I sure am glad that I do not live in the America of 1776, or 1789. I'm glad that women have the right to vote, slavery is illegal, and all the other equal rights that our citizens have been given through the legal process of either amending, or defining the Constitution.
Conservatives and strict constructionists would like to go back in time, to the original intent of the Constitution. Leaving millions of people without the status of being an American citizen, with full rights and opportunities. After all, the founding fathers intended to not give women the vote, and intended that blacks should be slaves.
They claim there is no more racism institutional, or otherwise. There is no need for affirmative action, or special laws protecting minorities. The motivation to kill a gay man, is no different a motivation to kill a straight man, even if they are yelling fagot while they beat him to death. It's not ancient History (just a few years ago) that a black man was dragged behind a speeding truck until he was dead. How naive of them. How uneducated of them.
Are whites still the majority power holders in both business and politics? Are minorities (especially blacks) still suffering the results of being denied equal opportunity for centuries? Is there not (in almost all categories) a deep gap of equality? Has this country recently paid for the discrimination of the Japanese that we wrongfully imprisoned? How are Native Americans doing in our society?
These acts are not long ago acts by a less educated society. They are 21st century discrimination and racism of the most violent kind. Prosecutors and judges find the motivation for a crime most important in deciding punishment.
Lets not look to the past for the meaning of what rights an American has. Lets continue to enhance and include all citizens in the full umbrella of rights and opportunities. Why would the founding fathers include an amendment process, if they did not believe we could do better in future generations?
Paul: Sorry Dervish Sanders, you will not be allowed to post your NAMBLA recruiting garbage here, no matter how mad you get about my refusing to post your sick comments. Go back to WYD where Lisa will post all your sick garbage comments, she loves your NAMBLA recruiting garbage.
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Amidst all the passionate, vile, screaming denunciations of Trump and Republican actions the Democrats are giving the Republicans what they want and not even putting up a good fight. The newest bank bill passed with Democratic votes, but is not based on Democratic principles.
From Democrats voting for Bush's invasion of Iraq to Ms. Warren voting yes on Dr. Carson being the head of HUD these Democrats have not got the convictions of their oratory and they wonder why they find themselves in minority power in government.
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WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill so friendly to banks that even a Republican worried it goes too far.
By a vote of 67-to-31, the Senate passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which is aimed at reducing the regulatory burden on struggling community banks ― even though most such banks are thriving. Supporters also argued that the bill would make it easier for Americans to buy a home by increasing their access to capital.
The measure would also exempt 25 of America's biggest banks from regulations created in response to the financial crisis that contributed to the Great Recession a decade ago. The Congressional Budget Office warned that the risk of another financial crisis "would be slightly greater under the legislation".
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How many different vulgar words can the liberals think up to call president Trump? Is it the oppositions job to prove how nasty they can be inventing new vulgarities for petty, personal, childish attacks? It seems Democratic hate is at its height and action to actually stop a dangerous demagogue from damaging the country is losing the contest of moral leadership.
Who has been assigned the task of writing the articles of impeachment for president Trump? Where are the petitions with 10's of millions of signatures calling for Trump to resign? Why is there only one man (Mueller) investigating the 100's of accused crimes this president is involved in? When do we stop calling Trump Hitler and start legally proving he is just a simple crook? Where are the 24/7 protests surrounding the White House so vocal that Trump cannot sleep? When do we stop the name calling and start the court proceedings?
There is plenty a minority power can do to check presidential power, but all we seem to be doing is venting hate. The same lack of Democratic leadership that lost the election is allowing this president to bully the world much less the American people. Are we to be satisfied to calling him names instead of stopping his dictatorial behavior? Inaction is making us the laughing stock of the world and costing us our place of leader of the free world.
One wonders if the weak Democrats can win majority from such a corrupt opposition, or how the Democrats could lose to such a crook in the first place. Leadership is not about giving the people what they claim to want, but leading the people to where they should/must go. Are our people so corrupt that Trump is what they really need and want?
So listen to your favorite talking head spin their tale of presidential nincompoop stupidity and laugh yourself to sleep being satisfied with name calling in the extreme. Does that end give us our selfish satisfaction? Can we wait til the next presidential election to rid our country of this president? The Democrats are letting us down, yet again, and this time we will lose more than an election, or executive power. We will lose our status as the leader of the free world, or worse.
Paul: I do not support Trump.
