By Articulation and Enunciation
Or perhaps “political correctness”
It wasn’t until 1987 when A&M records released “A Very Special Christmas” with, at the time current pop stars such as Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Run-D.M.C., U2, Sting, Whitney Houston, Bon Jovi, The Pretenders, John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Bryan Adams, Eurythmics, E Street Band, The Pointer Sisters, Alison Moyet, The Silver Bullet Band.
Prior to that, it was stars like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Connie Francis, Burl Ives, Johnny Mathis, Eartha Kitt, etc.
Rarely and thankfully there wasn’t much “Country Christmas”.
That CD released the onslaught of Christmas songs by anyone with vocal chords, desperately putting their take on “traditional” songs.
In 2018 somewhere between Pandora and Sirius, I heard someone ruin “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”. It was a country singer and I don’t want to shame them.
Completely leaving out the audible kicker, that the singer is a kid missing their two front teeth, therefore lithsping the part, highlighting they have no way to wish anyone a Merry Christmas.
Completely eclipsing the whole point of the song in the first place. Most poignantly on “Sister Susie sitting on a thistle”, sung originally with extended s’s for entertainment value and making the listener believe the singer is missing teeth.
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth:
Every body Pauses and stares at me
These two teeth are gone as you can see
I don’t know just who to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be!
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth!
Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
“Merry Christmas.”
It seems so long since I could say,
“Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!”
Gosh oh gee, how happy I’d be,
if I could only whistle (thhhh, thhhh)
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
“Merry Christmas!”
Oh well
Happy New Year.
Or at least confused
By made up words
In this instance the
Worst one being
Versus
In seeking a life
Affirming outcome
By the occupants
On a spherical
Spaceship called Earth
Under the fragile
Atmospheric shell
Democrats vs Republicans
Conservatives vs Liberals
Indigenous vs Immigrants
United States vs Mike Flynn
Gets the collective no where
Save for the repeat and return
Of us versus them to no end
No resolve to progress forward
Evolve into enlightened beings
As for Flynn
To the sports betters
And political prognosticators
Were mostly all figuring
He was walking out
Scott Free
Ooopsie
Of course some tenured judge
Doesn’t know if he should be
Tried for treason or not
(Shouldn’t he know that? )
A simple free instant definition
Look up would have solved that
Treason : the crime of trying to overthrowyour country’s government or of helping your country’s enemies during war
M-W.com
Turns out he is just a greed pig
Willing to do shit for money
Just shining a light
On a glimpse I’ve seen
Of a world that doesn’t
Go against itself
Meanwhile people are holding on
To an ideal that doesn’t exist
Hoping against hope that this time
The Rule of Flaw
Will be its own saviour
It is not
It is a game of
Three-card monte
Played out on
Telescreens
Keeping you
Distracted and confused
Going nowhere near
The truth
For it is
Redacted
In Congress
Ethics
Is merely the name of
A blind
Watchdog
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Therefore
An ethics committee
Is a group of Congress people
Figuring out how they
Are going to
Screw the pooch
“Controlled behavior
Reacts as it’s taught”
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– John Trudell
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Whenever you see
A Facebook posting
Of a meme with an
Illicit torture device
Such as a belt, paddle or
Get your own “switch” story
Explaining how giants
Used these implements
To procure a desired and
Unnatural fearful behavior
Of obedience and control
Some sort of masochistic
Malevolent MK parental
Stockholm Syndrome
With spare the rod
Spoil the child
Biblical undertones
Know that that person
Who has “liked” or “shared” it
“Justified” what a good
Citizen they are because
Their parents were unfit
To raise an adult thereby
Raising more children to be
Societal conforming
Pavlovian automatons
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On one hand must be
Seeking sympathy for
Their parents striking them
Whilst on the other hand
Searching for
Approval and justification
For extending the violence
Another generation more
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How do you think people
Take an alleged
Gift from God or
An alien entity that just
Traversed time and space
From inexplicable dimensions
As a little “miracle” which is
No more miraculous than
Converting chicken and beer
Into feces and urine
Feed and water them
For a few years then
For expediency of
Discipline and convenience
Discover that a
Cry inducing
Swat on the behind
Is a lot quicker than
Actual guidance into
The same desired outcome
With the mixed message
That it is being done
For their own good
And they are loved
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“Stop hitting me, you’re HUUUUGE, How could you hit me? That’s Crazy. You’re a Giant, and I can’t defend myself.
