http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eU_COhv8GU
Nice cover
Full Version: the positive momentum thread
Nothing deep here but this always brings a smile to my face.
QUOTE (nano2nd @ Sep 26 2008, 04:13 AM) 
Nothing deep here but this always brings a smile to my face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4
Cat Stevens - 'Moonshadow'
Yes We Can
(get out yer tissue)
(get out yer tissue)
QUOTE (mcc1 @ Sep 26 2008, 04:28 AM)
LOL!
QUOTE (Motor-City @ Sep 26 2008, 02:39 AM)
love it thank you!
QUOTE (Fellixe @ Sep 22 2008, 12:03 AM)
Just get fired up about Obama, like Sherman Klump!
Yes I Can - Sherman Klump & Barack Obama
Yes I Can - Sherman Klump & Barack Obama
Fellixe....totally off topic....but that is the most beautiful picture in your sig...OMG!, to have that kind of love!
QUOTE (Christine @ Sep 28 2008, 12:06 AM)
Fellixe....totally off topic....but that is the most beautiful picture in your sig...OMG!, to have that kind of love!
nah! its right on topic, we build each other up with the positive here to fight tha fight outside!
QUOTE (Christine @ Sep 27 2008, 09:06 PM)
Fellixe....totally off topic....but that is the most beautiful picture in your sig...OMG!, to have that kind of love!
I agree with Earthy, although i hadn't thought of it that way. A lot of high profile people have passed and it has brought much sadness. But especially in the case of Paul Newman the feeling, for me, is of seeing someone who has crossed the finish line triumphant. The greatest loss in his passing is the end of a beautiful story in his love for Joanne, who survives him for now. Still, even that is a triumph to be celebrated - that love. I put the picture up in honor of his passing but it is so powerful I'll probably keep it for a while.
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Sep 27 2008, 05:58 PM)
Yes We Can
(get out yer tissue)
(get out yer tissue)
That was beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed the first video. I clicked on the 'counterpoint' expecting it to be an attempt at a similar tribute to McCain posted in the interest of equal time, but was pleasantly surprised.
Garth Brooks - We Shall Be Free Obama montage
And let's hear it for Joe! Joe Biden - Measure of a Man by Elton John
puts chills on me and brings me to tears every single time i see and hear this!
God's trying to tell you something!
God's trying to tell you something!
Prefer to curl up with a good book. Sometimes it is HotHead Paisan and faithful feline Chicken, sometimes it is a book of poetry. Tonight, I'm thinking it's going to be the Adventures of HH . . .
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 3 2008, 09:27 PM)
puts chills on me and brings me to tears every single time i see and hear this!
God's trying to tell you something!
God's trying to tell you something!
stop!!!!!
that whole movie makes this very straight dude cry like al little girl
The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar
#59 : Leverage
Leverage is the means for shifting the balance point of opportunity
The Image
Make things happen. Rise to the occasion. Understand your motives.
Grow in Wisdom
The Inside
The Dragon remains calm. Do not aggravate the situation. Think! This is a good time to make a new beginning. Be creative! The Dragon makes no mistakes. Do not challenge fate in combat, unless you have no choice. Think! The Dragon's point of view is universal, and therefore clear to all. Radical changes succeed only when based solidly upon Truth. Be Real! Concentrate on your work, if you want to succeed. Good Luck! Do not succumb to anger when putting an end to trouble. Get wise!
The Outside
Do not hesitate now. Make a decision, & act upon it. Do something. Success comes from fostering harmony in the family, not from making quarrels. Good Luck. Maintain inner balance or your life will swing between joy and grief. Meditate. The Dragon leaps up in the air. Choose between pursuing your Path in private, or beginning a public career. Good Luck! Control the situation by going to the Heart of the matter. Good Fortune! Keep you mind open to the leverage that will lead you from a bad situation into a good one. Success!
The Lines
Top : Consolidate your position after succeeding with leverage, then take a rest. Meditate.
5 : A cooperative arrangement is beneficial to all concerned. Great Good Fortune.
4 : The Dragon thinks ahead. Explain your position with sincerity and discretion. Good Luck.
3 : Do not underestimate your opposition, or overestimate your strength. Be Aware.
2 : Do not expose yourself as a target before overwhelming force. Withdraw, and await the time for action. Think.
1 : Follow the Middle Way. Pursue your goals after organizing your methods. No blame.
link
#59 : Leverage
Leverage is the means for shifting the balance point of opportunity
The Image
Make things happen. Rise to the occasion. Understand your motives.
