Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Weekend Music Thread – Summer Time we are the same age and picked songs of our youth…Chad and Jeremy had wonderful voices did they not and there is something magical about “A Summer Song”. When it plays on the radio (an oldies station of course), I have to pull over because it takes me back to 1964 and the start of high school….oh my! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 4, 2013 @ 4:48 am Sorry….the link for the Swimming Song should be
» Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 4, 2013 @ 4:26 am I just tried to edit the last comment to put the original link in there so someone could click it but the comment editor does not seem to be functioning. All I get is a blank screen. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 4, 2013 @ 4:23 am Ok. For the Swimming Song…the full link is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuz5TKzaJoE I edited it to look like this: thinking I was following your directions. What am I doing wrong? OH! And by the way Good Morning Midwestern Time. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 4, 2013 @ 4:19 am One more. A banjo piece! The Swimming Song This summer I went swimming, This summer I swam in the ocean, This summer I did the backstroke This summer I swam in a public place This summer I did swan dives This summer I went swimming,
» Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 4, 2013 @ 4:14 am Tried it and it did not work for California Girls. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 3, 2013 @ 9:42 pm 50 of the Best Summer Songs of All Time from Rolling Stones One of my favorites…California Girls…..
» Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 3, 2013 @ 9:39 pm KT how do I get images to print like yours (both pictures and video opening screens)? I have read the Word Press Codex and got nowhere. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 3, 2013 @ 9:00 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1DEi0hqaYs The Jamies Summertime, Summertime Lyrics It’s summertime summertime sum sum summertime Well shut them books and throw em away Well no more studying history It’s time to head straight for them hills Well are you comin or are you ain’t Well I’m so happy that I could flip It’s time to head straight for them hills Well we’ll go swimmin every day And every night we’ll have a dance It’s time to head straight for them hills It’s summertime summertime sum sum summertime It’s summertime » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On August 3, 2013 @ 8:59 pm Boehner as Bipartisan Hero: Imagine! Thanks for this very well put statement. I left a note for you regarding it in e mail. You identify the problems, the limitations imposed by the structure and resources at HP, and the impact this might be having on its readership. I know of what you speak. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 25, 2013 @ 8:14 pm I also love the Planet and I love HP but for very different reasons. At HP, the potential to have a dialogue with someone who represents a very different world view and having that dialogue result in the meeting of minds on common ground. I admit this is rare but it does happen. I also like the idea of being read by a wide variety of participants on the webs most active political blog. Having said that, the limitations at HP are very real and a place like the Planet addresses this. I could not do author a article like this at HP. I could not participate in the kind of discussion there that is typical here. And the size of the community means that I do not have to start fresh with each new dialogue. I am known and so are most of those with whom I communicate. As to “censorhip”. Most of the posts that do not publish do so for reasons involving the flawed tech and hurried mods at HP. They know they have a problem with this. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 25, 2013 @ 8:06 am Hey KT….I am high on life. So…take a slice… Yes, Boehner is all about reactionary politics. He has never been one to be proactive and what I imagine here is the most proactive of measures. Interesting insight regarding why Boehner is so negative on social programs and public policy that address systemic poverty and disenfranchisement. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 7:03 pm A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” – Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) Thanks for that clever bit of nonsense. You are really good at doing this….a bit scary actually but fascinating. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 6:56 pm Thanks for this. “What Ifs” frame out hopes and possibilities but I must admit that this one is pretty far out there. Leaders as ineffective as Boehner would have a short shelf life in many nations. Short of taking him for a long walk on a short pier, someone like him would be the subject of frequent votes of confidence in a Parliamentary System. Our system seems to create an environment in which incompetence is coddled. The arrogance of the man who says his whole focus is on jobs and does not create a single jobs package that actually does that. Your image of Boehner inviting the electorate to watch from the gallery is a good one. He is putting on a show that » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 6:52 pm It is interesting how few will actually consider the concept of reasonable behavior in the Congress. HaH…we are both consistent. Not that I dismiss the cynicism as unwarranted. It is, but this is about the only positive outcome I can imagine….and it is admittedly more like fantasy than wishful thinking. Boehner lacks the internal virtue to be a person of courage. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 6:47 pm Yes….a journey of imagination With a nod to Willy Wonka Hold your breath Come with me Boehner with the soul of a small insect…..hard to be imaginative given that. Your prediction is much more realistic than mine but still this is the way to progress. And much of the GOP effort is to stall until they take back the Senate. With two Houses under their control they think they can keep him from getting anything done including the implementation of law already passed by Congress. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 2:38 pm I am thinking about how to do that in such a way that it actually gets seen by someone who will read it. