During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell
Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the last Decent/Respectable Republican President
For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. ~ President John F. Kennedy, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, April 27, 1961, assassinated, November 22, 1963
Chancellor of Megalomania
[A science (sic) faction MP3 for now!]
If Marjorie Taylor Greene was diagnosed with severe erectile dysfunction,
why would Kevin McCarthy, Byron Donalds, & Republican Congress make
make appointments with veterinarian hoof-and-mouth disease doctors ???
Nobody for President ~ Nobody offers another solution for a problem Politicians refuse to use?
WHY SHOULD 'THE PEOPLE' HAVE TO PAY
FOR TRAITOR PROTECTION? use the:
Former Presidents Act
to REMOVE:
"Secret Service
protection"?
From 1965 to 1996, former presidents were entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection, for themselves, spouses, and children under 16. A 1994 statute, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–329, limited post-presidential protection to ten years for presidents inaugurated after January 1, 1997. Under this statute, Bill Clinton would still be entitled to lifetime protection, and all subsequent presidents would have been entitled to ten years of protection. On January 10, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012, reinstating lifetime Secret Service protection for his predecessor George W. Bush, himself, and all subsequent presidents.
Convicted Crook, Republican President Richard Nixon, relinquished his Secret Service protection during 1985 !!!
Article Two of the United States Constitution
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
NONE of the ABOVE should be a valid choice on voter ballots!
Nobody for President ~ Nobody has consistently complained about Politician Honesty
Have POLITICIANS turned into authoritarian NAZIS that waste
The People's Time & Money over Petty Politician Bullshit?
If the answer is YES, then Vote THEM out!
We Need politicians who work for The People, not against The People!
NONE of the ABOVE should be a valid choice on voter ballots!
Boptime ~ w/Even Steven Leech ~ Saturday Mornings
Boptime begins at 6am (EDT) on Saturday September 30 with oldies back to back to back. Henry Mancini wrote music for a wide variety of movies and television shows, including the soundtrack for Breakfast at Tiffany’s. At 7am (EDT) you’ll hear a sample of the music he wrote for films going back as far as Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil. We start off the 8am (EDT) hour at The Club Baby Grand with a smattering of local jazz greats and other selections. At 9am (EDT) Larry and I take a dive into many of the R&B recordings made in Wilmington in the 1960s including Teddy & the Continentals, the Spidels, the Empires, with guest Johnny Southerland of Johnny & the Dreams. ~ Steve
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DREAMSTREETS Magazine ~Even Steven Leech
DREAMSTREETS #77 ~ AUTUMN 2023
https://www.dreamstreetsarchive.com/dreamstreets_77.pdf
Nobody for President ~ Time for Parliament or None of the Above as a valid choice on Voter Ballots?
POLITICIAL PARTIES NO LONGER SEEM TO WORK
FOR 'THE PEOPLE' SO... MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR:
PARLIAMENT?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word parliament to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the official name.
Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies. What is considered to be the first modern parliament, was the Cortes of León, held in the Kingdom of León in 1188. According to the UNESCO, the Decreta of Leon of 1188 is the oldest documentary manifestation of the European parliamentary system. In addition, UNESCO granted the 1188 Cortes of Alfonso IX the title of "Memory of the World" and the city of Leon has been recognized as the "Cradle of Parliamentarism”. ++ Parliament of England
None of the Above should be a valid choice on voter ballots!
CHICKENHAWK COWARDS via a Vietnam Veteran
LIAR TOMMY TUBERVILLE
IS A GOP POS CHICKENHAWK
COWARD,
WHO FORCE RAPES
DEMOCRACY DAILY?
Chickenhawk (chicken hawk or chicken-hawk) is a political term used in the United States to describe a person who is a war hawk yet actively avoids or avoided military service when of age. In political usage, chickenhawk is a compound of chicken (meaning 'coward') and hawk from war hawk (meaning 'someone who advocates war'). Generally, the implication is that chickenhawks lack the moral character to participate in war themselves, preferring to ask others to support, fight, and perhaps die in an armed conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(politics)
Fact-checker calls out falsehoods in Tommy Tuberville's
tales about his dad in World War II.
