From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #267 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Friday, July 13 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 267 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: njc, Top Ten Reasons to Own a Cellphone [Motitan@aol.com] Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Patti Parlette" ] Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Patti Parlette" ] NJC Stephen Stills release... ["Kate Bennett" ] The Police! (njc) ["Kate Bennett" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:46:29 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: njc, Top Ten Reasons to Own a Cellphone But if a cellphone company was to advertise their phones with THOSE Joni related themes on why to get a cell, I would keep them in mind for the future.... - -Mon ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:28:14 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Politics and fall guys (njc) Sherelle, ma belle: My thoughts, exactly! But you expressed them better than I ever could. Merci mille fois. (NPIMH: And there are still more reasons, why I love him/her....) You, too, Muller. What I just read in the latest digest from you...I was, like: "Right on, Joni Brother!" (Pardon my teen-aged parlance: "I was, like..."... I hang out with a lot of young ones...) Don't we all want the same thing? The peace and the star? The garden? I half-wrote a post today but was interrupted so many times that I never sent it. Let me go dig it out and see if I can make it readable. It was pretty inchoate (Hi Richard! Glad to see you back!) as I recall....bear with me, and take me as I am, please. I had a rough day. Love, Patti P. I guess what I would like to know is how we can all put aside our differences to make a difference. While we are debating, people are still dying in a war that we shouldn't be fighting because the people we are fighting for don't even want us there. It's quite a mess we've gotten ourselves into here. I liked past President Clinton. I still like him, but I'm not going to pretend he didn't do anything wrong. He did. What I do like about him is even if he never comes right out and says, "I really screwed up" (which he may have), he is trying to make his life count for something. I was on another discussion board speaking about how people who get into the spotlight very seldom come away unscathed. When you're there, you are going to do something to screw it up and as sure as you are born, someone is going to point it out to you. That's life and that's the way it is. Being a public figure puts you in a glass house and the rest of the world has their stones ready to throw. It doesn't matter if you're a republican, a democrat, an actor, musician, politician...it doesn't matter. You're out there. This a basic part of human nature I think we all need to step back and understand that. We seem to be fighting over the symptoms without getting to the heart of the matter. We're all like little children saying, "they started it first!" as an excuse and explanation for why we throw our stones too. It's the wise parent who sees past this sidetrack and says to both siblings, "Enough! Time out! Both of you...go to your rooms!" As part of human nature, I think what people abhor most is someone who will not own up to something they did wrong. I think that's why the world dislikes President Bush so much (and it's also my beef with him) Even if a he doesn't verbally own up to the wrong, if he lets his actions speak for him in a positive way, that would help appease some of the angst that the world has towards him. Even Paris Hilton got a break when she did that! Another thing that draws the ire of human nature is a person unwillling to yield or even compromise in any way. We had a president of Galludet University here in D.C. that caused such an uproar that students boycotted and protest even under threat of arrest. The story was that they felt she wasn't "deaf enough" but when probed deeper, it was her behavior that sparked the outcry. She had a history of being totally unbending, unyielding and uncompromising in her policies. That is what sparked the outrage over her appointment. Alumni came from all over the world to support the students in their fight to oust her and they finally won. You see, one thing that will not be denied in human nature is the need for respect. When people feel they don't have it from someone that should be giving it to them, they cry out and demand it. With our dual system of government, no one is ever going to be truly "happy" when a decision is made but I think what we have going on right now is beyond that. It is a total disconnect from the people. It is akin to a child putting their hands over their ears and saying, "La, La, La....I can't hear you!" You know how you felt when someone did that to you...you wanted to pop them in the jaw didn't you? That's what America and the world is feeling towards President Bush right now because they feel that's what he's doing to them and the rage keeps growing because it doesn't seem like he ever STOPS doing it. If he would just take his hands down and stop doing that, maybe we can all work something out. