- other numbers here: where I may as well be Satan, with (alleged) horrible behaviors X Y and Z

- some thread a couple weeks ago where I chided GP for going too far on Harry Reid as treasonous – where I was really “balanced”

- some other dumb thread more recently – where I “have hurt a whole lot of people here” or some weird thing

- a thread a few weeks ago – where “we got off on the wrong foot”

- that “yuh sutation” thread – where I was again allegedly evil and, as well, someone who you were showing off to people as (allegedly) unable to form an English sentence or spell it

Just a few off the very top of my head… more could be cited, but no interest here in digging… Ciao.

What’s this about Ridor? I’ve forgotten which ‘crazy’ he was. (His M.O.)

So I’ve no idea if hank is connected to Ridor, but I will say this… hank has felt “off” to me for awhile, in the following way. – One day I’m Satan (to hank). The next day I’m “really balanced”. Then I’m Satan. Then I “have a lot to offer”. then I’m Satan. Then “we just got off on the wrong foot”. Then I’m Satan… etc…

During all this, I’m really the same as always. So I know hank’s comments on me are not really on me. Having a wildly oscillating view of somebody is a psychiatric symptom, in fact, but I can’t remember the name.

Funny you mention Sir Elton – when I saw “over thirty albums”, my mind went to him as well! I still adore his early stuff (first 10 years).

As for hank’s claims – I don’t know and don’t care. In the online world, anyone could be faking. Or truthful. So I prefer to just stick to content.

The purpose of my originally saying, “I know a little about songwriting, even though most of my stuff is bad” was only to underscore my appreciation of the Masters.

Certain people – Sir Elton & Taupin, Cole Porter, Paul McCartney, etc. – make songwriting look ridiculously easy. It so isn’t. Not if you’re writing great stuff, anyway – memorable and inspiring.

I’d still like to see him back up the claim that he has ‘x’ number of these awards, ‘z” number of these awards, a charity hit, some Outer Circle awards, a Kennedy Center honor, the Presidential Medal of Honor, the Congressional Freedom award and all of John Kerry’s military ribbons in a safe place. Yeah, that’s the ticket… and a Knighthood by the Queen.

I think he’s a fake. He might have hummed all the songs he’s claiming to have won awards for… but I think that’s as far as it goes. Unless Sir Elton John is now hanging out here instead of little boys bathrooms in the train stations.

You resent me in some deep way; it will break out again; and, fundamentally, it’s not my problem.

The things I say usually make sense or have solid information behind them; but you resent me in some deep way; then you trip over yourself trying and failing to make my statements look wrong; and again, it’s not my problem.

Over time, I have been more than patient with you. That is, I have given you lots of attention and time – more than you deserve. Now I am seeking to limit myself to 15 minutes a day (max). But even that is still being very patient with you – “giving you the time of day” and as much as 15 minutes more.

#40 – have you recorded >30 commercial albums? Under what name? (Now that you have introduced such a claim on your behalf, you must take responsibility for it.)

As for this part: “Where is your example of what makes it …”musically one of the best-written, memorable and inspiring tunes around.” I gave you a concrete example of why it’s a clumsy tune..”

Rubbish, hank! You gave no concrete example of why it’s a clumsy tune.

You did give a concrete example of why it’s a difficult (to sing) tune, true, and you mislabeled that as evidence of clumsiness. That mislabelling is your problem. I pointed it out in #19, i.e., the bizarre equation in your mind of “difficult” with “clumsy”. That enraged you, and the rest of yesterday’s garbage-y posts followed. Deal with your rage, hank; don’t blame me the low content / quality of your own posts, or for pointing out the obvious.

As for me supporting my claim that TSSB is skillfully written, memorable and inspiring with an example: Would fact that people remember it and that a nation is moved and inspired by it be acceptable evidence of the latter two, for you, hank?

And for the skillful writing of the tune: I can’t go into a musical analysis on this keyboard (or without violating the 15-minute rule) so let’s just say in the quickest possible way, that one of the things that makes a tune memorable is when it follows a certain “internal logic” in its motifs and “style” of melody, intervals, chord structure, etc. – when those things are all integrated to one another, in other words. TSSB has that in spades. Which, if your claims to musicianship are valid, you ought to know (but if you happen to write “modern” or atonal stuff, perhaps you don’t).

#49 – Come on hank, cut the baloney. You knew from #41 (posted at the same minute as #40 and independently) that I instituted the 15-minute rule and wouldn’t be reading #40 that day. (or responding)

We’re up to 15 minutes right here. I don’t think that will give me time to read and respond to others of your posts that I never read.

Raj baby, admit it; you didn’t mean Spc Sheehan was stupid and his sacrifice and those of his fellow soldiers have been in vain. Come on, you’ll feel better when you admit it –and we know if your feelings are front & center and catered to, the universe must be righting itself (no pun intended).

In my world, calling someone a Class A ass –someone like you who utters dishonor after dishonor while trying to scramble out of the filthy muck of his own statements– isn’t name calling. Nor is schmuck. It’s just being truthful and fair since the people you smear with your outrageous statements aren’t able to defend themselves. Calarato is right: it’s also easy shorthand.

You can jump up on the buffet table of civil discourse and feign shocked alarm when your conduct warrants it, your comments are proscribed by civility, and you quit calling courageous soldiers like Casey Sheehan “stupid” or demean their contribution by inanely reducing their sacrifice to “wrong place, wrong time, so sorry”. It is, for patriots, the true singular offense which warrants a strong opposing demonstration, raj baby.

Sometimes when one waves a bloody red shirt, it has a consequence. You erred. You clearly overstepped a fairly broad bound of decency tolerated here. It’s time to admit your mistake and move on like an enlightened person.

“No entry found for matriot.”
“No entry found for matriotic.”

That, and the more the links between anti-Semitic, terrorist-loving Mother Moonbat and the Democratic Party can be shown, the more likely it is that the necessary Moveon.org and others purge will take place and this country can get back to having a real opposition.

The same reason traffic slows around a car wreck.

I learned a long time ago that when you step in dog shit you’d better scrape your shoes before you track it all over the carpets.

It begins:

I have a weakness–I am crazy, absolutely nuts, about our national anthem.

The words are difficult and the tune is almost impossible, but frequently when I’m taking a shower I sing it with as much power and emotion as I can. It shakes me up every time.

Thank you. I cry everytime I hear her sing it.

Never heard it better by anyone.

Makes me proud to play it on my desktop whenever I feel….depressed.

monty

Most of you guys seem to have several “opinions” growing out of one orafice or another.

Isn’t that rendition just the best??

monty