❧❧❧ Whatever you can do or dream, you can BEGIN IT. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Goethe ❧❧❧
❧❧❧ You were born whole, not broken. Sandra Hammel ❧❧❧
........................................................ Presidential behavior by George W Bush toward the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Maybe President Bush should have just winked instead of invading Chancellor's personal space....
...YOURS IS THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT... Rudyard Kipling's total If poem is below
This is my If poem:
If Two letters that hold the substance in it of what can be
If ballots are given to all who have registered to vote If shady blocking of voters from voting don't upset justice If every vote is counted If every entitled voter votes If only we demand that truth not be surrendered to apathy and what we believe to be out of our control If we find ourselves ready to stand and not let our government govern us senseless
If we become the people we thought we were IF we stop accepting torture for the way the US deals with torture If we decide that we can only have national security IF we bring back justice as our compass
IF enough of us show up and take back our country from the jaws of a government that would rather we don't want to know what they have done, the depths that we've fallen
Take back our country from the jaws of an administration that has made laws to assure them of impunity exempt from our wrath
If we only could be men and women of subtance and not the idiots who fill heads with entertainment instead of news and history
If we only could find the path we're on is leading us to a bridge too far from where we would never dream to be.
Above is written by Sandra Hammel Any copying of this poem must be credited to Sandra Hammel, Human Rights Activist
Here are some of the explanations for the Fall of Rome:
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master, If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
........................................................ Tina Fey, Jason Sudeikis and Queen Latifa as Governor Sarah Palin, Senator Joe Biden and Gwen Ifill in VP Debate skit "Washington University St. Louis, Missouri" Transcript of the SNL October 4, 2008 VP Debate Skit My next post will include a great discussion with Bill Maher, Garry Shandling, Christiane Amanpour from October 3, 2008 Real Time show on HBO.
We're right in the middle of a very narrow voting window that could make the difference in this election. And we have to act fast.
Ohio voters have until this Monday, October 6th, to register and vote early... all in one step. This is an extraordinary opportunity to get the votes we need to win Ohio.
And since Ohio is a key battleground state -- and played a pivotal role in the last presidential contest -- winning in Ohio could help us secure a national victory.
So what can you do to help Barack win in Ohio? You can help us Get Out The Vote -- and tip the balance in this election -- right from your own living room.
....................................................... Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
NBC Universal Zaps YouTube Uploads of SNL Skit On Sarah Palin
By Sarah Lai Stirland
Google searches for the terms "SNL Palin," "Saturday Night Live," and "Tina Fey as Palin" rocketed off the roof over the week-end, as people around the United States e-mailed each other and blogged about Fey's uncannily-close impersonation of the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
Fey, Saturday Night Live's former head writer and creator of the show 30 Rock, appeared with SNL's Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton to "battle sexism" in the show's opening skit.
Soon after the episode aired, e-mails with links to the inevitable YouTube uploads flew around listservs. But the take-down notices went out just as quickly, notifying YouTube that the clips had infringed upon NBC Universal's copyright. One of the uploads had already been removed as of Sunday, but several more managed to stay up on YouTube as of Monday. And other web sites such as LiveLeak also hosted clips.
NBC Universal has since posted the skit up on its own web site. (Above) is an embed of the clip.
I love my life. I love where I live. And I am passionate about my passions. I love to dance. Necessary to live: music, piano, singing, writing, acting, painting.
I have been fighting for and supporting the arts all my adult life. Since 2004, I have been working with other activists to end the Darfur genocide.
I have traveled to Europe many times since my early twenties. Places I have been: many USA states including Hawaii, Montreal, Canada, Barbados, France, Spain, Luxembourg, England, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Germany - and have wonderful memories.
My last trip was in May - June 2013 to Spain.
I would like to travel to Europe and Kyoto, Japan.
I love the southwest where I have visited Hopi, Navajo, Zia and San Idlefonso potters.
Life is exciting and I intend to live it full-out to the end.
B.S. and M.M., both in music
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Genocide is not only a word,
it is crying of the whole human race.
There is nothing redeeming about being silent
when speaking up is the humane thing to do.
The honor and integrity of the human race is at stake.