The Washington Post
found that
some of Tuberville's claims are dubious or false
By TATYANA TANDANPOLIE, News Fellow
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has previously described the role his father, Charles R. Tuberville Jr., played in World War II — that he was a tank commander who earned five Bronze Stars, participated in the D-Day landing and lied about his age to join the army. But the Washington Post investigated the Alabama Republican's tales about his father in a new report, determining that some were either dubious or false.
The Post asserted that the report is not questioning Charles Tuberville's "heroism or service," but assessing the accuracy of some of the claims. The outlet determined that Charles Tuberville did not join the military at 16, citing the draft registration card that he submitted on his 18th birthday. Claims that Charles Tuberville was a tank commander were also determined to be dubious as his tombstone lists his highest rank as technician fifth grade, a designation that indicated technical skills but not combat leadership. He also was not a recipient of a bronze star — let alone five — as none of the after-action reports on his battalion from June 1944 to August 1945 list him as a recipient.
It also remains unclear whether Tuberville's father participated in the dangerous D-Day invasion. The communications director for the Alabama senator said the report of separation indicated Tuberville was part of the 746th Tank Battalion and his date of arrival in theater is listed as June 6, 1944. The Post, however, did confirm that Tuberville's father, was awarded a Purple Heart.
Boptime ~ w/Even Steven Leech ~ Saturday Mornings
Boptime begins at 6am (EDT) on Saturday September 23 with oldies back to back to back. At 7am (EDT) you’ll hear Mel Tormé’s California Suite from 1949 with guest performers Peggy Lee, singing under an assumed name, the Meltones, and arranged by Neal Hefti, Billy May and others. At 8am (EDT) Larry Williams joins us on Cliffords Corner with some choice jazz sides until 9am (EDT) when we turn to some vintage R&B.~ Steve
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Feetlines ~ Fascism & Fascism and Ideology ~ The sky is falling!
Nobody Cares
The sky is falling!
An illustration in New Barnes Reader vol.1, New York, 1916 ~ from the story "Chicken Little".
Are the American People willing to
live under something similar to:
Fascism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Source
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical, right-wing, authoritarian ultranationalism,[1][2][3][4] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy,[5] which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.[6] The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I before it spread to other European countries.[6] Opposed to liberalism, Marxism, and anarchism, fascism is placed on the far-right within the traditional left–right spectrum.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Fascists saw World War I as a revolution that brought massive changes to the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and the total mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between civilians and combatants. A "military citizenship" arose in which all citizens were involved with the military in some manner during the war.[12][13] The war had resulted in the rise of a powerful state capable of mobilizing millions of people to serve on the front lines and providing economic production and logistics to support them, as well as having unprecedented authority to intervene in the lives of citizens.[12][13]
Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete and regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarian one-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties.[14] Such a state is led by a strong leader—such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party—to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society.[14] Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation.[15][16][17][18] Fascists advocate a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky (national economic self-sufficiency) through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.[19]
Since the end of World War II in 1945, few parties have openly described themselves as fascist, and the term is instead now usually used pejoratively by political opponents. The descriptions neo-fascist or post-fascist are sometimes applied more formally to describe parties of the far-right with ideologies similar to, or rooted in, 20th-century fascist movements.[6][20] ~ [Continue reading at Wikipedia]
Fascism and ideology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Source
The history of Fascist ideology is long and involves many sources. Fascists took inspiration from sources as ancient as the Spartans for their focus on racial purity and their emphasis on rule by an elite minority. Fascism has also been connected to the ideals of Plato, though there are key differences between the two. Fascism styled itself as the ideological successor to Rome, particularly the Roman Empire. The Enlightenment-era concept of a "high and noble" Aryan culture [dubious – discuss] as opposed to a "parasitic" Semitic culture was core to Nazi racial views. From the same era, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's view on the absolute authority of the state also strongly influenced Fascist thinking. The French Revolution was a major influence insofar as the Nazis saw themselves as fighting back against many of the ideas which it brought to prominence, especially liberalism, liberal democracy and racial equality, whereas on the other hand Fascism drew heavily on the revolutionary ideal of nationalism. Common themes among fascist movements include; nationalism (including racial nationalism), hierarchy and elitism, militarism, quasi-religion, masculinity and voluntarism. Other aspects of fascism such as its "myth of decadence", anti‐egalitarianism and totalitarianism can be seen to originate from these ideas. These fundamental aspects however, can be attributed to a concept known as "Palingenetic ultranationalism", a theory proposed by Roger Griffin, that fascism is essentially populist ultranationalism sacralized through the myth of national rebirth and regeneration.
