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Post by joequinn » 09-05-2009 06:42 PM

I sit here quietly tonight, and I am at peace. Oh, I see the Great Dying racing towards us in a wave of death, like a black penciled line on the horizon. And I hear the pathetic mantras of those who seek to save the appearances in the desperation of their hope-n-change. But I am at peace.

Like Thomas Buddenbrook in his garden when, his hopes dashed, he picks up Schopenhauer and reads “On Death and Its Relation to the Indestructibility of Our Nature”…

Like the White Rose Society in Hitler’s Germany, as they wait for the Gestapo to fetch them for judgment and the piano wire nooses…

Like the Last Men on Neptune when they seek to disperse the human seed throughout the galaxy as the Sun turns super-nova on them…

Tonight I am at peace…
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Post by Shirleypal » 09-05-2009 07:37 PM

Joe tonight I am at peace knowing that somehow we will get through this and so will you, you are by no means done with this world as wonderful as it can be.

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Post by Swerdloc » 09-05-2009 07:48 PM

Late this afternoon, I was driving in my car and listening to the local Pacifica radio station (yeah, I know), which plays blues and R&B on the weekends; and one artist--whose name I didn't catch--did a cover version of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come":

There have been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long time, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

And I found myself thinking what a beautiful song that is. Be at peace; it's been a long time coming, but a change is gonna come. Oh yes it will.
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Post by Joolz » 09-05-2009 08:05 PM

Mmmmm.... love that song!
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Post by Kaztronic » 09-05-2009 11:30 PM

Hey Joe,

Put on a smile friend :)

The world has been through darker, far darker times than we face right now.
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Post by whskyfan » 09-06-2009 12:09 AM

"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo........and it's worth fighting for!"
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Post by vigo » 09-06-2009 10:09 PM

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
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Well, better late than never, I suppose... Joe Quinn. ;)

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Post by SETIsLady » 09-06-2009 10:11 PM

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Post by Joolz » 09-07-2009 05:24 AM

"Oh, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." ~ Fannie Lou Hamer

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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Post by Shirleypal » 09-08-2009 07:31 PM

Joe it's Tuesday and another day, bet you're feeling great today.

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Post by cherry » 09-15-2009 06:45 AM

Swerdloc wrote: Late this afternoon, I was driving in my car and listening to the local Pacifica radio station (yeah, I know), which plays blues and R&B on the weekends; and one artist--whose name I didn't catch--did a cover version of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come":

There have been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long time, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will

And I found myself thinking what a beautiful song that is. Be at peace; it's been a long time coming, but a change is gonna come. Oh yes it will.



Pacifica's Amy Goodman with Democracy Now, special music by Leela James, A Change is Gonna Come. :o

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Post by badspell » 09-15-2009 06:10 PM

Joaquin you seem to carry such a load. Intelligence and foresight carries a large responsibility, but it doesn’t have to be all on your shoulders brother. We are all in this together!
I appreciate this post!

Swerdloc Blues and R&B….okay, some jazz and some old rock ‘n roll.
What I appreciate in music is the heart and soul put into it. Unknown and semi-unknown back in the day of Woodstock, such as Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin and yes the man Jimi Hendrix are just a few examples.

Joe I feel like a fossil
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All hear few listen

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