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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Sound . . .

. . . of silence . . .

(from http://www.mediaite.com/online/do-you-hear-the-silence-elijah-cummings-slams-republicans-for-lack-of-oversight-of-trump-and-flynn/)
". . . Following declarations made by the Republican chairmen of the House Oversight and Intelligence Committees. . . that they wouldn’t be conducting any additional probes into the Trump administration surrounding the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) ripped into them. . . Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, highlighted the silence coming from those in power to investigate President Donald Trump and Flynn. . .“Let me begin by asking everyone in this room a very simple question,” he said. “Do you hear that? Do you hear the silence?”. . . Cummings continued, “This is a town of House Republicans conducting no oversight of President Trump. Zero. That is what it sounds like when they abdicate their duty under the Constitution.” . . . He further added that House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz “has not lifted one finger” to investigate Flynn’s Russian ties. . ."

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Register . . .

. . . if you're not. Do it if you are . . .

(from https://www.facebook.com/TheIdesOfTrump/)
"Mark your calendar for November 6, 2018!
This is the date in which 33 senate seats, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 39 state and territorial governorships (and numerous state and local elections) will be up for re-election.
Don't pencil it in. Use ink! Put it on your calendar, put it in the church bulletin, share the date with your sorors, frat brothers and other organizational connects. Is your family registered to vote? Make sure they register and help others register too.
Please become familiar with the issues. Nothing worse than an uninformed voter. I'm just sayin'. Be prepared to be an informed voter. No more complaining about what is. Develop a strategy for what you want it to be. Start planning and acting! (And pass this around by cutting and pasting yourself to ensure people see it!)"

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

House . . .

. . . music . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music)
". . . Artists and groups such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Aretha Franklin, Bananarama, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Steps, Kylie Minogue, Björk, and C+C Music Factory all incorporated the genre into their work in the 1990s and beyond. After enjoying significant success in the early to mid-90s, house music grew even larger during the second wave of progressive house (1999–2001). The genre has remained popular and fused into other popular subgenres, for example, ghetto house, deep house and tech house. As of 2016, house music remains popular in both clubs and in the mainstream pop scene while retaining a foothold on underground scenes across the globe. . . "

. . . a Gentleman and a scholar who has mastered the genre . . .

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

House . . .

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Jacobs_Mansion)
". . . The mansion encompasses what once was three large row homes. The original Garrett Jacobs home, 11 Mt. Vernon, was built by Samuel George in 1853 on property purchased from John Eager Howard. The property was located in the then-new suburb of Mount Vernon, which was a haven for the newly-rich of Baltimore as a place to escape the congestion of the city. The property lay directly across from the site of the Baltimore's Washington Monument (completed in 1829), which further enhanced its value. . . Robert andd Mary lived in their row house for ten years during which time Robert was first President of the Valley Rail Road, a short line on the Shenandoah Valley Rail Road managed by the B & O and then promoted to third Vice President of the B & O. After the death of John Work Garrett, Robert Garrett became president of the B & O in 1884. Prompted by their growing business and social responsibilities and money, the Garretts decided to enlarge their home to create a fitting place to entertain the important people who were guests of the president of the B & O, including other railroad presidents, bankers, and state and national legislators. Robert Garrett attended to the neighborhood as well as the house, enhancing the setting of his home by engaging Fredrick Olmstead to design the four parks of the square. Additionally, he commissioned sculptor W.W. Story, who had just created a sculpture of George Peabody for the people of London where Peabody enjoyed public acclaim, to make a copy of that sculpture to be placed in front of the Peabody Institute. Inspired by the Champs del Elysees in Paris, Garrett wanted a similar park in front of his own home. Henri Cremier designed the fountain that graces that space. . . Robert and Mary Garrett then engaged Gilded Age architect Stanford White of architectural firm McKim, Mead and White to help them realize their vision of a beautiful home that would compare with other Gilded Age homes in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. The renovations would continue for thirty-two years until the house included over forty rooms, sixteen fireplaces, and one hundred windows. . . Mary Garrett Jacobs died in 1936 leaving the house to her husband. They had no children. At his death, in 1939, the mansion which had renovations amounting to more than $2 million was auctioned for $36,000 to William Cook who planned to use it as a funeral home. Zoning laws prohibited this. The mansion was then sold to Boumi Temple. Three of the beautiful Tiffany windows were sold; other changes were made. . . Baltimore City purchased the mansion in 1958 with plans to use it for the Walters Art Gallery. These plans did not materialize. For years it sat empty, deteriorating. . . In 1962, it was sold to Baltimore’s Engineering Society, an organization that contributed much to Baltimore’s revitalization after the Baltimore fire of 1904 that destroyed most of the downtown. In need of a new home, the Engineering Society moved into the property and rescued it. . .The Engineering Society has overseen restoration of this mansion since that time. . ."

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Saturday . . .

OHO performs for your dancing and dining pleasure at the "Coffee House"- A Casual Evening of Food, Friends and Music at Pleasant Valley Golf Club. BYOB - $10 Cover Charge. Reservations Requested 717-993-2184 or info@playpleasantvalley.com. Doors open at 6PM. Music from 7PM to 9PM. Pub fare available ALL EVENING LONG.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

So . . .

. . . many things. . .

. . . so little time . . .

. . . we must pick up wine for ________, it's on the way to the house. . . that's very close to _________vineyards, where we must pick up our September club selection . . . and _________vineyards is to the north just before we turn west to head for the house . . . but now we are wined out and should probably save the last one for another day . . . but there is more rain forecast than originally but we don't care because there are SOOOOO many wineries to visit that the weather is not really a concern but then we must be careful to restrain ourselves from excessive purchases since many now do ship to our location and if we bought everything we liked we would simply not have enough room to return home with all the personal items that we took with us in the first place . .