Its relationship with other ideologies of its day was complex, often at once adversarial and focused on co-opting their more popular aspects. Fascists supported limited, nominally private property rights and the profit motive of capitalism, but sought to eliminate the autonomy of large-scale capitalism by consolidating power with the state. They shared many of the goals of the conservatives of their day and often allied themselves with them by drawing recruits from disaffected conservative ranks, but presented themselves as holding a more modern ideology, with less focus on things like traditional religion. Fascism opposed the egalitarian (Völkisch equality) and international character of mainstream socialism, but sometimes sought to establish itself as an alternative "national" socialism. It strongly opposed liberalism, classical liberalism, communism, anarchism, and democratic socialism. [Continue reading at Wikipedia]
A Night at the Garden by Marshall Curry + Brown Shirts + Night of the Long Knives
APATHY SUCKS!
None of the Above should be a choice on Voter Ballots
10 Symptoms of the Woke Mind Virus via MajMalfunction2 on imgur
Source: When I get called liberal, leftist, Marxist, socialist, etc via jdawg696911
Alerts ~ Remembering Robert Pruzan
Remembering our dear friend
Robert Pruzan
September 12, 1946 ~ May 29, 1992
1st Annual Haight Street Fair ~ Photograph: Robert Pruzan
C Spangler & Ira Cohen ~ Photograph: Robert Pruzan
Notes from ~@~ Remembering 'The Mountain'
Remembering
Flying Snail Ranch
Valley Fire, 12 September 2015 ~ Pages ~ Complete
Hillbilly Deluxe, Brooks & Dunn via HQ Productions ~ https://vimeo.com/44002637
Notes from ~@~ Remembering the United State Cafe
Remembering the
United State Cafe
Boptime ~ w/Even Steven Leech ~ Saturday Mornings
Boptime begins at 6am (EDT) on Saturday September 16th with oldies back to back to back. At 7am (EDT) we present a new Boptime feature, 4X4 Chanteuses – four women whose careers began with great fanfare, and while having long careers slid significantly from the limelight. The women were Savannah Churchill, Lee Morse, Sunny Gale & Ethel Ennis. At 8am (EDT) on Rockabilly Ridge, Michael Ace spins tunes that were considered "one hit wonders" by artists who continued to record great tunes, though not entirely successfully. At 9am (EDT) we bop back to this day in 1947 with a mix of pop, country, and R&B recordings with songs from Broadway as well as the movies, just as the domestic side of the Cold War was beginning to poison our social and cultural environment. ~ Steve
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Boptime ~ w/Even Steven Leech ~ Saturday Mornings
Boptime begins at 6am (EDT) on Saturday September 9th with oldies back to back to back. Now that summer vacation is over we return to school at 7am (EDT) with tunes about school daze and sock hops on Even Steven’s Gold Classics. At 8am (EDT) on Rockabilly Ridge, Michael Ace dives into even more down home hillbilly bop. At 9am (EDT) we bop back to this day in 1952, during stalemate in both the war and with peace talks in Korea, and the beginning of an election campaign for a new President of the United States. ~ Steve
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Erik Moll writes, "I just released a single."
Erik Moll emailed saying, “I just released a single. It’s on Spotify and some of the other streamers. So are all my albums.”
Erik Moll is an American-born Norwegian-singer-songwriter, inspired by the tradition-based styles such as traditional folk, country, blues, swing, gypsy, tex-mex, calypso and rock music.
Moll moved to Bergen, Norway in 1961, picked up the guitar, and started writing his own songs. He performed his music on local bars and venues in Bergen in the 1960s. In the 1970s he started the Bergen-based band Hole in the Wall together with his friend Rune Walle. They released the self-titled debut album in 1972. From 1973 he was four years in California joining in with the bands «Happy Valley» and «The Remnants». Back in Norway he organized a new edition of the «Hole in the Wall» and the second album Rose Of Barcelona (1979) was released.
