Two. . .

 . . . for tea. . .

Not for our choices of presidential candidates.

Once again, our wonderful media and even more wonderful electoral system have, in combination failed us tremendously.  There are actually, contrary to popular perception, OTHER options for president of the United States.

Not everything needs to exist in only in pairs like:
    pants/trousers
    underwear
    swimming trunks
    shorts
    jeans
    glasses
    sunglasses
    binoculars
    goggles
    scissors
    pliers
    clippers
    tweezers
    tongs
    headphones
    handcuffs
    shoes
    socks
    slippers
    boots
    shoe laces
    gloves
    cuff links
    earrings
    pair of contacts
    pair of eyes
    pair of lungs
    kidneys
    wings
    dice
    skis
    skates
    crutches
    chopsticks
    speakers
    headlights
    windshield wipers
    knitting needles

Depending upon your particular state, (and don't forget write-in possibility) there are other choices:

Libertarian Party
    Gary Johnson - official nominee. Former Republican governor of New Mexico

Green Party
    Jill Stein - official nominee. Physician

Constitution Party
    Virgil Goode - official nominee. Former U.S. Congressman from Virginia, who was in Congress as a Democrat, an independent, and lastly a Republican

Prohibition Party
    Jack Fellure - official nominee

Justice Party
    Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City

Peace and Freedom Party
    Roseanne Barr, entertainer, is the nominee of the California-based  with activist Cindy Sheehan as her running mate
   
The Reform Party
    Andre Barnett
   
Socialist Party
    Stewart Alexander

Party for Socialism and Liberation
    Peta Lindsay

Socialist Workers Party
    James Harris

Socialist Equality Party
    Jerry White

Freedom Socialist Party
    Stephen Durham

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Some legalities. . .

Did you know?
Copyright shape the practices that drive the  music business from recording to touring deals. Washington has been passing and amending copyright laws regarding the music industry for more than a century. Still many artist know very little about copyright or rely on obsolete knowledge about those rules.

Copyright actually begins at the moment the music and lyrics are set down on paper, recorded, or stored on a computer.  Copyright protects the musician even if the song is never registered with the Copyright Office. The 'poor man's copyright' of ailing a copy of the work to yourself really does not provide any additional legal protection.

Copyright of a composition is totally different and separate from copyright of a sound recording. A sound recording can be considered a master recorded performance of the composition. Always be sure to protect the copyright of the composition separately from the sound recording.

The right to perform or play a song in public is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder. Permission or a license is required in advance music is to be played in public unless the music is in the Public Domain or the use of the music qualifies as fair use. But the line between what is private and what is public is complicated. Prior to the Music Licensing Act in 1998, some court cases have drawn the line and declared public uses of music to be copyright infringement unless licensed, as follows:

    Radio stations, bars, night clubs, and juke box operators;
    Hotels that play the radio for guests through speakers or headphones;
    Restaurants;
    Stores;
    Telephone intercom systems that play music while callers are on hold” (Source:                                    http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/music.html)

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DROP. . .

. . . by this Monday evening, October 22, 2012 at 7:30PM for the. . . 

Monday Night Songwriters Showcase
at Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery
(take the elevator on the right to the 2nd floor)
124 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701
Telephone: 301-631-0089 Fax: 301-631-1874
  http://www.brewers-alley.com/

where you'll hear
Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano
open the show This Week
with 30 minutes of solo, Gonzo, Fractured Jazz and Improvisational Terror Tactics at the Piano


NUMBER ONE (from AMBIENCE & WINE)
©2011 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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Pre-Debate. . .

. . . tutorial. . . (one left to go)

(from http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-lying-voice/)
". . . Step 1: Unusual Ahem's Alert
Although clearing one's throat is not necessarily considered aberrant behavior, it is not a normal everyday feature of the average person's speech. A healthy liar is more likely to do the "ahem" sound than a healthy non-liar. Psychological stress on a typical liar tends to put some tension on their muscular system, which includes their vocal muscles. The vocal muscles are miniscule in size, about the size of a thumbnail.1 The air you breathe passes through the vocal muscles on their way to the lungs and vice-versa. When the vocal muscles contract, they temporarily halt the respiration process; hence, the tensed liar may need to clear their throat in order to continue speaking.

