I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

He freed lotta people but it seems,

The good they die young.

You know I just looked around and he's gone.



Anybody here seen my old friend John?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

He freed lotta people but it seems,

The good they die young.

I just looked around and he's gone.



Instrumental break.



Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

He freed lotta people but it seems,

The good they die young.

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I just looked around and he's gone.



Didn't you love the things that they stood for?

Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?

And we'll be free,

Some day soon, it's gonna be one day.



Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill.

With Abraham and Martin and John.



ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN

Written by: Richard (Dick) Holler

Performed by: Dion

Appears on: Dion-1968, AM Gold: 1968 (Various Artists)-1990,

The Best Of Dion-2001, et al.

One of my close pals in first year was from Cleveland.  He and I listened to that song over and over.  It usually brought tears to our eyes.......still does.  Thanks Paula.

Belinda - I think I recorded the Oprah interview, but didn't know it was 2 parts, so thanks.  I haven't missed a Tour de France since Miguel Indurian won his first yellow jersey in 1991.  I'm a huge Tour de France fan.  Beyond the bike riding, it is the best aerial tour of the most beautiful parts of France you will ever see.  I won't lie, the best tours for me were when Lance was involved and winning...not necessarily because of Lance, but because his teams were always so talented and I loved the strategy (and his teamate George Hincapie).  Lance, without drugs, would have still been a spectacular athelete.  I've always thought him to be a bit too arrogant, but now he seems more like the Intimadator.

GG - Have you ever tried a product called DoMatch Green Tea Powder?

http://www.amazon.com/DoMatcha-Organic-Harvest-Matcha-2-82-Ounce/dp/B003O7T87C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358482071&sr=8-2&keywords=DoMatcha+Green+tea

Supposedly, less than a teaspoon of this powder is equivalent to 10 servings of green tea. I put it in smoothies.  Not sure what you don't like about green tea, but if I mix it with greens and fruits, I don't even taste it.  If I make it with coconut water and frozen bananas, it's like a Starbucks Green Tea Frappe.  (You don't want the ceremonial, the 2nd harvest has more medicinal qualities.....they also have non-organic for less $$.)

I was just watching the evening parade of idiots raving about the president's proposals.  I don't get it.  i really don't.  We regulate cars. We regulate appliances. We regulate food additives, for gods sake.  As Jon Stewart said the other night, a gun owner can legally sell a gun to a drunk, and the only time law enforcement can do anything, is if the drunk gets into a car. One argument i liked: if you go by the NRA logic, you shouldn't have speed limits because some people will break the law.

The hysteria on the far right just shows how nuts they are.  Most gun owners, myself included, want background checks on ALL purchases of guns.  Most gun owners, myself included, do not think that assault weapons or high capacity magazines belong in civilian hands.  To equate obama with hitler and Stalin for sensible gun measures that Reagan favored is insane.

"A well-regulated militia..."  (excerpted from the Second Amendment)

WELL.  REGULATED.  REGULATED MEANS REGULATIONS.

Just sayin'

GrumpyTiredSuz

Edited to add:  

Here's an interesting discussion of the Second Amendment, the historical events that gave rise to it, the discussion surrounding its genesis, and thoughts of the individual states.  Of note is the concept that the "militia" (never really defined in the Constitution) was intended as a substitute for a standing army.  So if we have a citizen militia, armed to the teeth, can we cut defense spending significantly?  :-D

www.saf.org/lawreview/fieldsandhardy.html

My proposal, which I've seen elsewhere, is that to stop debating  the intentions of the founding fathers.  Assume original intent was private ownership of guns, so we should allow unlimited purchase by anybody - of the muskets that were the firearm of the Revolutionary War.   Single shot muskets, where you have to put the bullet and powder into the barrel and then tap it all down with a rod.  Yup.  No problem with umlimited purchases of those.  I don't think we'll have too many mass shooting with muskets.

Just also want to say, the people raving about Obama being a hypocrite maybe haven't noticed that his executive order provide for training for first responders and school officials in shooting situations and incentives for school to enhance security. 

Blue - perfect!

President Barack Obama

official SECOND TERM portrait http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/18/obamas-new-official-portrait/

Don't know how to post pictures, or I'd do that.... JOY  JOY  JOY  JOY  Happy Monday Everyone!

Shame on me, I guess I'm being something of a show-off.  Even I am not sure how I did that.  After I downloaded Picasa quite some time back now, I can just rt.click on any picture and it will automatically give me a drop-down menu where I can just hit the word copy, then go to whereever I wanted to copy to and hit the paste button and there it is. 

I'm looking forward to the ceremonies on Monday.  Still amazed once in a while when I think of how one-sided his re-election  was after all.  It could have been much different, but extreme rt. wing and ultra conservative is not a good combination at all.  It so energized the left and it is what will continue to provide so much energy. 

Also find it hard to believe that so many of the latest 'arguements/ads, and rhetoric is so blatant.  Then again, so much of it is meant to 'stir' the nut jobs so here comes the money.  Somewhere in so much of this it seems to come down to the money.  Must be hard to have a straight face now and then though..........as per all the denials that the NRA ad wasn't about the Obama's children. 

Off to get some work done.

Happy Day to all,

Jackie

spell checker hiding today.

Alexandria - would like to second your proposal.

I Hereby Propose a Twenty-Eigth Amendment:

All US Citizens of Voting Age and Sound Mind Shall be Equipped with Muskets for the Purpose of Raising a Militia. The National Rifle Association, One Organization Under God, Shall Be the Sole Manufacturer and Distributor of Such Muskets. Citizens Have the Right to Raise a Militia for the Purpose of Overthrowing the NRA and Other Agents of Tyranny.

Emboss, burn sides and....publish!

India pictures. Sorry it took so long. First one is of the protests at India Gate in Delhi. Second one is Taj Mahal. Third is the Mogul palace in Jaipur. A little taste of India present and past!

Yorkie - those pictures are magnificent.  Thank-you for sharing!!!

You're welcome GG! Here are two more of an ancient observatory used by the Mogul Empire.

Athena, people there claimed it was haze, but I think it was smog from polution. The whole time we were in India the air was like that. I noticed my allergies really kicked up there.

Mark of a true addict.