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a lover of peace. Not just peace from the war, but peace of mind. I hate the anger and ire that comes from when people are divided. I wish it were physically possible to do that exercise where you sit in a circle and when handed an object, you are allowed to vent all of your frustrations you feel. While you are venting, no one is allowed to interrupt. It teaches people to listen to one another. We don't truly understand each other's reasonings and until we do, we're never going to come to a solution. I am trying to explain without malice why I am upset with President Bush right now and I hope that those who defend him and the war are able to listen and hear what I'm saying. I also hope that those who want to end the war and are extremely angry with the president also listen. I'm trying to find a solution and without true communication, that is not possible. Sherelle _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:05:23 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Politics and fall guys (njc) Okay, it's very late when I walk in....I hope my talking as it rambles does not reveal suspicious reasoning.... Here's the post I tried to get out today, with all due love and respect to everyone: Bree wrote to Mia: "Thanks for enlightening me! I would suggest a warm therapeutic bath with aromatic salts..candles .. Joni playing near.... followed by sweet ginger in shea butter cream ... and try to take each day as it comes......bad business to think too far ahead" ****** So now I have playing in my head: And you think she knows something By the second refill You think she's enlightened As she totals your bill You say "show me the way To Barangrill" These relaxing respites are good and necessary, of course. But we must keep our eyes on the prize: the peace and the star. As that old bumperstick said: "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." Come on now You've got to try If you're feeling contempt Well then you tell it, like Mia did here (applause, applause, sistah!!!) >Bree, you want me to expound on my venting that I can't stand discovering >more bad news which is making me absolutely sick? Why? So I can get even >more sick by rehashing the excruciating details that have already been >discussed here before? Why do you need to be enlightened? You've heard it >all before. I was merely clarifying that Valerie Plame was indeed covert >(did that enlighten you?), but my built-up anger got the best of me, and I >needed to vent, not debate, which I've never been very good at because I >don't keep notecards of everything I've read or heard available at my >fingertips. But the conclusions I've come to is that this administration, >congress, and the corporate cronies that go with it, have sold us down a >river. All the lies, bullying, smug frat boy behavior, circumventing the >constitution, falsifying scientific reports (eg. climate change), >intimidating and firing those who differ and do not play along, Medicare >Part D arm twisting, testiifying "I don't know, don't recall" countless >times, endangering CIA agents and contacts, etc, .. Heckuvajob... The war >in Iraq was sold to us based on a lie. What? The administration did not >have accurate information? Oh, gee, well then I guess they are not >corrupt, they are instead inept. Each and everyday the lives that are >taken and affected by this corruption, er,, ineptness are mounting. The >debt to pay for this immoral occupation in Irag, which has become a haven >for terrorist recruits, has to be financed by China. We don't have the >money, because all Bush's "haves and have-mores" (yes, Bush really said >that, it's on video-disgusting behavior) have gotten huge tax breaks and no >money is coming in. Meanwhile, the corporate cronies, especially in defense >and oil, are making out like bandits. When Warren Buffet is shocked that >people like him are getting more corporate welfare, something is definitely >wrong. Each and everyday, the debt and deficit are mounting. Where is all >the money going to come from to take care of our elderly, disabled, >children's education, etc... when it's all been pissed away. Yeah, sure, >things appear fine now, but when we have to pay the piper, interest rates >will go thru the roof affecting the economy and jobs, ... all this stuff >makes me sick to think about. I'd like to say, oh well, we get what we >deserve; but it's our children, grandchildren, and so on that will have to >pay for our mistake - our blindness. What a waste! It really is, as Joni >said, the beginning of survival, unless we change course soon. > JESUS, well then you YELL IT! Brava! Give that girl a bullhorn and put her on a noisy corner in Peoples' Park! Pump it up! Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive with you, Mia! >I must go find a happy place now. Got any suggestions? > "Do what you love." -- Sherelle Cary Smith Yes, do what you love.....go somewhere for conversation, comfort and consultation; Draw yourself a bath Think what you'd like to have For supper Or take a walk A park A bridge A tree A river And you want to get moving And you want to stay still But lost in the moment Some longing gets filled And you even forget to ask "Hey, Where's Barangrill?" But never forget to ask for the peace and the star! We are stardust, We are golden And we've GOT to get ourselves Back to the gar-ar-ar-den. Just my two cents, or a quarter in the Wurlitzer, or 18 bucks going up in smoke, Peace, Patti P., with a parting foggy lullabye, there is your song from me (and JT, who loves Joni, too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fRu8PaRFg&mode=related&search= _________________________________________________________________ Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:11:08 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: NJC Stephen Stills release... Sorry if I missed any concert reports but has anyone seen Stills on his current tour? Is he playing solo or does he have backing musicians with him (who?)... I'm asking cause he's coming to town in a few days... but so are the pretenders, heart... dang so much music so little time ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:15:42 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: The Police! (njc) >Went to the Police concert in Tampa last night< Ahhhhhh! I'm greeeeen with envy! ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #267 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------