The US national anthem doesn’t make me feel patriotic at all. It was about a war the United States lost.
Here’s some music that does make me feel patriotic.
What music makes you feel patriotic?
by DougJ| 131 Comments
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The US national anthem doesn’t make me feel patriotic at all. It was about a war the United States lost.
Here’s some music that does make me feel patriotic.
What music makes you feel patriotic?
by DougJ| 16 Comments
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Still my favorite rendition of the national anthem.
Marvin Gaye Sings Star Spangled Banner – 1983 All Star Game – Los Angeles, CA from Neil Gronowetter on Vimeo.
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No politics. Lots of BBQ. Post links to pictures of your pets.
Proceed.
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As promised:
Don’t be the least bit fooled by that innocent look. He is up to no damned good.
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Howdy all!
Just checking in. Trying to lock Thurston down and get some good pictures, all while spending the night gaming. Shawn is at the beach and Christion is out drinking with the frat boys, so it’s just me and the critters.
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… although your mileage may vary. Joan Walsh, at Salon:
… So many brave Americans fought in vain to spread socialism in the United States, but it’s advancing in the summer of 2015 thanks to an unlikely vanguard: lazy and apolitical political reporters who love horse races and hate the Clintons.
Yes, the MSM is making sure that socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is taken seriously in his uphill run against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. He’s surging in Iowa and New Hampshire, polls tell us, and attracting 10,000 people at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday night.
This lifelong lefty who attended Madison is thrilled to see it – and yet a little cynical, too. I mean really, folks: If Sanders had a chance to become president, Mark Halperin would be the first in line to red-bait him, rather than shaming Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Clinton supporter, into doing it on Morning Joe.
But the rise of Sanders, alongside that of the GOP’s surging star, blustering racist Donald Trump, also shows the media the difference between the ideological moorings of the folks who make up the Democratic and Republican base. The Democrats have a lot of lefties, FDR Democrats, folks who want single payer health insurance, people who think we can learn from Western Europe not stigmatize it — and yes, Sanders excites them. On the GOP side, there is a loud, large, angry segment of the GOP base that’s frankly xenophobic, nativist, even racist. Trump speaks to them…
… Hillary Clinton can afford to welcome Sanders’ candidacy, and even endorse a lot of his platform. As Jim Newell points out here, she’s enormously popular even among Sanders supporters in Iowa. And Sanders isn’t the polarizing figure that Trump is. He’s good for the Democratic Party — and for socialism too…
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Apart from arguing politics, what’s on the agenda for the official start of the weekend?
by Betty Cracker| 159 Comments
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