Not in America

 Great song by Jonathan Jensen.

 

 

Trump doesn't rule out third term

 March 30, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752

 President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

A Piece of Paradise

(When I wrote this, I thought it might be bull frogs who made the sounds like a giant rubber band being plucked . Recently, thanks to the Internet, I found that they are green frogs. But "some bull frogs" sounds better and is easier to sing than "some green frogs", so I'm not changing it.)

A Piece of Paradise
copyright 2001 Patricia M. Shannon

Walking my dog in the evening,
I hear the crickets call.
How peaceful is the quiet
after the sun falls.

(chorus)
I feel I've found a piece of paradise
to spend delightful days,
listening to the sounds of nature
and watching the squirrels play.

After spending too much time
cooped up in a cube,
I feel full of freedom
when I come out to the woods.

Breathing in the clear, clean air,
I feel so energized;
I need the comfort of the woods
more than I realize.

And
(chorus)

Stopping by a waterfall,
much to my delight,
I see a mini-rainbow
shining in the bright moonlight.

A hooty owl says "Who are you?"
A loon sings a jazz song.
The stars put on a light show.
while some bull/green frogs thrum along.

Yes
(chorus)

..

Beware of fake JOANN web sites

 

Hours needed to escape poverty

 

Take Care of Our Planet

Lyrics to a song I wrote. I'm not a great singer, but when I sang it at an open mic, w/o accompaniment, in a restaurant, everybody stopped talking. Only time I've seen that. So people do care.

The recording is sung by UD Banks, and produced by David Leonard of Reveal Audio Services.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0z2A4cDgQh2rSxobQLrZC1?si=HhLWFpGbTqCgA4ShhQcqwA


Take Care of Our Planet
copyright 2001 Patricia M. Shannon

Walking in the early sunlight, with the calling birds,
I see the trees against the newborn sky;
listening to the breeze, I hear God's voice
saying "Take care of this planet, don't make it die!"
We must

(chorus)
take care of our planet,
it's the only home we have;
it will give us what we need,
if we treat it respectfully.

He did not make the earth to be just a toy,
or an enemy with which we are at war;
remember that we were just an afterthought,
stewards and not owners are what we are.

Now some say the end is coming,
so we'll need the earth no more;
He said no one will expect it,
might be 10,000 years to go.

(chorus)

He did not mean for us to be parasites,
always taking destruction to new heights,
killing off the species He so carefully planned,
in the interdependent web of life.

Don't depend on some angels,
or a space ship from on high
to save you from your own folly,
if you do, you're sure to die."
So

(chorus)


..

My Most Hated Stuff

Since "The Sound of Music", one of my favorite movies, is associated with Christmas, I post this song for Christmas, which is sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things"
The beginning of this song started coming into my head when I was driving in Atlanta in the rain, as it was this morning on the way to work.
(And if you're not sure, yes it's supposed to be humorous :)

My Most Hated Stuff
copyright Patricia M. Shannon 2000
(to the tune of "My Favorite Things"
from "The Sound of Music")

Atlanta drivers, those honking tail-gaters,
who never slow down, whatever the weather,
people who turn up the sound way too much,
these are just some of my most-hated stuff.

Hot southern summers with no air-conditioning,
cold winter days without enough heating,
paychecks that run out 'cause they're not enough,
these are just some of my most-hated stuff.

(chorus)
Life is so short, that it is tough,
not to feel sad.
But I remember my most-hated stuff
and then I don't feel so bad :)

Swimsuits cut so high I don't dare to move,
painful deformed feet from pointy-toed shoes,
pantyhose that simply will not stay up,
these are just some of my most-hated stuff.

Changing the tires, adjusting the brakes,
comp-time I'm owed that they won't let me take,
jock itch that simply will never let up,
these are just some of my most-hated stuff!

(chorus)

Forged in the Stars

Talented music producer David Leonard recorded my song "Forged in the Stars". He did the production and all the instrumentals.
His web site is http://www.revealaudio.com/

It's available at

https://open.spotify.com/track/02rj22XxsplFhBocbcqHIj?si=d6WfeObPTWyoY2g5hHRBGw

  http://www.reverbnation.com/patriciashannon

Forged in the Stars
copyright 2011 Patricia M. Shannon

Forged in the star that we call our sun,
dance in unbearable light;
flung into space, alone in the dark,
around and around in the night.

Coming together as ages pass by
following gravity’s call;
creating the planets, the comets, and moon,
so many worlds both big and small.

We were forged in the stars,
every atom from which we are formed,
has been recycled thru rocks, trees, and seas,
forever reborn and reborn.

