Songster Shout Box

barack obama came into office with a rising opposition to a u.s. presence in iraq...as he took steps to end that war he shifted focus to another war yet was awarded the nobel peace prize...a few days ago in his oslo acceptance speech, he spoke of the "hard truth that we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetime and there will come times when nations whether individually or in concert will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified"...a "peace" president talking like that means that peace is remote...peace is very elusive on this earth...our gifts to the One whose birth is celebrated on this day are wastefulness and spiritual indifference...it would seem that the peoples of the world will always be divided...the need for power is stronger than love... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

It's almost as though the people in control did not have children. Doesn't everyone, when seeing their baby for the first time, finally understand the reasons for peace, justice, kindness, selflessness? - Buddy

what's so great about children? the child is the father to the man! - Charlie Barone

a tenant lawyer, a poet and a professor at amherst college who teaches latino poetry...i've been to two of his readings, both at camille's school when she was a sophomore, and find myself reading two of his books constantly...a down to earth man who i highly respect... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

I wonder if blind Homer read his epic poems from a manuscript. - Charlie Barone

"lord protect us saints preserve us we been drinkin whiskey fore breakfast" - sally stokhamer

This is a stupid little song that rings around in my mind like bell. Why do I care to learn it? Why do I care at all? There must be a simpleton deep inside of me, yearning to breathe free. - Charlie Barone

the poem, whitman's hymn to himself, pouring out a torrent of words...he's absorbed his muse into himself to explore the emotions of both male and female, to expand his consciousness, to live in a world without doors... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

the best thing you can say about Whitman was that he spent time in Brooklyn. But as a poet he can get on my nerves.... - Charlie Barone

blake's poem magnificentally captured by this song...his prophesy about the industrial revolution bringing suffering and despair to the people... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

poor Blake, poor, poor Blake...the marriage hearse has left him by the roadside. I don't know, but I hope his old age was not a lonely one... - Charlie Barone

I was quite surprised to learn that Iranians are not Arabs but Persians. I had business dealings with a Persian for the first time last month and thought: This guy is more aggressively American than most Americans. And now they seem to be laying their lives on the line for some kind of freedom. - Charlie Barone

ivanka trump converted to judaism before jason kushner would propose marriage to her - katie holmes converted to scientology to marry tom cruise - guy richie converted to kabbalah (which isn't even a religion) to marry madonna and her new boyfriend is soon to "convert" to kabbalah (does she have a problem sleeping with him right now?) - oops, i almost forgot liz taylor who converted to judaism to marry eddie fisher - like the scarecrow in the "wizard of oz" said, "if i only had a brain" - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

No! - Charlie Barone

for buddy and mary - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

We always try to have an extra copy of this book to give away. If you can live your life according to these lessons you'll live a beautiful life. (Except when you're arguing - Yeah, that happens.) - Buddy

michael longley, the gentlest of men... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

And you, too, Sally! - Charlie Barone

And to all of you; and to all the people you know and many that you don't! - Buddy

Mr. Dirlam kissed my hand when we met, jumping from the chair he sat in - Time, you thief, who love to get sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, say that health and wealth have missed me, say I'm growing old but add, Mr. Dirlam kissed my hand. - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

ha ha ha ha ha and more ha's!!! - sally stokhamer

Merry Christmas Everyone!! - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

there was no room at the inn, i mean at the church where i went to hear live christmas music so i sat on the step in the freezing cold to hear it...it was magnificent and worth the chills... - sally stokhamer

what do you do when you've eaten the entire recipe...you make another batch!! - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

Merry Christmas Sally :) - Phil Harrison

merry christmas phil :) - sally stokhamer

can it get more inspiring than this? - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

this 'rabbi' is evil...this mother is pathetic...pathetic because she follows this man without thinking...her child and all the other children who have been allowed, by their mothers, to be tortured by this evil man, will continue to suffer emotional scars throughout their lives...without the 'rabbi's' 'followers, this could never have happened...the mothers should be punished.for their part in this...the rabbi no doubt has the best lawyer money can buy, the lawyer selling his soul for profit...his defense most likely will be that torture was done to himself as a child...shame, shame, shame...it's time we read about some other men of the cloth besides catholic priests, everyone who has ever damaged any helpless, innocent child ... - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest” Denis Diderot quotes 1713-1784) - Phil Harrison

i fell into a deep despair after reading this article and wondered if i could ever put the visions and screams aside, never forgotten just put aside...your post helped me and i thank you for it... - sally stokhamer

somewhere my love there will be songs to sing - sally stokhamer from Bookmarklet

Old saying: Money isn't everything, but it sure is way ahead of whatever is in 2nd place! - Charlie Barone

Anyone can become a millionaire in the music biz. Start with Two million. - Buddy

It is so very well done most folks don't realize how much info he is sharing! - joe cromwell

She's all that! - Charlie Barone

I recently downloaded this entire album, and I wasn't disappointed. - Charlie Barone

i have one track, "wide river to cross" and i'll never tire of listening to it!! - sally stokhamer

This four faced clock over the information booth at NYC's Grand Central was estimated to be worth from $10 to $20 million by both Christie's and Sotheby's. The reason it's so valuable is that each of the four faces is made of precious opal. - Charlie Barone

I'll take a much closer look the next time. - joe cromwell