Mood: Sunspired
Hello to all the genders and orientations on the blue marble and welcome to March 8, 2023, March’s second Friday. Although cold air still has a grip in Ashlandia, it’s climbing. We’re already up to 47 F. Give a big hand to the sun-filled blue sky for that. We hit 61 at my place yesterday. 60 is forecasted for today so fingers crossed, we’ll peak above that threshold.
Crying, “Sunshine,” the cats rushed out to warm themselves. Sharp, gusting winds chased them right back in. The floofs comforted themselves with thorough grooming before setting into therapeutic naps in sunny indoor locations.
Musically, I heard Cat Stevens with “Peace Train” on Jill Dennison’s post this morning, a powerful and memorable song. My Neurons pivoted and put “Free Ride” by the Edgar Winter group into the morning mental music stream (Trademark coming in two weeks). It’s a catchy tune, upbeat, rock and roll emblematic of 1972.
The mountain is high the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land
So, come on and take a free ride
(Free ride)
Come on and sit by my side
Come on and take a free ride
All over the country I've seen it the same
Nobody's winning at this kind of game
We've gotta do better, it's time to begin
You know all the answers must come from within
So come on and take a free ride
h/t to Lyrics.com
Confusion, help, an implied call for unity…kind of sounds like someone running for office, doesn’t it?
Speaking of politics, did you see or hear President Biden’s State of the Union? I did, and it wasn’t what I expected. He said many things I felt he needed to say and found it reassuring that he directly confronted GOP obstructionism while never giving ‘his predecessor’ a name. As someone mentioned the other day, don’t give the opposition oxygen by saying their name. I’m paraphrasing.
The GOP response was predictably weak and pathetic. President Biden’s predecessor used Truth Social as the media to respond during the speech. Like many Trump endeavors, it failed to deliver what it promised, failing to load, dropping, etc. And they addressed President Biden’s physical state, ignoring anything of substance, highlighting that the GOP’s only policies are oppression, obstruction, and regression. Sad. Not much to say about the official GOP SOTU counter speech as far as I’m concerned.
I laughed at Rep. Blake Moore’s comments after President Biden’s delivery. The Utah Republican said, “I was expecting President Biden to use tonight’s State of the Union address to find common ground and inspire a shared vision for America. Instead, the president delivered a divisive campaign speech.” (h/t The Hill). This from a party who obstructed President Biden efforts to move forward as much as they can, a party embracing a serial liar as their leader, a leader who declared he’d be a dictator on day one if he’d elected, a party which doesn’t offer a political platform, a party which repeatedly turns on itself. They expected a vision for unity? Please.
Democratic Senator Jeffries handled their criticism well, pointing out that a Republican house member wore a campaign hat during President Biden’s speech and that the expelled Republica from NY, George Santos, who faces over a dozen criminal indictments, was in attendance. And of course, this party wishing for a message of unity never stood and never applauded.
Stay positive and upbeat. Remain strong and lean forward. Register and vote blue. Coffee and lemon bread has been consumed. Here’s the music, and here we go. Cheersluc
Michael Seidel, writer 
Hello Michael. Grand post. I was just going to like after reading it but … well you had to know your first sentence would get a few of us to respond.
Hello to all the genders and orientations on the blue marble … I loved it. Way to be inclusive!
As for the SOTU and the republican response … have you ever noticed that when the Democrats are in charge the Republicans scream that it is their job / responsibility to reach across the aisle to republicans. Yet the reverse is never true. Republicans never feel they need to reach out to democrats when they are in charge. In fact, for some reason I still can not fathom except old age, the democrats still honor blue slips on judge appointments yet the last three republican administrations don’t. It is like Sen. Leahy just can not let go of the past, no matter how many times he gets screwed over by it. That has denied Biden a lot of judicial appointments that he is leaving open for a possible Republican president. Sorry but this is why I think people who are so old they can not let go of the society they lived in 40 years ago shouldn’t be in charge.
As for the song, not really my music as I struggled to understand the lyrics over the loud instruments but … I loved the hair.
I have always loved that 1970s over the ears to the neck / shoulders flowing swept back hair of that time. Sorry but as I was forced to have my head in a crew cut by the abusive foster parents I was always envious of that. That is why I wear my hair so long today, even if it is sometimes such a ….. in the ass. Grand post. Hugs. Scottie
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Thanks, Scottie! I appreciate your compliments. My hair was first a crew cut, then over my shoulders and ears when I was a teen but so curly that my wife (who was then my girlfriend) called me Shirley Temple. Then I went into the military when I was 18 and kept a military cut until retiring when I was 39. Now, I just do what I can with it. And sometimes, it’s a real fright. Hugs ‘n cheers, bro.
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