Complicity . . .

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/betsy-devos-new-

title-ix-rules-will-shake-how-k-n1201616

(from https://medium.com/@arlen.parsa/15-inspirational-quotes-about-speaking-up-against-injustice-336f382c1578)
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.” — Dr Martin Luther King Jr

“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” — Thurgood Marshall

“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

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Class . . .

https://www.wfae.org/post/nc-changes-rules-so-virus-wont-block-

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(from Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:  A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken)

". . . Anytime a liberal points out that the wealthy are disproportionately benefiting from Bush's tax policies, Republicans shout, "class warfare!" . . . In her book A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman writes about a peasant revolt in 1358 that began in the village of St. Leu and spread throughout the Oise Valley. At one estate, the serfs sacked the manor house, killed the knight, and roasted him on a  spit in front of his wife and kids. Then, after ten or twelve peasants violate the lady, with the children still watching, they forced her to eat the roasted flesh of her husband and then killed her. . . That is class warfare. . .  Arguing over the optimal marginal tax rate for the top one percent is not. . . "

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Lucky . . .

. . . duckies . . .

https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17653/male-and-female-mallard-ducks

(from Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them:  A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken)

". . . In all this talk, one thing that gets lost is that there are forty-two million working Americans who have not gotten one cent in (Bush) tax cuts. The Wall Street Journal refers to them as "Lucky Duckies" because they earn so little that they don't pay any income taxes. Many lucky duckies are deeply in debt to predatory lenders. Man of these lucky duckies couldn't afford college and cannot afford health insurance. Some of these lucky duckies, working Americans, will be homeless sometime during the year. Their children, the lucky ducklings, are far more like than my kids, or Paul Gigot's, to be killed violently or die of a preventable disease. . . Apparently, the Wall Street Journal thinks that the unluckiest thing in the world is paying taxes. . . "

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Mister . . .

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Always a gentleman,
Yes, through and through.
Anybody that knows him
will tell that to you.

He is king and quite gentle;
Knows what's right and what's wrong.
If you see him here now
You may not in too long.


Mr. Russell
©2003 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from the album Chromatose

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Entertainment . . .

http://www.historyofcircus.com/famous-circuses/circus-skills/

Entertainment comes
In many forms
From the avante-edgy
To the tragically-norm
Nobody's actually right
And nobody's really wrong
To take one over the other
Simply choose to which camp you'll belong


The Entertainer
©2017 Raymond M. Jozwiak
(from the unreleased 'Phatso'; improvisations on Moog Little Phatty)



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Good . . .

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
-Václav Havel

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Right? . . .

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". . . Following the April release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, this hope seemed vaguely justifiable — at least for those who were desperate to feel it. Perhaps, Trump had learned from his brush with the law. Perhaps, if only for self-preservation, he wouldn’t again encourage, implicitly or explicitly, Russian interference that would distort the will of American voters. Perhaps in 2020, Trump would cease to be Trump. . . the president dispelled any such notion by declaring that if he was offered dirt on a Democratic opponent by a foreign agent, he would probably accept it. “I think I’d take it,” the president told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired on Wednesday. . . If Trump has learned anything since 2016, it’s that he can get away with almost anything, including working with a foreign adversary to influence an American election. Now that Mueller has completed his investigation, Congress continues to display limited willingness to act on his findings — mostly due to Republicans’ shameful betrayal of the Constitution and their oaths of office, in addition to naive caution among some Democrats. Is it any wonder that Trump believes himself to be above the law? . . ."

. . . and according to the behavior of Congressional Republicans . . . he's right!

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Right . . .

. . . and wrong are clearly more difficult to prove legally . . .


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". . . House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told ABC's "This Week" that the hush payments President Donald Trump's former longtime attorney Michael Cohen made to two women before the 2016 presidential election "aren't impeachable" offenses. . ."


