I don’t ask much, Living my life the way that I want. I stay in touch with what goes on out there. I’ve seen trouble. I’ve seen heartache. But my time here Has been long enough to Instill certain qualities. Seems the more that I witness, All the more that I wish I could hear what you’re saying. We’re all better than this. Let’s identify exactly what we miss.
Beyond perilous moors The brave sea glitters. Better lies ahead.
Whether or not We realize the years flow upstream. Things that we’ve got aren’t always what they seem. Your and my faiths are so different. Each is placed in Antipodal reference So painful to reconcile. If we stop trying, What can we do? What’s in the future For me and you? There’s both right and wrong but only reality prevails.
". . . People sometimes plead to things that turn out not to be crimes," (Trump Attorney General William) Barr said after the Justice Department asked for the case to be dropped arguing his move was a step to "restore confidence in the system." . . . By asking the judge to drop the (Michael) Flynn case, Barr was finally accomplishing what Trump had asked (former FBI Director James) Comey to do on the twenty-sixth day of his presidency. "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," Trump had said bak in February 2017. Now Barr had. . . The president had bent Washington to his will. . . "
And a substantial portion of the Republican party ensured that he did not suffer any consequences as a result.
". . . Sen. Ted Cruz seldom overlooks a chance to be underhanded, and, sure enough, the Texas Republican led the effort to imbue this week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the latest effort by the right to make White America fear Black America. . . Cruz attempted to tie Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the high court, to the supposed menace of “critical race theory” — because, he said, this theory is taught at the private school where she serves on the board (and where she sent her daughters). . . “If you look at the Georgetown Day School’s curriculum, it is filled and overflowing with critical race theory,” Cruz alleged, holding up books he said the school has on reading lists. . . Georgetown Day School, in the nation’s capital, does indeed take a strong “anti-racism” approach. So does St. John’s School, the private school in Houston where, as the New Republic’s Timothy Noah noted, Cruz sends his daughters. . ."
A Man Without Love
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rough demo of new OHO tune in progress
