All is permitted but not all is beneficial. For some, life is one big candy store.

For some people the worst thing in the world is too much freedom.

Freedom is more about responsibility than it is about free will. Freedom requires the greatest amount of restraint and self -discipline in the absence of such things as tyranny and oppression! And of course, some people have it in them, and some people don’t.

•Title credited to Grace Hopper.

How is it that* some people get paid far too much; and others far too little? How is it that a man works till his hands bleed for a few dollars; while another never breaks a sweat and makes $10,000 in a day?

“Certain things continue to exist in the world -but only ß the expense of certain people or other groups. Meanwhile, they are either of no concern to other groups or, they are in fact advantageous on one way or another. Now, certain problems I guess I should say, continue to exist year after year because people who have the power to resolve such issue either don’t care, or are themselves encouraging their existence. When something goes wrong on the rich part of ty own -all hell breaks loose in an attempt to address the issue. But on the poor side of town? Where the mayor and the DA don’t live????

Why are blacks killing blacks? Mexicans killing Mexicans? Where is this hate coming from -being propagated or encouraged. A white man calls a black man a nigger and they’re all over it! A white man (cop) kills a black man they’re all over it! But a black man calls a black man… a black man kills a black man nothin’!

We talk about bias, or prejudice… what about personality bias, or prejudice, or personality-ism? That is more widespread than any other kind of bias, prejudice, or ism I’m aware of!

Political correctness… man picks and chooses selectively, what issues he feels the weight of the system should be thrown at! The weight of public opinion… B…. S….*

*Robert Kennedy: “Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.”

* My Uncle Steve used to call me “how come”, because I would always ask “how come”?

Ever since man stopped hunting deer and rabbit, he has been hunting his fellow man. Every where I turn man is trying to get my money! In my own home, on the phone, on the TV man figures out a way to turn it into something in it for him – every time! When someone comes up with an idea that takes off -man wants in on it, to take it over… or shut it down. Ebay, for example, started out this nice little… between regular people. Now it’s turned into a fricken mega-business!!!

I thought it would be fun to put together a song list of songs seldom heard on the radio. Songs some of you might enjoy and have never heard. Luckily, I recently put together a library on Spotify which should make this fairly easy. So, here you are:

-To the Moon and Back (Savage Garden)

-Mary’s Prayer (Danny Wilson)

-Ship of Fools (World Party)

-Midnight Rider (Allman Brother’s Band)

-Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)

-California Soul (Marlene Shaw)

-Ain’t No Woman (like the one I got) (The 4 Tops)

-All Mixed Up/Moving in Stereo (The Cars)

-Gold (John Stewart)

-I Need You Tonight (ZZ Top)

-Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)

-Since I Don’t Have You (The Skyliners)

-Hey There Lonely Girl (Eddie Holman)

-Lady Blue (Leon Russell)

-After the Loving (Engelhardt Humperdinck)

-Just Another Day (Jon Secada)

-Ooh Baby Baby (Linda Ronstadt)

-Holdin’ on to Yesterday (Ambrosia)

-Third Time Lucky (Foghat)

-Can We Still Be Friends (Todd Rundgren)

-FlyRobin Fly (Silver Convention)

-Love is Like Oxygen (Sweet)

-Wildfire/What’s Forever For (Michael Martin Murphey)

-Rise (Herb Alpert)

-Give it All You Got (Chuck Mangioni)

-The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Robert John)

-On My Own (Patti LaBelle)

-Coming Around,Again (Carly Simon)

-Fallin’ in Love (Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds)

-Goin’ Out Of My Head (Little Anthony & The Imperials)

-White Bird (It’s A Beautiful Day)

-(Hey Won’t You Play) Another… (B.J. Thomas)

-The Candy Man (Sammy Davis Jr.)

-You Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)

-Mr. Bojangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

-Fooled Around and Fell in Love (Elvin Bishop)

-One Tin Soldier (Coven)

-Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me (Mac Davis)

-Make it With You (Bread)

-Cat’s in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)

-Hitchin a Ride (Vanity Fare)

-I’d Love You to Want Me (Lobo)

-Love Takes Time/Dance With Me/Still The One (Orleans)

-Superstar/Yesterday Once More (The Carpenters)

•People of the Southwind/Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas)

•Please Come To Boston (Dave Loggins)

•When You Love A Woman (Journey)

•She’s A Lady (Tom Jones)

•Havin’ My Baby (Paul Anka)

•Sombody’s Knockin’ (Terri Gibbs)

•Whisper To A Scream (Icicle Works)

•Under The Milky Way Tonight (The Church)

•Crazy -Extended version (Icehouse)

•Jackie Blue (Ozark Mountain Daredevils)

• Do It Again (Steely Dan)

• Come Undone/Ordinary World/Save A Prayer (Duran Duran)

• Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)

•Title credited to Geoff Downs/Trevor Horn/Bruce Woolley -sung by the various artists (1978-1979).

Music, has always had a strong correlational relationship (barometer) to the culture, and the times. In the 60s you heard? 70s? 80s? 90s? 00s? 10s? 20s? How has the music differed from decade to decade? Or generation to generation? What is the music itself saying? What role have we played in the changes in music representative of the times? Has the music become deeper or shallower? Has it become more harmonious or more angry?

•Title credited to Chris Barbosa/Ed Chisolm -sung by Shannon.

If you would lie to save your minimum wage Jack in the Box job -what do you think some white collar worker would do to save millions?

•Title taken from Styx song of same name from the album “Pieces of Eight” (1978), Tommy Shaw (writer).

God knows what each of us needs and deserves. The problem is most of us want the same thing! Under the circumstances, it can’t work that way! Most people think they’re deserving of period period you you go into any prison and lineup a 1000 inmates and ask them what they think of themselves and most will tell you they’re pretty good people. By what standard? There are a lot of people who are very successful in the world and have never had any legal issues -and they are far from…

What happens when you take a below average intelligence individual and bring them up with lots and lots of intellectual stimulation?? What happens when you take in above average love average intelligence individual and bring them up with very little intellectual stimulation?

Einstein says that true intelligence lies in creativity -not in knowledge. What’s so brainy about processing information that’s already been discovered?

One day it came to me that if we took somebody else’s invention and moved it to another part of the world… It would be as if we invented it right? Except for the fact that we didn’t! And some people don’t seem to be too bothered about that fact.

You know what the difference is between a good person and a nice person? The nice person will be good to you as long as you’re good to them. A good person, in many cases, will be good to you even when you’re not so good to them.

If it’s not a spiritual principle get rid of it.

Some people are harder on themselves and considered of others Whit’s literate of others while some people are harder on others and considered of themselves

In order for our lives to get better -WE HAVE TO GET BETTER!

Alcoholics Anonymous has taught me to seek the best possible relationships with all peoples (and it’s something I continually struggle with).

•Title is an exerpt from the book Alcoholics Anonymous, chapter 2, page 20.

I used to get so upset at women who would go back to their old relationships or marriages. But I guess God must be pretty happy about that!

•Title taken from Bread Album/song (1977) – credited to Bread and David Gates.