I like it!
Posted on 10/28/2004 11:00:58 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim
Thanks! :^D..... The fact that Dubyuh made the secretive trip to visit the
troops in Iraq was one of the highlights of his first term, imho.Amen! He is one heck of a man and President .....
Man you really cranked that sucker out in record time, too.
...you've become a reagular *machine*. {g}
Well good, 'cuz I'm dedicating that song to you in honor of all the great teaching you've done over the years. Hopefully, you'll agree that any short-term losses we perceive--like raising the debt limit [AGAIN] and this silly proposal to give amnesty to folks who wantonly ignore our immigration laws--can be made short-lived if RightWingers fight to win Dubyuh's Presidency with the same energy we fought to win his reelection!!
: "Of course that assumes the correct song's being played -- in my mind -- while reading your lyrics, eh? :o)"
Heh heh heh...it's EMA#12.12.
"Man you really cranked that sucker out in record time, too. ...you've become a reagular *machine*. {g}"
Tain't been in much of a "machine" mood lately...but the bosses let me off early this afternoon so I had a little free time and yer song inspired me...funny how often that has happened over the years.
FReegards...MUD
Happy Thanksgiving to you too, FGS!
IF you've got a CD copy of Tull's "Benefit," you should check it out and especially if you've Roxio software.
Weird.
Now, if you DO you have CD burner software & it is Roxio's {spit} "EZ CD Creator" Ver 6 (or lower), then here's what *you* could do to right the error(s).
On CD 7:17 xfer the CD contents into the "Label Creator" section, then, edit #17 to read "Teacher."
Print it out & trim it and voila'...one down.
As for #12 -- & this assumes you've EZCD Creator -- you can burn cuts 1 through 11 to a new CD.
Next burn the *real* "Inside".
Then burn cuts 13 through 17 & close that sucker up and when the program prompts whether you want to open the "Label Creator" answer "yes" & then under the "Tools" pillion select "Add CD Contents" which'll add what's on it -- with edit -- to the print que.
Make certain you're selecting "white" for color, no background & the correct fonts which're as follows:
1) Song titles & artists = Arial #10pt
2) CD Name (EMA) = Edwardian Script #48pt & 'centered'
3) Volume # = Stellar #28pt & 'centered'
That's it.
"Well good, 'cuz I'm dedicating that song to you in honor of all the great teaching you've done over the years."
Wow, that's very nice of you my friend.
I'm honored considering *who* said that, y'know. ;^)
"Hopefully, you'll agree that any short-term losses we perceive--like raising the debt limit [AGAIN] and this silly proposal to give amnesty to folks who wantonly ignore our immigration laws--can be made short-lived if RightWingers fight to win Dubyuh's Presidency with the same energy we fought to win his reelection!!"
*Hopefully* the operative word.
I'm not so sure that any of those things -- & more -- will be done to my/our satisfaction, I mean if history counts for anything?
Still, I know how I feel about those issues and I believe I'm aligned with you, as for what the man actually does in his second term is, of course, totally up to him because when we voted for him we gave him the power to run this government as he sees fit.
That means -- to me, anyway -- he runs it whther or not I understand or particularly agree with what he decides.
And *that'll* be the tough part for me, where I'll have to put-up or shut-up.
>Of course that assumes the correct song's being played -- in my mind -- while reading your lyrics, eh?
"Heh heh heh...it's EMA#12.12."
HA!!
You're a mensch, Mud. ;^)
.Man you really cranked that sucker out in record time, too. ...you've become a regular *machine*.
Tain't been in much of a "machine" mood lately..."
I hadn't been either, until I got away from cyber space for a bit & then all kinds of perspective & inspiration came flooding back.
Like I said, I knocked out 7 EMAs in the time it'd normally have taken to do *2*.
Have a *lot* on my mind, what-with our closing on the new place Dec 6th and then actually supervising the movers packing & loading on the 6th, 7th & 8th then meeting 'em to unload no later than the 10th.
