Posted on 07/08/2008 6:12:58 PM PDT by Coffee200am
ZIMBABWE'S government said today that the G8 leaders' rejection of President Robert Mugabe's legitimacy and threats of financial measures against his regime are racist and an insult to African leaders.
"They want to undermine the African Union and (South African) President Mbeki's (mediation) efforts because they are racist, because they think only white people think better," said Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga.
"It's an insult to African leaders," Mr Matonga said.
Mr Matonga insisted that Mr Mugabe, elected last month in a widely denounced one-man vote, was the southern African nation's rightful leader.
The party has often said Mr Mbeki should step down as mediator in the crisis.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Would someone please finally forget about diplomatic niceties and openly verbally bi*ch slap this fool?
Is there anything in the world today with regard to blacks that isn’t “racist”?
...Says the man who threw all the white farmers off of THEIR land because he felt blacks should own it.
I’d pay to see Bush address the issue and say, “Yep, definitely racist,” and rolls his eyes.
Racism has become the cry of the mentally retarded and morally bankrupt. When nothing else will even make sense, you can bet the race card is coming.
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well, there you go.........
NO!
Apparently, the term “Black Hole” is a racist term now. Sheesh!
9 points to go and they’ll hopefully close up shop.
Crying racism seems to be the new equivalent of thumb sucking for people who aren't really grown ups.
LOL. Yeah, now they have to let him into the G-8. They played the Racist Card. Good Golly Miss Molly! lol
I know I should be winding down for sleep, but now I just feeling like dancing. Dancing to Good Golly Miss Molly!
Lil Richard is someone I’ve always wanted to meet. I blew my high school away with his music and my choreography in dance.
I was 14 and we'd sneak out to the barn and play our 45 records out there.
By 1969, I was in the front row of this concert.
I was always of a mind that Prince was inspired by Little Richard - putting their styles side by side. Little Richard is much more fun, but yes, Prince puts on a heck of a good show too.
The Fillmore! Wah, no I wasn't at that concert. The Fillmore and I became more than casual acquaintances in later years.
That particular concert kicked off a totally "Led" wave throughout the Bay Area. It had to be have been phenomenal, given how "musical" the SF Bay area was, back then. A plethora of bands. I grew up going to concerts which is simply what "we" did. The music really was everywhere. Pepperland, Colliseum, Keysar Stadium, The Sleeping Lady, Placido at Stein Grove, Symphonies.
Obviously, Blam, you've an excellent ear for music and musicians, being in the forefront of identifying 'em.
It was awesome. We also spent many Sundays in Golden Gate Park listening to the free concerts by the unknown group Grateful Dead. Ah, youth, lol.
What exactly is the definition of “racist?”
The Grateful Dead "home" was about 1/2 mile from my family home. My brother did a lot of artwork. Where I grew up, one could see Buddy Miles on his "tri-chopper" any time of the day (he did a benefit for a student at my highschool), Van Morrison lived a stone's throw away, Dave Mason same road as Buddy and Van, CSN&Y rented my friend Brenda's parents' cottage for a jam studio; but the funnest was Sly and the Family Stone. They'd pull up at the local grocery, Roger Wilco, in a stretch limo, and tromp on out, one at a time, in a single line to do the weekly "shopping". And later, parties -- there'd be Steve Perry, Pearl from Janis Joplin's band, members of Santana, and so on. They all lived nearby. I remember when Huey Lewis and the News were simply a very local band. :)
Now, back to the Dead. :) I liked Jerry Garcia very much. He, off stage, was exactly like the "he" on stage. A really excellent host and person to simply be around. Yes, Blam. Youth. lol.
The Summer of Sugar Magnolia was the summer of my debut. It was a rock'n'roll kinda of non-formalized debutante event. :>
:)
I saw a zillion concerts, too. Doobie Brothers were pre-star band for many years; my favorite was the "Skunk", of course. Always and thoroughly "mellow" and unflappable:) I was there first time Doobie Brothers "headlined"; it really was quite an event. Very special. (But then I was also a major Steely Dan Fan, and Skunk also played with them. Saw BB King multiple times, and also at Monterrey Jazz Festival.
I saw The Eagles recently -- phenomenal concert. Joe Walsh, but what can I say. Love that man and his mug.
I'd have given my eye-teeth to be there for the Beach Boys' "SMILE" tour when it came through this area. I have the sound track and seen video. Would have loved to have been there.
