Posted on November 28, 2008 by westtnliving
‘Pieces of a Man’:
‘When You Are Who You Are’:
‘Home is where the hatred is’:
‘Whitey on the Moon’:
‘The Revolution will not be Televised’: (everything is a reference to something in this song, learn “what to,” click here.)
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Posted on November 28, 2008 by westtnliving
Martin Luther King’s final speech, in Memphis, TN:
“Somewhere I read…”
….Will the ‘God of History,’ one day say, “That was not enough!…I was hungry and ye fed me not?”
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by westtnliving
U.S. soldiers may be home for the holidays this year, as ‘Someone’ reported today that U.S. President, George W. Bush, has “declared peace.” -In what has been described as a “seance” that purportedly involved the former first lady, Nancy Reagan channeling the late John Lennon as he spoke to Richard Nixon from his honeymoon [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by westtnliving
“…As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” –GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by westtnliving
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Posted on November 25, 2008 by westtnliving
In 1967, sixteen U.S. states still refused to recognize mixed-race marriages….until:
…Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)[1], was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, the “Racial Integrity Act of 1924″, unconstitutional, thereby overturning Pace v. Alabama (1883) and ending all race-based legal restrictions on [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2008 by westtnliving
The Esalen Institute, in Big Sur , California, looks like it would be interesting to visit.
…and the quote of the day from my man Rudyard Kipling:
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” –Rudyard Kipling
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Posted on November 20, 2008 by westtnliving
Go rent ‘The U.S. vs. John Lennon,’ it is an eye opener. I really enjoyed it and learned quite a bit. Very interesting. (Did you know that the U.S. government deported John Lennon in 1972 for what the Strom Thurmond letter requesting his deportation phrased, “…if John Lennon’s visa were revoked, it would serve as [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by westtnliving
Finally posting my friend’s favorite poem after far too long:
The Box by Lascelles Abercrombie
Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye,
Around about the wondrous days of yore,
They came across a kind of box
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
And labeled “Kindly do not touch; it’s war.”
A decree was issued round about, and all [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by westtnliving
Nov. 17 (Originally published by Bloomberg) (Read whole article, click here) — Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit said the bank will eliminate 52,000 jobs over the next year, twice the target announced last month, as loan losses surge and the economy shrinks.
The reductions, disclosed at a meeting with employees in New York, include [...]
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