We were forged in the stars,
all the atoms from which we are formed,
have been a part of the rocks, trees, and seas,
forever reborn and reborn.

..

Point of View

Point of View
copyright 2002 Patricia M. Shannon

There were two men from the same village,
the truest friends you've ever known.
They were blood-brothers when they were children,
They married sisters when they were grown.

(chorus)
They were the best of friends, the best of friends,
brothers of the heart,
They were the best of friends, the best of friends,
nothing ever could tear them apart.

One day the Trickster bet the village,
he could get these friends into a fight;
"Oh, no," said the village,
"We know you can't be right."

(chorus)

Tricks made a coat of different colors,
walked between them so they could view;
"What a lovely red.", said one friend,
said the other : "No, it is blue."

They started shouting at each other
over which one saw it true,
Trickster turned around and showed them
"It's all in your point of view."

(chorus)
They were the best of friends, the best of friends,
brothers of the heart,
They were the best of friends, the best of friends,
they thought nothing could tear them apart.

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I'm not an excellent singer, but here is a video if you want to hear the song.

http://new.livestream.com/OMPlive/events/3267593/videos/59787441

The structure of this blog

I have several blog posts that are at the top of my blog for extended periods of time, because I believe they are of continuing usefulness. So when you look at my blog, the fact that the first few are the same doesn't mean I haven't updated the blog recently.

What Kind of World

What Kind of World
© copyright 2016 Patricia M. Shannon

(chorus)
What kind of world do we want to leave the future?
What will they say about us when we are gone?
Will they thank us? Will they curse us?
Will there be anybody left to care at all?
Will they thank us? Or will they curse us?
Will there be anybody left to care at all?
Will there be anybody left to care at all?

(verse1)
We have learned much, risen from the muck.
Will we throw it all away?
We could continue on so far, maybe even to the stars,
if we don't throw it all away, if we don't throw it all away.

(chorus)

(verse 2)
When we take a stand, we can heal the land,
if we work together now.
We could get power from the sun, prevent our own extinction,
if we would work together now,
if we just work together now.
 
(chorus)

(verse 3)

[Wrote this verse the evening of Sept. 12, 2017, the day after tropical storm, formerly super hurricane Irma, came thru the metro Atlanta area.]

We've known a long time we're committing a grave crime
if we refuse to change our ways.
Now the time has come to pay: drowning, burning, blown away.
Because we wouldn't change our ways.
We just refused to change our ways.

Hurricane Helene federal assistance available

 

Federal disaster assistance is available for Helene, as well as other recent disasters.

https://www.disasterassistance.gov/

See the web site for affected areas and deadlines.

Disasters with past dates may be open for late applications.

Apple juice recall

 

The article has a link to the FDA website of products under the recall.

https://share.newsbreak.com/8nign16i

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded a recall for apple juice that contains higher levels of inorganic arsenic that are typically found in the products.

In August, Walmart recalled nearly 10,000 cases of Great Value apple juice sold in its stores in 26 states, including Georgia. Now, the recall includes other brands sold at Aldi, BJs, Market Basket, Walgreens and Weis Markets.

Aldi confirmed that the Nature’s Nectar Apple was sold here in Georgia and 15 other states.

Humans are using too many plants

 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391648-humans-use-a-quarter-of-all-the-biomass-created-by-plants-on-land/

New Scientist

Sept. 23, 2023

Humans are now consuming over a quarter of the biomass produced each year by plants on land, leaving too little for wildlife and putting at risk the biosphere on which all life on Earth depends. To keep the planet in a suitable state for civilisation, we should be using no more than a tenth of plant biomass for our food and fuel, researchers say.

This means that plans to tackle climate change by using even more biomass, for instance to turn into fuel for aeroplanes, will seriously damage the planet in other ways, says Katherine Richardson at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, such as by causing more deforestation and species loss.

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What we can VERIFY about Project 2025 and the FDIC

 

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/verify/project-2025-verify/project-2025-and-federal-deposit-insurance-corporation-fdic-fact-check/536-e506f9f9-1d46-4832-acb1-f62cec8ec210

Author: Erin Jones

Published: 6:22 PM EDT July 17, 2024

Updated: 6:22 PM EDT July 17, 2024

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While Project 2025 doesn’t address changes to deposit insurance, The Heritage Foundation concluded in a separate 2017 report that “government-provided deposit insurance should be phased out fully” and proposed reducing coverage to around $40,000 per individual in the interim.

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'Head of household’ no more: Republicans want to make being a single parent more expensive

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/opinion/finance/4842760-republicans-want-to-make-being-a-single-parent-more-expensive/

BY CARL DAVIS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 08/23/24 01:00 PM ET

One of the most pressing issues confronting the next Congress and administration will be how to deal with the expiration of the 2017 Trump tax cuts — and, more specifically, who will pay for the cost of extending some or all of those cuts.

