Charlene Dill, 32-Year-Old Mother Of 3 Dies Because Florida Would Not Expand Medicaid

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This 32-Year-Old Florida Woman Is Dead Because Her State Refused To Expand Medicaid

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/09/3424629/florida-medicaid-charlene-dill/

"GOP's Anti-Medicaid Expansion Body Count, By State"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/gops-anti-medicare-expansion-body-count.html

"Why Are Murderous GOP Governors Protected By The Press?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-are-murderous-gop-governors.html

"The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-and-hard-central-fact-of.html

The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their eyes out, they fail to see  that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.

Psychological Projection

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/projection-psychology.html

Psychological Shadow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)

The Evangelical Persecution Complex (Projection's Finest Hour?)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-evangelical-persecution-complex.html

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, none of them are tempted to believe this. 

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George Will Fed Up With Republican Tolerance For Trump

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George Will has had it with Republican leaders passively waiting for Trump’s support to collapse. 

Excoriating the billionaire as a “a counterfeit Republican and no conservative,” the columnist presses the Republican National Committee in his column this morning to “immediately stipulate” that subsequent Republican debates will be open only to candidates who pledge to support the nominee. http://www.theintell.com/opinion/trump-the-counterfeit-republican/article_a5307138-ea24-507e-b122-390aaec49439.html

“Conservatives today should deal with Trump with the firmness [National Review founder William F.] Buckley dealt with the John Birch Society in 1962. The society was an extension of a loony businessman who said Dwight Eisenhower was ‘a dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy.’ 

In a 5,000-word National Review ‘excoriation’ (Buckley’s word), he excommunicated the society from the conservative movement. Buckley received an approving letter from a subscriber who said, ‘You have once again given a voice to the conscience of conservatism.’ The letter was signed, ‘Ronald Reagan, Pacific Palisades, Cal.’” 

Scott Walker Infuriates Republicans By Signing Legislation To Build $250 Million Stadium

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"After Massive Contribution To Scott Walker, NBA Owner Will Get $250 Million In Tax Dollars For New Arena"
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/12/3690020/scott-walker-signs-bill-to-spend-hundreds-of-millions-of-tax-dollars-on-a-private-stadium/

Scott Walker signed legislation in Wisconsin that will spend $250 million of taxpayer money on a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, despite howls of outrage from movement conservatives. The team’s ownership group includes one of Walker’s top campaign fundraisers, Jenna Johnson reports.

"If Guys Said What Donald Trump Says"

August 13, 2015, 5:56 am

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"If Guys Said What Donald Trump Says"

https://www.facebook.com/tryguys/videos/477524905757730/

"The Self Chosen Face Of The Republican Party: Not Just An Asshole... An Asshole's Asshole"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-self-chosen-face-of-republican.html

Bertrand Russell On Humankind's Eagerness To Die For Unworthy Causes

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"Why of course the people don't want war... Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought along to do the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946.

"Do War's Really Defend America's Freedom?"

(Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler

The Most Decorated Marine Of His Time)

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/do-wars-really-defend-americas-freedom.html

Religious Faith And The Substitution Of Emotion For Evidence

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Alan: Since there is little or no evidence "backing up" most of reality -- consider the inscrutable fact that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts -- faith plays a proper role in human affairs.

But when emotion masquerades as evidence -- and the temptation to make this substitution is eternal -- faith is no longer faith but a sort of simian pseudo-science that dependably damages both science and faith.

The abiding shame of the three Abrahamic religions is that they see one another as infidels, not only deserving death but endless torment in a Hell that only an omniscient, omnipotent God could devise. 

To its credit, Judaism's view of Hell is less punitive than the postulates of Christianity and Islam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell#Judaism

Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal

"Conservatives Trust In Science Hits All-Time Low,"U.S. News & World Report

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/04/conservatives-trust-in-science-hits-all.html

Arguing against those who said that natural philosophy was contrary to the Christian faith, (Aquinas) writes in his treatise "Faith, Reason and Theology that "even though the natural light of the human mind is inadequate to make known what is revealed by faith, nevertheless what is divinely taught to us by faith cannot be contrary to what we are endowed with by nature. One or the other would have to be false, and since we have both of them from God, he would be the cause of our error, which is impossible." "Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World" by John Freely http://www.amazon.com/Aladdins-Lamp-Science-Through-Islamic/dp/0307277836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327882581&sr=8-1

The Lost Art of Catholic Drinking

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"Monastic Brewing Comes To Oregon: Mt. Angel's Benedictine Brewery"
http://beervana.blogspot.com/2013/06/monastic-brewing-comes-to-oregon-mt.html

How Much May A Monk Drink Per Day?

St. Benedict's Rule

http://taylormarshall.com/2010/11/how-much-wine-may-monk-drink-per-day.html

• Chapters 39 and 40 regulate the quantity and quality of the food. Two meals a day are allowed, with two cooked dishes at each. Each monk is allowed a pound of bread and a hemina (probably about half a pint) of wine. The flesh of four-footed animals is prohibited except for the sick and the weak.

From The Rule of St. Benedict

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict

APRIL 13, 2012

The Lost Art of Catholic Drinking

by Sean P. Dailey

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/the-lost-art-of-catholic-drinking

There is Protestant drinking and there is Catholic drinking, and the difference is more than mere quantity. I have no scientific data to back up my claims, nor have I completed any formal studies. But I have done a good bit of, shall we say, informal study, which for a hypothesis like this is probably the best kind.

To begin with, what is Catholic drinking? It’s hard to pin down, but here’s a historical example. St. Arnold (580-640), also known as St. Arnulf of Metz, was a seventh-century bishop of Metz, in what later became France. Much beloved by the people, St. Arnold is said to have preached against drinking water, which in those days could be extremely dangerous owing to unsanitary sewage systems — or no sewage system at all. At the same time, he frequently touted the benefits of beer and is credited with having once said, “From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world.”

Wise words, and St. Arnold’s flock took them to heart. After his death, the good bishop was buried at a monastery near Remiremont, France, where he had retired. However, his flock missed him and wanted him back, so in 641, having gotten approval to exhume St. Arnold’s remains, they carried him in procession back to Metz for reburial in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles. Along the way, it being a hot day, they got thirsty and stopped at an inn for some beer. Unfortunately, the inn had just enough left for a single mug; the processionals would have to share. As the tale goes, the mug did not run dry until all the people had drunk their fill.

Now, I’m not saying that Catholic drinking involves miracles, or that a miracle should occur every time people get together to imbibe. But good beer — and good wine for that matter — is a small miracle in itself, being a gift from God to His creatures, whom He loves. And as G. K. Chesterton wrote in Orthodoxy, “We should thank God for beer and burgundy by not drinking too much of them.” In other words, we show our gratitude to God for wine and beer by enjoying these things, in good cheer and warm company, but not enjoying them to excess.