Grow in Wisdom
The Inside
The Dragon remains calm. Do not aggravate the situation. Think! This is a good time to make a new beginning. Be creative! The Dragon makes no mistakes. Do not challenge fate in combat, unless you have no choice. Think! The Dragon's point of view is universal, and therefore clear to all. Radical changes succeed only when based solidly upon Truth. Be Real! Concentrate on your work, if you want to succeed. Good Luck! Do not succumb to anger when putting an end to trouble. Get wise!
The Outside
Do not hesitate now. Make a decision, & act upon it. Do something. Success comes from fostering harmony in the family, not from making quarrels. Good Luck. Maintain inner balance or your life will swing between joy and grief. Meditate. The Dragon leaps up in the air. Choose between pursuing your Path in private, or beginning a public career. Good Luck! Control the situation by going to the Heart of the matter. Good Fortune! Keep you mind open to the leverage that will lead you from a bad situation into a good one. Success!
The Lines
Top : Consolidate your position after succeeding with leverage, then take a rest. Meditate.
5 : A cooperative arrangement is beneficial to all concerned. Great Good Fortune.
4 : The Dragon thinks ahead. Explain your position with sincerity and discretion. Good Luck.
3 : Do not underestimate your opposition, or overestimate your strength. Be Aware.
2 : Do not expose yourself as a target before overwhelming force. Withdraw, and await the time for action. Think.
1 : Follow the Middle Way. Pursue your goals after organizing your methods. No blame.
link
QUOTE (walter4obama @ Oct 10 2008, 08:15 AM)
http://www.theobamaexperiment.com/The_Obam...t.com/Home.html
I feel REALLY good today. My vote for Obama has been Signed, Sealed and Delivered!!!!!!
QUOTE (stinemetz @ Oct 10 2008, 05:49 AM)
thank you for my new desktop at my office, if my brother sees it he will go ballistic, hey, wait a minute
Pat, come here!
QUOTE (Christine @ Oct 10 2008, 11:04 AM)
I feel REALLY good today. My vote for Obama has been Signed, Sealed and Delivered!!!!!!
I'm eager to get mine. At least my voter information card came. Since i moved so recently I've been nervous that my registration wouldn't be processed in time.
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Sep 25 2008, 08:08 PM)
Desrves a bump.
QUOTE
We all know sometimes lifes hates and troubles
Can make you wish you were born in another time and space
But you can bet you life times that and twice its double
That God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placed
so make sure when you say you're in it but not of it
You're not helping to make this earth a place sometimes called Hell
Change your words into truths and then change that truth into love
And maybe our children's grandchildren
And their great-great grandchildren will tell
I'll be loving you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky--Loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high--Loving you
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea--Loving you
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream--Be loving you
Until the day is night and night becomes the day--Loving you
Until the trees and seas up, up and fly away--Loving you
Until the day that 8x8x8x8 is 4--Loving you
Until the day that is the day that are no more--Loving you
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left--Be loving you
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself--Loving you
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through--Loving you
Until the day that you are me and I am you--
Now ain't that loving you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Ain't that loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
And I've got to say always
Can make you wish you were born in another time and space
But you can bet you life times that and twice its double
That God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placed
so make sure when you say you're in it but not of it
You're not helping to make this earth a place sometimes called Hell
Change your words into truths and then change that truth into love
And maybe our children's grandchildren
And their great-great grandchildren will tell
I'll be loving you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky--Loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high--Loving you
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea--Loving you
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream--Be loving you
Until the day is night and night becomes the day--Loving you
Until the trees and seas up, up and fly away--Loving you
Until the day that 8x8x8x8 is 4--Loving you
Until the day that is the day that are no more--Loving you
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left--Be loving you
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself--Loving you
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through--Loving you
Until the day that you are me and I am you--
Now ain't that loving you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Ain't that loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
And I've got to say always
QUOTE (Christine @ Oct 10 2008, 02:04 PM)
I feel REALLY good today. My vote for Obama has been Signed, Sealed and Delivered!!!!!!
My wife's too.
I'm going to vote early and in person.
One note to say before I go off to run errands.
On the RCP site today, Obama is up over 6 points, and the hypothetical electoral map (with battleground states marked neutral) has Obama with 277 electoral votes locked in. According to the RCP map, if the election were held today, Obama would win with 353 electoral votes.
Woo Ha!
I got my new voters registration card today, so I will be off to vote pronto. YEEEEHHHAAAA!!!!
