A little music, and a little perspective
It’s been a rough if interesting week in the world of politics and here on the blog as well. Emotions have flared, expectations have been dashed. Time for the healing power of music, I would say.
But as important as politics might seem to some, a little perspective might be in order. I’ve got a couple of folks in my personal life — relatives by marriage, technically, but over the years they’ve become much more than that description could ever imply — who are facing health issues. One of them has already gone through the fire, so to speak, and has emerged safely on the other side; the second is about to begin that voyage, and we’re gonna make sure she comes through it as well.
So … this one is for Wendy, and for her best friend Ted.
– Jay Bookman
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G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Does that include National Sisterhood Week, Josef? Ah, my dear, the sisters vs the brothers vs the christians vs the muslims vs the hindus vs the black, brown, whatever color we come in has gone on far too long. I seem to remember a song about all of us being god’s children. I think, believe, that god/goddess does not discrimintate so therefore we should not discriminate either.
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Dig it BOTH,
I had a bluesman in the back and a beautician at the wheel………….
http://youtu.be/PLQnRFKHZR8
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Bro
back at you with two……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dUAaftfzw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGb_IqxsQ2E
josef
June 29th, 2012
8:48 pm
DON
Not to worry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlGohSLMLY8
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
8:50 pm
godless
back at ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkeLAqIjp-E&feature=related
josef
June 29th, 2012
8:51 pm
BRUNO
Ooopa…@ 8″45
(the G&T is kicking in,,,)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlGohSLMLY8
josef
June 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
GMARE
@ 8:46
“for the G-d who made us one, he made us one and all” I can’t remember now who it was that said it and in what poem, but it’s always been one of my mottoes…
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
8:58 pm
G Mare, beautiful stuff at 8:46,
It’s a woman world
And it always was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3tm8JyZFk
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
DON
Damn! THIS is what I meant to post….sssheeesh, I don’t need no mo gin…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1OEBfz8Bo
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:06 pm
GMARE
A MOT tune for ya on that subject…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1OEBfz8Bo
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
9:06 pm
Jam, You catch that Todd Snider at 8:21? Whenever I hear “protesters of corporate greed” I think of you. LOL!
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
Oh hell yeah, BOTH.
Blasted that ZZT. Reminds me of Keesler AFB…
heathen, trying to catch back up. Girls and phones get me behind!
It’s next in the queue…
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:12 pm
GMARE
@ 9:06
THIS is what I meant to post….I’m tellin y’all, I oughta put the G&T aside, but what the hell. I’m happy and y’all don’t give a sh*t anyway, pack of Honey Badgers that ye are,,,
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:13 pm
heathen, outstanding. I can relate! But the truth be told, I ain’t never been in jail. So, I guess I AM all talk!!
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
9:13 pm
They BOTH
Those were low blows… PE and Anthrax??? That’s a classic there. Words don’t even describe Rage. I keep Rage on standby in my car just in case no radio station has anything worth listening to.
A double dose of Rage and then I’ve gotta call it quits…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKdH2GwaO4&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWSrXFX51Ec&feature=fvwrel
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:13 pm
YOW…DO IT AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1OEBfz8Bo
Matti
June 29th, 2012
9:14 pm
Good tunes tonight, y’all! Nice distraction from feeling like a rotisserie chicken, 20 minutes before the “sell by” time.
As for the continuous lamenting for the ball spiker, just DANG. Do y’all miss me that much when I’m on MY period?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
June 29th, 2012
9:14 pm
Well, I hope Bookman’s friend pulls through and lives alot more years. Me, I lost my only surviving uncle on Wednesday morning. He was a good man. Drafted into the Army at the start of WWII, spent almost five years there, came home and married a fine woman, raised a fine son, and spent his life farming and doing some lumber work. He never left the little village where he was born. I use to work in the hayfields with him on his farm when I was a kid. He told me once of seeing his father, who had been dead five years at the time, walking through a hayfield in the distance. Well, I’m hoping Uncle Jed’s back in his prime in a hayfield someplace up there. The farm was the only place where he was happy. Blind, disabled, and miserable in a nursing home, he passed at age 92. His funeral will be held in the little church in the village on Sunday afternoon. Here’s to you, Uncle Jed. It’s from 1959 and it tells the story of your life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duoPMquUzpk
A lot of perspective...one and out!!!!
