Daily Topics - Friday April 23 2010- Brunch with Bernie!
By louisehartmann
"Anything Goes on Townhall Fridays!"
Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - "FreedomWorks Bullies GEICO" to Axe Voice-Over Actor D.C. Douglas Actor, Writer/Director, Voice Talent www.dcdouglas.com
Plus... Corporate Personhood - Jan Edwards Activist-The Alliance for Democracy and organizer for Democracy Day (10th Anniversary Celebration of the Point Arena Resolution) www.CaliforniaDemocracy.org
Comments
#2
I don't need no farms! I get my food at Jewel!
#3
Caller Cheryl,
You sound like such a lovely person. I hope things go well for you.
#4
Thom, when I was a kid, my neighbor kept a few steer. After about a year of raising a calf to adult, he would have a butcher come out. The butcher would shoot the steer in the head with a 22 to stun it, then hook it up to the back of the truck crane, and proceed to butcher it while it hung upside down. I don't think I was ever up early enough to see the steer get shot, but I've watched quite a few go through the rest of the process. The only thing that really disturbed me was the use of a chain saw to cut the carcass in two. Never put me off of eating meat. However, in High School one of my teachers went through a cursory overview on how hot dogs are made. His explanation that when you sometimes bite a hard granular piece, that was generally a piece of hoof, was enough for me to basically give up eating hot dogs since.
#5
@Quark - Apache Tears
You may remember that Thom had Antonio D'Ambrosio on last year talking about the music of Johnny Cash. I believe the song "Apache Tears" mayhave been mentioned, but wasn't played. Here's a link to the performance of "Apache Tears" from GRIT TV. I like it more than the version by Johnny Cash,
#6
Meet John Doh!
I just listened to the music you recommended. It was beautiful. Thanks!
Here's one (from "Once Upon A Time in Mexico") that I recently discovered and like:
#7
DANGER! CAUCASIANS AHEAD!
#8
Meet John Doh!
Thanks so much for the Apache Tears link. That is really powerful. This is the first time I've heard it.
#9
Meet John Doh!
Here's the accoustic version of Siente Mi Amor. It's really lovely:
#10
I think my favorite is the traditional Mexican song "Cu Cu Ca Ru La Paloma" I have a version by the nuevo cancion band Zazil in support of the Zapatista resistance.
#11
John Doe and Quark, way to take Anything Goes Friday ;-) I would never have guessed the blog would have ended up with music recommendations today.
#12
harry ashburn,
'Wish I could hear the version you have. I just found a number of other versions on YouTube...
#13
Nels,
This was really fun!
#14
Fridays are always fun.
Hear's a song recommendation (can find it on you tube) if you're looking for something romantical. MC5 Let Me Try.
#15
MC5 had a really great album there. American Ruse is another song on that album worthwhile to listen to, but its far from being romantic, far more appropriate for this blog though ;-)
#16
I love to listen to Los Lobos. Here are lots of wonderful songs:
http://www.google.com/search?q=los+lobos&tbo=p&tbs=vid%3A1&source=vgc&hl=en&aq=0&oq=Los+Lo
#17
Here's one of my favorite websites for music listening: Pandora.com
Try it out, you put in bands or songs you like and it will play back something similar, the more you build up what you like, the more the songs it returns to you are more to the style you like. Its hard to explain, its a must for any music lover though. There's a free version of the site (that plays a commercial at every 4th or 5th song) or a subscription service (don't know what that's like, never bothered).
Fair warning though, you find yourself on this site a lot for the first month or so after you try it (very addictive).
#18
Nels,
Speaking of MC5 links, here's one for you. (As far as the opening announcer goes, discussing the wonders of FM stereo radio, we've come a long way, Baby!) :-)
#19
Wow, Wayne Krammer sure looks different. He did some solo albums in the '90's and was playing at a local bar weekly in Long Beach, CA promoting the albums. Quite the unique experience seeing a rock legend play in front of a group of about 100 people give or take.
