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Nipular ... Word of the fucking day! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nipular

Yes concerts have that affect on me too! LOL ... I gotta say, being 6 rows away from Steve Howe's guitar mastery was friggin' mind-bending last night!!!

Great acceptance speech. Sat down to enjoy it after coming home from the Yes show last night. Witnessing history. What a moving experience. Positive vibrations and karma for the future. There is a feeling of promise and hope now. It's up to the PEOPLE to take on the responsibility. It is in this vein that it reminds many of the "ask not what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country". For a posting on looking toward the future and one that may even bring tears to your eyes, check out this account of one person's voting experience yesterday: http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showpost.php?post/563233/

wow! http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php I Didn't Vote For Obama Today November 4, 2008, 9:37AM I have a confession to make. I did not vote for Barack Obama today. I've openly supported Obama since March. But I didn't vote for him today. I wanted to vote for Ronald Woods. He was my algebra teacher at Clark Junior High in East St. Louis, IL. He died 15 years ago when his truck skidded head-first into a utility pole. He spent many a day teaching us many things besides the Pythagorean Theorem. He taught us about Medgar Evers, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis and many other civil rights figures who get lost in the shadow cast by Martin Luther King, Jr. But I didn't vote for Mr. Woods. I wanted to vote for Willie Mae Cross. She owned and operated Crossroads Preparatory Academy for almost 30 years, educating and empowering thousands of kids before her death in 2003. I was her first student. She gave me my first job, teaching chess and math concepts to kids in grades K-4 in her summer program. She was always there for advice, cheer and consolation. Ms. Cross, in her own way, taught me more about walking in faith than anyone else I ever knew. But I didn't vote for Ms. Cross. I wanted to vote for Arthur Mells Jackson, Sr. and Jr. Jackson Senior was a Latin professor. He has a gifted school named for him in my hometown. Jackson Junior was the pre-eminent physician in my hometown for over 30 years. He has a heliport named for him at a hospital in my hometown. They were my great-grandfather and great-uncle, respectively. But I didn't vote for Prof. Jackson or Dr. Jackson. I wanted to vote for A.B. Palmer. She was a leading civil rights figure in Shreveport, Louisiana, where my mother grew up and where I still have dozens of family members. She was a strong-willed woman who earned the grudging respect of the town's leaders because she never, ever backed down from anyone and always gave better than she got. She lived to the ripe old age of 99, and has a community center named for her in Shreveport. But I didn't vote for Mrs. Palmer. I wanted to vote for these people, who did not live to see a day where a Black man would appear on their ballots on a crisp November morning. In the end, though, I realized that I could not vote for them any more than I could vote for Obama himself. So who did I vote for? No one. I didn't vote. Not for President, anyway. Oh, I went to the voting booth. I signed, was given my stub, and was walked over to a voting machine. I cast votes for statewide races and a state referendum on water and sewer improvements. I stood there, and I thought about all of these people, who influenced my life so greatly. But I didn't vote for who would be the 44th President of the United States. When my ballot was complete, except for the top line, I finally decided who I was going to vote for - and then decided to let him vote for me. I reached down, picked him up, and told him to find Obama's name on the screen and touch it. And so it came to pass that Alexander Reed, age 5, read the voting screen, found the right candidate, touched his name, and actually cast a vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Oh, the vote will be recorded as mine. But I didn't cast it. Then again, the person who actually pressed the Obama box and the red "vote" button was the person I was really voting for all along. It made the months of donating, phonebanking, canvassing, door hanger distributing, sign posting, blogging, arguing and persuading so much sweeter. So, no, I didn't vote for Barack Obama. I voted for a boy who now has every reason to believe he, too, can grow up to be anything he wants...even President.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/04/grateful-dead-roadie-i-took-my-job-as-a-sacred-task/ Grateful Dead Roadie: “I Took My Job as a Sacred Task†11/4/08, 2:32 pm EST The Grateful Dead biopic adapted from Home Before Daylight, already has a shortlist of hot directors including Oliver Stone, Sean Penn, Jonathan Demme and Larry Charles. “Those are the guys that would really knock out of the park,†producer Stephen Emery tells Rock Daily. But like any business these days, the film industry is taking a kick in the groin. “Hollywood is in a freeze like the rest of us in this country,†says the book’s author and longtime Dead roadie Steve Parish. “It ebbs and it flows. But the wheels are in motion. It could happen any day.†Several musicians, including Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, have already signed on for the soundtrack, with guitarist Bob Weir as the music director. “I’m very proud to have Bob on board,†says Emery. “He wants to write new stuff for the film, too.†Out of all the books on the Grateful Dead, few cut close to the bone like Parish’s book — it goes deep and gets personal. He not only knows where the skeletons are, but where the bodies are buried. That happens after 35 years hauling gear for Jerry Garcia and the band. He’s seen a lot — maybe too much. So, it’s a miracle that he remembers enough to get it down in ink, let alone bring it to the screen. “Jerry was just such an amazing guy,†Parish says. “We hung out together, played together and partied together.†“I thought it was a great story crewing for the grateful Dead,†Parish says. “I realize now we broke all all the rules. There were no PAs. We went all around around the country dealing with the unions. All they knew was Broadway. We were long hairs and different from them. But Jerry had a huge respect for the working man.†But Parish held his own. “Fuck, I’m a pretty big fella.†As pitched, the film concentrates one the band’s early years and arcs over a decade.â€It was a great time for the band and the country,†Emery says. “It goes from 1967, when Steve signed on with the band, and runs through the next ten years. It has all the pain, love, and the brotherhood. I don’t want to get into the heroin problems and darker responsibilities that happened later.†As Parish puts it, life with the Dead was tender and heart-felt. “Garcia was a brother to me,†he says. “And I took my job a a sacred task.†One evening, Parish got word his wife and daughter died in a car wreck. “I was out of control, It was just an incredible world. We always had a connection with death, and it made you tougher. The band literally moved in with me. They took care of me. But it was dangerous.†Humor, no doubt, will play a part. “I can tell you without reading it that it might make a funny movie,†says Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow. Garcia, Parish says, would likely approve of the flick. “Jerry always talked about movie making,†he says. “We always talked about doing projects. Jerry was really into movies. He loved films, old ones, strange ones.†“Bob and I are waiting,†Parish says about studio negotiations. “It’s like standing on ice blocks.â€