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 24, 2013 @ 1:54 pm Rallies in St. Louis for Peace, for Justice, for All the Trayvons I watched a report on William Barber, a Disciples of Christ Minister, and President of the NAACP, who is the principal leader of the Moral Monday demonstrations in North Carolina. He seems to be a blend of the old time civil rights mass movement leader, grass roots community organizer AND smart inside mover and shaker facilitating the creating of legislative alliances, court challenges, and on-the-ground projects to build the voter base, and to create economic alliances across racial and social gaps. Good article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/rev-william-barber-moral-mondays_n_3495176.html » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 25, 2013 @ 8:35 am My theory is that Holder is pretty sure that a civil rights avenue is not available. I think that is what he told Obama and that this was one of the factors that went into his decision to address the wider issues last Friday. Having said that, just doing the investigation sends a message and that is good. I also wonder how the civil suit figures into all of this. I know that the Martins have already settled with the Home Owners Association for a million plus (which tells me that the insurance company looked at the case and said- settle and settle now!). So, the other suit would be by the Martin’s against Zimmerman personally. As I understand it, there will be a Stand Your Ground pre hearing. If the judge rules that SYG applies no suit can be heard since the statute exempts SYG from both criminal and civil penalty. That ruling could be appealed. IF the judge does not rule for Zimmerman that too can be appealed. IF there is a civil trial Zimmerman would be required to testify UNLESS there is a criminal matter under review such as a federal civil rights complaint. It’s all so complicated. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 25, 2013 @ 8:26 am Remember the article…. I keep the reference close by as a reminder that we old hands needed to push a lot harder than we did. Frankly, the kids were not up to it. And like the 2010 elections, a missed opportunity. We can’t afford them. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 6:54 pm Once again you are push the event horizon on this….excellent….this is, as you note, not a simple matter. Race does matter…race does count…but it counts “against” more for some races than for others…and more “for”some races than for others. You say it well- it is easier to get through the door (and there are more doors) if you are white. In an America where there a fewer doors in general, this does not bode well. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 5:21 pm Time will tell but we cannot be passive. Remember the long piece I did at the Planet regarding the future of Occupy? It came as a result of the work of four other old warriors in the resistance movements in this country. We were asked to do it but what we proposed sounds a lot like what you are suggesting here. We warned that they were setting themselves up and suggested that they needed to have a graceful exit for the first season of Occupy but they rejected it all and the movement died for lack of wisdom such as that which you offer here. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 2:27 pm Putting this struggle in terms of privilege and lack of privilege is what I am talking about when I say we have to widen the scope of our outrage. And poverty, the most common form of lack of privilege, is color blind. I spent some time working on projects in Appalachia. I live in rural Missouri I can tell you that poverty is not black, or brown, or yellow, or red, or white. It is all of them. BUT since poverty is so associated with persons of color, and has found a larger home in that community, it is hard to recall that by the numbers along more white folk are on “food stamps” than all of the black, brown, yellow, and red combined. We have seen anger over events rise, boil over, and then simmer down. I suggest that the agenda on the right is kept boiling because of privilege- people of money, people of power driving their plans forward…and when the zeal dies down, you just hire some more people to make calls, assemble a crowd, pass out shirts and signs, put ads on tv, make noise. I do not know if we are suffering form fatigue as much as not having a sense of where we can effectively pour our energies and move toward change. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 2:21 pm Thanks…re Sabryna…. Your take on the black owner is reasonable. Appreciate the alternative perspective. The thing is that the rally, far larger than anything the Tea Party has every done here, was virtually invisible but let the TP show up with a half dozen folks and they get ink in the press, and minutes on the air waves….for a couple of days. We did not saying to the owner but I know that one of our group planned to call and talk with him. I have already sent him a copy of your comment for balance. As to the spark: underlying theme that we are fighting a war for the soul of the nation, a war of attrition against the mean spirited right wing. That for me is the enlightenment- the spark – the candle in the dark that is needed. Yesterday worried me in no small part because it did not seem to be about how the Martin story is part of a broader and deeper one where it really is the THEM against US. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 11:43 am I belong to a rather eclectic group of social activists. When I finally pinned down the particulars for the rallies I reached out to them and got a very strong response. More than half of us, pretty much last minute, went to the two rallies (in for one, might as well do both). Most of the rest contributed to the funds to support the civic action. I made sure that my group yesterday contained an attorney who passes out a card to every police commanding officer he sees at these events identifying himself and stating that he is there to observe that the law is being obeyed especially in regard to the civil rights of the participants. He usually gets scowls but as we walk way we also see that person speaking into his walkie-talkie….My friend wears a bright green shirt, or jacket or windbreaker to every event and has a button. It reads: “You Bet I Am an Attorney- And a highly successful one.” Intimidating. Good. We are part of that new base you refer to made possible by social media. Rather than depending on a single set of organizations, like churches, create a mosaic of groups and work off of that. