So there is plenty to read below...I am a bit distracted....6-6 has his dad visiting....so if I am not round much...I am fixing snacks for the fellows.....You know this Cat Stevens thing is STILL on my mind...Should we start a Petition to Get Artists, Writers and Activists Purged from The Watchlist and the No Fly List ? What do you think ?.....
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The Peace Train...because I am Still on a Cat Stevens Jag.....
12 comments:
You are right lots of artists are banned from visiting the US. Not just them -- all the suspects & no fly lists need to be reviewed. They were banned during the paranoid Bush era.
I know...and then there are activists..I am on the NO Fly list because I blew the whistle on a Giant Chemical Company that was OPENLY with the Government's Knowledge dumping 8 Million Pounds per year on a community....As a mom,nurse...a citizen.... I did something to protect my community...it makes NO sense to me...
but the only thing that has kept me sane, when I realized that Soooo Many other people were on Such a List....Cat Stevens, writers to Mandela.....
And then I researched how it was a part of a much bigger problem- illegal spying and surveillance.....
thousands of lives scrutinized ....WHY ???
Because Bush and Dick are sick deluded paranoid weasels.....and it was the only way they could feel strong in their power.....
I hope Obama starts working on this....Soooooon....
My lilacs are so ancient they're about to give out. Still manage to put forth a few lovely sweet smelling blooms, but this is probably the end for them. We all gotta go sometime, even lilacs.
oh Utah...
don't give up- the lilac in that photo is about 80 years old...and it almost died last year....go talk to Florist- they gave me a list of things to do..and I dumped about a gallon of Special Miracle grow on it and voila- this year it is back...better than ever....
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Why? Paranoia strikes deep?
As for lilacs.... we inherited 4 old growth shrubs in our yard- real lilac , white & deep purple-- they are fairly neglected (poor babies), and they are quite prolific bloomers.... but usually a series of heavy rainstorms do in the pretty blooms.
Last week, before heavy rains fell, I plucked a bunch & brought random bouquets to our next door neighbor & a new family that moved in across the street.
It was something I could do for free & it is a fun goodwill thing I really like to do. I try to buy vases for a nickel or dime @ yard sales, & then give them away with yard flowers.
ahhhh Fran...wish you were my neighbor....you are a good soul...
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hey when are you gonna add my blog to your blog roll
sign me up...even if I don't fly I want them who are persecuted because of their politics to be off that list.
Editor::
Hey there I made you blog of the day yesterday- scroll down....and I added you to NEW BLogs to read blogroll...
Walking man....
you bet....I will sign you up...
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Obama could score some charisma points with such a move.
It wouldn't effect his power structure and it would give the media a distraction from his economic policy. A story about taking Cat Stevens off the no fly list and announcements of a tour could fill some media time.
Weasele....
you are brilliant..and take Mandela off the List- and invite him to the White House...right ???
Sounds like a plan! :)
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