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Nothing bugs me. :Big Gay Al sings I'm Super from South Park's Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: Marc Shaiman and Trey Parker's lyrics resonate.... Bombs are flying People are dying Children are crying Politicians are lying too. Cancer is killing Texaco's spilling The whole world's gone to hell But how are you? I'm super Thanks for asking All things considered I couldn't be better I must say

:The Tree and The Red Fence - Snapped Today Near My House: Here's to feeling high and holy as often as possible! All the best wishes for peace and prosperity. And.... "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

Every once in awhile I get nostalgic and revisit defining moments. Moments where an artist and their work merge with the truth. Falling In Love Again sung by the incomparable Marlene Dietrich composed by Frederick Hollander as "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt."

Remember the schoolhouse rock cartoon classics... When legislation still made sense.

"Do not go gentle into that goodnight" was written by a son to his dying father, to convince him to fight against imminent death. I take a tiny liberty with Dylan Thomas' words. Don't go blindly into that good night. Do not go disconnected into that good night. Don't think you are shut off. Don't think you can do nothing. Don't think that's the way it is. Don't think. Get down with being. Human. I reprint the entire poem written by Dylan Thomas. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go...

Be that leader. We are witnessing a great struggle. A struggle in differences. A struggle in divergence. A struggle that is externalizing all of our inner struggles. A struggle over whether we will be loving or whether we will be fearful. A struggle over whether we will know peace or suffer needlessly. I'm opting out of the struggle. I always go back to paraphrasing a country song "all the reason's I'm here, I know by heart." You can live in the fiction of the struggle. Or you can revel in the truth. The truth exactly as it is. No fooling. No despair. No hope. Just a knowing that everything is what it is. "safety lies in truth and not in lies." "we create what we defend against." "we're going to get there. one way of the other. It's just whether we are we going to get there through pain or through joy." Let's get there compassionately. It's time to let go of the wants. and. stay in the truth of what's needed. it...

Back and Bigger Than Ever. Give me a Fozzy Bear and a Gonzo for president. I couldn't be happier. Film - Disney Prepares to Use Its Marketing Magic to Bring Back the Muppets - NYTimes.com

A disciple asked Confucius about government. Confucius said. “See to it that there is enough food, enough arms, and the trust of people in the government.” The disciple asked. “if one of the remaining two unavoidably had to be omitted, which of the three would be first?” Confucius said “omit arms.” The disciple asked “if one of the remaining two unavoidably had to be omitted, which would be first?” Confucius said “omit food. Since ancient times people have died, but nothing can be established without the trust of the people.” (12:7) Enough said. "The knowing are not confused; the humane are not worried; the brave are not afraid." Confucius (9:30) Confucius' philosophy deals with "personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity." "Cultivated people reach upward; petty people reach downward." (14:24)

I Love Barbara. The hills were buzzing last night in and around the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, as Streisand headlined a Democratic fundraiser.

One Day More.... gotta love the use of the musical version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. See more funny videos at Funny or Die Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil Go young people!

There was a visitor on my evening hike. It stared me down like De Niro on a bender -- "are you looking at me?" I don't know a lot about owls but this one wanted to be friends. It had something it wanted to share. Someday I'll learn to talk owl.

I was feeling optimistic about the Eagles chances this season. And. They lost. To the Cowboys. It was a shootout, back and forth. but. a loss is a loss. Everytime I show a glimpse of caring about the Eagles. My hopes are dashed. Oh well.

Cowboys, Eagles plan to seize NFL spotlight - NFL- nbcsports.msnbc.com “This is like the Monday night game of the 2008 season,” Eagles’ guard Shawn Andrews said last week. “I can’t wait until after we get that ‘W’ to go home and watch it again. I’m going to act as if I was not at the game, and I’m going to watch it with my turkey burger and my chips and my water.” Go Eagles!

:Pope Benedict XVI gestures to well-wishers as he arrives at the College des Bernardins in Paris to deliver a speech on faith and culture: This Pope has been called a staunch "defender of traditional Catholic values." I've always believed we create what we defend against. Pope condemns love of money, power - The Vatican- msnbc.com To sum up his talk -- Love of money is the root of all evil. And. It's time to stop creating "idols" and praying to them. I take exception with the use of the word condemns. In any capacity. As a leader of one of the largest faithful organizations in existence today, I think the Pope is missing the mark. He should be focusing on extending love, not condemnation to those who feel they need to find it in money and things. Ciao bella!

What do you get when you put together two Martina's and a Wynonna? :For These Times - Martina McBride: :Come Some Rainy Day - Wynonna Judd: :There You Are - Martina McBride: A whole lot of good times.

Obama's woes have nothing to do with 'lipstick' - Decision '08- msnbc.com The hysteria is palpable. The rush to fearful and divisive thinking is understandable, but not acceptable. Democrats have not known who they are or how to govern. The party does not have the commitment to its own ideals. At the end of the day billions of dollars will have been spent, piles of animosity will have been stirred, and deep wounds will have been peppered with salty festering nastiness, all in the hopes of "electing" a leader. The lengthy campaign for the next president of these united states (and I'm using united sarcastically) has showcased everything we need to see. I hold in my heart that the solutions to all our opportunities are within reach. And it is most certainly a much more pleasant space than the illusion that we are currently battling over. Maureen Dowd, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times, claims Palin's "explosion onto the scene made Obama seem...

A new book on the movement we need to support -- Energy Technology -- is out. And. It is a must read. Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman talks passionately on Meet The Press about his new book "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America." Check it out! Green is the new red, white and blue....

Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno is a Latin phrase that means "One for all, all for one" "Green is the new red, white and blue." Let's pull the country together on things we can all agree on!

:Cartman Designs His Faith +1 Album Cover: Catch a classic episode of South Park commenting on the state of faith and consumerism in this country from two of our most genius satirists Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Comedy Central is now offering full episodes online -- Christian Rock Hard (Faith plus One) "I love Jesus" Replace Darling & Baby with Jesus - Clips - South Park Studios Makes me laugh every time I think about it. cheerio.

Looks can be deceiving. Beliefs are not. :Frances McDormand in Fargo - Sarah Palin in Vogue:

We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. Palin wouldn't be were she is. without HRC. without Obama. without McCain. without Bush. We're all a collection of each other. "I want to go to heaven. But I don't want to go tonight." Joe Diffie wrote in his country classic "Prop me Up beside the jukebox if I die." Let's get to the voting booth and move on. together. "I held on. because I was already gone" Sugarland's Already Gone. It's hard not to point fingers, to worry. about everything. but. come on. we're all people with faults and issues and hopes and dreams. and. just because you don't choose to follow someone. just because you voted for someone who didn't win. doesn't mean it's hopeless. This is a country of the people, by the people, for the people. No matter what divides us... We must remain united. With respect for our differences and find the common humanity. SO I say let's practice humanity....

Primum non nocere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As we achieve a collective gridlock in beliefs, ideologies, passions, fundamentals. As we witness our neighbors staking claim and taking a position. As we see that the 'voting' system breaking down because we're middling. 50 percent of people are inherently going to disagree with our fundamental beliefs. The stalemate has evened out. The only choice left is to go to the deeper levels, the deeper levels where we are all connected, and live in that common ground. And the great news. that common ground is easy. it's love based. it's compassion filled and it's everywhere. Everything is getting a voice. We're getting to see clearly what it means to have feelings that have never been given light, through stuttered and incoherent eruptions and name calling. And as we stutter through them, and they are given voice. It's becoming obvious that it's all ridiculous frustrations that are getting released. It fe...

:Roses Bloom - Fall In California: It's a day to remember it's a wonderful life. Have a great one.