Getting too old for this crap, but knew if I didn't make as many EMAs as possible now, it might be months before I get back to 'em.
...but the bosses let me off early this afternoon so I had a little free time and yer song inspired me..."
You're probably extra-relieved to have a nice long 4 day holiday starin' ya in the mug.
Nothing like the thought of idle time to stimulate a little optimism.
"...funny how often that has happened over the years."
There, you're doing it again. {g}
~eh, you, Mrs Mud & the shrimp-kins have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
...y'hear? ;^)
You may look like you've too much time on your hands to fiddle with paint shop, Braveman.
...but I know better. {g}
A young man named Pete received a parrot as a gift.
The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.
Pete tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, Pete was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
Pete shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.
Pete, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, Pete quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto Pete's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
Pete was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.
As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
haha! Classic. :^D
I hate to admit this, but I've got zero J_Tull CD's...I've FReeped a few of their songs, though, so I must have copies of their songs somewhere. "Aqualung"'s been FReeped, and now "Teacher"...maybe some others, I can't recall...MUD
Uhhh...ya lost me at "EZ CD Creator"...LOL!!
Gotsta improve my technical knowledge of music-making devices...MUD
IMHO, Dubyuh's second term will go a long way in determining the future of the Republican Party. Sure, Americans have entrusted the GOP with a lot of Power in this latest election...and I believe we can make further gains in 2006 if Dubyuh and the House Republicans have their way. However, if Dubyuh tries to TRIANGULATE and win over the RATS by implementing their Socialist Agenda, then all bets are off and I can foresee the conservatives going third party in a big way in 2008. Dubyuh must lead this country to the Right fer the next four years...fer his own good, the good of the Party, and the Good of the Nation!!
FReegards...MUD
ROLF!! Have a great thanksgiving, ol pal!!
I wish you a good ol "Meek A Turkey" day.
Thank you for all the great wit and pings.
Happy Thanksgiving, Mudboy!!
You ROCK, Mud!!!
Dubyuh must lead this country to the Right fer the next four years...fer his own good, the good of the Party, and the Good of the Nation!!I'm bettin' you'll be pleasantly surprised, Mud! :^D
Political Capital to be spent, he said.
Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving!
"Here now, the real story of Thanksgiving from the book, "See, I Told You So", by me. It starts on page 69. The chapter this is contained in begins on page 66 of the hard cover edition:
"Well, folks, let's allow our real undoctored American history lesson to unfold further. If our schools and the media have twisted the historical record when it comes to Columbus, they have obliterated the contributions of America's earliest permanent settlers, the Pilgrims. Why? Because they were a people inspired by profound religious beliefs to overcome incredible odds. Today, public schools are simply not teaching how important the religious dimension was in shaping our history and our nation's character. Whether teachers are just uncomfortable with this material or whether there's been a concerted effort to cover up the truth, the results are the same. Kids are no longer learning enough to understand and appreciate how and why America was created.
"The story of the Pilgrims begins in the early part of the seventeenth century (that's the 1600s for those of you in Rio Linda, California). The Church of England under King James I was persecuting anyone and everyone who did not recognize its absolute civil and spiritual authority. Those who challenged ecclesiastical authority and those who believed strongly in freedom of worship were hunted down, imprisoned, and sometimes executed for their beliefs. A group of separatists first fled to Holland and established a community. After eleven years, about forty of them agreed to make a perilous journey to the New World, where they would certainly face hardships, but could live and worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences. On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible.