In the 1980s he joineded the Norwegian band «NRI» in Copenhagen, had his own «Erik Moll Band», led the Bergen calypso group «Bolingo» (with a self-titled single in 1983), played a lot of solo concerts, and also established the hitherto latest edition of the «Hole in the Wall». He was part of Norway's first performance of the musical Hair at the National Theatre (1970), and has participated in several plays, movies and television commercials in addition to playing concerts, festivals, clubs, TV appearances and radio broadcasts in Norway and elsewhere.
The 1990s he was in Austin, Texas, where he wrote songs for Rita Eriksen, Lynni Treekrem and several other Norwegian artists. In Texas, he appeared locally and released four albums on his own label two of which also is distributed in Scandinavia. He toured southern Norway in 1999 with trio from Austin and then moved back to Bergen. He also picked up the collaboration with former «Hole in the Wall» band member, Arve Håland and is leading the band «Texanos» in addition to the solo career.
Moll has been heater for a number of famous artists such as Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Rick Danko, Tom Paxton, Loudon Wainwright and Stephen Grossman. He is also involved in a number of compilations from both the United States and Norway.
[MP3] Happy Valley String Band @ United State Cafe + [MP3] Remnants of Paradise + Podcast Page
Rock & Roll will never die.
Mick Jagger is 80. Mitch McConnell, He’s 81.
The benefits of a life of sex, drugs, and
rock-’n’-roll should not be ignored.
via Plzgetreal @plzgetreal / via BluesFish @ imgur.com
Boptime ~ w/Even Steven Leech ~ Saturday Mornings
Boptime begins at 6am (EDT) on Saturday September 2nd with oldies back to back to back. At 7am (EDT) you’ll hear the final segment of The Secret City of Jazz. At 8am (EDT) on Rockabilly Ridge Michael Ace spins some good time Rock n’ Roll. At 9am (EDT) on Beatlemania... we bop back to this time in 1966 to hear the Fab Four changing their tune by easing into their psychedelic phase, along with a batch of other tunes popular on this day in 1966, including one by popular local band The Adapters. ~ Steve
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Feetlines ~ November 2023, 50th Anniversary of POTUS Not-A-Crook Lie? w/Real Dick Pic
Richard Nixon's 1973 press conference
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaOn November 17, 1973, the Contemporary was the site of what would become one of the most famous press conference statements in modern American politics, where President Richard Nixon declared, "I am not a crook." Nixon, whose job approval rating had been declining steadily for over a year due to the on-going Watergate scandal, made the statement during an appearance at the Associated Press Managing Editors Association annual convention, at which he held a live one-hour televised press conference. Following an earlier question on Nixon's taxes, Nixon addressed claims that he profited from his public service, stating "I've earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice ... People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got." Less than one year later, facing almost certain impeachment and removal from office, Nixon announced his resignation in a national speech on August 8, 1974, which became effective the following day. ~ Further information: Impeachment process against Richard Nixon
You want to know what this [war on drugs] was really all about? The Nixon
campaign in 1968, and the Nixon [GOP Republican] White House after that,
had two enemies:
the antiwar left and black people.
...You understand what I’m saying? ... John EhrlichmanWe knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, ...but... by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the [Corporate Media] evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? ...Of course we did. ... John Ehrlichman, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon
Nobody for President ~ The BIRTHDAY PARTY speaks
Nobody's "Birthday Party" provided an easy, cost-effective, way to restore political balance:
None of the Above
should be a valid choice on voter ballots.Unfortunately, a jaded two party system rejects this simple fix because Nobody has all the answers and believes if a majority of citizens voted for None of the Above, rather than lesser of evils, voters would have to find someone competent to lead them !!! The media said, "Nobody could argue with that logic."
(1) Put "None of the Above" on voter ballots.
(2) Change requirements for President:
(a) Extremely hard civil service exam.
(b) Top scores compete in Prezolympics.
(c) Top 10 winners become candidates.
(d) Election winner becomes President.
(e) Gets device implanted in brain that explodes if a lie is told.(3) Hire a Ribbon Cutter for President.