Hoping not overwhelming you or boring you with my memory tracks... Thanks for sharing it with me.
My only child was conceived in The Summer Of Love.
I think John Phillips (Mama's & Papa's) wrote and then gave the above song to his friend Scott McKenzie.
Wow. We may know each other from that period, lol. We used to go to a place named 'The Chateau' off highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains and the pre-group Doobie Brothers would show up and jam for the handful of 'hippies' that were there. I was frequently there.
Did you know that Skunk works as an antiterror advisor for the government?
"It's an insult to African European leaders," Mr Matonga-Goebbels said.
Hmmm. Sounds oddly familiar to something I read in my "European History of the 1930s" class way back when...
More's the pity given what Southern Rhodesia was like back about 35 years ago, as shown to me by a friend who was born and raised there (who is now a white African-American, BTW).
Racist, my a$$. Mugabe wants to be remembered as worst than Hitler and Stalin COMBINED!
And yes, I had heard that about Skunk. Cool dude then, still a way cool man.
I used to hear a lot of newer bands at the Sleeping Lady at the base of Mt. Tamalpais. "Stoneground" rocked. Pepperland had regular, incredible shows featuring such bands as Hot Tuna, Santana, etc. Tower of Power was my "band" at Pepperland. When they played the entire San Rafael area rocked.
That video, Scott McKenzie, took me on such a memory roll, I could smell the Eucalpytus in the air. I loved San Francisco.
Never saw the Mamas and Papas perform live, but was taken on a field trip in grammar school to a performance by Peter, Paul, and Mary, tho.
I backed off of live concerts as they became more increasingly violent. Last one of my Billy "Day on the Green" was a huge long-list all star. Some freakazoid climbed one of the sound towers and refused to come down. Johnny and Edgar Winters, etc.
Were you familiar with Marshall Tucker and/or Elvin Bishop Bands?
The Mama's and the Papa's were my "go-go boot" days. Can't immediately locate the exact picture of the pair I wore. I still have some of my original clothing from that period ("gunny sack"). Still have my "mod" belt from then. My daughters love my earrings from the 70s.
But I sure wish I'd hung onto some of my hiphuggers and "military surplus" wide legger, sailor button up pants.
The last concert I went to was the Eagles, 'Hell Freezes Over' concert in Houston, Texas in 1994.
The suprise guest was Joe Walsh. I still have Joe's, James Gang albums.
If the *whatever* impugns the ability or intent of any interest group ever living [even five thousand years ago] except white Euro, it is racist.
well, leftists and some conservatives do think whites are both the cause and the cure for what ails the black race globally.
Seems to me.......You don't wanna talk about it"
Great Song! Again, you've made my morning, Blam. :)
At Farewell 1 or 2 (I forget), Joe had a camera on a hardhat he was wearing, panning the audience, the photos were projected to a huge screen. He was so much fun. Couldn't tell if I was laughing or singing along, half the time. Didn't matter, either way.
I attended Dan's Bake Sale in Fort Collins, Colorado back in the day. As we arrived, a lot of us, loudspeakers were blaring out "Life's Been Good". First thing you saw was a classic Boy Scout's "Pinewood Derby" setup. Each of the cars had a name, like, the Barney Frank, which when let loose down the track always veered to the left. There was a Hillary car too.
My son plays piano, reads music. He plays this song so beautifully, he plays it by ear (no sheet), sings it so beautifully. Fills my heart. Makes it soar. (He's a Joe Walsh groupie, following in my footsteps. :) )
Excellent. That must have been exciting back in that time frame.
Beautiful song.
"My son plays piano, reads music. He plays this song so beautifully, he plays it by ear (no sheet), sings it so beautifully. Fills my heart. Makes it soar. (He's a Joe Walsh groupie, following in my footsteps. :) ) "
I'm a hi-tech guy (Chip-maker) and I guess my son has followed in my foot-steps, PhD in physics. I don't know his music anymore...he's FReeper 'Charge Carrier'. (A picture at his home page).
In a world of moral relativism where the concept of "evil" is regarded with contempt, the culture uses the concept of "racism" instead. "Racism" is a much more malleable term than "evil" and thus is more useful. Like in this famous passage from Obama's first book, where he invites two white friends to a party:
“What’s the matter?” Ray shouted over the music when I went to let him know we were leaving. “Things just starting to heat up.”