I really think it is crazy that we hit our kids. Here’s the crazy part about it.
Kids are the only people in the world you are allowed to hit.
Do you realize that?
They’re the most vulnerable and they are the most destroyed by being hit. But it’s “totally” Ok to hit them, and they’re the only ones!
If you hit a dog, they fuckin’ will put you in jail for that shit.
You can’t hit a person unless you can prove that they were trying to kill you.
But a little tiny person with a head this big, who trusts you implicitly,
Fuck ’em, who gives a shit, let’s all hit them. People want you to hit your kid. //
We’re proud of it. // Your damn right I hit my kids!
Why do you hit them? Cause they were doing a thing I didn’t like at the moment, and so I hit them, and guess what??
They didn’t do it after that.
Well, that wouldn’t be taking the easy way out now would it? How about talking to ’em for a second, //”
Being a parent means you have your back up against the wall, all the time. Because its the only job you can’t quit.
It’s the only job where you can just put your wrench down, and say “fuck it, guys, I’m leaving. I don’t even want my last check, I’m going home.
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– Louis C.K. from his “bit” other people’s kids from the CD “Hilarious”
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“I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.”
– George Carlin
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The more I play with words
The more fun I have with them
Particularly in sense them
Order to make arranging a
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Here they are presented in
I believe one dimension
Just a blackish gray pixel
Against a white background
With no sound
Certainly not my voice
Technically it is my “voice”
Though the reader is
“Hearing” it in their voice
Or speed, read in
Their cadence, inflection or
EMPHASIS like SHOUTING
Realizing some readers
Will look back at the line
With two words in ALL CAPS
And wonder did their inner
Voice just silently SCREAM
Those words capitalized
Don’t read this again
KEEP READING
Please
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Wonder if that worked
I’ll never know
I am barely in my own head
Let alone yours
However the reverse
Is not true, no matter
How small, if I could
Reduce the font
Would you lower a voice
You can not already “hear”
Lest of course I wrote
Ssssshhhuuuuuh
As if Ewm errr Fuwwwd
Was about to keeewll a
Waaaabbeet
The young uns reading this
Might have to Google
Elmer Fudd Rabbit quiet
For that to make sense
Making this my first
Interactive blog post
So you can have fun
Playing with words
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“In your own words.” You know you hear that a lot in a court room. Or a classroom, they’ll say “tell us… in your own words.”
“Do you have your own words? Hey, I’m using the ones everyone else has been using!
Next time they tell you to say something in your own words, say “Niq fluk bwarney quando floo!”
– George Carlin
A Starless Night
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Exponentiates the
Gratitude and appreciation
Of a moonless
Starry night
.
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The memory ‘minder
Must manifest that
Always beyond the clouds
Are the not, so “tiny stars”
.
.
Rather the billions and
Billions of recurring
Nuclear explosions
Radiating heat and light
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So incredibly far away
They appear as small
Temporary twinkles
Illuminating imaginations
.
The fun part is seeing the
Thicker concentration of
Brilliance knowing which way
You’re standing in the Milky Way
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While one could think
Insignificance, which is true
Still can also treasure
Experiencing the divine
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No place to start
No words to describe
Without using words
To describe words
Other than definitions
Made up of words
That are made up
Seemingly from
No where
Which are
Now here
Might as well use them
From the twenty six letters
That are made up as well
Knowing there were not
Always twenty six
Strange I know
With some being used
More than others
Zee (Z) and ecks (X) are
Practically useless
Still they are there
And are as necessary
When needed
Though sometimes
X (ecks) sounds like Z (zee)
Whew
That ended up being
A longer intro then planned
However brings me to a word
Keep hearing bantered
About as if it is critical
To the collective’s
Daily lives
.
Justice
.
Being surrounded by
Similar words
Like
Judge, judge and judged
.
Justice
.
A word defined
Without definition
Really
.