Step 2: Creaky Voice Alert
Another common after-effect of lying and the anxiety associated with it on the vocal system is a creaky tone or a glottal fry.1 It is called so, because the voice then sounds as if it is being fried. The vocal chords try to minimize the impact of the lack of air by conserving it, resulting in a creaky voice. A physically healthy nervous liar is more likely than a relaxed physically healthy honest person to speak with a creaky voice.

Step 3: Judge in Context
While the typical liar's vocal features described in the previous steps can be a warning sign, they are to be analyzed within the proper context. There are many causes of the creaky voice and clearing of throat, and the anxiety that accompanies the act of lying is just one of them. Sickly honest people can just as easily experience these vocal problems as healthy dishonest people. In addition, there are experienced liars and pathological liars that are so used to lying that they have become immune to the anxiety that haunts the average liar. Therefore, the two vocal hot spots described in this page are meant to be used with an open mind. . . "

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Close. . .

 . . . but no cigar

 
 

We complain the floor's uneven  When we simply don't know how to dance  In a sentimental treason  Each word is charged as every glance My foes approach and I start singing How do I defend against my friends?  The treasure buried where I fumbled  The ball into the tiger's den  Maddened fingers spar  With the laughing strings  I was very close but no cigar  We were on the corner with our cup The lad with light feet made the girl light up  Putting the pep back into the step  Where you would leap is now where I have leapt I'm an easy victim of nostalgia  I was making friends among the blind The filament was bright at high noon Radiating from the signs  Maddened fingers spar With the laughing strings It was very close but no cigar  Find the low denominator  With a hundred pairs of eyes  Leaning on an arm that failed us  Against the grain it's common life  I was choking on imagination  Still I know I get the gist   Sifting through a tired memory  In Paris turning with the twist

CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR
(from BRICOLAGE by Oho)
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Why? . . .

. . .

Albert Einstein Quote-

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

(from http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=about-cpd)
". . . The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. The organization, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) corporation, sponsored all the presidential debates in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. . . "

(from ABC News)
". . . Green Party candidate Jill Stein and her vice presidential running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested at the Hofstra University debate site today as they protested their exclusion from the second presidential debate.

Stein and Honkala were jailed for disorderly conduct around 3 p.m.  when they were blocked by police officers as they attempted to enter the debate hall, according to Stein’s campaign manager Ben Manski.

Manski said that it was unclear when they would be released, but they could remain jailed until midnight. The Nassau County Police Department said that it was unclear when Stein and Honkala might be released.

“The arrest was outrageous and shouldn’t be tolerated in a country that is a leading proponent of democracy,” Manski told ABC News. “They knew that there was the possibility that they would be arrested. Their intention was to enter the premises and bear witness to the mockery of democracy that is tonight’s debate,” he said.

The Green Party has long complained that the Commission on Presidential Debates attempts to “rig elections” in favor of the two major political parties by excluding third party candidates from debates. Stein and Honkala also planned protests at the first presidential debate in Denver.

Stein, a licensed physician, is on the presidential ballot in 38 states or 85 percent of the ballots, her campaign says.

The Commission on Presidential Debates was formed in 1987 to administer general election debates.

In addition to the constitutional criteria to be eligible for the presidency, the Presidential Debate Commission requires that candidates have a mathematical possibility of achieving the 270 electoral college votes necessary to be elected, and the candidates must have at least 15 percent support in public opinion based on the average of five national polls in order to participate. . . "

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One Broken. . .

. . . part of our political system. . .

(from http://www.sobhaniformaryland.com)
". . .The campaign of Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate Rob Sobhani today announced it has learned that both incumbent Senator Ben Cardin and the Republican nominee in the race told a Baltimore radio station – so far the only venue for a debate in Maryland’s senate race – that neither would appear if Rob Sobhani were allowed to share the platform with them.

This revelation comes in direct contradiction to the claims of the campaigns of Cardin and his Republican opponent that they are open to debating Sobhani, whom public opinion polling has clearly shown to be running dead even with if not ahead of the Republican nominee.

“This is precisely why Rob is running, to open up the closed system that takes voters for granted and plays rope a dope games whether at election time or when it comes time to actually govern on behalf of the citizens,” Sobhani spokesman Sam Patten said.  “Moreover, this is a clear indication that neither of these establishment politicians is being truthful with the media or the public on the subject of debates. As such, it is deeply disappointing.”. . ."

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