Open Thread…………………………………………………………………………………………Wednesday, April 18

 

Will the rain take away some of this miserable pollen?  My car is green.  Everything is green!

 

Speaking of gardens…..what is this I hear about a biblical Garden of Eden theme in Old Town Manassas on

Battle  Street?  Temptation and the Broken Apple?  Which local politicians will be auditioning for the role of the Serpent?

Who will play Eve?

Feel free to make your nominations.  Hmmmmm….I know who *I* would nominate for the Serpent.

Here is the link for the last open thread.  It contains some still-alive issues readers might want to check out:

https://www.moonhowlings.net/index.php/2012/04/11/open-thread-tuesday-april-11/

It has scrolled pretty far down the page now.

 

 

 

American music icon Dick Clark dead at age 82

 

Note:  Play video from here at youtube.  Use the link here.   

Forever young.  Dick Clark died today of a massive heart attack.  Dick Clark can’t be dead.

Dick Clark is who pulled us out of the Eisenhower years  despite our parents kicking and screaming.  Dick Clark is who made the jitterbug, the twist, and a number of other teen dances acceptable to America.  He brought us our early rock legends like Fabian,  Dion, the Diamonds, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis.  They appeared right in our living rooms and real live kids from Philly, not Hollywood, danced to the tunes.

Clark stayed with us baby boomers, even though he was there for those a little older.  He produced many music shows and he remained vigil through New Years Eve on Times Square for more years than I am willing to admit.  The past few years were a struggle for Clark. He had suffered a stroke.  What brought him back?  Every year he worked harder and harder with his speech skills so he could host the annual New Years Eve celebration. 

Probably a little part of all of us who have childhood roots in the 50’s  died today along with Dick Clark.  Dick Clark was forever young.  Dick Clark rescued us from the 50’s.  Dick Clark made rock n roll  acceptable.  Dick Clark was just like us, only grown up.  Sorta. 

For now, Dick Clark. [salute]  So long.

 This is your life, Dick Clark.

RIP Dick.

If your’re Ted Nugent, what does a big mouth get you?

The correct answer is, a visit from the Secret Service. 

ABCnews.com

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into the incendiary and potentially threatening remarks made by rocker and Mitt Romney-backer Ted Nugent at the National Rifle Association convention over the weekend.

“We are aware of them and we are conducting the appropriate follow-up now,” Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie told ABC News.

Nugent told a crowd of convention goers that “if Barack Obama becomes the president in November, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”

“If you can’t go home and get everybody in your lives to clean house in this vile, evil, America-hating administration, I don’t even know what you’re made of,” he said. The comments were caught on tape and posted online by the website Right Wing Watch.

The Democratic National Committee and Obama campaign have launched a multimedia offensive against Romney over Nugent, demanding that the presumptive GOP nominee disavow the statements of his high-profile supporter.

But the White House today refused to join in the condemnation and said that it won’t be “policing the statements of supporters across the board.”

I sure am glad that the Secret Service agreed with me.   The rhetoric seemed a little extreme to me, but what do I know?  Threats against the president, both explicit and implicit are usually taken very seriously.  I don’t hold Mitt Romney responsible.  I hold the NRA responsible.  The mouth flashing happened on their watch.  Poor Mitt would probably shoot his foot off if he handled a gun. 

More to the point, the NRA is busy spreading lies and creating hysteria about Obama taking everyone’s guns.  Clearly, that has never been suggested.  Remember before President Obama was inaugurated?  Ammunition was very scarce and had gotten expensive.  Why?  The rumor that Obama was rounding up everyone’s guns.

It’s really time for the lies to stop.  Gun laws have become much less restrictive since 2008, across the nation.  It’s time for thinking people to stop falling for NRA’s tricks.  They and other 2nd amendment groups want your money and your membership.  I see the crap that they send out.  It  comes to my house.  It is alarmist and incendiary and has one purpose.