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And from the Irish: Why did God create whiskey?
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Jan 20, 2021 22:15:32   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
So the Irish wouldn't rule the world. Here's a poem to remind you of the promise that hope and history will rhyme. From the inauguration special:

“Human beings suffer,
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.

The innocent in gaols
Beat on their bars together.
A hunger-striker's father
Stands in the graveyard dumb.
The police widow in veils
Faints at the funeral home.

History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.

So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that further shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracle
And cures and healing wells.

Call miracle self-healing:
The utter, self-revealing
Double-take of feeling.
If there's fire on the mountain
Or lightning and storm
And a god speaks from the sky

That means someone is hearing
The outcry and the birth-cry
Of new life at its term.”

Seamus Heaney
So the Irish wouldn't rule the world. Here's a po... (show quote)


And god speaks thru fire in the night,
Clouded fronts of day light blocked.
Guarding man with power,
purse full, not needed,
gains of might, strength, desire,
minds the spirit spaces as he sleeps.

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Jan 20, 2021 22:19:09   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
Mikeyavelli wrote:
Too mild for the occasion, how about Wild Turkey Rare Breed? Or my bottle of Booker's Shiny Barrel?
Drinking Evan Williams Bottled In Bond now.
Consoling, but doesn't erase the severity of a stolen election that installed the Regional Leader Of China.


Well, let's put the difficult times on the back burner and celebrate that we've survived. I'm all for Made in America. Let's end the trade deficit.

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Jan 20, 2021 22:20:37   #
Liberty Tree
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
Well, let's put the difficult times on the back burner and celebrate that we've survived. I'm all for Made in America. Let's end the trade deficit.


Agree!

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Jan 20, 2021 22:24:25   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
Liberty Tree wrote:
It can do wonders at times.


Yes, to celebrate and forget our problems for a little while.

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Jan 20, 2021 22:27:50   #
Liberty Tree
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
Yes, to celebrate and forget our problems for a little while.


Sounds good to me.

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Jan 20, 2021 22:47:54   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
And god speaks thru fire in the night,
Clouded fronts of day light blocked.
Guarding man with power,
purse full, not needed,
gains of might, strength, desire,
minds the spirit spaces as he sleeps.


Love this, especially might, strength, desire. We need strong men now more than ever. Men to protect our freedom and to help unite the country.

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Jan 20, 2021 23:01:59   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
Love this, especially might, strength, desire. We need strong men now more than ever. Men to protect our freedom and to help unite the country.


Yes, but where the hell are they?

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Jan 20, 2021 23:18:50   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Yes, but where the hell are they?


Not sure. Perhaps strong women will emerge and save the day? I'm ready. You?

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Jan 20, 2021 23:20:53   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
Not sure. Perhaps strong women will emerge and save the day? I'm ready. You?


I love a strong woman who can live without my ever presence. They can decide many futures.

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Jan 20, 2021 23:59:15   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
I love a strong woman who can live without my ever presence. They can decide many futures.


That's beautiful. Decide many futures. Let's hope a brighter future than many see now.

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Jan 21, 2021 00:04:53   #
GoCubs Loc: Earth
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
So the Irish wouldn't rule the world. Here's a poem to remind you of the promise that hope and history will rhyme. From the inauguration special:

“Human beings suffer,
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.

The innocent in gaols
Beat on their bars together.
A hunger-striker's father
Stands in the graveyard dumb.
The police widow in veils
Faints at the funeral home.

History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.

So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that further shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracle
And cures and healing wells.

Call miracle self-healing:
The utter, self-revealing
Double-take of feeling.
If there's fire on the mountain
Or lightning and storm
And a god speaks from the sky

That means someone is hearing
The outcry and the birth-cry
Of new life at its term.”

Seamus Heaney
So the Irish wouldn't rule the world. Here's a po... (show quote)


"Never trust a man who doesn't drink".
-W.C. Fields

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Jan 21, 2021 15:24:45   #
Zenbeauty Loc: Live Free or Die
 
GoCubs wrote:
"Never trust a man who doesn't drink".
-W.C. Fields


What's your favorite drink?

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Jan 21, 2021 16:49:14   #
TruePatriot49 Loc: The Democratic People's Republic Rhode Island
 
GoCubs wrote:
"Never trust a man who
Dedoesn't drink".
-W.C. Fields


Here here......

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Jan 21, 2021 16:51:12   #
TruePatriot49 Loc: The Democratic People's Republic Rhode Island
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
What's your favorite drink?


Irish whiskey first and Scotch whiskey Second.

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Jan 21, 2021 17:58:39   #
GoCubs Loc: Earth
 
Zenbeauty wrote:
What's your favorite drink?


Beer. Used to be scotch/rocks but mostly just beer these days. Yours?

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