43 and that forever young phrase really hits home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yDkWz3k9L8 

Posted every year since 2006 on Earth Day...one day early this time because of Greta

 There's a soul in the life of the land where we live

IT'S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

WE CAN DRINK ALL ITS WATER

AND MINE ALL IT’S COAL

BUT WHEN WE MIX THE TWO TOGETHER

IT TROUBLES HER SOUL

WE CAN TEST ALL THE BOMBS

AND DESTROY EVERY LAST TREE

AND THE ONLY THING IT REALLY DOES

IS ELIMINATE YOU AND ME

THE HARM THAT WE BRING

DOESN’T BOTHER THE LAND

WE ONLY HURT OURSELVES

BY FAILING TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

WE ARE GIVEN ALL THE TREASURES

THAT ANYONE COULD USE

BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE VISION

THEN ALL WE DO IS LOSE

WE DUMP OUR PROBLEMS

IN EVERY OCEAN, RIVER AND STREAM

WE LIVE BY A CODE OF CONSUMPTION

THAT DARKENS EVERY DREAM

WE THINK THAT OIL IS OUR GOLD

BECAUSE IT MOVES MACHINES AND MAN

AND ALL IT REALLY DOES

IS REMOVE THE SPRINGS OF LAND

WE NEED THAT SPECIAL CRUDE

BECAUSE WE’VE IGNORED OTHER WAYS

AND ALL WE’VE ENDED UP WITH

IS COUGHING THROUGH A HAZE

OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN

WILL REALLY PAY THE PRICE

AND JUST THAT THOUGHT ALONE

DOESN’T MAKE US VERY NICE

AND WHEN THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED

AND ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID

IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FACT

THAT’S THERE’S ONE MISTAKE WE’VE MADE

WE THOUGHT WE CONTROLLED THE EARTH

BY DOMINATING THE LAND

AND IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO ONE THING

THAT WE JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

Have a nice Earth Day.

Can the changes to voting rules hold up in court

 The states that are trying to make it harder to vote seem to be the states that President Biff (remember him) claimed were involved in fraud.

THERE WAS NO FRAUD except for the tiny tiny tiny amount that occur every election....

I always thought that environmental issues were the main differences between Democrats and Republicans, but now all one has to do is ask a simple question.

DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO VOTE OR HARDER?

If you think it should be harder then you either are a full blown Republican OR you drank the kool-aid and totally think the last election was stolen from the game show show host.

With 2020 being the year of Covid I'm surprised that mail in ballots haven't become the main source of voting for the next decade.

Georgia added (according to NY Times) 16 new provisions to the voting law and the actual signing of the bill by six older white guys (of which I am one, but not one thank you) simply added to the debacle,

There will be court involvement for sure but since Biff got 3 Supreme Court judges I'm not sure the outcome with satisfy millions of minorities..

PLEASE DON'T BE SILLY AND SAY THE NEW VOTING RULES AREN'T DIRECTED AT MINORITIES. If that is your response then you probably think Trump should run again in 2024 and if that's what you think then why the hell are you reading this?

For those of you who actually follow politics in Washington I'm sure you are enjoying the relative calmness of the last two months.

Whatever you think of Joe Biden the contrast of personalities between Donald J Trump and Joe is wider than that gap at the Grand Canyon.  The one I'm referring to is the one that runs north and south....the entire length of the canyon.

It's flat out remarkable how the new press secretary (Jan Psaki) handles her job.  Trump had numerous people (at every position) over the four years and his press moments were only about one thing.....himself.

Regarding the voting situation.  Two thinks to watch for,  How many states try to change their rules and how the courts deal with those changes.

I'm pretty sure that the nation should just let California decide EVERYTHING for the next 40 years.

WE lead in so many areas of importance....with environmental issues being number one.

I can hear the people in Texas screaming but then again what's new?

I'm absolutely amazed that Major League Baseball made a stand and pulled the All-Star game from Atlanta.  They should just move it to LA where it was suppose to be last year but got cancelled due to Covid-19. 

Speaking of baseball I hate it when people start predicting how many games the Dodgers will win this year simply because they won last year.  I recall Atlanta was up 3-1 in the playoffs and if M Some goofy guy on r. Snell had stayed in the World Series game we might be talking about how they blew it again.

Some goofy announcer on the Dodger radio channel said they might win 130 games.

Baseball doesn't work like that.

Everybody has improved and the one team they are all gunning for is.........

THE WORLD CHAMPION LOS ANGELES DODGERS

I'll be happy if they make the playoffs

Period

Michael Timothy McAlevey