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primroseburrows) wrote2007-01-31 04:19 pm
primroseburrows) wrote2007-01-31 04:19 pm
Yes, it's time for More Random Things You Probably Don't Care About!
Yes, it's time for More Random Things You Probably Don't Care About!
I've been meaning to link this brilliant thing for days, but I keep forgetting to do it (moi? Forget something? How shocking!). See, this is why I could never live in Québec: I couldn't possibly live up to their motto. I'd be thrown out on my derriere.
Anyway, here's the video. Hilarious and pathetically true:
The guy who does the music is Eric Schwartz. I don't know anything about him, but the first thing read when I Googled him was "Eric Schwartz has morphed ADHD into Art", and that's all I really need to know. :D
This guy, I know. I grew up knowing him. Give up seven-ish minutes of your day to watch a real, old-school Democrat in action:
Call it noblesse oblige if you must, but I don't see obligation, here, I see anger. Watching this makes my oft-flickering hope for America burn a bit brighter. Every time I turn around I'm more proud of my home state. Way to go, Senator.
[Poll #917984]- and finally, a cool little meme:
Reply to this and I will:
1) Tell you why I friended you.
2) Associate you with a song/movie.
3) Tell a random fact about you.
4) Tell my first memory of you.
5) Associate you with an animal/fruit.
6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
Reposting in your own LJ is encouraged, but not insisted upon. :) - Okay, must go. Off to
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songdog's house!
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Technically, you're right (IMO the whole thing was a clusterfuck, anyway; the Republicans were just waiting for him to screw up so they could snap at it). And even so, if Clinton got impeached for lying under oath, why hasn't Dubya been impeached for illegally starting a war? It wasn't approved by Congress,all. There's probably some loophole to get him out of it, because hey, this is politics! I don't think they should do it now, anyway, because, as
b) Mark this day on your calendars because you'll likely not see a day like it again: I agree with Ted Kennedy. But I still don't like the yelling, no matter if it's passion or not (though I think it's more theatrics for the camera).
I agree with the good Senator more often than not. Also, the US is downright somber compared to other countries. Take a look at this:
As far as I know, it's against the rules in Congressional session for anyone else to speak except the person who's standing up. I kind of like the noise. It seems human to me. It's probably a little counterproductive, though. I don't think Stéphane Dion ever got his debate, either,
because Stephen Harper is a jerkpoor w00bie. *bakes him cookies because he's OMG so adorable* Erm. what were we talking about again? Oh, yeah. :)Ever since I was a wee girl, no song has stirred my national pride more than "Battle Hymn of the Republic." None. It touches on everything I believe in and includes one the most most persoanlly profound and moving lines ever written: "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free". I'd make it our national anthemn if I could.
I love it, too. It's one of my favourite hymns (I'm a fan of sacred music in general). I usually sing "let us live to make men free", which probably has Julia Ward Howe turning over in her grave every time I do.
I don't think it should be our national anthem, though, because the religious reference not only goes against the separation of church and states, but is exclusionary to a whole segment of the population who doesn't believe in God. I feel the same way about the Pledge of Allegiance. The words "under God" were added in the fifties, and while it reflected the attitude of the time, it wasn't the right thing to do, IMO.
And anyway, I think our national anthem should be Do Wah Diddy by Manfred Mann. I've said as much for years. :) Can you imagine an entire hockey stadium singing along to that? It would so rock, man.
3.No one I have ever met obssesses faster and so completely as you do.
I'm sure you have me confused with someone else.
can't remember her name. Sara?
Sandie. :)
5. A golden retriever. Beautiful, friendly, fun, loving, and loyal.
Awww! :D
6. Taking a cue from James Lipton, what's your favorite curse word?
I had to look up James Lipton, 'cause I had no clue who he was. So that's that guy's name. :)
Hmm...Probably 'fuck' and its various tenses, but only if it's used sparingly and for effect. If you use it all the time it loses its oomph. It also depends on who says it. If it's Ewan McGregor doing the cursing, it's "shite". Nobody can say that like he can. If it's Paul Gross, it's definitely "fuck". See above sentence. If it's Alan Rickman, who the hell cares what he says? Every word that comes out of that man's mouth is fecking beautiful (Hmm. I also like "fecking", which isn't really a curse word).
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2. I don't like the noise. It comes off as disrespectful and, considering we're talking about a body that holds a good deal of power over the country, childish. All amount of courtesy and decorum should be shown at that level (and at any level as far as that goes).
3. Don't get me started about the whole "Pledge" thing. I mean, come on. We don't have anything better to do? In all honesty, I don't think kids under the age of, say, ten, should me made to say it at all because how many kids actually know the meaning of what they're saying? I sure didn't. It's like Lewis Black said, the Pledge is like coffee for kindergartners: it wakes them up in the morning at school, and they don't really know what they're saying anyway.
4. Do Wah Diddy. I'm with you, bro-ham. Ready the pettition!
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I agree with you. The Dems were elected because they weren't the Republicans, for the most part. Especially in RI. But I also think it's because the nation wants to see progress with various issues, and the red Congress wasn't offering any.
2. I don't like the noise. It comes off as disrespectful and, considering we're talking about a body that holds a good deal of power over the country, childish. All amount of courtesy and decorum should be shown at that level (and at any level as far as that goes).
I think we humans are at our core pretty childish. And since politicians tend to be childish as a matter of course, I'm not surprised at the noise. I think impassioned fervor is to be welcomed, though. It's hard to be cerebral when the adrenaline is flowing. That's different than childish noisemaking.
I don't think kids under the age of, say, ten, should me made to say it at all because how many kids actually know the meaning of what they're saying? I sure didn't. It's like Lewis Black said, the Pledge is like coffee for kindergarteners: it wakes them up in the morning at school, and they don't really know what they're saying anyway.
Yep, yep. I remember saying the Pledge at age six, followed by "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (did I mention I hate the tune to that?). I remember thinking, hmm. "land where my fathers died", and thought I might be contradicting myself because my father was alive and well at the time.
I do have a question for you, and I don't mean it to be leading at all: why do you think "under God" was added? Not why you think it should or shouldn't have been (although I'd like to know that, too) but why you think TPTB did it. I think it had something to do with McCarthyism, but other than that I really have no clue.
Do Wah Diddy FTW!. We can even get Bruce Willis to sing it at the World Series.
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IMO, they can take it out, now. We're not so afraid of the Godless Communist Heathens anymore. ;)