I know I've featured this song here before, but it struck me last night that absolutely nothing has changed since this song came out 50 years ago. What struck me is the timelessness of it - the fact that someone can craft something that's able to stand on it's own time after time. The song encourages awareness of global issues like war and poverty, and advocates for action, education, and unity to create a better future.
I wonder why it is, though, that so many of the themes they touch on in the song can't be fixed. Are we supposed to just accept that there will always be war and poverty? If that's so, that's kinda the dark side of existence, isn't it...
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In a bold new stance, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is advocating for the abolition of property taxes, promising voters the chance to “take action” soon. DeSantis remarked: “People should not be taxed for owning the home they’ve already paid for. That’s not freedom - it’s paying rent to the government.”
The move aims to shift power back to homeowners and eliminate what many see as government overreach. Ending property taxes could be a critical step toward economic freedom, especially for retirees, middle-class families, and small landowners.
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Here's a great idea for a gift for
her for no reason at all.
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It's onle of a kind, it's elegant - and comes to you with free shipping!
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Oh - and for the record? Above the Twin Bridges it's Taylor Ham. Everywhere else, it's Pork Roll. Can we put this shit to rest finally?
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That's half the price of supermarket or hardware stores
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Dale Dye is a charlatan and a fake. He was a reporter for the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper. He got a "valor" award for carrying ammo to a machine gunner who was running out. Whoop dee do.
ReplyDeleteLive near a volcano, live in the Midwest's Tornado Alley, live in hurricane-magnet Florida: it's a crapshoot, ain't it . . . ?!
ReplyDeleteLate September or early October 2001 I was in Yuma, AZ, at USMCAS Yuma working with the Harrier gun squadrons. A Gunnery Seargent was assigned to make sure I had everything I needed to do my work. He was driving me across town when suddenly the traffic came to a standstill as a HUGE RV blocked the road. He said, in proper Gunny language I will not directly replicate here, "By golly, you know winter is coming when a snowbird sun of a gun does a three-point turn and gets stuck on the gosh darned main street!" After the geezer got unstuck Gunny drove to a slight rise and showed me a vast land of nothing but cement pads with hookups or whatever as far as the eye could see. He muttered more Gunny language about it.
ReplyDeleteA buddy lived in Glendale, AZ, and told me the snowbirds come down, take every seat in restaurants and treat the locals like they are staff. Guess they are the same everywhere.
That's Bruce Springsteen?
ReplyDeleteFuck you, Bruce.
The girl in the candy cane bikini needs a Timex moment or sixty, just sayin.
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