“They’re not into it, I guess.” Our eyes met, and for a long stretch we just stood there, the noise and laughter pulsing around us.
In the car, Jeff put an arm on my shoulder, looking at once contrite and relieved. “You know, man,” he said, “that really taught me something. I mean, I can see how it must be tough for you and Ray sometimes, at school parties . . . being the only black guys and all.”
I snorted. “Yeah. Right.” A part of me wanted to punch him right there.
Now, nothing these white people did at this party could be construed as "evil" using even the loosest definition. But the defitition of "racism" is far looser, and you can have not even one iota of evil in your heart and still be horribly racist; you need not have committed any conceivable crime, and yet because of "racism" you're much worse than any criminal.
In short, "racism" is a means of control.
The real question, to my mind, given that my children are successful, yours too - we were raised in the thick of the Hippie Swelter of ago, and yet... and yet... neither we, nor our offspring became Harmonic Convergence groupies.
Any ideas on how this came to be different from usual predictions re offspring of Hippie-Type, Rock'n' Roll types?
Music has always been a mainstay in my home; 5-part harmonies on road trips, scat sessions in the kitchen...
It was. I wish you’d been there, too! Everything Rush has been saying about how it “was” is true. I purchased some original “RUSH” artwork from the event. Best thing of all was how much a sense of freedom it gave us, being as it were we from the SF Bay Area. We rented a Tioga for the event. Never had to lock up, didn’t have to worry about kids getting kidnapped or molested. And just before Rush hit the stage, a hail storm hit; women nearby, opened their long coats to help me shelter my very young children. when Rush hit the stage, and my toddler son couldn’t see, a marine lifted my son high above his own head, so my son could see. I have this incredible snapshot of the Marine, the crowd, and my son with a look of pure rapture on his face.
It was like a glimpse of a reunion in heaven of kindred souls.
So many different faces, colors, sizes, representing people from all over the world, singing as one voice. We encountered absolutely no rudeness. And charity? OMG, the charity towards one another was endless.
I think the only grump I encountered was Bo Snerdly. lol.
I was a week-end hippie. I worked a full time job through-out the whole counter culture revolution.
"Any ideas on how this came to be different from usual predictions re offspring of Hippie-Type, Rock'n' Roll types?"
I'll chalk it up to the thrift, commonsense and the morals passed to me by my depression era parents.
It probably can't reproduced.
Gotta agree with that.
What we need is a UN-administered corn-for-food program...
Iran ‘respects’ Zimbabwe poll result
Herald Sun | 1 July 2008
Posted on 06/30/2008 11:49:03 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039026/posts
Mugabe’s Secret War - in Britain
Bahrain Tribune | 07.01.2008 | Bahrain Tribune
Posted on 06/30/2008 6:08:45 PM PDT by Coffee200am
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038908/posts
Zimbabwe arms embargo, asset freezes — draft UN resolution
Reuters (excerpt) | June 30, 2008 | Louis Charbonneau
Posted on 06/30/2008 4:13:34 PM PDT by HAL9000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038848/posts
Both my parents were depression era, filled to bursting with common sense, and morals, too.
I think there's another aspect. Your parents loved you and respected the uniqueness of the Gift from God in you.
And you passed all this on to your exquisite son. And encouraged him to reach stars even farther than you were able to reach.
You remember when CSN&Y came out with Teach Your Children? I remember it vividly in hippy central woodsy Marin. Everyone started dressing alike, going to the same hot tubs, eating lentils, doing the whole 3rd world country "for the children" barfarola. The children were left to run wild. The parents were more "involved" with viewing themselves through some Still/Nash "grading standard" than they were with seeing their children obtain the skills necessary that they could, say, write better music than CSN&Y.
Mandellas, and God's Eyes were everywhere. Prisms, and crystals, and tie-die, long hair, beards; family yurts, communes.
The kids really needed their parents to be parents; not groove-heads to be played upon by a stylus.
Was awakened this morning by the song in my dream, bringing a wave of memories: Dreamboat Annie.
My brother took to calling me Dreamboat Annie during the 70s, as I kept battling wave after wave of PC hitting the area. I really didn't think I was battling: They said "being yourself was a good thing". I was being myself. And they hated it.
I was being totally mellow. And it made the local hippie wanna be's uptight... to hear what I thought or said.
How fortunate! I’ve never seen a live performance of theirs. Very lively, talented ladies and band.
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