AMERICA JOBS TOUR
RALLY With BARRACK OBAMA
GENOA PARK 303 WEST BROAD ST. COULMBUS OHIO
I went There Today to see Barack Obama And Show My Support
RALLY With BARRACK OBAMA
GENOA PARK 303 WEST BROAD ST. COULMBUS OHIO
I went There Today to see Barack Obama And Show My Support
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 11 2008, 10:28 PM)
Incredibly beautiful! thank you for sharing that photo!
QUOTE (Christine @ Oct 12 2008, 01:42 AM)
Incredibly beautiful! thank you for sharing that photo!
i just found that. i can't think of anything that is more representative of a Dryad than that.
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Oct 14 2008, 07:19 AM)
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Oct 14 2008, 07:19 AM)
Yummy!!! Except good for you too!
QUOTE (Gwynogsrabbit @ Oct 14 2008, 08:33 AM)
Yummy!!! Except good for you too!
Chocolate cake for breakfast! lol!
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Oct 14 2008, 11:41 AM)
"I've always heard about people having a conniption"
"We asked for eggs and milk, and Dad made us eat this!"
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 11 2008, 11:47 PM)
Earthy, this used to be my avvie, once upon a time, many moons ago.
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I thought I would put this story here, since it is sooo positive (except for one comment, duly noted below):
QUOTE
Class surprises lesbian teacher on wedding day
Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, October 11, 2008
A group of San Francisco first-graders took an unusual field trip to City Hall on Friday to toss rose petals on their just-married lesbian teacher - putting the public school children at the center of a fierce election battle over the fate of same-sex marriage.
The 18 Creative Arts Charter School students took a Muni bus and walked a block at noon to toss rose petals and blow bubbles on their just-married teacher Erin Carder and her wife Kerri McCoy, giggling and squealing as they mobbed their teacher with hugs.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, a friend of a friend, officiated.
A parent came up with the idea for the field trip - a surprise for the teacher on her wedding day.
"She's such a dedicated teacher," said the school's interim director Liz Jaroslow.
But there was a question of justifying the field trip academically. Jaroflow decided she could.
"It really is what we call a teachable moment," Jaroflow said, noting the historic significance of same-sex marriage and related civil rights issues. "I think I'm well within the parameters."
Nonetheless, the excursion offers Proposition 8 proponents fresh ammunition for their efforts to outlaw gay marriage in California, offering a real-life incident that echoes their recent television and radio ads.
"It's just utterly unreasonable that a public school field trip would be to a same-sex wedding," said Chip White, press secretary for the Yes on 8 campaign. "This is overt indoctrination of children who are too young to have an understanding of its purpose."
The trip illustrates the message promoted by the campaign in recent days, namely that unless Prop. 8 passes on Nov. 4, children will learn about same-sex marriage in school.
"It shows that not only can it happen, but it has already happened," White said.
California Education Code permits school districts to offer comprehensive sex education, but if they do, they have to "teach respect for marriage and committed relationships."
Parents can excuse their child from all or part of the instruction.
On Friday, McCoy and Carder, both in white, held hands on Newsom's office balcony overlooking the rotunda and recited their vows.
"With this ring, I thee wed!" Carder said, shouting the last word for emphasis.
After traditional photos, the two walked out City Hall's main doors where the students were lined up down the steps with bags of pink rose petals and bottles of bubbles hanging from their necks. McCoy, a conferences services coordinator, was in on the surprise and beamed as the children swarmed around Carder.
The two said they have participated in the campaign against Proposition 8 and planned to travel around San Francisco on Friday afternoon in a motorized trolley car with "Just Married" and "Vote No on 8" banners.
The two met on a dance floor two years ago.
"This is one girl I can honestly say deserves happiness, and it came in the form of Kerri," said Carder's friend Dani Starelli.
Creative Arts administrators and parents acknowledged that the field trip might be controversial, but they didn't see the big deal. Same-sex marriage is legal, they noted.
"How many days in school are they going to remember?" asked parent Marc Lipsett. "This is a day they'll definitely remember."
Carder's students said they were happy to see their new teacher married.
"She's a really nice teacher. She's the best," said 6-year-old Chava Novogrodsky-Godt, wearing a "No on 8" button on her shirt. "I want her to have a good wedding."
Chava's mothers said they are getting married in two weeks.
The students' parents are planning to make a video with the children describing what marriage is to them.
Marriage, 6-year-old Nolan Alexander said Friday, is "people falling in love."
It means, he added, "You stay with someone the rest of your life."