Just what constitutes excess is for each person to judge for himself. However, we now approach the main difference between Catholic drinking and Protestant drinking. Protestant drinking tends to occur at one extreme or another: either way too much or none at all, with each being a reaction to the other. Some people, rightly fed up with the smug self-righteousness of teetotalers, drink to excess. And teetotalers, rightly appalled at the habits of habitual drunkards, practice strict abstinence. It seems to occur to neither side that their reaction is just that: a reaction, and not a solution. If they considered it a bit, they might see a third way that involves neither drunkenness nor abstinence, yet is consistent with healthy, honest, humane Christian living.

Here we encounter Catholic drinking. Catholic drinking is that third way, the way to engage in an ancient activity enjoyed by everyone from peasants to emperors to Jesus Himself. And again, it is not just about quantity. In fact, I think the chief element is conviviality. When friends get together for a drink, it may be to celebrate, or it may be to mourn. But it should always be to enjoy one another’s company. (Yes, there is a time and place for a solitary beer, but that is the exception.)

For example: The lectures at the annual Chesterton conference are themselves no more important than the attendees later discussing those same lectures over beer and wine (we tend to adhere to Hilaire Belloc’s rule of thumb, which is to avoid alcoholic beverages developed after the Reformation). These gatherings occur between talks, during talks — indeed, long into the night — and we typically fall into bed pleasantly stewed. I cannot imagine a Chesterton conference without this. And yet I also know how detrimental it would be if we all stumbled back to our rooms roaring drunk.

Avoid each extreme — that’s how you drink like a Catholic. This is the art of Catholic drinking. There are plenty of our brethren who consider drinking somehow immoral, and there are plenty of others who think drinking must end with great intoxication. But the balanced approach — the Catholic approach — means having a good time, a good laugh, sometime a good cry, but always with joy and gratitude for God’s generosity in giving us such wonders as beer and burgundy. Remember that, and the lost art of Catholic drinking may not remain lost.

This article originally appeared in the November 2009 edition of Crisis

By Sean P. Dailey

Sean P. Dailey has been the editor-in-chief of Gilbert Magazine. Prior to that he was a reporter and religion page editor for the NewsTribune in La Salle, Illinois, and a police reporter and education reporter for The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois. A a veteran of the US Marine Corps, Sean lives in Springfield with his family.

Sanders Shamelessly Pandering To Voters Who Want To Hear Truth

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Sanders Shamelessly Pandering to Voters Who Want to Hear Truth CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (The Borowitz Report)—Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is gaining legions of new admirers by shamelessly pandering to voters who want to hear the truth, critics of the Vermont Senator say.

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Diane Rehm Show: "The Voting Rights Act, Changing Laws And 2016"

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The Daily Show Interviews Republican Official Who Spills Beans On Deliberate Voter Suppression 
Masquerading As Prevention Of Voter Fraud
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/jon-stewart-asif-mandvi-investigates.html

Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Voter Fraud And Voter Suppression Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/gop-voter-suppression-and.html

Greetings,

The "Presumption Of Innocence" (which your conservative guest, Bruce Fein, continually references) is not an innocent presumption.

Much of the animus behind right-wing attempts to limit the number of minority voters is based on the critical importance of next year's presidential election which will determine the composition of the Supreme Court for the next 20 to 30 years.

That is "the elephant in the room."

Predictably the elephant is the GOP mascot.

Thanks.

Alan Archibald

This 2012 photo shows a poll worker handing out "I Voted Today" stickers during the first day of early voting in Washington, D.C. 

The Voting Rights Act, Changing Laws And 2016

Audio File: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-08-13/the-voting-rights-act-changing-laws-and-2016

Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act. The result was that certain states with a history of racial discrimination no longer had to get pre-clearance before making voting changes. The consequences in some states was immediate. Texas passed a photo ID requirement, and in North Carolina, a number of voter restrictions were also approved. The courts have taken up cases in both states, leading to many questions about how much power the Voting Rights Act still has. We look at new voting laws, court challenges and a call from President Barack Obama to fully restore the legislation.

Guests

• Spencer Overton professor, George Washington University Law School; president, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; author, "Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression"
• Bruce Fein principal, Bruce Fein & Associates; author, "Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy"
• Jim Rutenberg chief political correspondent, The New York Times Magazine

Related Links

• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

• Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression

  By Spencer Overton

  W. W. Norton & Company

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• Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy

  By Bruce Fein

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• "Nine Years Ago, Republicans Favored Voting Rights. What Happened?" by Jim Rutenberg

G.K. Chesterton On The Superiority Of "The Material" Over "The Spiritual"

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“The work of heaven alone is material; the making of a material world. 

The work of hell is entirely spiritual.”

G.K. Chesterton

Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/10/pax-on-both-houses-gk-chesterton-posts.html

"Hey, Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? Take The Test!"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/hey-christian-how-many-of-jesus-moral.html

G.K. Chesterton: The Lickspittle Ingenuity Of Plutocratic Suck Ups

August 13, 2015, 10:02 am

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Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts
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"Hey Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? 
Take The Test!"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/hey-christian-how-many-of-jesus-moral.html

Goody Two Shoes Ben Carson's Tortured Defense Of His Fetal Tissue Research

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Ben Carson’s tortured defense of his fetal tissue research

Amber Phillips

Ben Carson doesn't deny using fetal tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research in the early 1990s. But the way in which the former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon received and used the tissue is very different from how Planned Parenthood obtains and sells its fetal tissue, he claims.

News of Carson's medical research with fetal tissue came to light Wednesday night when a fellow doctor  published details of Carson's 1992 research using fetal tissue on her blog. The issue is timely, given Republicans — including Carson — have denounced Planned Parenthood after secretly records video showed officials talking about procurement of fetal tissues.

It also threatens to dog Carson's presidential ambitions — especially given his somewhat odd explanation.

Carson on Thursday rejected the comparison between his research and what Planned Parenthood has been accused of doing.

"You have to look at the intent," Carson told The Washington Post's Dave Weigel before he began a campaign swing through New Hampshire. "To willfully ignore evidence that you have for some ideological reason is wrong. If you’re killing babies and taking the tissue, that’s a very different thing than taking a dead specimen and keeping a record of it."

If you had to reread that once or twice, you're not alone. It's a very complex — and politically charged — issue.

Carson appears to be saying that the fetal tissue he used for research didn't come from fetuses aborted specifically for use in medical research. He also appears to accuse Planned Parenthood of doing just that. But that's a charge Planned Parenthood has flatly rejected and isn't proved by the videos.