June 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_AAMa_X2dM&feature=related
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
THIS is just too funny to be real…let’s see if this is it…GMARE…bear with me…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1OEBfz8Bo
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
In this heat, I could vacation here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh6lGI1bOkw
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
Jam, I remember when it wasn’t. I remember standing at a bus stop in Seattle wearing my flight attendant uniform, being harassed by guys in a car & the older ladies standing there saying it must be my fault. Some things one never forgets.
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
Redneck
My condolences to you and your family
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
TBG
Sweet selection
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
OKAY
Let’s see…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMZjxQde0w
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
GMARE\
THERE ya go, @ 9:20
And the rest of y’all be nice to me, I’m happy…
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Peace, RC.
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
9:24 pm
“But the truth be told, I ain’t never been in jail. So, I guess I AM all talk!!”
Never too late but it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be.
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJcODMR5PY&feature=related
Matti
June 29th, 2012
9:28 pm
Redneck,
I’m so sorry for your loss!
I hope you will remember the circle. It’s for uncles too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCgeIx1iSyk
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:28 pm
The BHO vid was really funny, right up until that gobsh*te Gary Bauer’s name showed up at the end!
And now for something completely different…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-aPH2YEdE
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
9:29 pm
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
TBG
I’ve gotta go buy me a case of that one then… I was reading the posts at work this morning, and my co-workers had to come and see what had me crying so hard. I don’t think I could have started my day any better.
_________________________________________________________________
Good luck finding it. So far I only know of 2 places. Off Camp Creek and off Delk in Muretta.
But, I will gladly grab one for you to try out.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
That Black Guy,
Niiice.
One of the smoother voices I ever heard come out of a white boys mouth….(From Lawton, Oklahoma.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7MoZuP3JBo
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
One of the songs that take me back to good times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoj-PZbcO8
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
TBG
back at you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3qtgO1wHc
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
a little reggae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYr4Fz14C6w&feature=related
josef, do you like reggae?
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:41 pm
RC, great story. You were lucky to know him. And vice versa.
A country bred boy, myself, I still think about, and miss, that sweet smell of a freshly mowed hay field. And the dark earth that’s been turned. And even the burnt wheat stubble…
http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/storage/Hay-Field2.gif
Hillbilly played this one and and I’ve written several times about how the first time I heard it, my eyes got wet. Something about us sentimental country boys and the highway, I guess…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dS4AaXLtos
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
MATTI
@ 9:14
“Do y’all miss me that much when I’m on MY period?”
Only if it’s Friday…
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:45 pm
I never really rode many horses as a boy, but I grew up around cowboys. And even as a tyke I had the getup, including a really awesome bolo tie and straw cowboy hat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHq87F2fS-s
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
9:46 pm
Good nite all. Stay cool. Been quite a week. I’d like to leave with just one more political comment. This time, SCOTUS did not legislate. I agree with Justice Roberts: “It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”
gn
josef
June 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
Love it, and back atcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLMPZJKAgE
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
__________________________
How did we both post the same Matisyahu song?
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-2j2eTCBU&feature=related
Matti
June 29th, 2012
9:53 pm
They BOTH,
Your 9:27, kicks some A!
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:53 pm
TBG
Scout and I did the same thing a few weeks back
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
Matti
Glad you enjoyed
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
TBG and josef
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBHTxUeF19I
This is the jam……………
Rebar
June 29th, 2012
10:00 pm
Saw this video about 2 months ago and sent it to a friend serving in Afghanistan telling him to hold on; there is also a wonderful recording of this fine lady playing with the Chieftans, singing “little chocolate drop” that is stunning.
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:00 pm
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
Jam, very nice. Bookmarked. I gotta dig a little deeper in to that cat.
smoothest voice on a white boy return serve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
10:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPs46O0scrs&feature=related
Everyone have a great night and an even better weekend
Peace
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8adhAzkENY&feature=related
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
10:03 pm
Peace out, heathen…
jo, niiice find at 9:49!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Good luck finding it. So far I only know of 2 places. Off Camp Creek and off Delk in Muretta.
That Black Guy — I used to get Flor de Caña at a little liquor store that’s in the Kroger shopping center at the intersection of Thornton Rd and Maxim Rd. just outside of Austell, but that’s been about five years ago.
getalife
June 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM1XZsh6o
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Ok you guys, I’ve got 11 tabs open trying to make sure I keep track of all the goodness posted.
