“Empty bread, empty mouths combien reaction. Empty bread, empty mouths talk about the passion.” Actually, talk about the lack of compassion. Among all of these loud professions of faith while people still starve and need help, look how much passion has really occurred. Yesterday’s report by the Congressional Budget Office concerning the Senate Republican Health … Continue reading Empty Bread and Empty Mouths – Talk About The Lack of Compassion
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What’s The Frequency, Donald? A Dan Rather / R.E.M. Jam
Frequency: noun fre·quen·cy \ˈfrē-kwən-sē\ plural - frequencies frequent repetition Rain fell with frequency. rate of repetition She went with increasing frequency. the number of waves of sound or energy that pass by a point every second (Tune the stereo to receive a specific frequency of radio waves.) – Merriam Webster Dictionary / merriam-webster.com So, what’s the frequency, Donald? In a presidential tenure set on … Continue reading What’s The Frequency, Donald? A Dan Rather / R.E.M. Jam
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If Donald Trump Sampled R.E.M.’s “Nightswimming” Without Giving Credit
Instruments tuning in an amazing way. Piano comes in like pushing aside the leader of Montenegro to get in front. Begin singing. “Nighttweeting” Nighttweeting can happen any night. The photograph in the cover of a book I never wrote shows much less hair than I comb over now. Every late tweet reveals a … Continue reading If Donald Trump Sampled R.E.M.’s “Nightswimming” Without Giving Credit
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Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and R.E.M. – Only Two of These Know the True Meaning of “Reckoning”
“I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” -R.E.M. “So. Central Rain” In the 2016 election, Donald Trump carried the state of Georgia. Comfortably. And from the Peach State, he plucked two men for his cabinet: Sonny “Pray for Rain” Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture and Tom Price as Health and Human Services Director. Price … Continue reading Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and R.E.M. – Only Two of These Know the True Meaning of “Reckoning”
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“Odd Fellows 151” and “The Right Child”
The first line from this news report should make the stomach of many a person churn. “The Odd Fellows, a national fraternal organization based in Winston-Salem, is facing criticism after refusing to give a prize to an autistic Oregon boy who won a competition.” It is from the headline story of the May 2nd edition … Continue reading “Odd Fellows 151” and “The Right Child”
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The Art of “Bang and Blame” – A Long Distance R.E.M. Dedication to Donald Trump
Friday, March 24, 2017. House Republicans on Capitol Hill will be voting on Trump’s health care bill and it seems like Donald Trump may be facing a legislative failure in his first big legislative push. And it set in motion a chain of interrelated thoughts. First, there is this proclamation that came from one Donald … Continue reading The Art of “Bang and Blame” – A Long Distance R.E.M. Dedication to Donald Trump
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“Exhuming McCarthy” – R.E.M.’s Song That Explains Dictionary.com’s Word of The Year
Since Donald Trump has won the presidential election and Brexit was approved, it seems only fitting that each has a direct influence on the 2016 Dictionary.com “Word of the Year” released today. Xenophobia – noun: Fear or hatred of foreigners. In a nation that was built on immigration it seems interesting that the word of … Continue reading “Exhuming McCarthy” – R.E.M.’s Song That Explains Dictionary.com’s Word of The Year
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Automatic For The People -An R.E.M. Mixtape For The Next Administration
When you grow up in rural Georgia in a small town like I did, then the radio can be one of the few windows to an outside world. That and a collection of cassette tapes that you purchased over time at Turtle’s or Record Bar in Athens, GA when you went to the orthodontist or … Continue reading Automatic For The People -An R.E.M. Mixtape For The Next Administration
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