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 10:12 am This morning on the Melissa Harris Perry Show (which along with the Steve Kornacki Show) are the best eight hours on MSNBC all week the discussion kept moving back to the issue of the nature of a “movement” vs. a protest. Protest are part of a movement but by themselves do not bring systemic change. I am increasingly aware of the pattern of behavior being exhibited from the right as the kind of action that created apartheid. A conscious, concerted, effort to control conditions such that a tiny minority could rule over a huge majority. SYG provides the conditions under which that minority here can stand against the emerging merging. Newtown was horrible and the case was made that guns are an ubiquitous fact of life in this country that need regulation but the discussion was confused from the start. The fact is that for the gun debate to focus on school danger or “assault” weapons ignored where the greatest dangers were and are. The Martin case shows us where the greatest dangers are- handguns carried by untrained civilians and laws that let them use them with impunity. I understand your point about why it is understandable that the crowd was mostly black but it need not have been so. As other posters here have noted- the events were not well advertised outside of black circles and there was virtually no outreach to other groups that would have gladly responded. I had to hunt down the info but when I asked my crowd if they wanted to go got a ready “yes” from most of them. Had our crowd been more diverse, the media would have been forced to cover it more broadly. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 10:06 am From the heart….a strong comment. Let me note that your experience of life in the army – post segregation I presume, was a leavener. Today the all volunteer army no longer provides a common ground for young men to bond as you did across racial, ethnic, social class, grounds. Universities were providing an opportunity but they too are less and less available to the disenfranchises- and where they are we have the community colleges as black and Hispanic, and the four years as white enclaves far too often. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 9:30 am Choice- I think that you, I and one or two others at the Planet are involved activists and thus we speak from day to day experience. I made sure that my group yesterday contained an attorney who passes out a card to every commanding officer he sees at these events identifying himself and stating that he is there to observe that the law is being obeyed especially in regard to the civil rights of the participants. He usually gets scowls but as we walk way we also see that person speaking into his walkie-talkie….My friend wears a bright green shirt, or jacket or windbreaker to every event and has a button. It reads: “You Bet I Am an Attorney- And a highly successful one.” Intimidating. Good. Please read my reply to Assumed Name above to see my comment about how the event was organized- it mirrors your experience. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 7:59 am One of my concerns is that the rallies seemed to have been “advertised” along a very narrow band of groups, organizations, churches and audiences. Last night I sent out an e mail to the leaders of 25 or so individuals who are involved with gatherings that are multi-racial and asked if they or there groups had been advised of the events and asked to participate. So far, 14 responses and only one who answered in the affirmative. The questions is- are these protests just events or are they created as part of a movement. If so, the base has to be broad. I can tell that your son is the one who keeps you anchored in the present but whose future is what keeps you focused on the stars. Wonderful. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 21, 2013 @ 7:54 am Please Sign the NAACP Petition for Peace and for Justice I just spend an hour on the site. Compelling and so frightening. An assault women, an assault on minorities, such in justice. I sent a donation and have fowarded this facebook address with a note to my entire e mail list. Thank you for it. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 18, 2013 @ 12:03 pmComments Posted By MurphTheSurf3
https://www.com/watch?v=fuz5TKzaJoE
by Loudon Wainwright
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around, I moved my arms around.
And I swam in a swimming pool,
Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes,
I’m a self-destructive fool, i’m a self-destructive fool.
And you know that’s not all
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl.
And a reservoir, to boot,
At the latter I was informal,
At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit.
And jackknifes for you all
And once when you weren’t looking
I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball.
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around, I moved my arms around.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/best-summer-songs-of-all-time-20130701
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime summertime…
Say goodbye to dull school days
So come on and change your ways
It’s summertime…
And no more reading geography
And no more dull geometry
Because it’s summertime
It’s time to live and have some thrills
Come along and have a ball
A regular free-for-all
You slow-pokes are my one complaint
Hurry up before I faint
It’s summertime
Oh how I’d love to take a trip
I’m sorry teacher but zip your lip
Because it’s summertime
It’s time to live and have some thrills
Come along and have a ball
A regular free for all
No time to work just time to play
If your folks complain just say,
It’s summertime
Cause what’s a vacation without romance
Oh man this jive has me in a trance
Because it’s summertime
It’s time to live and have some thrills
Come along and have a ball A regular free for all
It’s summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime
is meant to appeal to his people, his base and to do little else.
Make a wish
Count to three
And you’ll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you’ll see
Into your imagination
https://planetpov.com/2011/11/07/occupy-wall-street-a-vision-for-a-movement-by-and-for-the-99-percent/
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