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September 28, 2014
Russian Kremlin Guards goose-stepping at slow march near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow.
American response to seeing Obama visit.
P. S. Everything here is satire. Except the Moment of Zen.
*More classy than Americans, huh:
Russian Kremlin Guards goose-stepping at slow march near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow.
American response to seeing Obama visit.
P. S. Everything here is satire. Except the Moment of Zen.
September 28, 2014
Video is over 42 minutes long and relaxing. Settle down and meditate on the royal pageantry surrounding the installation of Russia's most famous leader since the Czars. The video is surreal with the juxtaposition of primary colors, centuries of proud tradition and the most modern technology at work.
Wonderfully peaceful, miles of red carpet, great music, and stirring words. Great scenes of Russia in the summertime with no one blocking the views of the pristine streets and large plazas.
Also... hugs, kisses and horses.
Your Sunday Moment of Zen! Vladimir Putin's inauguration in 2012 - Full Video
Video is over 42 minutes long and relaxing. Settle down and meditate on the royal pageantry surrounding the installation of Russia's most famous leader since the Czars. The video is surreal with the juxtaposition of primary colors, centuries of proud tradition and the most modern technology at work.
Wonderfully peaceful, miles of red carpet, great music, and stirring words. Great scenes of Russia in the summertime with no one blocking the views of the pristine streets and large plazas.
Also... hugs, kisses and horses.
September 28, 2014
If media is any guide, 2014 voters will disenfranchise themselves by apathy or a refusal to decide.
'If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.'
Which means the Koch brothers win.
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014833821#post10
Freewill by Rush:
There are those who think
That life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
There are those who think
That they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them
They weren't born in Lotus Land
All preordained, a prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face, you can pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
Each of us, a cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends with uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
Just about every defeatist meme is covered in that song.
I contend if Bernie doesn't run in 2016, it will be because of the lack of concern about his issues on the part of voters this year, not 2016. I posted a video of him almost begging people to vote this year.
The crowd didn't want to talk about that, they were hyped up about other things. He said that the people who will be hurt the most are least likely to vote.
There's little time to dally on what we are facing now. He knows this. He also knows the fickleness of many who say they adore him and support what he says, but are too good to show up and vote for the party he caucuses with. He could have gotten more done with more Democrats there.
It's not a popularity contest, or who can woo voters. Trillions of dollars and millions of lives are at stake in this election. Those who can afford to sit out now will find reasons to do the same in 2016, or on any local elections that shape their own lives. Bernie isn't running for state houses, governor, mayor, school boards, election positions or the HoR. That's what composes the fabric of our lives from the ground up.
As far as Sanders is concerned, I truly want him to run as a Democrat and get on that debate stage in the primaries. Tell the American poeple what is going on. But I sensed he is about done from that video.
He has tried, as many others have, to lead the horse to waters, but they won't drink. After a while, he and many others like him are just going to go home and leave the rest of us to what we deserve for not voting. He left the meeting in the video after he couldn't get anyone to care about the election by saying his wife was waiting for him and he had to go.
Why should he bother to go through all fifty states, if we won't vote?
Will the Left or Right read this:
Koch brothers... do a very effective job of taking the discontent... and channeling it in exactly the wrong direction.If media is any guide, 2014 voters will disenfranchise themselves by apathy or a refusal to decide.
'If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.'
Which means the Koch brothers win.
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1014833821#post10
Freewill by Rush:
There are those who think
That life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
There are those who think
That they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them
They weren't born in Lotus Land
All preordained, a prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face, you can pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
Each of us, a cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends with uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
Just about every defeatist meme is covered in that song.
I contend if Bernie doesn't run in 2016, it will be because of the lack of concern about his issues on the part of voters this year, not 2016. I posted a video of him almost begging people to vote this year.
The crowd didn't want to talk about that, they were hyped up about other things. He said that the people who will be hurt the most are least likely to vote.
There's little time to dally on what we are facing now. He knows this. He also knows the fickleness of many who say they adore him and support what he says, but are too good to show up and vote for the party he caucuses with. He could have gotten more done with more Democrats there.