#20
Songs of note that Kramer had on his albums, Rats Of Illusion, a song about the mainstream (right-wing) media, and Revolution in Apt 29, a song about pseudo revolutionary left wing groups that talk more than anything else.
#21
I guess I'd pretty much recommend most of The Cramps songs too, but that's more to the lustier side of Rock-a-billy. I've taken a clip from this song as a ringtone for my wife when she calls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVRWSm2-P3w
#22
@Quark here's the CD number: PCD 1123. I misspelled the name of the band, its Zazhil "Sones para un nuevo Sol" Tenochdisc Records.
#23
Chickens
The goose-stepping GOP trolls and many Democrats have said that we could pay our bills by bartering with people and companies. They even have said that if we need help we could ask our neighbors for help.
I have contacted many people and companies to pay my bills through bartering. Here is a list of people and companies that I have contacted – the barber, my doctors, the dentist, utility companies, neighbors, and parishioners. Not one of these Americans and American companies would accept any bartering, such as chickens in place of money.
A goose-stepping GOP troll and many Democratic trolls have offered words but no solutions. A troll stands for a totally, retarded, obnoxious, low, life.
As desperate as I have become, I have found some comfort, help, and relief.
Relief
I have tried to inform you through serious information and humorous information. Americans face many problems from mass murders, home foreclosures, loss of retirement benefits, etc. Americans need a better life and relief may help our citizens. Our youngest son has travelled to Asia and Europe. In Asia he introduced me to a Korean recipe for Kim Chee. At first I ate from an Asian Mart. Kim Chee can be found in most Asian grocery stores.
Kim Chee can offer relief for many of our problems. I must alert you to a fact. When you open the jar of Kim Chee, the smell can bold you over. You will be introduced to a noxious stench. If you can forget about the smell, the taste of Kim Chee is really great. I can make Kim Chee an entire meal just like I can make my wife’s famous marinated four bean salad a main meal.
Kim Chee offers relief by having you experience the greatest BMs in your life. Great BMs can ease your life’s problems and you can start your life renewed to take on all of your problems.
#25
Thom Hartmann
The Loveboat with Louise and Higgins
Portland, Oregon
Dear Mr. Hartmann,
As a listener and a Thom poster to the Thom Hartmann Show I am well aware of Rush Limbaugh and how he has contaminated the minds of the Rush faithful. He has contaminated their thought processes and words with garbage. Even when you look at the Rush faithful, you can see and hear garbage. Rush has been on the radio for twenty-two years. It takes time to contaminate the mind.
Thom, I need to caution you. You are informative and you have also a faithful following. These are positive areas and it has helped you to become the most progressive show in America. The problem is that you need to become more intuitive to what is happening in the United States of Hell. Your optimism for America’s future seems to disagree with what Americans are seeing, hearing, and reading.
In time your optimism will create for your faithful a serious mental disorder. Your faithful will acquire a bipolar disorder. The old name has been called a manic-depressive disorder. From your show your listeners will receive highs about our future but in the real world your highs will be offset by lows and the creation of a bipolar disorder in your faithful fans.
Since serious bipolar disorders will require institutionalized care and with no funds available for such care, your faithful listeners will prowl the streets of America like zombies.
We enjoy watching and listening to Rachel Maddow She tells it like it really is and she brings us back to sanity. I believe that less optimism and more reality will help the faithful maintain some degree of sanity in our real United States of Hell.
Sincerely, gerald aka a Jesus liberal, pacifist, and progressive
#26
http://www.osjspm.org/social_teaching_documents.aspx
The above link is an excellent source for information. If you want to know whether or not certain politicians are true Christians, this link may answer your questions.
#27
Lifetime Recipe
2 heaping cups of patience
1 heart full of love
2 hands full of generosity
A dash of laughter
Sprinkle generously with kindness. Add plenty of faith and mix well. Spread over a period of lifetime, and serve everybody you meet.
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The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw all things in God and God in all things. – Mechthild Magdeburg
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