Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Georgia proves that you can't nominate a liberal and sell him as a centrist.


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Memo to Dems:


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The Middle East, from Syria to Iran with Richard Baehr, American Thinker



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Remembering "Too busy thinking about my baby" by Marvin Gaye!



Marvin Gaye recorded so many great songs!

 A few days ago, I was driving around and heard "Too busy thinking about my baby".

 It reminded me of high school days!

 He recorded some great songs with Tammi Terrell, such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Your Precious Love", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By."

 In the 1970's, Gaye recorded one of the decade's best albums: What's Going! ("In 2003, the album was ranked number 6 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.")

 Marvin Gaye was great and still sounds great so many years later:


"Ah-ah-aaah, oh yeah... Oh listen to me people

I ain't got time to think about money

Or what it can buy
And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder
What makes a birdie fly
And I don't have the time to think about
What makes a flower grow
And I've never given a second thought
To where the rivers flow

Too busy thinking about my baby
And I ain't got time for nothing else


Said, I ain't got time to discuss the weather

How long it's gonna last

And I ain't got time to do no studies
Once I get out of class
Tellin ya I'm just a fellow
Said I got a one track mind
And when it comes to thinking about anything but my baby
I just don't have any time


The diamonds and pearls in the world

Could never match her worth, no no

She's some kind of wonderful, people tell ya
I got heaven right here on earth
I'm just a fellow
With a one, one track mind
And when it comes to thinkin' about anything but my baby
I just don't have any time


(yeah, she's never hard to find

'cause she's always on my mind)"


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Marie Osmond's "Paper roses": I had not heard that song in a long time!



A few minutes ago ago, I heard Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses".

In the 1970's, Marie Osmond enjoyed a lot of success on the radio and TV.

Marie and Donnie Osmond recorded big hits.

After that, they had a very popular variety TV show.

We saw Marie grow up on TV.  She started out as a girl and ended up as a young woman.

Anyway, I always did enjoy her songs.

Here is Marie Osmond singing "Paper Roses", a tune that has been recorded by several artists over the years:
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"Spicks and Specks": The Bee Gees' first big hit!




We continue to look back at the amazing career of Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

The brothers celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2010, although they stopped recording after Maurice's death in 2003.    Robin died in 2012.

In 1966, Barry was 19 and Robin & Maurice were 17.

After several years of recording and TV appearances in Australia, The Bee Gees recorded their first big hit:  "Spicks and Specks".

Barry did the lead vocals. "Spicks and specks" got the brothers into the European charts and set the table for their international success in 1967.    It was not heard in the US but got them to London and their first recording session with Robert Stigwood.




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The other MS-13 story


El Salvador Political Map

Down in Central America, El Salvador is getting ready for the return of MS-13 gang members. It is indeed very complicated, as Joshua Partlow reports:     
The Trump administration’s push to deport more Central American gang members has alarmed officials here who fear that the returning gangsters could exacerbate violence in one of the deadliest countries in the hemisphere.
This year the U.S. government has deported 398 gang members to this country, compared with 534 in all of 2016, according to Salvadoran government statistics. 
This sharp increase in the rate of gang deportations — and the prospect of more gang roundups in the United States — has prompted Salvadoran authorities to hold emergency meetings and propose new legislation to monitor suspected criminals who are being sent home.
“This clearly affects El Salvador. We already have a climate of violence in the country that we are combating,” said Héctor Antonio Rodríguez, the director of the country’s immigration agency. “If gang members return, of course this worries us.”
 
In tweets and speeches, President Trump has made MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, the leading symbol of the dangers of illegal immigration and the need for more and faster deportations. He has compared the gang’s “meanness” with that of al-Qaeda. He promised last week that the organization will be “gone from our streets very soon, believe me.” Recent high-profile killings, such as that of a 15-year-old Salvadoran girl in Springfield, Va., and a string of slayings on Long Island, have fueled concerns of an MS-13 resurgence in the United States.
A bit complicated to say the least.   
We cannot criticize President Trump’s efforts. He is looking out for U.S. citizens, specially Hispanics, who are the ones living in the communities that MS-13 terrorizes.
At the same time, El Salvador is facing its own violence problems.   
My recommendation to the U.S. Congress is to provide El Salvador with the funds or assistance to lock up some of the MS-13 leaders or more violent gang members.   
This is not a pretty situation. Let’s remember that all of this chaos and violence in El Salvador is driving people to the U.S. through Mexico. Sadly, most of them are reaching the U.S. because Mexico can’t stop the flow.
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