A song or two to express how I feel about the NY primary results

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This one dates me. More recent:

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(Update) Feel free to add some more songs of your own in the comments that express your sentiment. Me, I'm not much in the mood for words right now. Had way too much talky talk today. Definitely don't want to talk about the primary.

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Bisbonian's picture

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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X

Mark from Queens's picture

so many emotions that my mind is overloaded.

I like your idea, and say, Thanks, for the 10cc! Will listen to both afterward (still have TYT on and commiserating with friends via text and at the BNR live election blogs). It's about all I have brainpower for right now, after a long day of GOTV, dealing with my infant, my mother in town, all the election season drama and a couple of Pilsners and some homemade chili. A long walk in the cool spring air of NYC might be next. With music.

Always in times like this John's scathing rebuke of the system rings forth for me immediately:

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"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

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"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

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what really happened regarding election fraud. Meanwhile, the rest of the states need to be alerted, reminded and pushed.

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If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

maggid's picture

this song was the theme for a Bernie ad - one of is most inspiring.

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

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the viciousness of the corporate dog-eat-dog world, and the back-stabbing at the heart of what it means to be a successful "businessman."

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.

And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to.
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older.
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand.
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.

And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.

And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around.
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
Dragged down by the stone.

I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?

Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner.
And everythings done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.

Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.

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"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

- Kurt Vonnegut

Alphalop's picture

This one is more in line with my current emotions about the PTB right now... Smile *Not safe for work.
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"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me

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Tommymac's picture

and makes me laugh - this is much needed too right now.
We can't give up. A gesture that is not so futile...keep on Bernin' to the convention! Let's do it.

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

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I keep bouncing from rage to disgust to laughing at the sheer absurdity of it all...

I never thought I would be fighting the Democratic party against itself. Not a candidate vs a candidate but against the actual party.

They have made it all too apparent that if we let them they will continue to take progressive votes for granted.

Well not mine, from now on anyone that wants my vote better damn well work to earn it.

No more freebies from me...

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"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me

Deja's picture

Except I gotta be at work in 7 hrs and the floods mean I might have multiple detours. I awake I 4.5 hrs.

Sad

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With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU

janis b's picture

but maybe some solace through humor, and something reasonably absurd …

New Zealand Celebrates Its First Pastafarian Wedding

The [Pastafarian] church – which was founded to satirise American religious fundamentalism – believes a god made of spaghetti and meatballs is just as likely as other gods. According to its website, its only dogma is “the rejection of dogma”
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/worlds-first-pastafarian-we...

“With this rigatoni, I thee wed” …

The church claims that global warming is caused by pirates vanishing from the high seas, and that there is a beer volcano in heaven.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11623928

Saluti!

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Thanks for this post.

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FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521

janis b's picture

We do well when we can find a balance, despite the defeat. 'Sharing' and 'Uplifting' is a good start. And, thank you.

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LapsedLawyer's picture

(and I do mean business):

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Steeling myself for the MSM's coronation of Her Royal Corruptness.....

Oh, and one more, given the general state we'll still be in:

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No Change, And Stop Thinking There Ever Will Be -- Vote Hillary!

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-- John Lennon

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