It's not a popularity contest, or who can woo voters. Trillions of dollars and millions of lives are at stake in this election. Those who can afford to sit out now will find reasons to do the same in 2016, or on any local elections that shape their own lives. Bernie isn't running for state houses, governor, mayor, school boards, election positions or the HoR. That's what composes the fabric of our lives from the ground up.
As far as Sanders is concerned, I truly want him to run as a Democrat and get on that debate stage in the primaries. Tell the American poeple what is going on. But I sensed he is about done from that video.
He has tried, as many others have, to lead the horse to waters, but they won't drink. After a while, he and many others like him are just going to go home and leave the rest of us to what we deserve for not voting. He left the meeting in the video after he couldn't get anyone to care about the election by saying his wife was waiting for him and he had to go.
Why should he bother to go through all fifty states, if we won't vote?
September 28, 2014
So I gave him an 'A.' 
Poll does not include my favorite category, President for Life or Until Kingdom Come!
A bitter disappointment, and I feel betrayed. So I gave him an 'A.'
September 28, 2014
Settle down for a while and enjoy the royal pageantry surrounding the installation of Russia's most famous leader since the Czars. The video is surreal with the juxtaposition of primary colors, centuries of proud tradition and the most modern technology at work.
Wonderfully peaceful, miles of red carpet, great music, and stirring words. Great scenes of Russia in the summertime with no one blocking the views of the pristine streets and large plazas. Also horses.
Will post in another forum with a Poll!
Your Sunday Moment of Zen! See Vladimir Putin's presidential inauguration in 2012 (Full Video)
Settle down for a while and enjoy the royal pageantry surrounding the installation of Russia's most famous leader since the Czars. The video is surreal with the juxtaposition of primary colors, centuries of proud tradition and the most modern technology at work.
Wonderfully peaceful, miles of red carpet, great music, and stirring words. Great scenes of Russia in the summertime with no one blocking the views of the pristine streets and large plazas. Also horses.
Will post in another forum with a Poll!
September 28, 2014
We didn't want to say they could be so petty and anti-American. We understand them when they say it's not about race or gender. The haters can keep on telling themselves that while the future moves on...
Every so often, Bill Maher actually hits a home run, like this he said when PBO got the ACA passed:
Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th - and by passing health care, the Democrats saved their brand.
Let's not forget that win. Maher said that night about how the GOP were trying to block it:
The best thing that's happened this year is when President Obama finally realized this and said, "Kiss my black ass, we're going it alone, George W. Bush style."
Rachel goes into the last AG they savaged: Janet Reno, the only woman AG and Holder the only AA AG:
In the history of the USA, all the others were white males. I sense a pattern of abuse all out of proportion with what it's claimed to be, politics. Just a coincidence, huh?We didn't want to say they could be so petty and anti-American. We understand them when they say it's not about race or gender. The haters can keep on telling themselves that while the future moves on...
Every so often, Bill Maher actually hits a home run, like this he said when PBO got the ACA passed:
Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th - and by passing health care, the Democrats saved their brand.
Let's not forget that win. Maher said that night about how the GOP were trying to block it:
The best thing that's happened this year is when President Obama finally realized this and said, "Kiss my black ass, we're going it alone, George W. Bush style."
September 28, 2014
Getting that stuff in the lungs is very bad. The other video description says 8 hikers were injured and some are stranded. A very dangerous place to be. I hope they made it out alive and no more people die from this eruption.
A somewhat different video than the one posted below:
Getting that stuff in the lungs is very bad. The other video description says 8 hikers were injured and some are stranded. A very dangerous place to be. I hope they made it out alive and no more people die from this eruption.
September 28, 2014
Don't think that is a 'liberal' position they are using there, but then a lot of Libertarians say they're the only TRUE liberals on their websites. Ain't buying their line, though.
"Welcome! Go fuck yourself! There are appetizers in the dining room. Hope you choke on one!"
LOL... Journaling that one...Don't think that is a 'liberal' position they are using there, but then a lot of Libertarians say they're the only TRUE liberals on their websites. Ain't buying their line, though.
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