First, a little background: Fetal tissue is used in experimental medical research to treat diseases. It has been linked to helping patients with Parkinson's disease and paralysis. But selling fetal tissue for profit is illegal in the United States.

Last month, several videos from anti-abortion activists showed Planned Parenthood officials talking casually about using fetal tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research. The videos implied that they were benefiting financially. Planned Parenthood officials apologized for their tone in the videos but maintain to this day they've done nothing wrong.

[How Planned Parenthood actually uses its federal funding]

That didn't stop Republicans in Congress and on the 2016 campaign trail from coming down hard on Planned Parenthood, promising to strip the organization from some $500 million in annual federal funding.

Carson was among those hitting Planned Parenthood hard, lending his considerable medical heft as a renowned neurosurgeon to the debate. He told Fox News's Megyn Kelly that fetal tissue research was basically useless and the same things could be accomplished without it.

"And if you go back over the years, and look at the research that has been done and all the things that it was supposed to deliver, very little of that has been done, and there’s nothing that can’t be done without fetal tissue," Carson said.

On Thursday, though, Carson told Weigel that the use of fetal tissue shouldn't be banned. He declined to say whether Planned Parenthood should stop providing fetal tissue for medical research. So one one hand, Carson said the use of fetal tissue doesn't produce results and is interchangeable with less morally fraught materials, and on the other he used it himself and now says it shouldn't be banned.

Carson's views on abortion appear to have long been complicated. In 1992, he appeared in an ad encouraging Maryland voters to oppose a law that would effectively keep abortions legal in the state if the Supreme Court overturned or weakened Roe v. Wade. He later appeared at a pro-abortion activist press conference disavowing the ad, saying he didn't realize he was making a political statement.

So perhaps Carson simply evolved on the issue? That's what Carson campaign aide Armstrong Williams said before Carson weighed in.

"It's a different world than 1992 when this research happened," Williams told Weigel. "All you've got to do is read the transcript from Megyn Kelly. Obviously, he's evolved."

But then Carson told Weigel that there really is no conflict between the research he did and his anti-abortion-rights views today.

There was no contradiction between this science and Carson's pro-life views, he said. "My primary responsibility in that research was when I operated on people and obtained the tissue," said Carson, who noted that he has not used fetal tissue samples since then.

Something tells use Carson hasn't issued his last comments on this.

President Obama's Summer Reading List Revealed

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President Obama's Summer Reading List Revealed: All the Light We Cannot See and More

BY TIERNEY MCAFEE

 

08/13/2015

It's summertime, the living is easy and President Obama is finally getting caught up on his reading. 

White House officials slipped the president's summer reading list to pool reporters as the First Family enjoyed sun and sea at a private beach on Martha's Vineyard Thursday. 

The Obamas are in the midst of a 16-day vacation on the island, giving the president plenty of time to dig into both fiction (like Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller All the Light We Cannot See) and nonfiction (like Ron Chernow's George Washington bio Washington: A Life). Here's Obama's complete reading list: 

1. All That Is by James Salter
2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
3. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
4. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
5. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6. Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

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DNA Proves President Warren G. Harding Fathered Child out of Wedlock

August 13, 2015, 5:27 pm

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Warren Gamaliel Harding

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding

Alan: America's first divorced president was also a Republican, Ronald Reagan.

The Party of Family Values!

DNA Proves President Harding Fathered Child out of Wedlock

WASHINGTON — Aug 13, 2015, 7:43 PM ET

By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press

DNA testing all but confirmed Thomas Jefferson slept with his slave Sally Hemings. Now it's rewriting another lurid chapter in presidential history, this one from the Roaring '20s.

Genetic analysis has proved that President Warren G. Harding fathered a child with long-rumored mistress Nan Britton, according to AncestryDNA, a DNA-testing division of Ancestry.com.

Britton set off a Jazz Age sex scandal when she went public with her tale of forbidden love in the White House, boldly publishing her story in a 1927 best-selling memoir, "The President's Daughter." But historians long questioned her claims, and Harding defenders vilified her as a liar for nearly 90 years.

Based on DNA from Britton's grandson and descendants of Harding, the results are 99.9 percent certain, Ancestry.com said. The findings were first reported Thursday by The New York Times.

The child born of their union, Elizabeth Ann Blaesing, was the only known offspring of the 29th president. She died in 2005. Britton died in 1991.

James Blaesing, 65, who grew up hearing the story of his grandfather, the president, from Britton, his grandmother, told The Associated Press he long wanted to prove she was telling the truth. He was delighted by the DNA results.

"You know what this is? It's a love story," he said of his grandparents. "It was true love, especially on her side, and I know he felt the same way. And he got trapped."

Harding was a heartthrob U.S. senator from Ohio when the affair began. Women found him handsome and charming with great magnetism. Britton was younger by 30 years and first developed a crush on Harding as a teenage girl in his hometown. The relationship continued when Harding was president, with Britton later writing of how they made love in a White House coat closet. The secret romance ended with Harding's sudden death during his presidency in 1923.

Harding's family long maintained Britton's book was a lie or a childhood fantasy or was perhaps dreamed up by Democratic opponents of the Republican president. Some maintained that Harding was sterile because he had mumps as a child.

The Library of Congress recently published love letters from an earlier affair between Harding and another woman, Carrie F. Phillips, opening further doubts about the family's denials.

Peter Harding of Big Sur, California, a grandnephew of the former president, wanted to know the truth, along with his cousin, Abigail Harding of Worthington, Ohio, who had already begun studying her family history on Ancestry.com.

But other parts of the family didn't want anyone digging into the potentially salacious details of the past.

"People have a right to know who their parents and grandparents are," said Peter Harding, a retired psychiatrist. "I think that's just a human right. There was a whole family that didn't know for sure who their father and grandfather was. They deserved to know."

Peter Harding and James Blaesing connected and agreed to do a DNA test. When the results came back, Blaesing called Abigail Harding and greeted her by saying, "Hi, cousin." The families plan to hold a reunion and get better acquainted.

But it will take time for other family members to feel comfortable with the discovery.

Historians rank Harding low among the presidents, and he is known mostly for the Teapot Dome scandal that took place during his administration. Family members who researched Harding's history said he was in a sexless marriage and had several mistresses.

Questions over Harding's affairs and out-of-wedlock daughter have circulated for years. Visitors to the Harding home in Marion, Ohio, often ask whether he had a secret daughter. Tour guides have answered with a shrug and said there's evidence it's true.

James Robenalt, a historian who wrote about Harding's affair with Phillips, said Harding's legacy has been overshadowed by the allegations of affairs. The secrets were much more titillating when they were kept in the closet, he said. But now the family can heal and be reunited.