This is my 2nd foray into FNM. How do you keep up?
My head is spinning.
TBS, Jam, Bro, josef and others. You are killin’ me.
Jam, tell bruno I said “Jerzy Boys never quit”.
j$
June 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
Love you, Grandpa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu4emT6btH4
josef
June 29th, 2012
10:12 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
Simply Red…first time I heard him, I was ready to argue that that ain’t no white boy….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcu7MCtuTs&feature=relmfu
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:17 pm
Acid jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJKQS_p9q5k
josef
June 29th, 2012
10:19 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
How do we keep up? Sometimes you just gotta listen to the whole thing,especially when it’s something new… other times you note it to come back to tomorrow a.m. Second screen, too….you’ll get the hang of it…
And BTW, thanks for chiming in. Getting a better picture of who you are and I like you even more! (I can say that, G&T, late night, and FNM!)
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:19 pm
wish more people did what the title says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGPFDNlDyAk
j$
June 29th, 2012
10:21 pm
I hear ya Bookman et al
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VayQlyR4gxY
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
10:23 pm
TBG, you prolly already know this, but besides Bro, a bunch of us white chocolate types, play the hell out of that great G. Clinton stuff!
And you’re right, it can get wild here, trying to keep up with the sweet tunes at times. Glad you’re here this evening.
And I’m not sayin’ that somewhere out there on the Innertubes there isn’t another group of folks laying down some of the greatest music ever recorded, but I think we can hang with anyone!
For the temps today…(Turn it up.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvzScawmog
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 29th, 2012
10:26 pm
“I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 29th, 2012
10:27 pm
“Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 29th, 2012
10:27 pm
“When chemists die, they barium.”
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
10:28 pm
Jam @ 10:23
That’s why I said it was so hot that the devil went home because it is hotter than hades
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:30 pm
can’t you guys enjoy music without getting drinking the bottle empty? forpetesakes!
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:30 pm
josef, thank you.
For you and UN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5zFDnRsVfA&feature=fvwrel
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 29th, 2012
10:31 pm
Eeee Hawww !
http://www.youtube.com/user/raystevensmusic?feature=watch
j$
June 29th, 2012
10:31 pm
Nice jammy!
Turn up all tha way!
yeah!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:32 pm
can’t you guys enjoy music without getting drinking the bottle empty? forpetesakes!
“Getting drinking the bottle empty”?
Uh, Otay….
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
10:34 pm
And with this my final good night
Enjoyed the tunes………….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_8zj5NjNs&feature=related
josef
June 29th, 2012
10:35 pm
Hot? Red Hot? Why not…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLFhUeoW3ZJr8
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:35 pm
“Getting drinking the bottle empty”?
I noticed that, too. Must be the heat!
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
is there any way to copy and save the videos from youtube?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
bman
Your browser should have a bookmark feature.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Another perspective:
“Chief Justice Roberts Is A Genius
Posted on June 28, 2012 by I.M. Citizen
Before you look to do harm to Chief Justice Roberts or his family, it’s important that you think carefully about the meaning – the true nature — of his ruling on Obama-care. The Left will shout that they won, that Obama-care was upheld and all the rest. Let them.
It will be a short-lived celebration.
Here’s what really occurred — payback. Yes, payback for Obama’s numerous, ill-advised and childish insults directed toward SCOTUS.
Chief Justice Roberts actually ruled the mandate, relative to the commerce clause, was unconstitutional. That’s how the Democrats got Obama-care going in the first place. This is critical. His ruling means Congress can’t compel American citizens to purchase anything. Ever. The notion is now officially and forever, unconstitutional. As it should be.
Next, he stated that, because Congress doesn’t have the ability to mandate, it must, to fund Obama-care, rely on its power to tax. Therefore, the mechanism that funds Obama-care is a tax. This is also critical. Recall back during the initial Obama-care battles, the Democrats called it a penalty, Republicans called it a tax. Democrats consistently soft sold it as a penalty. It went to vote as a penalty. Obama declared endlessly, that it was not a tax, it was a penalty. But when the Democrats argued in front of the Supreme Court, they said ‘hey, a penalty or a tax, either way’. So, Roberts gave them a tax. It is now the official law of the land — beyond word-play and silly shenanigans. Obama-care is funded by tax dollars. Democrats now must defend a tax increase to justify the Obama-care law.
