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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Toast the Apostle of Ireland March 14-16, 2014 [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)8. Well, unless you got no time, here's a little more music. This one describes where I hoped our
Last edited Sat Mar 15, 2014, 05:19 AM - Edit history (2)
economic system might go back then in these few lines...(Holy crap did we take a wrong turn)
"Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand (Shake your hand)
Maybe I'll be there to share the land (Share the land)
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together, we're talkin' 'bout together, now"
Maybe if we had realize that "living together" meant "working together"...But we were 17
But if we could replace what they have in our heads with those words we could run the 1% out of town tomorrow...
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Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught guitar by his mother and a childhood friend, Cash began playing and writing songs at the age of twelve. When Cash was young, he had a high tenor voice.[23] In high school he sang on a local radio station; decades later he released an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. He was also significantly influenced by traditional Irish music that he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program.
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-wiki
To stay with the theme, here is an AFL/CIO shopping list for St Patrick's day.
"Were all Irish on St. Patricks Day and we can celebrate Irelands patron saint who drove the snakes off the Emerald Isle (some say on to planes, but thats another story) with union libations and hearty fare.
You can propose a St. Patricks Day toast with these fine whiskiesincluding some tasty single barrelsfrom the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) represented distilleries."
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