Really
Could it be defined
More vague
Which is clearly delineated
Then the vagueness of
Justice :
a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments
– m-w.com
Yet like breakfast
We anticipate it being
“Served”
To those whom
Appear it is deserved
Meted out
In a “just”
Fashion
A biblical hand me down
Useless as holey shoes
Neither whole nor holy
Executed by those in power
With those in cahoots
Right there in black and white
Not even a play on words, as
A “Criminal Justice System”
Inherent in the “Rule of Flaw”
To satisfy all participants
Even though it
Won’t be
.
Merely by perspective
Usually by
Social position
Say # 45 or
Money in the bank
(“Half penny, two penny
Ashes to dust
The almighty dollar says
“In God we trust”
Justice for money
How much more can I pay
We all know it’s the American Way
“Half Penny, Two Penny”
– Styx)
Mainly
Perceived money in the bank
Epidermis
And visible light
Reflecting spectrum
Defined by
Melanin content
Against snow contrast
Also it is
Not what you know
But who you know
On minds it will gnaw
Can you say Kavanaugh
Is that justice?*
Because he’s a Justice
Maybe a game changer
Pronounced Whitaker
Or just
Something “we”
Made up
(“Pretty neat deal, huh?
You know how we got it?
We made the whole
#ucking thing up! //
Aren’t we versatile?!”
– George Carlin)
Not sure if the following
Is true
However
Once heard of a
Society or culture
That did not experience
Pain
Simply because they
Didn’t have a
Word
For it
This one has
Justice
With soooo many
Individual interpretations
Its meaning is as
Watered-down
As the BP oil spill
Its malleable content
Drowned in context
“That is because there is
A lot of water in the ocean.”
– Carlos Mencia
So since there is
No place to start
Might as well treat it
Like eating
The elephant in the room
With the turd in the punch bowl
Start with
One bite at a time
Slowly accept that the
System needs
Transformation
Towards
Compassion and forgiveness
Guidance and understanding
Healing and growing
Insight and enlightenment
Technocracy and meritocracy
Sharing and recycling
And with one last act
Of violence for now and
Forever
Beat those swords
Into plow shares
Then we will have
Justice for all
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“It is interesting to note that those who most frequently call for fair play are those who are advantaged by the play as it currently is.
And that only when the position of privilege is in danger, are they likely to benefit from the change required to “play by the rules”.”
– Peter J. Gomes
“The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus”
No animals were harmed
In the writing of this post
“Nobody understands,
Quite why we’re here
We’re searchin’ for answers
That never appear
But maybe if I looked real hard I’d
I’d see your tryin’ too
To understand this life,
That we’re all goin’ through
//
Sometimes I feel like
I’m beatin’ a dead horse”
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– Guns-N-Roses
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“You ever watch CNN for longer than, say, 20 hours in one day?
I gotta cut that out. Watch CNN. It’s the most depressing thing you’ll ever see, man. .
“WAR, FAMINE, DEATH, AIDS, HOMELESS, RECESSION, DEPRESSION, WAR, FAMINE, DEATH, AIDS.”
– Bill Hicks
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Fortunately or unfortunately my job affords me the opportunity to listen to a lot of mostly satellite radio. With an unhealthy gravitational pull towards the “news”. Partly for information, chiefly for the entertainment. Always for deception.
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“I watch television news for one thing and one thing only: entertainment! That’s all I want from the news: entertainment!
You know my favorite thing on television? Bad news! Bad news and disasters and accidents and catastrophes.”
– George Carlin
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After doing the dial dance between MSNBC and FAUX realized each of them are beating a different dead horse.
MSNBC has colon to cranium coverage on hoping, not hoping 45 gets in some trouble, just not too much trouble otherwise they’ll have to search out clever content to keep consumers coming.
FAUX covers everything on 45 from foot to follicle favorably fawning over Forrest Trump. Still hovering over Hillary. (Hey a$$#@£=s) she lost. Mostly playing to an audience of one, plus republican racists.
We ignore
The actual history
Usually at our own peril
Because nostalgia feels
Better than the reality
Of the turmoil we are
Currently experiencing
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“Hey, when you die you get more popular than you’ve ever been. In you’re whole life. You get more flowers when you die than you ever got at all.
