Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Weekend Music Thread – Stay Cool I’ve always liked this tune. Great groove to it. So many songs from the “Classic Oldies” genre admittedly have cliched lyrics, but how many other songs have such great lines as “Back o’ my neck getting dirt’ and gritty?” » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 5:21 pm One from my favorite band: Jethro Tull. Cold Wind To Valhalla: » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 5:02 pm Summer Breeze by Seals & Croft: » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 4:55 pm Thatcher and Palin – Two rotten eggs deserving of each other. Here’s hoping that Mrs. Palin never reaches the level of power that Thatcher did. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 8:01 am EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Palin Emails! Abby – You make a good point, but if Adlib truly recreated the word soup that Palin spouts, then this article wouldn’t be very readable. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 8:24 am A Palin/Bachmann ticket is what we need! This music video is some very drawn out sarcasm and may go on a bit long, but it is well-produced. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 6:15 am That’s a good one. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 11, 2011 @ 6:13 am Michelle Bachmann Meets the “God Helmet” I suppose that Bachmann COULD have responded like Abraham did in the song, by saying “Man, you must be puttin’ me on.” Assuming for the moment that she really did hear the voice of God, has she stopped to think that God could be setting her up to lose? The article that KQuark linked to says that “only 7% of those polled said they would support Bachmann for the Republican nomination.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 10, 2011 @ 4:36 am WTS – That’s a good analogy (although I have to admit that I had to read it more than once to get it.) » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 10, 2011 @ 4:27 am I also think that this “God Helmet” neither proves nor disproves the existence of God. There’s probably an area of the brain that one could electrically stimulate to cause a person to see an apple on a table before them. Does that mean that apples do or do not exist in reality? It’s easy to see that stimulating the brain in this way doesn’t provide any conclusive evidence. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 10, 2011 @ 3:59 am Transcript Theater: Newt Gingrich’s Final Staff Meeting Unfortunately, there’s no shortage of that kind of behavior these days. I can’t help but find a little bit of grim satisfaction in Newt’s situation. I know it’s petty of me, but I’m glad his whole campaign staff walked out on him. Although “assholery” often IS what passes for merit in our so-called “merit-based society,” every once in awhile it doesn’t benefit the asshole. Every once in awhile, it doesn’t bring them success. Every once in awhile, assholes truly get what they deserve. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 12, 2011 @ 3:55 pm Well, no WONDER no one wants to work for him! » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 12, 2011 @ 6:28 am If he had sincere regrets, he would have made his apology at the time, not six years later, now that he wants something. Besides, in the videoclip, I noticed that he said he regretted singling out that one individual. That’s a very narrow, condition-based kind of apology. It implies that using dehumanizing racial epithets isn’t necessarily wrong in itself, just that he shouldn’t have singled out that one individual. Allen’s political career ended that day six years ago; it was laid to rest and buried. I think it should stay buried. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 5, 2011 @ 11:58 am I’ll keep a lookout for that one. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 2, 2011 @ 11:34 am Those worms from Hell are really something. It seems like every other day scientists are finding life where no life should exist. Apparently the set of conditions that are necessary to sustain life are broader than we used to think. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 2, 2011 @ 10:56 am [img]http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2009-04-02/1238623682003.jpg[/img] » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 2, 2011 @ 10:53 am I agree with that. Béla Bartók put it well when he said, “Competitions are for horses, not artists.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 5:00 pm I’ve always liked this one: Roses are red; Some poems rhyme. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 4:58 pm KT – I don’t know much about poetry, but I do like your “Gust of Rememberance.” My favorite poem is by Stephen Crane. It’s the only one I’ve ever memorized: “In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, I said: “Is it good, friend?” » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 10:36 am JRT – Good poem. It’s terribly sad, but I guess that’s the point. