Monday, May 13, 2024
Alvin, shut it down for the sake of the party!
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Alvin, shut it down for the sake of the party! - American Thinker https://t.co/A3ZYHsZzU7
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) May 13, 2024
Happy # 74 Stevie Wonder!
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From "Fingertips" to "My Cherie Amour" and so many others, Stevie Wonder was on the charts all of the time.
It's hard to pick a song.
It's not hard to pick an album.
"Songs in the key of life" was released in 1976 and belongs in every popular music collection. It sounds good so many years later.
My favorite tune from the album was: "Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing"!
It's a wonderful ballad in 3 languages, although I must confess that I don't understand the first one. The second and third verses are in Spanish and English, respectively:
We remember Mary Wells (1943-1992)
Motown had 32 # 1 hits. Who recorded the first one?
The answer is Mary Wells who was born on this day in 1943. She died in 1992.
Back in 1964, she recorded "My guy", a song that later showed up in the soundtrack of "Sister Act".
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Remembering Ritchie Valens (1941-59)
His story was also part of Don McClean's "American Pie", a song written in the early 1970's about the crash that killed Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & Ritchie Valens.
He was 17 when he died in February 1959. Ritchie was not around too long but did record hits like "La Bamba", "Donna", "Come on let's go" and "We belong together".
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1917: Our Lady of Fatima
We remember Our Lady of Fatima today..........the movie "The miracle of our Lady of Fatima" is very good.
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1981: What were you doing the day that Pope John Paul II was shot?
Do you remember what you were doing when you got the news that John Paul II was shot?
I was working for a US company in Mexico City and my desk phone rang: It was my mother from Dallas telling me that John Paul II had been shot in Rome.
It was an eerie feeling. She had called me weeks before: “Reagan was shot” said my mom.
As with President Reagan, the early reports were confusing. There were unconfirmed stories that the Pope had been killed. I remember turning to a senior partner in the office and asking the obvious question: Has any Pope been killed before? No one knew the answer.
Thankfully, Pope John Paul II survived and played a major role, along with President Reagan and PM Thatcher, in the fall of communism.
I always felt very close to John Paul II, from the moment that he was announced in 1978.
My connection with John Paul II was rooted in our mutual experience of having lived through communism and knowing its ugly side. Of course, Pope John Paul II lived under the Nazis too. I always told my friends that John Paul II saw the two great evils of the 20th century, the Nazis and the communists.
Over the next 24 years, or until his graceful death in 2005, I always looked at John Paul II on TV and asked myself several questions:
What if he had been killed that fateful day in 1981?
How different would events in Poland had turned out? Don’t we all remember the reception that he got in Poland?
Who would have made all of those trips to every corner of the world? No one did it better than John Paul II!
Yes, we can see now that John Paul II made mistakes in how the “priest scandal” was solved. It was a stain on his record. However, he still stands in my mind as one of the great figures of the 20th century, a man admired and loved by more than just Cathoics.
It was many years ago but it still feels like yesterday when I heard my mom’s emotional voice on the phone.
I was working for a US company in Mexico City and my desk phone rang: It was my mother from Dallas telling me that John Paul II had been shot in Rome.
It was an eerie feeling. She had called me weeks before: “Reagan was shot” said my mom.
As with President Reagan, the early reports were confusing. There were unconfirmed stories that the Pope had been killed. I remember turning to a senior partner in the office and asking the obvious question: Has any Pope been killed before? No one knew the answer.
Thankfully, Pope John Paul II survived and played a major role, along with President Reagan and PM Thatcher, in the fall of communism.
I always felt very close to John Paul II, from the moment that he was announced in 1978.
My connection with John Paul II was rooted in our mutual experience of having lived through communism and knowing its ugly side. Of course, Pope John Paul II lived under the Nazis too. I always told my friends that John Paul II saw the two great evils of the 20th century, the Nazis and the communists.
Over the next 24 years, or until his graceful death in 2005, I always looked at John Paul II on TV and asked myself several questions:
What if he had been killed that fateful day in 1981?
How different would events in Poland had turned out? Don’t we all remember the reception that he got in Poland?
Who would have made all of those trips to every corner of the world? No one did it better than John Paul II!
Yes, we can see now that John Paul II made mistakes in how the “priest scandal” was solved. It was a stain on his record. However, he still stands in my mind as one of the great figures of the 20th century, a man admired and loved by more than just Cathoics.