As is the case with all field trips, parents had to give their permission and could choose to opt out of the trip. Two families did. Those children spent the duration of the 90-minute field trip back at school with another first-grade class, the interim director said.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's not controversial for me," Jaroflow said. "It's certainly an issue I would be willing to put my job on the line for."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../MNFG13F1VG.DTL
Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, October 11, 2008
A group of San Francisco first-graders took an unusual field trip to City Hall on Friday to toss rose petals on their just-married lesbian teacher - putting the public school children at the center of a fierce election battle over the fate of same-sex marriage.
The 18 Creative Arts Charter School students took a Muni bus and walked a block at noon to toss rose petals and blow bubbles on their just-married teacher Erin Carder and her wife Kerri McCoy, giggling and squealing as they mobbed their teacher with hugs.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, a friend of a friend, officiated.
A parent came up with the idea for the field trip - a surprise for the teacher on her wedding day.
"She's such a dedicated teacher," said the school's interim director Liz Jaroslow.
But there was a question of justifying the field trip academically. Jaroflow decided she could.
"It really is what we call a teachable moment," Jaroflow said, noting the historic significance of same-sex marriage and related civil rights issues. "I think I'm well within the parameters."
Nonetheless, the excursion offers Proposition 8 proponents fresh ammunition for their efforts to outlaw gay marriage in California, offering a real-life incident that echoes their recent television and radio ads.
"It's just utterly unreasonable that a public school field trip would be to a same-sex wedding," said Chip White, press secretary for the Yes on 8 campaign. "This is overt indoctrination of children who are too young to have an understanding of its purpose."
The trip illustrates the message promoted by the campaign in recent days, namely that unless Prop. 8 passes on Nov. 4, children will learn about same-sex marriage in school.
"It shows that not only can it happen, but it has already happened," White said.
California Education Code permits school districts to offer comprehensive sex education, but if they do, they have to "teach respect for marriage and committed relationships."
Parents can excuse their child from all or part of the instruction.
On Friday, McCoy and Carder, both in white, held hands on Newsom's office balcony overlooking the rotunda and recited their vows.
"With this ring, I thee wed!" Carder said, shouting the last word for emphasis.
After traditional photos, the two walked out City Hall's main doors where the students were lined up down the steps with bags of pink rose petals and bottles of bubbles hanging from their necks. McCoy, a conferences services coordinator, was in on the surprise and beamed as the children swarmed around Carder.
The two said they have participated in the campaign against Proposition 8 and planned to travel around San Francisco on Friday afternoon in a motorized trolley car with "Just Married" and "Vote No on 8" banners.
The two met on a dance floor two years ago.
"This is one girl I can honestly say deserves happiness, and it came in the form of Kerri," said Carder's friend Dani Starelli.
Creative Arts administrators and parents acknowledged that the field trip might be controversial, but they didn't see the big deal. Same-sex marriage is legal, they noted.
"How many days in school are they going to remember?" asked parent Marc Lipsett. "This is a day they'll definitely remember."
Carder's students said they were happy to see their new teacher married.
"She's a really nice teacher. She's the best," said 6-year-old Chava Novogrodsky-Godt, wearing a "No on 8" button on her shirt. "I want her to have a good wedding."
Chava's mothers said they are getting married in two weeks.
The students' parents are planning to make a video with the children describing what marriage is to them.
Marriage, 6-year-old Nolan Alexander said Friday, is "people falling in love."
It means, he added, "You stay with someone the rest of your life."
As is the case with all field trips, parents had to give their permission and could choose to opt out of the trip. Two families did. Those children spent the duration of the 90-minute field trip back at school with another first-grade class, the interim director said.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's not controversial for me," Jaroflow said. "It's certainly an issue I would be willing to put my job on the line for."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../MNFG13F1VG.DTL
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 15 2008, 02:13 AM)
That was just wonderful!!!
QUOTE
Class surprises lesbian teacher on wedding day
<3 <3 <3 So sweet!!! I also loved how one of the students' mothers are getting married in a couple of weeks.
The A Team!
QUOTE (LibLaw @ Oct 18 2008, 11:54 PM)
The A Team!
thank you so much for that. i'm so bummed and pessimistic right now you wouldn't believe.
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 19 2008, 12:06 AM)
thank you so much for that. i'm so bummed and pessimistic right now you wouldn't believe.
Chin up dear earthy, it's just a couple more weeks...
QUOTE (rememberearth @ Oct 11 2008, 09:47 PM)
That is so freakin' cool! can someone tell us the story behind this tree and/or the photo?
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