(from https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-fox-interview-election-law-experts-weigh-in-1.4797126)
(Says Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University election law professor)". . . As an individual, Cohen can only donate $2,700. The amount that was involved in the Daniels payment, $130,000, was far greater than that. So it's a campaign finance violation. This is deemed an in-kind contribution for the Trump campaign. And it's too big. It's just that simple. It blows through long-standing contribution limits at the federal level. . ."


(from http://www.crf-usa.org/impeachment/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors.html)
". . . The Constitution defines treason in Article 3, Section 3, Clause 1:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. . ."

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License . . .

. . .  not driver;  not poetic

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing)

". . . the right, granted by the copyright holder or his/her agent, for the broadcast, recreation, or performance of a copyrighted work. Types of licensing contracts can include: 1) a flat fee for a defined period of usage, or 2) royalty payments determined by the number of copies of the work sold or the total revenues acquired as a result of its distribution. In addition to a basic fee, most music licensing agreements require additional payments to the copyright owner when the work in which it is included (movie, play) is financially successful above a certain threshold. . ."

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Un-Tie-Teld
©2005 Raymond M. Jozwiak
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Do You . . .

. . . know what you  like?

. . . Do you know what you want?
Do you highly value anything at all?
Do you live with other people
In this world of good and bad?
Did you notice that they're
Very much like you?

Do you try to understand
The things that someone else goes through?
Do you make an extra effort just to try?
Do you think that is could simply be
Exactly what we're all supposed to do?

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Clearer . . .

Accountability and transparency
Are what we're needing now
Together we'll stand
For what's good and what's right
And not fall for just one reprimand

The high road now,
Is what must be taken
Example to set
For the many now shaken
By intemperate egos breeding fear;
Stirring hate
Disregarding the future, the facts and our fate

A new day has arrived
It's now baby steps, see
A little at a time; enough that you can do
Work towards things agreed
And respect all those different from you

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The Trick . . .

. . . to taking the high road


. . . is making sure that no one realizes that you are taking the high road.  So you must, in effect, execute the triple-whammy of :

1.  knowing that your goal is the right and proper one without saying so [possibly most important and trickiest]

2.  taking the right tack in presenting (arguing? discussing?) your case diplomatically

3.  doing both of the above in a manner that betrays no 'superiority', sarcasm or preachiness

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Revisiting . . .

You were always
In the right place
At the right time
When I needed
You to be there
In the rain or shine
And I don't believe
I ever heard
A word of complaint
Sometimes there was not
A word at all
You were always
There to give me
The direction true
Now it's time I
Must be there
For you.

In a world where
There is danger
And uncertainty
You were there to
Give me comfort
And security
You were like the sun
Upon which could be
Counted to rise
Like the rain you gave
What made me grow
And though now things
Seem confusing
I can't make you see
I'll be here 'cause
You were there
For me.

LVJ
©2010 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Right . . .

. . . you ARE . . .



. . . two lushly complex chords and a somewhat exotic, latin inflection (offered by OHO's Jay Graboski) were the inspiration for an AABA structured composition which presents the improviser with numerous, quick-changing chords, challenging the imagination and the technique. . .


Righteously
Written by Jay Graboski & Ray Jozwiak

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Liberty . . .

(from John Adams by David McCullough -  from Abigail Adams' correspondence with her husband)
". . . The have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for liberty cannot be equally strong in the breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow creatures of theirs. . . I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in the province. It always seemed a most iniquitous scheme to me - [to] fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have. . . "

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Principles . . .

(inspired by http://sandradodd.com/rules)

Principles are ever so much more important than rules. Most folks find it much easier to follow 'the rules' than to think for themselves according to principles. . . "A principle internally motivates you to do the things that seem good and right. People develop principles by living with people with principles and seeing the real benefits of such a life. . . " A rule is purely external and many times forces us to do the things someone else has deemed proper.  Do you want your kids to follow rules or live their lives making choices based upon principles. Certainly rules are necessary in many instances to maintain law and order. A proper basis in principles would preclude any good citizen from breaking laws anyway.  But is thinking about what you really believe and know to be good just too painful?

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