"The Pilgrims were a people completely steeped in the lessons of the Old and New Testaments. They looked to the ancient Israelites for their example. And, because of the biblical precedents set forth in Scripture, they never doubted that their experiment would work. But this was no pleasure cruise, friends. The journey to the New World was a long and arduous one. And when the Pilgrims landed in New England in November, they found, according to Bradford's detailed journal, a cold, barren, desolate wilderness. There were no friends to greet them, he wrote. There were no houses to shelter them. There were no inns where they could refresh themselves. And the sacrifice they had made for freedom was just beginning. During the first winter, half the Pilgrims – including Bradford's own wife – died of either starvation, sickness or exposure. When spring finally came, Indians taught the settlers how to plant corn, fish for cod and skin beavers for coats. Life improved for the Pilgrims, but they did not yet prosper!
"This is important to understand because this is where modern American history lessons often end. Thanksgiving is actually explained in some textbooks as a holiday for which the Pilgrims gave thanks to the Indians for saving their lives, rather than as a devout expression of gratitude grounded in the tradition of both the Old and New Testaments. Here is the part that has been omitted: The original contract the Pilgrims had entered into with their merchant-sponsors in London called for everything they produced to go into a common store, and each member of the community was entitled to one common share. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belong to the community as well. Bradford, who had become the new governor of the colony, recognized that this form of collectivism was as costly and destructive to the Pilgrims as that first harsh winter, which had taken so many lives.
"He decided to take bold action. Bradford assigned a plot of land to each family to work and manage, thus turning loose the power of the marketplace. That's right. Long before Karl Marx was even born, the Pilgrims had discovered and experimented with what could only be described as socialism. And what happened? It didn't work! Surprise, surprise, huh? What Bradford and his community found was that the most creative and industrious people had no incentive to work any harder than anyone else, unless they could utilize the power of personal motivation! But while most of the rest of the world has been experimenting with socialism for well over a hundred years – trying to refine it, perfect it, and re-invent it – the Pilgrims decided early on to scrap it permanently. What Bradford wrote about this social experiment should be in every schoolchild's history lesson If it were, we might prevent much needless suffering in the future."
Now, I'm going to cease and desist at this point because I don't want to get started and have to interrupt myself for a commercial break with the passage from Bradford in his journal about the decision to scrap socialism, this common share business, and he turned everybody loose, and this new social experiment, forerunner to capitalism, is profoundly detailed in his journal, but I don't want to, as I say, interrupt myself in the process. So we'll get to that and the rest of the story after the commercial break. We are going to post the George Washington 1789 Thanksgiving proclamation at Rush Limbaugh.com, and I haven't decided yet, folks, but I might make the reading here of the first story of Christmas an MP 3 file so you can download it, and take it with you to Thanksgiving dinner, and if you start getting some grief from liberals, just say, "Here, I got something I want you to listen to and make them listen to it. Ask them as a favor on Thanksgiving."
Here now, in its entirety, the William Bradford journal, what he wrote about the social experiment after abandoning what essentially was socialism shortly after the Pilgrims had arrived in the United States or in the new world:
"'The experience that we had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years...that by taking away property, and bringing community into a common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God,' Bradford wrote. 'For this community [so far as it was] was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense...that was thought injustice.' Do you hear what he was saying, ladies and gentlemen? The Pilgrims found that people could not be expected to do their best work without incentive. So what did Bradford's community try next? They un-harnessed the power of good old free enterprise by invoking the undergirding capitalistic principle of private property. Every family was assigned its own plot of land to work and permitted to market its own crops and products.'"
Not just use themselves and not just send to a common store but they could market. They could grow as much, they could sell it for what they could get for it, and the incentive was clear to do as much as possible on both sides. "And what was the result? 'This had very good success,' wrote Bradford, 'for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.' Bradford doesn't sound like much of a Clintonite, does he? Is it possible that supply-side economics could have existed before the 1980s? Yes. Read the story of Joseph and Pharaoh in Genesis 41. Following Joseph's suggestion (Gen 41:34), Pharaoh reduced the tax on Egyptians to 20% during the 'seven years of plenty' and the 'Earth brought forth in heaps.' (Gen. 41:47) In no time, the Pilgrims found they had more food than they could eat themselves. So they set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London. And the success and prosperity of the Plymouth settlement attracted more Europeans and began what came to be known as the 'Great Puritan Migration.' Now, let me ask you: Have you read this history before? Is this lesson being taught to your children today? If not, why not? Can you think of a more important lesson one could derive from the Pilgrim experience?