They all arrive at once……too late. And people say the nicest things about you, they’ll make shit up if they have to man,
“Oh yeah, he’s an asshole but a well meaning asshole”
“Yeah poor Bill is dead.” “Yeah poor Bill is dead.” “Poor Tom is gone” “Yeah, poor Tom” “Poor John died” “Yeah, John” “What about Ed?”
“No Ed, that motherfucker? He’s still alive man!” “Get him outta here!”
You’re approval curve goes way up”
– George Carlin
Much like GWHB, a well meaning asshole.
“A (Persian Gulf) war? Wasn’t really a war, you know, a war, is when two armies are fighting, so, I don’t know if you could call it a war, exactly, you know.
The Persian Gulf Distraction, is more like it, I think.
Pretty amazing thing, really. Bush turned out to be a major demon, who woulda guessed?
Remember when he was first president, he was the “Wimp President.” Do you remember that?
Cover of Newsweek . . . . “WIMP PRESIDENT.” *
Apparently, this stuck in this guy’s craw a little bit. That guy was a dynamite waiting to go off.
//
We hope you enjoyed your fireworks show. It was so pretty, and it took our mind off of domestic issues! The Persian Gulf distraction.
//
And the amazing thing obviously is the disparity in the casualties. Iraq, 150,000 casualties. USA: 79.
Iraq: 150,000. USA: 79.
Does that mean if we’d sent over 80 guys we still could have won that … thing or what? One guy in a tickertape parade.”
– Bill Hicks
Not one to give 45 any props, will give him an atta boy, seeing as how to my best awareness he has not ordered any of “his” troops to kill anyone.
Even his little Syrian stunt, only destroyed a few planes, the border bupkus was more comical and farcical then fatal.
So it is good to see, death and dismemberment is not his forte, rather just distraction and deceit in the dichotomous days of devolution.
I guess the political puppeteers finally figured out, that through wars, skirmishes, police actions, (since the stage show is on a global scale) when anyone is killed, they lose consumers. Plus indentured servants to make more consumables.
Lest of course, they have to occasionally gin up some work for the grave diggers and casket makers. Keep ’em all from switching jobs. To be ready, in case we really need them.
* Donald thought he to could feed his narcissism by getting on the cover of Newsweek too. Only he misunderstood, seeing how he has been trying to be the..
Whim President
Following is part 2 Ignore This Addendum
Part 2 of We Ignore
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Ignore this addendum, it barely has anything to do with “We Ignore”
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There is a bedsheet manufacturer out there that likes to tout its product as being so comfortable even 3 US presidents sleep on them.
Of course they don’t say which ones. Or if (since they don’t) it is even true. Curious if one was GHWB though, if now they’ll change their ad?
It is an ad heard on every commercial station on satellite radio (that is a lot of ads) daily.
Of course they have hyperbolized the shit out of their product so much so and jacked the prices so high(need a lot of margin to pay for all those ads) they can offer you $50.00 off on a product that anywhere else, would retail for about that much. Despite what is claimed otherwise.
$250 sheets – $50 = $200 which is still about $150 more than I’d pay for sheets.
However, the “presidential” claim is quite the catching contemplation. If someone who can sleep at all with that many deaths on their consciousness they must be some pretty good #ucking sheets.
Ironically what is being sold is not sheets, rather the intangible concept of a better sleep. Am not impressed, for I could probably fall asleep standing up at a rock concert.
However, like the candy bars near the check out, because people see (hear) it so often it becomes an irrational impulse buy.
Very irrational, prompted by the extra push, if the sheets don’t live up to the hype, you can send them back for a fool refund. (Yeah right.)
Not saying people won’t get a refund, the likelihood is, no one is sending anything back. So now you live with the regret, realizing that.
A.) No retailers are selling $250 sheet sets. B.) Who cares if the presidents can sleep, that is their karma. C.) Your “old” sheets were fine. D.) Maybe those “spendy” pillows or “space” material mattresses will help you sleep.
Now that you have that number newly memorized 1 800 GET FLUFFED
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Looking at the world through a windshield. 