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Ample . . .

. . . opportunities has Mr. Adams had to roll over in his grave . . .

(from wikipedia.com)
". . . In the closing months of his term Adams became the first president to occupy the new, but unfinished President's Mansion (later known as the White House) beginning November 1, 1800. "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it," Adams wrote on his second night in the mansion. "May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.". . ."

. . . and he COULD have another very soon . . .

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Afterword . . .

(from Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders with Huck Gutman, Afterword by John Nichols)
". . . Sanders was outspent and crudely attacked in the 2006 race - especially for his lonely votes to defend civil liberties. Yet he secured the Senate seat that for a century and a half had been won only be Republicans, taking 65 percent of the vote to just 32 percent for Tarrant. Sanders won every county in the state by a landslide, and carried even conservative communities. All those town hall meetings over all those years, all that talk about kitchen-table economics, had forged a connection that could not be severed by big money and negative ads. "Maybe that's the lesson of Bernie," explained Margrete Strand Rangnes. "He doesn't worry so much about winning one election. He's in it for the long haul, because that's how you build the awareness and the trust that allows you to get beyond the spin and talk to people about the real issues in their lives. . . "

Feel the burn?

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Nothing New . . .

. . . Scapegoating - to play off one group against another . . .

. . . be WARY!

(from Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders with Huck Gutman)
". . . For a hundred years, the white workers of the South were the most exploited white workers in America. They were paid the lowest wages, they endured the worst working conditions, their housing was abysmal, their kids went to the most backward schools, and very few could send their children to college. But what did they have? They were given "niggers" to hate and look down on, "niggers" who couldn't vote, drink at their water fountains, use the same bathrooms, or sit up front in the buses or movie theaters.

The political, economic, social, and educational systems of the South enforced those divisions and continually fed the antagonisms. Above all things, white workers were encouraged to despise, and protect themselves from their black neighbors, or face losing what little they had. The rich folks in the the South - the bankers the manufacturers, the cottonfield owners - laughed all the way to the bank. . .political activists. . . brought black and white workers together to fight for justice. They did this not only because they believed in civil rights and equal opportunity but also because they undersood that real economic and political transformation would never be achieved as long as whites and blacks were busy fighting each other - rather than their common oppressors. . . "

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Call Them Out . . .

(from http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/25/boehner-mcconnell-bomb-60-minutes-asked-gop-alternative-obamacare.html#ajaxed-comments)
". . . Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a disastrous appearance on 60 Minutes, the lowlight of which was their complete inability to discuss the Republican alternative to Obamacare. Speaker Boehner went on a dodge and weave filibuster when asked what the Republican alternative to Obamacare was, “Providing more access we could have done without taking control of the entire healthcare system. . . For those who don’t have access to affordable health insurance. Helping those at the bottom I think we’re all for it, but we don’t need Washington to ruin the greatest health delivery system that the world has ever known.”

Pelley kept hammering away . . ."

But obviously hammering is relative because how can any respected journalist allow the statement,
". . . ruin the greatest health delivery system that the world has ever known” slip by without calling them out??!!

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Vote on Freedom . . .

(from http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/house-judiciary-approves-bill-ending-bulk-nsa-data-collection/130970)
". . . The House Judiciary Committee on a voice vote has unanimously approved the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361). The bill would end bulk data collection by the National Security Agency, as well as boost transparency and reporting requirements for targeted data requests, require more specificity in those requests, and minimize retention and dissemination of nonpublic data.

The compromise version hashed out over the past weekend was said to be a compromise between Judiciary chair Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and ranking member John Conyers (D-Mich.). The bill was sponsored by Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).

The White House has taken some steps to reign in NSA data collection, but not enough for critics, including a host of groups planning a day of activism June 5, the anniversary of the first story about NSA surveillance, based on info from leaker Edward Snowden.

At the bill's markup Wednesday, the recurring theme was that the legislation would end bulk data collection that had been conducted, but shouldn't have been, under The PATRIOT Act.

An amendment was defeated that could have led to private companies having to retain customer data longer than they currently do. . ."

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Coming April 8th . . .

(. . . to an internet NEAR YOU! - The new solo release of solo, acoustic, original creative piano music from Oho's keyboard man Ray Jozwiak . . . )

1957 Raymond Michael Jozwiak is born at Church Home & Hospital, Baltimore, MD

1962 Raymond Michael Jozwiak enters the 1st grade at Our Lady of Fatima School, Baltimore, MD

1963 Raymond Michael Jozwiak begins accordion lessons at the Accordion Institute of Maryland

1972 Raymond Michael Jozwiak joins the band Reflection to play part-time at private functions

1978 Raymond Michael Jozwiak earns his Bachelor of Science degree from Towson State University

1979 Raymond Michael Jozwiak and Pamela Ann Statter marry

1983 Raymond and Pamela buy their first house (in Towson)

1984 - 1990 Raymond and Pamela bring three, extraordinary young men into the world

1985 Raymond Michael Jozwiak trades in his Farfisa Fast 4 and Leslie 145 tone cabinet for his first, (a Wurlitzer, studio upright) piano

1998 Raymond Michael Jozwiak trades in his Wurlitzer, studio upright piano for a Kawai baby grand

2014 Raymond Michael Jozwiak releases 2014, a cumulative, musical distillation of elements from every human, intellectual, emotional and musical experience of his life to date, performed on acoustic, grand pianoforte

Compound Fracture
©2013 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from '2014'
available April 8, 2014 at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak

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