"Politically on a much, much bigger scale it is, I think, time for people to say 'Ok, this happened, there's no longer a mystery we have to solve,'" Robenalt said. "Let's really look at Harding the politician, Harding the senator, Harding the president and really look at his record and try to assess it fairly."

Blaesing said that if his mother and grandmother were alive today, they would be pleased by the DNA findings.

"My grandmother — right now she has the biggest smile on her face," he said. "She is so happy that this is out there."

AncestryDNA spokesman Stephen Baloglu said the Harding story shows the power of DNA in rewriting history.

"The family connection is definitive," he said. "We were happy to help the Harding family members solve this longstanding family mystery."

In the Jefferson case, a DNA analysis published in 1998 found evidence that a member of the Jefferson family fathered at least one of Hemings' six children.

On the basis of that and documentary evidence — namely, the whereabouts of Jefferson's male relatives at the time — historians have generally agreed that Jefferson and Hemings had a sexual relationship, as had long been rumored.

Jeb Bush Is Even Nuttier Than Trump For Laying ISIS At Obama And Hillary's Door

August 13, 2015, 6:29 pm

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"It was this big, I tell ya!

But it got away..."

"Bush's Toxic Legacy In Iraq"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/bushs-toxic-legacy-in-iraq.html

Hans Blix' Fruitless Search For WMD And Bush/Cheney's Rush To War In Iraq

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"The Fall Of Iraq. Jawdropping Video Footage Of Cheney, Albright, Gen Clarke & Others"

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"Obama's Benghazi And Reagan's Beirut"

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"Terrorism And The Other Religions"

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"Brazen Lies About Obama"

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"Obama Hatred"

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HISTORICAL REVISIONISM

08.12.15

The Daily Beast

Jeb Bush Is Even Nuttier Than Trump Now

By blaming President Obama and Hillary Clinton for the sorry state of Iraq and the rise of ISIS, Jeb Bush seems to be forgetting a little detail called… his brother.

Donald Trump’s remarks about Megyn Kelly still make him the most vulgar of the Republican presidential candidates.

But he is no longer the nuttiest.

That distinction was claimed by Jeb Bush in a speech at the Reagan Library, when he declared that President Obama and Hillary Clinton are to blame for the rise of ISIS.

Jeb being the brother of the guy who used 9/11 as a pretext to invade Iraq in the first place, a venture that then-Senator Barack Obama opposed.

Six weeks after the opening “shock and awe” bombardment, President George Bush declared in a speech from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln that the “major combat operations” in Iraq had ended in victory.

“Mission Accomplished,” read the big banner in the background.

Thousands of deaths later, the war was still raging and proving to be unwinnable.

In 2008, President Bush signed what was officially called an “Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq.”

The agreement required us to withdraw our troops from Iraqi cities by June of 2009 and from the country altogether by December 31, 2011.

All of it was President Bush’s responsibility. And now his brother Jeb is trying to pin it on Obama as a way of going after Hillary Clinton.

The schedule was already set in place when Obama took office in 2009. That included the 2009 closing of our biggest POW facility, Camp Bucca. The prisoners who were released from Bucca included Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

As has been reported in The Daily Beast, al-Baghdadi uttered some parting words to the camp’s commander.

“He said, ‘I’ll see you guys in New York,’” Army Colonel Kenneth King recalls.

Al-Baghdadi went on to become the head of ISIS and to announce the creation of a new Islamic State.

Obama did try to renegotiate the so-called “SOFA agreement” in order to allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq past 2011, but he could not get the deal he wanted. Critics say he could have taken a more aggressive stance in the years after 2011, when the descendants of al Qaeda in Iraq began a murderous comeback.

But, of course, al Qaeda in Iraq would not have been a force of any consequence if President Bush had not smashed the Iraqi state in 2003.

In the meantime, we spent billions training Iraqi government troops who fled seemingly whenever they were attacked, leaving behind billions more in U.S. supplied equipment.

None of that was Obama’s creation.

All of it was a consequence of what President Bush so rashly set in motion.
And now his brother Jeb is trying to pin it on Obama as a way of going after Hillary Clinton. Talk about nutty. Not to mention offensive.

Trump is supposed to be the nutty and offensive one, but when it comes to ISIS he seems mainly to be woefully uninformed.

“Believe it or not, Iran is funneling money to ISIS,” Trump said on CNN.

Jeb could no doubt tell you that Iran is in fact battling ISIS by proxy and, in some instances, directly.

Something other than ignorance is at work when Jeb tries to pin the ISIS mess on Obama and Hillary.

Yes, as senator, Hillary did vote in favor of invading Iraq. And yes, as Secretary of State, she failed to make Iraq a top priority. (Though she did push Obama to keep American troops in Iraq after 2011.)

But she can hardly be faulted for what was all but sure to follow when Jeb’s brother gave the orders to invade Iraq.

And Obama is even less at fault.

Jeb is only able to claim otherwise because the people who truly are to blame have never been held accountable.

That includes not just Jeb’s brother but also former Vice President Dick Cheney, who promises to be even nuttier than Jeb when he makes an appearance of his own at the Reagan Library on September 9, two days before the 14th anniversary of 9/11.

Cheney and his daughter, Liz, will be there to sign copies of their new book,Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America. The library’s website says, “Dick and Liz Cheney explain the unique and indispensable nature of American power, reveal the damage done by President Obama’s abandonment of this principle, and show how America can and must lead again.”

Never mind that between the war in Iraq, the loss of focus on Afghanistan and the CIA torture scandal, the elder Cheney probably did more to weaken America than any other single individual in recent history.

The website goes on, “The Cheneys do what no one before them has done: chart a path forward to restoring American power and strength, explaining what must be done to reverse course, to fight and win the war on terror, to rebuild our military and reassure our allies that they can once again rely on American leadership.”

Neither parody nor irony seem intended as the website concludes, “A critical, frank, and much-needed touchstone, Exceptional should stand as a guiding principle for the potential presidential candidates in 2016—and for policymakers today and beyond.”

Perhaps if some of the other candidates do use Cheney’s book as a guiding principle, they too can prove to be even nuttier than Trump, who seems unlikely to read a book or anything else.

All anybody who wants to sound wackier than The Donald need do is begin a sentence with, “Well, Dick Cheney says…”

Meanwhile, Trump remains not just the most vulgar of the candidates, but also the front-runner.

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich Says Undocumented Immigrants "Contributing Significantly" To U.S.

August 14, 2015, 5:57 am

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich says undocumented immigrants 'contributing significantly' to U.S.

Published August 13, 2015

Fox News Latino

DERRY, N.H. (AP) –  Republican presidential candidate John Kasich defended millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally as "people who are contributing significantly" to the nation, taking on a divisive issue Wednesday as he promised to redefine conservatism during his latest New Hampshire appearance.