I think he is an evil, hate filled, nut job, like you.
Nothing I have written on my blog, or any other blog could be considered in support of Trump, but thanks for proving you are nothing but a lying troll.
Now get back to WYD where you can post your hate filled, troll comments.
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The members of the band were Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The name of the band and the players in the band changed in the early days, but by 1962 the make up of the band members were the previous named players and remained so until they disbanded.
There is so much to be said and understood about the Beatles, the place to start is Wikipedia's page about the band.The output of material is overwhelming and people have spent their lives documenting the Beatles history and music.
I don't believe in, and it's hard to say one example of an art form is the best ever. On one level, it's a matter of personal taste. On multiple levels we can judge the facts and numbers. In the record business that usually means the number of records sold. The Beatles have smashed all of those records, except one. As I wrote under my Bing Crosby post, Bing holds the record for a single record sold at over 100 million copies for "White Christmas". And it's hard to rate, against others, those who create a new style within an art form.
The Beatles "rock and roll" may have started out as contemporary (for their time) music and they did cover songs in the early days, but the musical composition team of McCartney/Lennon created a whole new style of music. Great music! That makes them great and exempt from, and superior to comparisons of other bands of their time.
The Beatles were excellent, progressive musicians individually and perfection as a band together. Although, you would never be able to tell that watching the video below, which is the earliest video recording of the Beatles in 1962 at the Cavern Club, and they had been playing together for a while by then.
The Beatles first came to America in 1964, but they were huge stars by then. A conscience decision by the band to wait until they were successful before they appeared in America. The fanaticism surrounding the band was started in England and Europe and American teenagers were just copying and extending what became known as Beatlemania.
The phenomenon of the Beatlemania effect was not new to American audiences, or world audiences. Women used to scream and faint at Frank Sinatra concerts and similar reactions happened with Bing Crosby, Rudy Valli, Caruso, and other musical acts throughout history. Having said that, there was never anything like Beatlemania. It literally made personal appearances all but impossible for the band. The audience could barely hear the music over the screaming and going to one of their movies in a theater was the same. I personally experienced both. I was not one of the screamers and I was amazed by the audience reaction.
When listening to Beatles music, I prefer and advise, listening to studio cuts. There are plenty of live recorded cuts, but it's hard to hear all the quality music being played. The fads they started, the hair cuts, etc., etc.....are all things an adoring public has followed with other popular musical acts and personalities, but not to the same extreme.
Ed Sullivan Show February 1964... "I Want To Hold Your Hand".
Three years later in 1967 this is, "Hello Goodby".
The last appearance as a band together. The rooftop of Apple studios. January 30, 1969.
In September 1969 John Lennon privately informed the other Beatles that he was leaving the group, there was no public acknowledgement of the break-up until Paul McCartney announced on 10 April 1970 he was leaving the Beatles.
There were sporadic collaborative recording efforts among the band members (Ringo Starr's 1973 album Ringo was the only time that the four – albeit on separate tracks – appeared on the same album post-break-up), although all four Beatles never simultaneously collaborated as a recording or performing group again; Starr's 1976 album Ringo's Rotogravure is the last post-break-up album on which all four Beatles contribute and are credited: besides Starr's drumming and songwriting contributions, Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison all composed one track apiece. After Lennon's death in 1980, McCartney and Starr appeared on Harrison's single "All Those Years Ago", and the trio reunited for the Anthology project in 1994, using two unfinished Lennon demos – "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" – for what would be new songs to be recorded and released as the Beatles.
There are all sorts of stories about why the Beatles broke up including (and most importantly) from the Beatles themselves. There is a fine line between love and hate, which we see in our own families. The Beatles were best buddies, they were a family, they loved each other. If negative things were said, that happens sometimes. The love is still there.
John Lennon was assassinated outside his home in New York on December 8, 1980 by a nut with a gun. Unfortunately, a rather common happening in America.
George Harrison died November 29, 2001, after a long battle with cancer.
I think it's sad that McCartney does not own his own music. I thought he might get a chance to buy it all when Michael Jackson died, but I haven't heard anything about the issue.
The numbers tell us McCartney/Lennon were the greatest music composing collaboration ever. Their music tells us they were geniuses who sang about love in their own way. The music did not die for them when the Beatles broke up. They all were very popular and successful after the Beatles, creating great music. It all happened within ten years, which makes it even more amazing. If you wonder what it was all about, listen to the music.
