Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place,
but far more difficult still,
to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin Franklin
Tweet of the Day
@JRubinBlogger Ron Paul has constantly said that Trump is dangerous, he won't vote for him, he opposes Trump's ISIS stance (March debate).— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
Ben Sasse is rapidly becoming one of my favorite senators, 5 degrees (including a Yale PhD). Epic anti-Trump rant: https://t.co/rfYUDtpz1H— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
I bet when someone first mentioned a taco bowl to Donald Trump, he thought it was a football game between UTEP and UCLA.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
I'll give Donald Trump credit for not trying to eat tamales like Gerald Ford (with the shucks still on). As a native Texan, no to taco bowls— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
My best to Latino friends back in Texas on #CincoDeMayo. I miss authentic Tex-Mex cuisine. I once ordered iced tea in MA: powdered Nestea.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh I quibble with the term "natural Democrats". Latinos, as well as my Franco-American ancestry, tend to be more conservative.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh. I will say during my HS, college days in Texas, almost all the Latinos I knew were Democrats but TX had been Dem for century— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh I don't get how the GOP got so anti-immigrant. Reagan through McCain were reformers; even Dole rejected stripping birthright.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@passantino Trump's anti-trade, anti-immigrant, anti-entitlement reform stands are economically illiterate. Ryan has no choice.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@scottlincicome I've also have been tweeting about and using the term 'Vichy Republicans'. We will primary any politician who sells out.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 5, 2016
@Mediaite The 60% of us who voted against Trump during the primaries say, "F*ck you". Germans once voted Hitler into power.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
@Trumpbart Well, just like Donald Trump, Rick Perry used to be a Democrat. Well, he forgot the Energy Department in 2012, now his principles— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
@freddoso Taco bowls are fake Mexican food, just like Trump's orange tan.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
@Jeff_Jacoby so much for American exceptionalism.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
@davidfrum No. GOP voters (never mind other) routinely rated immigration the last issue of importance. More likely economic/security shock.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
Make my beautiful day. #MovieQuoteaSong— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
I coulda been The Pretender. #MovieQuoteASong— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
You can't handle the...What is Truth? #MovieQuoteASong— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
You make me want to be a better Solitary Man. #MovieQuoteASong— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
The GOP & media "conservatives" need to own up to the fact that they created Trumpenstein with morally repulsive immigration restrictions.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
Donald Trump thinks that publicly eating a taco bowl or professing his love for Latinos is going to alleviate nearly 90% unfavorable ratings— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
What is truly pathetic is seeing politicians like Gingrich and Perry sucking up to a fascist demagogue like Trump for selection as Veep.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
The future of the GOP after the Trumpslide this November will be led by true patriots like Paul Ryan and Ben Sasse.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
Image of the DayAfter Sasse suggested that dumpster fires are more popular than Trump or Clinton, Trumpbart did a flashpoll.Yup, I'm among the 80+% dumpster— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) May 6, 2016
A Golden Hit From the Past
I can remember calling in a request to the radio station to play this song. I was more of a crossover country pop fan at the time, huge Cash fan. When Cash recorded it, it was an unlikely county protest song; it took courage to put out a song like this. I ended up buying a Cash box set just to get the track years later. Country stations don't play protest songs; take another favorite, Goldsboro's "Broomstick Cowboy". I first heard it on a Goldsboro compilation, and it blew me away the first time I heard it--it should have been a monster hit--I still play it all the time. The inner producer in me wants to rework the arrangement with more of a driving percussion, use of sound effects and echo, and a "White Rabbit"-style climax.
Of course, I've never sold a single track. I've never played an instrument (started teaching myself guitar and piano but got bored), My younger siblings did. It sort of sucks when you're an amateur songwriter. Melodies with a decent hook are harder than lyrics. You never know: to me, lyrics like "love, soft as an easy chair" are beyond sappy, but the performer and writer made a fortune.
Open Immigration
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Rod Stewart, "Baby Jane"