"Guess what? There's even more that is being deliberately withheld from our modern textbooks. For example, one of those attracted to the new world by the success of Plymouth was Thomas Hooker. Thomas Hooker established his own community in Connecticut, the first full-fledged constitutional community, perhaps the most free society the world had ever known. Hooker's community was governed by the fundamental orders of Connecticut, which established strict limits on the powers of government. So revolutionary and successful was this idea that Massachusetts was inspired to adopt its body of liberties. The body of liberties included ninety-eight separate protections of individual rights, including no taxation without representation, due process of law, trial by a jury of peers, and prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. Now, those no doubt sound familiar to you and they should because these are ideas and concepts that led directly to the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights."
"Nevertheless, the Pilgrims and the Puritans of early New England are often vilified today as witch burners and portrayed as simpletons. But to the contrary, it was their commitment to pluralism and free worship that led to these ideals being incorporated into American history, and our history books purposely conceal the fact that these notions were developed by communities of devout Christians who studied the Bible and found that it prescribes limited representative government and free enterprise as the best political and economic systems. Now, there's only one word for this, folks. It's censorship. There was a time when every schoolchild did learn these basic lessons of the American culture. Now these truths are being and have been systematically expunged from history books in favor of liberal social studies clap trap," and the chapter goes on. "This brings us to our Founding Fathers, the geniuses who crafted the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
"These were men who shook up the entire world by proclaiming the idea that people had certain God-given freedoms and rights and that the government's only reason to exist was to protect those freedoms and rights from both internal and external forces -- and that simple, yet brilliant, insight has been all but lost today in liberalism's relentless march toward bigger, more powerful, more intrusive government," and that's why I wanted to add to the reading today the George Washington First Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789. Thanksgiving was about thanking God for bounty and freedom and opportunity and blessings. Thanksgiving is a time we celebrate the Pilgrims realizing the best way to enjoy prosperity in a new world that was foreign to them. Yes, there was cooperation with the Indians and, yes, the Indians did extend the handshake of freedom when we arrived by teaching the Pilgrims how to farm and so forth, but after that, all the bounty that was created by the first settlers were shared with the Indians.
There was no wiping them out. There was no infiltration. There was no introduction of various diseases and -isms like environmental wackoism or sexism or racism or any of this, as have been attached in recent multicultural curricula to the so-called white Europeans who invaded this pristine land and destroyed the goodness and the oneness that the Indians enjoyed with this land. That's what's being taught today. What is not being taught today is the devotion to God that these people had, but the failure of a socialist compact to adequately provide for the residents of the first colony and how William Bradford himself saw it was failing almost from the outset and devised a new compact which was basically capitalism and unfettered competition, and incentive, and then it was Katie bar the door. All of these things are part of the original Thanksgiving, and even when I go back and remember my days in school, I was not taught this. I was not taught the involvement and the references to God.
I was not taught that the Pilgrims had all this bounty after awhile and shared it with the Indians. It was quite the opposite. The purpose of teaching Thanksgiving when I was a kid was to tell all of us just how wonderful the Indians were and how well they treated us when we arrived because we were basically inept and incompetent. I enjoy passing this story along every Thanksgiving because we've been doing it here since I published and wrote the book, and the book is actually 1993. It came out in November of '93. By the end of the year, it had sold two million copies, and since then, I guess this is our 11th year now of reading the real story of Thanksgiving, and it always reaches new people. Every year we do it, people who have never heard it before are amazed. Now, if I was able to find it and get the true story, it's out there, but it's not in conventional history textbooks that you'll find in many of the public schools."
Awesome, Rush, awesome...MUD
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