Kasich, a second-term Ohio governor, addressed immigration among other delicate political issues before a crowd of more than 200 packed into a small VFW hall, his second public stop in a two-day swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state. Kasich remains one of the lesser-known 17 Republican White House hopefuls, yet a strong debate performance in his home state last week has produced fresh signs of momentum.

Introducing himself to many New Hampshire voters for the first time this week, he offered a pragmatic approach to national politics likely to antagonize some of his party's more conservative voters.

He quickly dismissed a questioner during an afternoon town hall-style meeting who suggested immigrants in the country illegally are a burden on the system.

"A lot of these people who are here are some of the hardest-working, God-fearing, family-oriented people you can ever meet," Kasich said to a smattering of polite applause.

Speaking later to reporters, he said he would complete the wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and would deport anyone who enters the country illegally once it's finished. He favors a pathway to legal status for such immigrants already in the country, and would not rule out a pathway to U.S. citizenship as part of an immigration reform package.

"It's not practical to move, or I don't even think desirable, to try to shift 12 million people out of this country," Kasich said. "These are people who are contributing significantly."

In tone and policy, Kasich's remarks on immigration are in line with those of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a popular target for tea party activists who question his conservative credentials. While primary voting won't begin for another six months, Kasich's early rise represents a direct threat to Bush's chances in New Hampshire, a state both men see as critical to their early state strategy.

The Ohio governor's comments stand in stark contrast to billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who described Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "criminals" as he entered the Republican presidential contest earlier in the summer.

At Kasich's side for much of the day was former state attorney general Tom Rath, once a prominent supporter of Bush's brother, former President George W. Bush, who formally endorsed Kasich this week.

"I have enormous respect for the Bush family and for (Jeb Bush) personally," Rath said. "This is really not about Jeb Bush in any way. This is about John Kasich."

As he often does, Kasich devoted a significant portion of his remarks to those living "in the shadows" of society. He promised to help the mentally ill and drug addicts who end up in prisons and the working poor who don't have health care.

"I don't know how the Republican Party ever got itself put in the trick bag by somehow saying that if we care about people who are down and out, and we want to give them a chance to succeed, then somehow that's not conservative," Kasich said. "I think conservatism is about giving everybody a chance — demanding personal responsibility — but allowing people to pursue their God-given purpose is conservative."

He continued: "Hopefully in the course of all this, I'll begin to change some of the thinking about what it means to be a conservative."

The Ohio governor is scheduled to visit South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire again in the coming weeks.

John Oliver On U.S. Sex Ed. (The Reality Is Worse)

August 14, 2015, 6:08 am

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John Oliver Eviscerates American Sex Ed – But the Reality Is Even Worse

Oliver only touches on the fact that federal tax dollars are poured into inaccurate, religious sex ed programs around the country

By Dianna Anderson August 13, 2015

Video: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-john-oliver-blast-subpar-sex-education-in-u-s-schools-20150810

John Oliver's HBO show Last Week Tonight has made a name for itself in part by producing digestible 15-minute segments about current affairs that are both funny and poignant – and that often spread like wildfire around the Internet on Monday mornings. The latest such segment is focused on the state of sexual health education in the United States, and how purity culture – the idea that virginity is a state of moral accomplishment – pervades sex ed.

The video gets several aspects of America's broken sex ed system dead on: the likening of people (especially young women) who have sex to trampled roses, dirty shoes and chewed-up gum, for instance. Oliver is also right that only 13 states have in place legal standards requiring sex ed students to be taught medically accurate information. The information presented in most sex ed seminars and classes – which are often insufficiently long to begin with – has to make it through a gauntlet of upset parents, community advisers and conservative teachers before getting to young people. As a result, school boards often choose to outsource their sex ed curricula to organizations that are already vetted and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.

But what John Oliver only spends one sentence on in his segment is arguably the most important part of our broken sexual health education system: the fact that federal money is often used to fund unscientific, inaccurate and religiously oriented abstinence-only education programs. This is all thanks to a federal law signed by Bill Clinton.

Title V provides funding to school districts wishing to bring in outside organizations to promote abstinence-only or so-called "abstinence-plus" sex ed. You're probably familiar with abstinence-only education. Not having sex is presented as the only real way to prevent pregnancy; if contraceptives and barrier methods are mentioned, their failure rates are featured prominently, and LGBT orientations are not discussed. Abstinence-plus programs, meanwhile, focus on abstinence, but acknowledge other alternatives. Religious organizations tend to prefer the former.

There are a few funding streams for abstinence-only education. School boards receive money to bring in abstinence-only organizations through Title V. In other cases, school boards aren't up for fighting the battle for comprehensive sex ed, and their money goes to these same programs practically by default. The coordinated lobbying campaign abstinence-only organizations engage in ensures that even money not specifically earmarked through Title V still often ends up in abstinence-only educators' hands.

How much money are we talking about? According to a 2007 study from Mathematica Policy Research, the federal government allocates some $50 million for abstinence-only education under Title V; states' grants match those funds at 75 percent, resulting in nearly $100 million total in government money going to abstinence-only education each year.

Sarah Jones, a spokesperson for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, tells Rolling Stone that parents who want comprehensive sex ed for their kids often have to fight against both the inertia of school boards and behemoth organizations like Focus on the Family and the National Abstinence Clearinghouse, which publishes pamphlets and novella-length guides for parents wishing to start an "abstinence revolution" in their area. The NAC advocates agitating school board officials and using its specially curated information to make the case for abstinence-only sex ed at school board meetings.

Jones' group helps parents and students bring suits against schools that bring in explicitly Christian abstinence-only speakers. (It is illegal for publicly funded schools to use public funds for religious speech of any kind.) In 2009, Americans United stopped a school district in Mississippi from endorsing the Abstinence Works program, which instructs teens about "God's command" for them to stay abstinent, and in 2006 it stopped a Texas district from busing students to local churches to learn about "True Love Waits," a religiously oriented abstinence-only program popular among evangelical church groups across the U.S.

While many abstinence-only sex ed programs manage to skirt the line of legality, some – including popular speaker Pam Stenzel, featured in Oliver's segment – cross the line into proselytizing about "God's plan" for people's sexual lives. In 2013, the religiously conservative principal of a high school in Charleston, West Virginia, brought in Stenzel to speak on "God's Plan for Purity." The student body vice president, a young woman, filed a complaint with the ACLU, arguing that the school had violated religious liberty laws by bringing in Stenzel as a speaker and advertising her in such a way.
The principal retaliated against the student by threatening to call the college she was planning on attending to report her for "bad character." This incident demonstrates the barriers students and parents face when it comes to advocating for comprehensive sex ed, and the lack of accountability for schools that violate the law.

