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Harry Potter Holiday

I am, like a huge number of the population, in the midst of devouring the newest and last of J.K. Rowlling's Harry Potter series. Not going to have much time for a proper blog the next couple of days so I am going to just post a couple of songs. I hope that someone out there is reading and / or listening to my offerings and maybe getting something from them. Remember that all thing are not always as they seem

The Sellout of America or, How I stopped worrying and learned to be afraid.

I hadn't planed on posting large amounts of material from others here but I found an article that sums up alot of my angst with the United States stand on securing its boarders and with the current administration's lack of action. I do promise that I will post a song at the end today tho, so read on. "North American Union would be terrible mistake D.A. King “There shall be open borders” - A recurring 1984 proposal promoted by the Wall Street Journal for a five-word amendment to the Constitution. “By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America”. - Presidential candidate George W. Bush in a 2000 campaign speech on Latin America in Miami. As someone who studies our intentional lack of border security and the resulting terror threat and illegal immigration crisis in the new America of the Bush administration, the most common questi...

Opening volley

Not sure this is going to go anywhere but I have gotten to the point that I have things I need to vent on. If for no other reason than to "hear" my own voice. Things that I may ramble about are going to be varied from politics to FUs at work to just kicking against the pricks, and we ALL know how many pricks there are to kick in life. I also plan to post either links to or embedded Karaoke clips from me on SingSnap.com. Going to start by posting this one. It's my rendition of Hurt. I heard the Nine Inch Nails version first before Johnny Cash did his and I really liked his so much better. It had a heartfelt truth to it so that I am offering this up as an homage. Comments and critiques are welcome just don't get abusive.