(a) Saved money pays off national debt.
(4) Declare election day a holiday.
(a) Voting receipt required for pay.
(5) Tie election participation to jury duty.
(a) Those who don't vote go on jury rolls.
Nobody brought peace to our time, lowered taxes, balanced the budget, fed the hungry & destitute, established a corporate death penalty, created free health care, ordered Congress & Senate to use same benefits as "The People," reminded everybody Jesus said, "Love one another" (NOT murder or maim), and ...bakes apple pie better than Mom!
Dahbud Mensch ~ AMERICAQANON GOTHIC by R.J. Matson @ Cagle Cartoons
Gangstas Paradise, RIP Coolio via Marfel González
Are Insurrectionists Living in
a Federalist GOP partisan Supreme Court Paradise?
Terrorist & Insurrectionist
share a similar definition?
terrorist, noun & adjective [attributive]: person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
insurrectionist, noun & adjective [attributive]: person who commits violent uprising and armed insurrection against an authority or government.
If you are an insurrectionist,
you are a terrorist?
"If you harbor terrorists insurrectionists, you are terrorists. If you train or arm a terrorist an insurrectionist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist an insurrectionist or fund a terrorist an insurrectionist, you're a terrorist, and you will be held accountable by the United States and our friends." ~ GOP, Republican: George W. Bush, WMD Liar ~ NY Times 11/22/2001
I can't see why Leftists
call us Terrorists
Whataboutism Hypocrisy, meme of Chris Britt cartoon @ creators.com
via Tom Wellborn ~ original cartoon here via The Ghost of Elizabeth Shue
It’s a little thing called
the Geneva Convention
via macturlock @ imgur.com
“You can realize right now that
there are no rules in war.”
That was the first line of a text sent from Ginni Thomas to Mark
Meadows during P01135809’s insurrection and failed coup d'état.
Raise your hands if you want to know why Ginni
Thomas is still a free person. @madeintheusanj
A Glimpse Into a Fearful,
Angry, Imaginary World
Ginni Thomas’s texts offer a window
into a dark and conspiratorial mindset.
By Peter Wehner @ The Atlantic
P01135809’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and the right-wing political activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, texted each other at least 29 times in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Their purpose was not to lament the result; it was to encourage efforts to overturn it. [continue reading]
In a World of Rich & Poor, Will Ginni Get
Away With Sedition & January 6 Violence?
Something’s Happening Here by Ken Burns via Debra Meade
Notes from Erb
SATAN'S DEMONS TAKE
ON THE IMAGE OF GOD
similar to that done in Eden (II Corinthians, 11:14).
How else do they take control of earth?
Ministers of Satan are variously understood as being a consummately evil system of government; or leader... Ministers of Satan are liars who will deceive many people... Ministers of Satan want to divide the world and create war without end... Ministers of Satan will declare things which are evil are good, will refer to war as peace, death as a solution for justice, and serving the wealthy as a means of helping the poor. Many nations will recognize they are evil, but their own people will be inclined to believe their deceptions.
Christians are to no longer execute sinners, so they should not wage carnal war, but spiritual warfare ~ (John 18:36; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Timothy 1:18-20; 6:11-14; 2 Timothy 2:3-5; 4:6-8), Christians must be peacemakers forgiving those who do them harm treating their enemies with love and not seeking revenge ~ (Matthew 5:9, Romans 14:19), (Ephesians 4:29-32; Colossians 3:12-14; Matthew 6:9-15; Mark 11:25-26), (Luke 6:27-36) (Romans 12:17-21; 1 Peter 3:8-12), and Hatred, which is the same as murder, is unforgiving, vengeful and hostile towards one's enemies ~ (1 John 3:15)
Dahbud Mensch ~ Stuck in the middle with who? ~ “State capitalism” is just capitalism
Beck ~ Where it’s at *Stage graphics via Drew TyndellThe Left says corrupt billionaires are the problem...
The Right says corrupt government is the problem. And I'm here like...
You do realize corrupt billionaires are running the corrupt government, right?
“State capitalism” is just capitalism (i.redd.it) via Dependent-Mission999Time for a Corporate Death Penalty ???
