Questions . . .

. . . I would like to ask


. . . So many people
I no longer see
nor (with whom I) interact

Like, "Didn't we have fun?"
and "What happened to our youth?"
Like, "Why did you punch me?",
and "Do you still punch people?"
Like, "Did you continue in music?'
and "What are you singing now?"
Like, "Where did you two meet?"
and "Any regrets on not continuing your education?"
Like, "Have you considered all the facts?"
and "Do you know that changing your view is not a character flaw?
Like, "Did you consider the details of her personal life?"

. . . and "Did you realize the human being is the most valuable?"

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In Response . . .

. . . to recent coverage of ejection of a news reporter from a press event for asking 'tough' questions and comments made by the 'team' in DC . . .


(from http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/respect-quotes/)
"Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all. "   
-Ray Davis

"Men are respectable only as they respect."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. " 
-William J. H. Boetcker

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say." 
-Bryant H. McGill

“Treat people the way you want to be treated. Talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned, not given."
-Hussein Nishah

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Questions . . .

Human?  Yes.
Principled? Questionable.
Desirable potential president? Not in my view.

(Please!!! - do some research.  There ARE other options.)

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For Sure? . . .

(from http://www.nbcnews.com/health/we-all-speak-valley-girls-now-2D11722245)
We are always asking questions, even when we're not. A new study suggests that "uptalk," phrasing your statements with a rise in pitch at the end, isn't just something young women do: it seems to be expanding to other demographics, including young men.

In Southern California, anyway, young people tend to uptalk no matter their gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, suggests a small new study presented last week at the Acoustical Society of America’s annual meeting.

. . . Uptalk serves several purposes in the speech of SoCal speakers. . . Here's an everyday example: When the barista at Starbucks asks for the customer's name, an uptalker almost sounds like he or she is guessing at the answer (Mike? Isabelle?), "even though we know that this person is not actually questioning his or her name,” the authors write.

Ritchart and Arvanti rounded up 23 UCSD undergrads – 12 women, 11 men, all “native speakers of SoCal English." Their backgrounds varied widely: most self-identified as middle-class, but six said they were upper-class, and four said they were lower-class. Eight of them were bilingual. But despite their differences, they all used uptalk, the authors say.

It’s easy to dismiss uptalk as the airhead’s language quirk, but it can be a useful way of speaking: Ritchart and Arvanti identified an interesting way uptalk is used – to “hold the floor,” or to let the listener know they’re not done talking. The uptalk sort of acts as a verbal comma, explains Arvanti, who notes that their study is not the first to find this usage. For example, in the map experiment, the speaker might say something like, “OK, so, go toward Warren?” before continuing on with his instructions (“And then do you see Valley Mall?”). Ritchart and Arvanti found that 45 percent of “floor holding” instances used uptalk, and 16 percent of simple statements did, too.

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I'm gonna build. . .

. . . my world around you. . .

Many times have arisen
When there seemed to be
So many questions
That deep in my gut
Were a churning unease
And through those
Soul-searching times
I simply made up my mind

I'm gonna build
I'm gonna build my
I'm gonna build my world
Around you
Around you

Every place that I go
Every sight that I see
The different faces
I so often meet
Strangers
Or so they seem
I think how
It could all be
Much better
If you're here with me

I'm gonna build
I'm gonna build my
I'm gonna build my world
Around you
Around you

When I stop
Listen
Look all around me
All isn't well
Things that I see people do
Things they say
Shouldn't be quite that way
And better people than me
Try to change what they see

I'm gonna build
I'm gonna build my
I'm gonna build my world
Around you
Around you


My World

©2010 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Ooh Bee Ahh Bop . . .

 . . . I take my inspiration from whence it comes, no questions asked . . .

Ooh Bee Ahh Bop is a track on my latest release AMBIENCE & WINE which incorporates digital sampling, in this case of male & female choruses, placed against a pedestrian rhythm or beat.  The melodies are completely improvised but with something very specific in the background which was influencing my ideas on the day of that recording.

“But the fact is, she [the muse] won't be summoned. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love with one artist, then deserts him for another. She's a real bitch!”
― Erica Jong, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

 
Ooh Bee Ahh Bop
(from AMBIENCE & WINE)
©2011 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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Yes, we are . . .

Question:  Who can disagree with ANY of these?

Answer:  Either someone with an agenda (i.e., rich who want an unfair advantage, corporations with power enough to formulate their own policy, the corrupt, banks who profit from fraud, investment firms taking advantage of 'loopholes' or elected representatives who are OWNED!!!

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