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 10:31 am Chernynkaya – What you say about Nader makes sense. I hesitate to admit what I am about to say… I voted for Nader in 2000. (People who support the Democrats will sometimes jump on me for admitting that.) But in Election 2000, it was plain to see that Bush was going to win my state of Georgia with no problem, so I felt free to cast my vote for Ralph Nader. Things were different in Election 2008. It seemed like a small possibility that McCain might not win Georgia, so I didn’t dare vote third party in that case. I cast my vote for Barack Obama, and although Georgia didn’t turn blue, it sure was a lot closer than I ever would have thought. I do think things are changing, moving away from the horrific worldview of the Right. Progress is slow, but I believe it is happening. It’s a little bit like trying to watch the hour hand on the clock move. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 12:26 pm Chernynkaya – And another thing! Those who think there’s “no difference” could compare the Ryan budget, which comes from the rightmost part of the Republican Party with The People’s Budget, which comes from the Progressive Caucus. Such a comparison makes the differences clear. Unfortunately, the MSM keeps supporting the mistaken idea that the Republicans have a plan, and that the Democrats don’t. I think that just says something about the media. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 12:06 pm Adlib – You’re right; that IS a useful thought experiment. Aside from the various characteristics of that alternate timeline that you mention, there is this: I seem to remember that during the Clinton years, Al Gore was pressing for better airline security, and had even written up a proposal for it, but that proposal was ridiculed by Rightwing opposition. I remember hearing Limbaugh laughing at it and objecting to it, calling it a privacy issue. I seem to remember that one of Gore’s ideas in that proposal was locking cockpit doors. It seems to me that if he had been the president, and affected those changes, 9/11 might never have happened. You can’t cut through a locked door with a boxcutter, after all. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 11:52 am You do an amazing job on that Daily Planet, and yes, the fact that there is a clear difference between the parties is there for anyone to see. But I don’t think that everyone who says “no difference” has the same motivation. Yes, some are just under-informed; that’s the simplest explanation. Ralph Nader has never struck me as an uneducated person though. I think people like him are just frustrated with the two-party system, and it colors their thinking. I can understand that. It IS frustrating. About the other point… Even though I live here in the South, and I am literally surrounded by Rightwing thought, I still believe the country as a whole is more progressive than the mainstream media would have us believe, and certainly more progressive than the Washington establishment reflects. When you get in the mood you describe, and the cultural environment seems repulsive, you can cheer yourself up by looking at these survey results: The surveys show that most American support progressive ideas by notable majorities. I find this encouraging. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 11:44 am I guess that example really shows that people from all parts of the political spectrum can feel that way. I remember Ralph Nader calling the Democratic Party and the the Republicans, “Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum.” I’ve known several people who don’t care to follow politics say, “What does it matter? They’re all crooks anyway.” If I point out Republican malfeasance to this sort of person, they typically say, “So what? Both sides do it.” And now you’ve shown that some of the Tea Party people also share that view. Personally, I don’t feel that way. I’m certainly nobody’s “bot,” and I’m not much of a “team player” to be honest. I do have plenty of criticism for the Democrats, even though I almost always vote for them. That said, there’s a clear difference between the parties, in my opinion. No, the Democrats aren’t perfect, but I still would rather vote for them than not. » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 11:03 am Kalima – Here in the States, that phrase has exactly the same meaning, but here it’s “Miss Thang.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On June 1, 2011 @ 5:36 am Caru – Yes, that’s EXACTLY how it seems to happen. You sure explained that well. » Posted By Buddy McCue On May 31, 2011 @ 10:27 am Weekend Music Thread – Vacation Love this song… but what do they mean when they sing about “alligator lizards in the air?” Or am I hearing that wrong? » Posted By Buddy McCue On May 28, 2011 @ 5:07 am Yes, rest in peace, Mr. Heron. I like this song of his too: Ain’t No Such Thing As A Superman. » Posted By Buddy McCue On May 28, 2011 @ 5:02 am And of course, Johnny Cash has been everywhere.
» Posted By Buddy McCue On May 27, 2011 @ 2:31 pmComments Posted By Buddy McCue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32EZgesi7b4
Violets aren’t orange.
This one does not.
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it.
“It is bitter-bitter,” he answered, “But I like it
Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart.”
http://www.occasionalplanet.org/2010/08/20/america-is-not-a-center-right-nation/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=miss%20thang
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