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The Minnesota Vikings lost badly to the Eagles and will not be going to the Super Bowl, which will be played in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's nothing new for the Vikings. The Vikings have lost four Super Bowls and countless play off games and have never won a Super Bowl.
Minnesotans have a reputation for being "Minnesota Nice". Minnesota also has a reputation for being a clean State with litter free towns and highways. Minnesota has generous welfare benefits. Minnesota has some of the largest and most beautiful Parks and protected land masses. Minnesotans are a very welcoming people, which is reflected in their huge tourism businesses. From fishing to camping to concerts to conventions, groups and individuals flock to Minnesota to receive some of that "Minnesota Nice".
Both the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Twins started business in Minnesota in 1960. By 1965 the Twins were in the World Series (they lost) and had a roster of famous ball players like Harmon Killebrew. The Vikings made it to their first Super Bowl in 1970, and had a dominating team with players like Fran Tarkington, coach Bud Grant and of course, the Purple People Eaters. Most Minnesotans will tell you they were surprised that the Twins would win two World Series Championships, before the Vikings had won a Super Bowl.
Through those sports losses and wins Minnesota developed the reputation I described above of "Minnesota Nice". The Vikings and Twins came back year after year with good teams giving great games, but neither team won a national championship until the Twins won their first World Series in 1987.
The Vikings started this year losing their quarterback and running back, so no one expected a great year from the Vikings, WOW, did the Vikings prove everyone wrong! The Vikings had a great year. They came up one game short of the Super Bowl. Because the Vikings were playing in a brand new stadium, they could have been the first home team to play in a Super Bowl in their own home stadium. It was not to be.
Even before the Vikings lost to the Eagles, sports writers were writing stories about how the Viking's fan reaction would be negative to the tourist coming to Minneapolis for the Super Bowl, if the Vikings lost in the play offs and would not play in the Super Bowl. A bit of a harsh prediction, especially since losses in years past never led to any bad sportsmanship in Minnesota fans.
John Shipley, a sports writer published in Minnesota papers wrote:
"If the Vikings aren't one of the teams playing in Super Bowl LII, Minnesotans won't simply become apathetic to the big game in U.S. Bank Stadium; they'll resent it".
Mr. Shipley went on to write:
"So, yeah, Minnesota football fans have borne bad losses in the NFC Championship Game before, but following that with a Super Bowl in their own backyard? That would be an indignity difficult to face, especially in the heart of a cold, dark January".
And more from Mr. Shipley:
"If they lose, some enterprising assistant professor at the U might want to use the opportunity to conduct a scientific experiment on the true meaning of Minnesota Nice".
Mr. Shiply added:
"Win or lose, they'll be expected to be up bright and early to greet visitors at the airport, direct traffic and schlep quote sheets for NFL minions celebrating two teams that won one more game than the Vikings did when it counted. Again. If that's the case, one likes to believe there might be a few recalcitrant helper gnomes giving directions in the skyway".
"Hi! Can you tell me the best way to find the, let me see ... Super Bowl LIVE presented by Verizon?"
"Get bent".
Yes, it's to bad the Vikings lost to the Eagles, but it's not like it was a close game. And I refuse to accept that Minnesotans will be nasty to visitors coming to Minneapolis to experience the Super Bowl. The Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) and all of Minnesota will welcome all visitors and enjoy showing off their new stadium and their Cities and State.
Minnesotans are embarrassed that their Senator Franken had to resign because of sexual misbehavior.
Minnesotans are not going to follow the bad sportsmanship of the national Democrats and start calling the Eagles and their fans a bunch of Hitlers because they lost a play off game; as the Democrats now call Trump Hitler because he fairly won the election.
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These Democrats just don't get it. Now they are all excited about pushing Oprah Winfrey for president. Their hate is driving them to another losing candidate. The lesson from Trump is to not back a celebrity for president. The polls tell the Democrats that Oprah could beat Trump in the 2020 election. Hell, judge Judy could beat Trump for president, but if you think judge Judy would be a good president you are as stupid as those who voted for Trump. You can join the troll Dervish (who sends death threats and vile comments) who has stated Oprah can beat Trump and he will vote for her. Of course he's a psychopathic, criminal, liar, but hey, he's a Democrat, right? Ridiculous and obscene. The Democrats are so pathetic Oprah is the best they can come up with? Haters and losers love company, they deserve Oprah for president.
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