosmetic products, including Botox, involve the wholesale, and arguably unnecessary slaughter of animals.
Be ye man or woman, know the ramifications of what you do, and consider making a choice that brings less suffering into the world instead of more.
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Submitted by MJS on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 10:51pm
Submitted by MJS on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 2:28pm
I went to a post office this week near where I now live in Portland, Oregon. There were two clerks working, and no one was ahead of me. Soon, another customer queued behind me. One of the clerks, upon finishing a transaction, put up a "next window, please" sign, then quickly turned and walked away. Perhaps because the clerk never even looked up before leaving, the customer behind me muttered 'great. can you believe this stuff?' Read below the fold...
Submitted by MJS on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 9:18pm
Submitted by MJS on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 1:41pm
protesting is a sacred right
in light of day or dark of night
those who would control us all
are they who truly fear a fall
let all know no heart can fail
that smiles at a wagging tail
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Submitted by MJS on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 11:45pm
Stroll Home, Barack Obama
(sung to Lynyrd Skynryd's "Sweet Home Alabama"*)
Big ideals keep him burning
Social Security Republican
Bringing hope throughout the nation
With his style and his grin
Where the heck have you been, huh?
Well I heard Krugman’s a doubter
Well, I heard he wears a frown
Well, I hope that New York Jew remembers
Obama’s fans don’t need him anyhow
Stroll home, Barack Obama
Goodbye Florida/Michigan
Stroll home, Barack Obama
Lord, I’m on my knees for you Read below the fold...
Submitted by MJS on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 12:05pm
100 Years of War in Iraq
(sung to the tune of "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall")
100 years of war in Iraq
100 years of war
You burn it down
Down to the ground
100 years of war in Iraq
99 years of war in Iraq
99 years of war
You burn it down
Down to the ground
99 years of war in Iraq...
Continue lyrics to "zero" years of war, then begin the negative numbers*, i.e.:
Minus one year of war in Iraq
Minus one year of war
You burn it down
Down to the ground
Minus one year of war in Iraq Read below the fold...
Submitted by MJS on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 8:09pm
Submitted by MJS on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 10:47am
I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Image of Grandpa's FDR pipe by mjs
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Submitted by MJS on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 8:56pm
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