I had an incredible post planned for last night, which I know you would have loved. But, two hours into writing it, I curled up next to my toasty warm laptop and fell asleep. So, here’s what I’ve got for you instead… the USA Freedom Kids lip syncing their jingoriffic knock-off of the 1917 hit […]
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Like something straight out of North Korea, the USA Freedom Kids serenade Donald Trump with a song about his incredible courage, strength and wisdom
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anger, angry old white men, angry white men, bone spurs, child cruelty, deferment, Donald Trump, draft dodging, Florida, freedom, freedom boner, heroism, Hitler, Hitler Youth, Jeff Popick, jingoism, John McCain, Pensacola, USA Freedom Kids, Vietnam, Vietnam War 24 Comments
Maynards of East Kentucky
I know it’s a bit of a reach, but if anyone in the audience has an extra copy of The Maynards of East Kentucky laying around, I’d love to borrow it. In case you can’t read the small print, this is what’s written at the bottom of the cover… “On Brushy Creek in 1813, James […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1718, 1813, 1814, Blackbeard, Brushy Creek, cabins, Christopher "Kit" Maynard, From Pioneers to the Tenth Generation, genealogy, great achievements of white people, Kentucky, Lieutenant Robert Maynard, other Maynards, Pike County, pirates, Roland B. Maynard, rude, the history of white people, The Maynards of East Kentucky 38 Comments
On the passing of Gill Scott-Heron
Gill Scott Herron died a few days ago. I was going to commemorate his passing with The Revolution Will Not be Televised, but, seeing as how most of us reading this site are living in SE Michigan, I thought that I’d go with his anti-nuclear power song, We Almost Lost Detroit, which is particularly pertinent […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Politics Also tagged another famous person has died, bluesology, brilliant troubled musicians, Fukushima Daiichi, Gil Scott-Heron, godfather of rap, Japan, Jazz, manned space flight, NASA, nuclear power, poverty, rap, space shuttle, the moon, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, We Almost Lost Detroit, Whitey on the Moon 8 Comments