5FDP vs. Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell Over It, DJ Schmolli via SrvTechNONE of the ABOVE should be a valid choice on voter ballots!
ASIFA-SF, Karl Cohen ~ Association International du Film d'Animation, SF Newsletter
ASIFA-SF July 2023 Newsletter [PDF]
Notes from ~@~
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard...It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. And there's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action. So I dedicated this Emmy to all the people who feel compelled to speak out and not afraid to speak to power and won't shut up and refuse to be silenced. Tom Smothers
Carlin Step, DJ Steve Porter & Eli Wilkie via Roland Kardeby
The Great Bell Chant (The End of Suffering) via R Smittenaar
One Day, Matisyahu
Unsung Hero via Rattakarn Srithavatchai "Garn"
The Sacred Clowns ~ Heyókȟa
The Heyókȟa symbolize and portray many aspects of the sacred, the Wakȟáŋ. Their satire presents important questions by fooling around. They ask difficult questions, and say things others are too afraid to say. By reading between the lines, the audience is able to think about things not usually thought about, or to look at things in a different way.
Principally, the Heyókȟa functions both as a mirror and a teacher, using extreme behaviors to mirror others, thereby forcing them to examine their own doubts, fears, hatreds, and weaknesses. Heyókȟas also have the power to heal emotional pain; such power comes from the experience of shame--they sing of shameful events in their lives, beg for food, and live as clowns. They provoke laughter in distressing situations of despair and provoke fear and chaos when people feel complacent and overly secure, to keep them from taking themselves too seriously or believing they are more powerful than they are.
In addition, sacred clowns serve an important role in shaping tribal codes. Heyókȟa's don't seem to care about taboos, rules, regulations, social norms, or boundaries. Paradoxically, however, it is by violating these norms and taboos that they help to define the accepted boundaries, rules, and societal guidelines for ethical and moral behavior. This is because they are the only ones who can ask "Why?" about sensitive topics and employ satire to question the specialists and carriers of sacred knowledge or those in positions of power and authority. In doing so, they demonstrate concretely the theories of balance and imbalance. Their role is to penetrate deception, turn over rocks, and create a deeper awareness.
Develop Your Mind, Not Sacred Sites
Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find money cannot be eaten. ~ Cree Prophecy
Nobody for President ~ NONE of the ABOVE should be a choice on voter ballots!
Curtis Spangler & Wavy Gravy, Nobody for President, 197610.12 ~ Photo: James Stark
Nobody bakes apple pie better than Mom, is eternal, perfect, has all the answers, ended war, will love you forever, brought peace to our time, fixed global warming, fed the hungry & destitute, knows, cares, shives a git about you, loves you when you're down & out, and if elected will not lie to, or steal from, 'the people'; ...begging a question, What's NOTA's entry fee ...more lies that lead to mass murder or human sacrifice, when Nobody says why not try love again?
American Dream, George Carlin via Ishtar [Not Work Safe] Alternative source with text
NOBODY should have that much power!
NONE of the ABOVE should be a valid choice on voter ballots!
Message via Mike Pinder
Oh, I hope that I see you again I never even caught your name As you looked through my window pane ~ So I'm writing this message today I'm thinking that you'll have a way Of hearing the notes in my tune ~ Where are you going? Where have you been? I can imagine other worlds you have seen ~ Beautiful faces and music so serene ~ So I do hope I see you again My universal citizen You went as quickly as you came ~ You know the power Your love is right You have good reason To stay out of sight ~~ But break our illusions and help us Be the light. Mike Pinder
Why I Think This World Should End, Prince EA via Prince EA
Without love in the dream, it will never come true. ~ Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. ~ John Lennon
The man whispered, "God, speak to me" and a meadowlark sang. But the man did not hear. So the man yelled "God, speak to me" and the thunder rolled across the sky. But the man did not listen. The man looked around and said, "God let me see you" and a star shined brightly. But the man did not notice. And the man shouted, "God show me a miracle" and a life was born. But the man did not know. So the man cried out in despair, "Touch me God, and let me know you are there" Whereupon God reached down and touched the man, But the man brushed the butterfly away and walked on.
Don't miss out on a blessing because
it isn't packaged the way you expect!
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