It was many years ago but it still feels like yesterday when I heard my mom’s emotional voice on the phone.
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May 13, 1967: Mickey Mantle hit # 500
He finished his career with 536 HR & 1,509 RBI. The Mick also hit 18 in World Series games.
1981: We almost lost Pope John Paul II
Do you remember what you were doing when you got the news that John Paul II was shot?
I was working for a US company in Mexico City and my desk phone rang: It was my mother from Dallas telling me that John Paul II had been shot in Rome.
It was an eerie feeling. She had called me weeks before: "Reagan was shot" said my mom.
I walked out of the office and saw people filling up churches to pray for the Pope. I remember several nuns in tears praying the rosary. The Spanish news reports were very grim. I found the Voice of America and BBC in my little short wave radio and heard flashes from the Vatican. Several people in the office turned on the TV and we watched the video of the shooting for the first time.
As with President Reagan, the early reports were confusing. There were unconfirmed stories that the Pope had been killed. I remember turning to a senior partner in the office and asking the obvious question: Has any Pope been killed before? No one knew the answer.
Thankfully, Pope John Paul II survived and played a major role, along with President Reagan and PM Thatcher, in the fall of communism.
I always felt very close to John Paul II, from the moment that he was announced in 1978.
I never felt that connection with Paul VI or John 23rd. (I'm growing very fond of Pope Francis. I love his sincerity although we need to work on his views about wealth distribution.)
My connection with John Paul II was rooted in our mutual experience of having lived through communism and knowing its ugly side. Of course, Pope John Paul II lived under the Nazis too. I always told my friends that John Paul II saw the two great evils of the 20th century, the Nazis and the communists.
Over the next 24 years, or until his graceful death in 2005, I always looked at John Paul II on TV and asked myself several questions:
What if he had died that day?
How different would events in Poland had turned out? Don't we all remember the reception that he got in Poland?
Who would have made all of those trips to every corner of the world? No one did it better than John Paul II!
Yes, we can see now that John Paul II made mistakes in how the "priest scandal" was solved. It was a stain on his record. However, he still stands in my mind as one of the great figures of the 20th century, a man admired and loved by more than just Cathoics.
It was 33 years ago but it still feels like yesterday when I heard my mom's emotional voice on the phone.
P.S. You can listen to my show. If you like our posts, please look for ”Donate” on the right column of the blog page.
I was working for a US company in Mexico City and my desk phone rang: It was my mother from Dallas telling me that John Paul II had been shot in Rome.
It was an eerie feeling. She had called me weeks before: "Reagan was shot" said my mom.
I walked out of the office and saw people filling up churches to pray for the Pope. I remember several nuns in tears praying the rosary. The Spanish news reports were very grim. I found the Voice of America and BBC in my little short wave radio and heard flashes from the Vatican. Several people in the office turned on the TV and we watched the video of the shooting for the first time.
As with President Reagan, the early reports were confusing. There were unconfirmed stories that the Pope had been killed. I remember turning to a senior partner in the office and asking the obvious question: Has any Pope been killed before? No one knew the answer.
Thankfully, Pope John Paul II survived and played a major role, along with President Reagan and PM Thatcher, in the fall of communism.
I always felt very close to John Paul II, from the moment that he was announced in 1978.
I never felt that connection with Paul VI or John 23rd. (I'm growing very fond of Pope Francis. I love his sincerity although we need to work on his views about wealth distribution.)
My connection with John Paul II was rooted in our mutual experience of having lived through communism and knowing its ugly side. Of course, Pope John Paul II lived under the Nazis too. I always told my friends that John Paul II saw the two great evils of the 20th century, the Nazis and the communists.
Over the next 24 years, or until his graceful death in 2005, I always looked at John Paul II on TV and asked myself several questions:
What if he had died that day?
How different would events in Poland had turned out? Don't we all remember the reception that he got in Poland?
Who would have made all of those trips to every corner of the world? No one did it better than John Paul II!
Yes, we can see now that John Paul II made mistakes in how the "priest scandal" was solved. It was a stain on his record. However, he still stands in my mind as one of the great figures of the 20th century, a man admired and loved by more than just Cathoics.
It was 33 years ago but it still feels like yesterday when I heard my mom's emotional voice on the phone.
P.S. You can listen to my show. If you like our posts, please look for ”Donate” on the right column of the blog page.