Finally, he struck down as unconstitutional, the Obama-care idea that the federal government can bully states into complying by yanking their existing medicaid funding. Liberals, through Obama-care, basically said to the states — ‘comply with Obama-care or we will stop existing funding.’ Roberts ruled that is a no-no. If a state takes the money, fine, the Feds can tell the state how to run a program, but if the state refuses money, the federal government can’t penalize the state by yanking other funding. a serious problem. Are we going to have 10, 12, 25 states not participating in “national” health-care?Therefore, a state can decline to participate in Obama-care without penalty. This is obviously Suddenly, it’s not national, is it?
Ultimately, Roberts supported states rights by limiting the federal government’s coercive abilities. He ruled that the government can not force the people to purchase products or services under the commerce clause and he forced liberals to have to come clean and admit that Obama-care is funded by tax increases.
Although he didn’t guarantee Romney a win, he certainly did more than his part and should be applauded.
And he did this without creating a civil war or having bricks thrown through his windshield. Oh, and he’ll be home in time for dinner.
Brilliant.”
josef
June 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
Yow! And thank you,,,niiiice,,,keep uo? On the other screen as I post!
BMAN
“,,,can’t you guys enjoy music without getting drinking the bottle empty?”
Empty? Hell, ain’t even halfway there!
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:45 pm
Kam .. .. I had my favorites bookmarked. The page is gone because copyright infringement stuff….
j$
June 29th, 2012
10:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
Good Nght
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:46 pm
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
is there any way to copy and save the videos from youtube?
I’ve been bookmarking them
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:48 pm
The page is gone because copyright infringement stuff….
Youtube killed it. Dead as canasta.
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
10:55 pm
When I was stationed in Turkey, I used to DJ at the NCO club (also broadcast on the base station). i used to play a lot of NE hiphop and House, but i would get requests for this song about 10 times a night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npVzpXdWthk&feature=related
Get past the synthetic music, and it’s a nice song.
bman
June 29th, 2012
10:58 pm
Youtube killed it
Yes, they did. This guy had an incredible collection of classic songs performed live.
I saw these guys in concert. Great band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXPjMb7_Mk
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
10:59 pm
That Black Guy
Nice Yello.
Reminds me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT2fJxebIRw
j$
June 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
Round here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWmsjWnQ6VI
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:12 pm
Dammit Kam, stop it. First the Flor and then the 10:59.
Going into the bookmark file.
try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6vU_olNWQ&feature=ymg
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
11:14 pm
More acid jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tig_K_15IFU
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:14 pm
I was a little tired when I got home, but now I’m hyped. Think i’ll take the bike out for a little ride.
“Nite all.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
This guy was always fearless on stage and in that mold of Rundgren, Young, Browne and Fogleberg, someone who never really needed a band…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o_YI_PgK0o
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
That Black Guy
Don’t know if you saw it, but at the top of this page I told you where I found Flor.
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:22 pm
damKAMJAM
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
11:14 pm
More acid jazz
I like. I like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WihaNNL9Q2U&feature=related
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:29 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
That Black Guy
Don’t know if you saw it, but at the top of this page I told you where I found Flor.
_______________________________________________
Yeah, KamJam, I saw it, but I was too busy keeping up with the jamz.
remember this?
j$
June 29th, 2012
11:34 pm
Ha ha :The Green Menalishi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvKaLW5bu8
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:35 pm
oops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPiCeLwh5o&feature=related
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
11:35 pm
Nite All
Johnjay
June 29th, 2012
11:38 pm
Chief Justice Roberts did what 8 other justices failed to do- he remained judicial. The others were sadly political. He correctly said this is not a decision for the courts to make. It is a legislative decision, an executive decision and – In the end, the people’s decision – at the ballot box.
Roberts’ decision was not activist. On the contrary, it was an incredible exercise of judicial restraint. He judged the law, not the wisdom of the policy that gave birth to the law.
If the country doesn’t want Obamacare, it simply speaks in November. If Romney wins or loses, we have our answer.
Love it when I get the “shakes” thanks, jay
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 29th, 2012
11:58 pm
Saxman Paul “Shilts” Weimar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rSkzBQbic
j$
June 30th, 2012
12:19 am
To Kam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeuNckmt7h8
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 30th, 2012
12:23 am
Izzat you, betty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8