Didn't we all go to school?? Then we should all know, just ask god: Look, there he is!!!

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The future??? Here's how they see it : See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Palin v. McCain debate 2012:

LOL ... no worries. It can be totally frustrating when a simple little conversation becomes so difficult when typing. BTW Birdy, did you hear? Do you know the WORD?!?! http://jambands.ca/sanctuary/showpost.php?post/558113/ Cheers

and please don't tell me I'm being a bully by posting this one:

Here is "Neopolitan" http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/100612/1991%20-%20Neopolitan.rar And here is "The Essentials" http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/100612/2005%20-%20The%20Essentials.rar

What's Joe the Plumber saying to McCain's daughter???

Right on. Noticed this as well: http://www.relix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3327&Itemid=3327 Weir and Lesh to Appear on SIRIUS Written by Heather Simon Monday, 03 November 2008 Both Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will appear on SIRIUS’ 24-hour Grateful Dead channel over the course of the few few days. While in town for his run of shows at the Nokia Theatre, Gary Lambert, Dead expert and co-host of Tales from the Golden Road, will talk politics with Lesh this Wednesday, the morning after the 2008 election. Following the interview, Lesh and his current guitarist Jackie Greene will play a short set in the SIRIUS studios. Weir will then stop by the studio the following Sunday, November 9 at 8:00 PM for an exciting performance with RatDog. Lesh’s performance will be rebroadcast on November 6 at 9:00 AM, November 8 at 4:00 PM and November 9 at 10:00 AM. Weir’s performance will be rebroadcast on November 10 at 9:00 PM, November 12 at 3:00 AM, November 14 at 9:00 PM, November 15 at 12:00 PM and November 16 at 9:00 PM. For more information about SIRIUS XM Radio visit www.sirius.com/gratefuldead.

Birdy, That's a killer shot of that chapel. Looks really cool. As for your concerns about this thread ... maybe the subject line should have been in purple??? Go back and take a look at the initial posts in the thread. It's about the EXTREMES in religion. Like d_jango said, it's for the humour, albeit a bit black. To see/hear extremes in the religious realm show how ultimately nasty it can be. Since when are these examples of religious nuttdom equivalent to the "less fortunate" kid in the classroom? These fundamentalist "less fortunate" kids are trying to exert their beliefs in ways that resemble the bully that you mention. Lot of touchy people around these parts these days. Don't read it then!!! Remember, YOU have control of what you open up and read here. You can also change your settings to IGNORE members as well.

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One more day! (btw, you may want to turn your speakers off for this video ... the song hurts my ears) Bridges for Obama Bridges for Obama: American supporters of Sen. Barack Obama have been staging rallies abroad at world-famous bridges to show support for the Democratic presidential candidate and his pledge to span old political divisions. The Obama Song (World of Friends): Japan-based American musical artists created and performed this song to celebrate Sen. Obama's historic candidacy and to inspire us all to change the world