----- Original Message ----- From: "John Garcia" <[email protected]> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:49 PM Subject: Inauguration
>I love this stuff, the Ruffles and Flourishes, 21 gun salute, the Marine > Band playing Stars and Stripes Forever. I liked > Obama's speech. Maybe not as good as the Grant Park victory speech, but > way > up there. So one administration > ends and another begins. Stay tuned.... > > > to quote a friend of mine the day after the election: > "Ain't this some shit!" > > john > what's next maru "This guy comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush Like all the colours of a royal flush And he's peeling off those dollar bills Slapping them down - one hundred, two hundred And I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes Across the mud huts as the children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street We take the staircase to the first floor We turn the key and slowly unlock the door A man breathes into a saxophone And through the walls we hear the city groan Outside it's America - outside it's America " I keep hearing those last 2 lines in my head, but it is in a new context. Hopeful and waiting as opposed to the cynicism of the preceding lyrics. One watches with anticipation. xponent A Little U2 In The Night Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