Other young people have fought back as well. In 2013, students at a Texas high school responded to an overtly religious talk by Christian speaker and author Justin Lookadoo by starting the #Lookadouche hashtag on Twitter. Lookadoo continues to work as an abstinence-only speaker, funded by many federally subsidized programs.

Indeed, with Title V still on the books, federal funds are still being poured into religiously tinged abstinence-only programs across the country. With federal funds specifically earmarked for abstinence-only education under the law, and with other funds going to abstinence-only organizations via conservative school boards and principals, explicitly religious abstinence-only educational programming is now a massive industry.

All yet, data show that abstinence-only education does not make a difference in the sexual behavior of teenagers. In comprehensive studies of CDC data and on the effects of sexual health education in different communities, comprehensive sex ed delayed sexual activity by an average of 18 months, while abstinence-only education had little to no effect on the beginning point of sexual activity. What's more, studies have shown that states that heavily promote abstinence-only education have higher teen birth rates overall, and higher incidences of STI/STDs.

Abstinence-only organizations and proponents tend not to care about these numbers. Their real goal is convincing students to believe in a conservative, evangelical version of Jesus. The vast majority of abstinence-focused speakers identify as evangelical Christians. They prepare two talks: one that legally passes muster at public schools, where God is eliminated from the discussion and holiness isn't a factor in remaining pure. Then the speakers often will ask students to visit them at a church, perhaps that very night, to hear a second talk – one containing an altar call to come to Jesus. These church talks often are advertised alongside public school appearances. This model is central to how these speakers approach their work, as evidenced by Justin Lookadoo's press kit.

So while John Oliver was correct about the inaccurate information and purity culture that have permeated America's sex ed programs, he may have underestimated just how bad the situation is. Public school students across the country are at risk – not only from unscientific abstinence education, but from the right-wing religious industry that keeps such forms of education the status quo.

NY Man Acquitted After Serving 13 Years for Double Homicide

August 14, 2015, 6:19 am

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NY Man Acquitted After Serving 13 Years for Double Homicide

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Aug 14, 2015, 8:21 AM ET

A man who served 13 years in prison for a 2002 double homicide in western New York has been exonerated following a retrial.

The Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester reports ( http://on.rocne.ws/1JWTRgh ) a jury acquitted Charles "Teddy" Pierre on Thursday in the deaths of Clara Sconiers and Thomas Reed.

Van Henri White, Pierre's attorney, said "justice took a while but it got here."

New evidence that possibly pointed to another man committing the killings helped Pierre vacate his conviction and clear his name.

Pierre, originally from Trinidad, was facing a possible deportation in 2002. He could remain detained while awaiting an immigration decision.

White says prosecutors have done a disservice to the victim's families by insisting on Pierre's guilt.

Beatles Songs That Fit My Voice

August 14, 2015, 10:40 am

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"I Should Have Known Better"

I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do

Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see

That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, oh
And when I ask you to be mine
You're gonna say you love me too

So I should have realized a lot of things before
If this is love you've got to give me more
Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more

Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see

That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, oh
And when I ask you to be mine
You're gonna say you love me too
You love me too, you love me too
You love me too

"Eight Days A Week"

Ooh I need your love babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
Ain't got nothing but love babe
Eight days a week

Love you every day girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say girl
Love you all the time
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
Ain't got nothing but love babe
Eight days a week

Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care

Ooh I need your love babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
Ain't got nothing but love babe
Eight days a week

Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care

Love you every day girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say girl
Love you all the time
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
Ain't got nothing but love babe
Eight days a week
Eight days a week
Eight days a week

"What You're Doing"

Look what you're doing, I'm feeling blue and lonely
Would it be too much to ask you
What you're doing to me?

You got me running and there's no fun in it
Why should it be so much to ask of you
What you're doing to me?

I've been waiting here for you
Wond'ring what you're gonna do
Should you need a love that's true
It's me

Please stop your lying, you've got me crying, girl
Why should it be so much to ask of you
What you're doing to me?

I've been waiting here for you
Wond'ring what you're gonna do
Should you need a love that's true
It's me

Please stop your lying, you've got me crying, girl
Why should it be so much to ask of you
What you're doing to me?
What you're doing to me?
What you're doing to me?

"Help!"

Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, you know I need someone, help

When I was younger (So much younger than) so much younger than today
(I never needed) I never needed anybody's help in any way
(Now) But now these days are gone (These days are gone), I'm not so self assured
(I know I've found) Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me

(Now) And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
(My independence) My independence seems to vanish in the haze
(But) But every now (Every now and then) and then I feel so insecure
(I know that I) I know that I just need you like I've never done before

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me

When I was younger so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
(But) But now these days are gone (These days are gone), I'm not so self assured
(I know I've found) Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round
Help me, get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, ooh

"The Night Before"

We said our goodbyes, ah, the night before
Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before
Now today I find you have changed your mind
Treat me like you did the night before

Were you telling lies, ah, the night before?
Was I so unwise, ah, the night before?
When I held you near you were so sincere
Treat me like you did the night before

Last night is a night I will remember you by
When I think of things we did it makes me wanna cry

We said our goodbye, ah, the night before
Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before
Now today I find you have changed your mind
Treat me like you did the night before

Yes

When I held you near you were so sincere
Treat me like you did the night before

Last night is a night I will remember you by
When I think of things we did it makes me wanna cry

Were you telling lies, ah, the night before?
Was I so unwise, ah, the night before?
When I held you near you were so sincere
Treat me like you did the night before
Like the night before

"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feeling two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

"I Need You"

You don't realize how much I need you
Love you all the time and never leave you
Please come on back to me
I'm lonely as can be
I need you

Said you had a thing or two to tell me
How was I to know you would upset me?
I didn't realize as I looked in your eyes
You told me, oh yes, you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymore

Please remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me. I need you

But when you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymore

Please remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me
I need you
I need you
I need you

"You're Going To Lose That Girl"

You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kind

You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't treat her right, my friend
You're going to find her gone
Cos I will treat her right, and then
You'll be the lonely one

You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?

You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?

If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kind
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl

"Ticket To Ride"

I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me

I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away, yeah

Oh, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me

She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around

Ah, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

My baby don't care, my baby don't care
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"Misery"

The world is treating me bad... Misery

I'm the kind of guy
Who never used to cry
The world is treating me bad... Misery!

I've lost her now for sure
I won't see her no more
It's gonna be a drag... Misery!

I'll remember all the little things we've done
Can't she see she'll always be the only one, only one

Send her back to me
Cos everyone can see
Without her I will be in misery

I'll remember all the little things we've done
She'll remember and she'll miss her only one, lonely one

Send her back to me
Cos everyone can see
Without her I will be in misery (Oh oh oh)
In misery (Ooh ee ooh ooh)
My misery (La la la la la la)

"It's Only Love"

I get high when I see you go by
My oh my
When you sigh, my, my inside just flies
Butterflies
Why am I so shy when I'm beside you?