One of the more widely accepted ideas circulating on the right is to raise income taxes on single parents, more than 80 percent of whom are women and a disproportionate share of whom are people of color. The idea has been lauded by prominent think tanks, Project 2025, U.S. senators and, in his 2016 presidential campaign, by Donald Trump himself.

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among a large segment of the right, single parenthood is seen as an immoral family structure. If life can be made more difficult and expensive for single parents, the thinking apparently goes, more parents will choose to get married or stay married for financial reasons, regardless of whether their marriages are fostering home environments that are healthy and safe for the children and the parents. Vice presidential nominee JD Vance displayed this attitude, for example, when he controversially complained in 2021 that the “sexual revolution” had made divorces too easy to get. He said many divorces “really didn’t work out for the kids of those marriages,” even if in some cases the relationships being dissolved were “unhappy” or “even violent” like that of his grandparents.

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Beryl becomes extremely rare June hurricane east of the Caribbean

 https://bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2024/06/beryl-becomes-extremely-rare-june.html?m=1

July 29, 2024

There has been just one hurricane formation east of the Caribbean in June, and that was during the all-time record-breaking hurricane season of 1933. So to say this is extremely rare (and troubling) is an understatement.

Trump's promises to oil companies

 Washington Post -As Donald Trump sat with some of the country’s top oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago Club last month, one executive complained about how they continued to face burdensome environmental regulations despite spending $400 million to lobby the Biden administration in the last year.

Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation.

Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him, according to the people.

Trump’s remarkably blunt and transactional pitch reveals how the former president is targeting the oil industry to finance his reelection bid. At the same time, he has turned to the industry to help shape his environmental agenda for a second term, including the rollbacks of some of Biden’s signature achievements on clean energy and electric vehicles.

Hunger Walk song - sheet music on-line

Lyrics for "Hunger Walk" are below.
Below that is the lyrics with chord names.

This song may be sung for free in support of food programs that serve the needy on a non-sectarian basis


Sheet music with melody and chord names is at:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B70WsnjzVKW-N2Q5ODFiZTItYjIyMS00ODA3LWIxNTUtNTdjODZhMDZlZmM0




Hunger Walk Song
copyright 1994 Patricia M. Shannon
to the tune of the hymn Come Ye Thankful People, Come

Join us on the Hunger Walk/Drive,
share the love and joy we feel,
as we walk/work together for
those who are in present need.
We can make a difference,
when we work toge~ther;
as you help us reach our goal,
you will also feed your soul.

Let's give thanks to all our friends,
who give of their time and pay,
in the groups that work so hard
to make sure no one does starve.
We can never know just when
we will need a helping hand,
our support will help ensure,
community food banks will endure.

Many children in our land
often suffer hunger pains;
it can stunt the healthy growth
of their body and their brains.
Children are the fu~ture;
they need more than just a song;
when we help to nourish them,
we help to keep our country strong.


Hunger Walk Song page 1
copyright 1994 Patricia M. Shannon
to the tune of the hymn Come Ye Thankful People, Come

Patricia M. Shannon
patricia_shan8@hotmail.com
www.reverbnation.com/patriciashannon
www.patriciashannon.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/patricia.shannon


(Verse 1)
F C F Dm C F
Join us on the Hunger Walk/Drive,

F C F Dm Gm A
share the love and joy we feel,

Dm Gm C F
as we walk/work together for

F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
those who are in present need.

C C7 F C F
We can make a difference,

F F7 Bb Adim Bb
when we work to-ge- ther;

D Gm C F
as you help us reach our goal,

Bb F Dm F C C7 F
you will also feed your soul.


Hunger Walk Song page 2

(Verse 2)
F C F Dm C F
Let's give thanks to all our friends,

F C F Dm Gm A
who give of their time and pay,

Dm G C F
in the groups that work so hard

F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
to make sure no one does starve.

C C7 F C F
We can never know just when

F F7 Bb Adim Bb
we will need a helping hand,

D Gm C F
our support will help ensure,

F Bb F Dm F C C7 F
community food banks will endure.


Hunger Walk Song page 2


(Verse 3)
F C F Dm C F
Many children in our land

F C F Dm Gm A
often suffer hunger pains;

Dm Gm C F
it can stunt the healthy growth

F Bdim C Dm C G Bdim C
of their bodies and their brains.

C C7 F C F
Children are the future;

F F7 Bb Adim Bb
they need more than just a song;

D Gm C F
when we help to nourish them,

F Bb F Dm F C C7 F
we help to keep our country strong.

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