It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving you

Is it right that you and I should fight
Every night?
Just the sight of you makes nighttime bright
Very bright
Haven't I the right to make it up girl?

It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving you
Yes it's so hard loving you, loving you

"I've Just Seen A Face"

I've just seen a face
I can't forget the time or place
Where we just meet
She's just the girl for me
And want all the world to see
We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-m'mmm-mmm

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
And I'd have never been aware
But as it is I'll dream of her
Tonight, di-di-di-di'n'di

Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again

I have never known
The like of this, I've been alone
And I have missed things
And kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite
Like this, da-da-n'da-da'n'da

Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again

Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again

I've just seen a face
I can't forget the time or place
Where we just meet
She's just the girl for me
And want all the world to see
We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-da-da-da

Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again
Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again
Oh, falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling
Me back again

"You Won't See Me"

When I call you up
Your line's engaged
I have had enough
So act your age
We have lost the time
That was so hard to find
And I will lose my mind
If you won't see me (You won't see me)
You won't see me (You won't see me)

I don't know why you
Should want to hide
But I can't get through
My hands are tied
I won't want to stay
I don't have much to say
But I can't turn away
And you won't see me (You won't see me)
You won't see me (You won't see me)

Time after time
You refuse to even listen
I wouldn't mind
If I knew what I was missing

Though the days are few
They're filled with tears
And since I lost you
It feels like years
Yes, it seems so long
Girl, since you've been gone
And I just can't go on
If you won't see me (You won't see me)
You won't see me (You won't see me)

Time after time
You refuse to even listen
I wouldn't mind
If I knew what I was missing

Though the days are few
They're filled with tears
And since I lost you
It feels like years
Yes, it seems so long
Girl, since you've been gone
And I just can't go on
If you won't see me (You won't see me)
You won't see me (You won't see me)

"Nowhere Man"

He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Nowhere Man, don't worry
Take your time, don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

He's a real Nowhere Man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

"I'm Looking Through You"

I'm looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Your lips are moving, I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

You're thinking of me, the same old way
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there
I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Yeah
Oh baby I'm changed
Ah I'm looking through you
Yeah I'm looking through you

"In My Life"

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more

"If I Needed Someone"

If I needed someone to love
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
If I needed someone

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I'd be with you my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
Then it might not have been like this
But you see now I'm too much in love

Carve your number on my wall
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone
Ah, ah, ah, ah

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I'd be with you my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
Then it might not have been like this
But you see now I'm too much in love

Carve your number on my wall
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone
Ah, ah

"Here, There And Everywhere"

To lead a better life I need my love to be here...

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with the wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share

Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share

Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

I will be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere

"She Said, She Said"

She said "I know what it's like to be dead
I know what it is to be sad"
And she's making me feel like I've never been born

I said "Who put all those things in your hair
Things that ake me feel that I'm mad
And you're making me feel like I've never been born"

She said "You don't understand what I said"
I said "No, no, no, you're wrong
When I was a boy everything was right
Everything was right"

I said "Even though you know what you know
I know that I'm ready to leave
Cos you're making me feel like I've never been born"

She said "You don't understand what I said"
I said "No, no, no, you're wrong
When I was a boy everything was right
Everything was right"

I said "Even though you know what you know
I know that I'm ready to leave
Cos you're making me feel like I've never been born."

She said "I know what it's like to be dead
I know what it is to be sad
I know what it's like to be dead..."

"For No One"

Your day breaks, your mind aches
You find that all the words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs you

She wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead
You think she needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need him

Your day breaks, your mind aches
There will be time when all the things she said will fill your head
You won't forget her

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

"When I'm Sixty Four"

When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?

You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight
If it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?

 "Good Morning, Good Morning"

Good morning, good morning
Good morning, good morning
Good morning ah

Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how's your boy been
Nothing to do it's up to you
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

Good morning, good morning
Good morning ah

Going to work don't want to go feeling low down
Heading for home you start to roam then you're in town
Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep
And you're on your own you're in the street

After a while you start to smile now you feel cool
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school
Nothing is changed it's still the same
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

Good morning, good morning
Good morning ah

People running round it's five o'clock
Everywhere in town is getting dark
Everyone you see is full of life
It's time for tea and meet the wife

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here
Watching the skirts you start to flirt now you're in gear
Go to a show you hope she goes
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good
Good morning, good morning, good

"The Fool On The Hill"

Day after day, alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
As he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

Well on the way, head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

He never listen to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him
The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning around

   "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"

Desmond has a barrow in the market place
Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly "girl I like your face"
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand

Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on

Desmond takes a trolley to the jewellers stores
Buys a twenty carat golden ring (Golden ring?)
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing (Sing)

Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on, yeah (No)

In a couple of years they have built
A home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
(Ah ha ha ha ha ha)

Happy ever after in the market place
Desmond lets the children lend a hand (Arm! Leg!)
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening she still sings it with the band

Yes, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on (Ha ha ha)
Hey, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on

In a couple of years they have built
A home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

Yeah, happy ever after in the market place
Molly lets the children lend a hand (Foot!)
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer with the band

Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on
Yeah, ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on bra
La-la how the life goes on

And if you want some fun... Take ob-la-di ob-la-da

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you

I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps

Well…

I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps

Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, ooh

     "I'm So Tired"

I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink
No, no, no

I'm so tired I don't know what to do
I'm so tired my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you'd do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
For a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
For a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got
For a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got
For a little peace of mind

         "Blackbird"

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

       "I Will"

Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will

For if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will
I will

Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
Da da da da da da da

      "Good Night"

Now it's time to say good night
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Mmmmmm

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Good night, good night, everybody
Everybody everywhere
Good night

       "Something"

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

      "Here Comes The Sun"

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right

      "From Me To You"

Da da da da da dum dum da
Da da da da da dum dum da

If there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love from me to you

I've got everything that you want
Like a heart that's oh so true
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love from me to you

I got arms that long to hold you
And keep you by my side
I got lips that long to kiss you
And keep you satisfied, oooh

If there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love from me to you

From me, to you
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love from me to you

I got arms that long to hold you
And keep you by my side
I got lips that long to kiss you
And keep you satisfied, oooh

If there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love from me to you
To you, to you, to you

"We Can Work It Out"

Try to see it my way

Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?

While you see it your way

Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone

We can work it out

We can work it out

Think of what you're saying

You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright

Think of what I'm saying

We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time

For fussing and fighting, my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

While you see it your way

There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time

For fussing and fighting, my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

While you see it your way

There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long

We can work it out. We can work it out

         "Paperback Writer"

Paperback writer

Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

Paperback writer

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer

Paperback writer

Paperback writer

Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer
Paperback writer, paperback writer (fade out)

      "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill"

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
He's the all American bullet-headed Saxon mother's son
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes, zap!
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
"Not when he looked so fierce", his mummy butted in
If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Oh ho!

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
[Eh up!]

"Lovely Rita"

Aaaahhh...

Lovely Rita meter maid
Lovely Rita meter maid

Lovely Rita meter maid
Nothing can come between us
When it gets dark I tow your heart away
Standing by a parking meter
When I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling in a ticket in her little white book
In a cap she looked much older
And the bag across her shoulder
Made her look a little like a military man

Lovely Rita meter maid
May I inquire discreetly (Lovely Rita)
When are you free to take some tea with me? (Lovely Rita, maid, ah)
Rita!

Took her out and tried to win her
Had a laugh and over dinner
Told her I would really like to see her again
Got the bill and Rita paid it
Took her home I nearly made it
Sitting on the sofa with a sister or two

Oh, lovely Rita meter maid
Where would I be without you
Give us a wink and make me think of you (Lovely Rita meter maid)
Lovely Rita meter maid, Rita meter maid (Lovely Rita meter maid)
Oh Lovely Rita meter meter maid (Lovely Rita meter maid)
Ah da, ah da (Lovely Rita meter maid)

"Penny Lane"

In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a clean machine

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway

In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane

   "Back In The U.S.S.R."

Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Yeah)

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind

Aw come on!
Ho yeah!
Ho yeah!
Ho ho yeah!
Yeah yeah!

Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind

Oh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Hey you don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Oh let me tell you, honey
Hey, I'm back!
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Yes, I'm free!
Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.

Coming Up With A Play List For My New Cover Band

August 14, 2015, 10:47 am

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Dear John,

I told Ixtapa owner, Don Pedro to "count us in" for the Last Friday in September. http://www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org/#!last-fridays/c22tz

This will be fun!

I realize my vocal skills have improved in the last couple months to the point where I can now sing the following repertoire:

Love The One You're With - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3ruuml-R4

Brown Eyed Girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXSBe-qMGo

Alison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9GlC9GyF4Y

Nowhere Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PASYqq4-iD0

Paperback Writer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taADLPtyDb0

Black Bird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epRPz0LGPE

Knocking On Heaven's Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSIPQ-Bdc8

For What It's Worth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

Who'll Stop The Rain? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA

Up Around The Bend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnRsaHXHznQ

Out My Back Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVeyC849E54

No Expectations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rIqBeMZAMc

Wild Horses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFLJFl7ws_0

The Weight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmRDM7GyJXE

Long Black Veil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMwPd27sg_k

Wonderful Tonight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7Hd2r0LOs

Tears In Heaven - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6t4Zs5Yq_k

Hallelujah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4

Get Together (Love Is But A Song We Sing) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCiLxRCBf40

I Can See Clearly Now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FscIgtDJFXg

Drift Away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_eVcCAUXo

Dock Of The Bay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

In My Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m6Kx0a6QEU

It's Such A Good Feeling To Know (Poco) 

Studio Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPMadlXtfE0

Live Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYuHvvBd5H0

Stuck In The Middle With You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q

Overkill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY7S6EgSlCI

"Scrubbs" Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGmcuj44DQ

Baby Blue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkA7xQb6uPk

Day After Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E

Sahajiya - http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/sahajiya-tommy-graham-and-amazing.html

Rain (Beatles) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmJGXhSmaY

Take It Easy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMA3lIeqV8M

Desperado - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDNtqy0zjJA

Sixty Years On - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEcafVVUxqk

Candle In The Wind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80rHyABCb20

Wake Up Maggie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5eTP6fCmA

House At Pooh Corner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Lob87t-V8

                                                                       ***

With a little work, I can "master" most of The Beatles' songs at http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/beatles-songs-that-fit-my-voice.html

I'd also like a shot at more Stones' stuff - Just Waiting On A Friend, Mother's Little Helper, Ruby Tuesday, As Tears Go By, Angie (which I sang passably well as a young man), 19th Nervous Breakdown, Get Off My Cloud, Gimme Shelter, Jumpin' Jack Flash  and -- as unlikely as it seems -- Sympathy For The Devil.

I do not really know what I could do from The Who's corpus but "Pure and Easy" fits my voice and "Behind Blue Eyes" is a song I sang in my youth. 

The Kids Are Alright? 

Join Together With The Band? 

Won't Get Fooled Again? 

Who Are You? 

You Better You Better? 

Squeeze Box? 

Pure And Easy (The Who) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXuBRMtU2A 

Pure And Easy (Townsend) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfFh0h1IF20

Behind Blue Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA

"The Who's Best Songs": https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=the%20who%20best%20songs

As you may know, I am abidingly fond of Alabama's "I'm In A Hurry" which I can sing a capella but for a snag or two in the difficult bridge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICwZ01bT3w

Another juvenile indulgence is "Much Too Much" by The Who, a nearly unknown song unless you caught the train early. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN9FlB6G7Nk

Pax tecum

Alan

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:54 PM, JN wrote:

I'm on it.  I should know by Monday who I can pull together.  I would love to play some songs that have a "beginning and an ending!" I say we put together a group of songs that an audience would like to hear as well would be fun to perform.  It would have to be the September date for me as I am out the last weekend of August.  Hope that works for you.  I have a vocalist guitarist in line already, Dan on bass.   So we are on our way.

Thanks,

J

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear J,

Let's do it!

Pax tecum

Alan

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:02 PM, JN wrote:

Hey Alan, thanks for the email. If you are willing I will put a band together to play out that last Friday in September. I have some folks who have asked to play out and work up some songs. If you are interested let me know!?

J

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear J,

I've missed you on music night and hope you come back soon.

Along with your spot on set of musical skills I look forward to collaborating on your own compositions - "Last Call" for starters.

Here's a bit of what we've been doing...

Two Fridays ago we had great fun with "Nowhere Man" and "Paperback Writer." 

And for several weeks now we've played Elvis Costello's "Alison" with remarkable result! 

We've also had uncanny good luck with a mash-up of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" with Elton John's "Love Song." 

Steven Stills and Elton John is an improbable combination but the two songs work really well together. 

Here are a couple other tunes that "fit my voice" and would be simple-dimple to "put together." 

Can't Find My Way Home - Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith

No Expectations - The Rolling Stones - No Expectations

Wonderful Tonight - Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton

Aimee - Pure Prairie League - Amie (High Quality) - With lyrics 

Hard-core rock-and-roller that you are, I'm confident you'll conjure riffs-and-rhythms to ice the cake. 

Pax tecum

Alan