Well their list seems fine to me as far as it goes… Briteny and the White Stripes? But then I looked at the title of the list again and thought “Changed the World”?... “Nothing But A “G” Thang”….

So where is Louis Armstrong, or W.C. Handy? How about the Marseillaise, or “Dixie” or the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” or “Amazing Grace”? How about “We Shall Overcome” or for that matter, Hank Williams “Cold, Cold Heart”? Heck I think I could make an argument for “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” by everyone’s Mom. Maybe I'm coming at this from a different angle.

What Fun, thanks for the diversion.

PS What about GMF's "The Message" instead of "Rappers Delight"?

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The idea that the Turks gave the Protestants some kind of cover to develop capitalism is a gross oversimplification which Democritus does a fine job of puncturing. Let me add that if you're looking for Catholics and Protestants working together against a common foe, look no further than the suppression of the proto-communism of Thomas Muntzer during the Peasants War of 1524-5 or the destruction of the Anabaptist “utopia” in Munster in 1534 rather than say, the lifting of the siege of Vienna in 1529, where bad weather and disease had as much to do with the retreat of Suleiman the Magnificent as any supposed Christian unity. A century and half later, at the final siege of (Catholic) Vienna, the last “surge” of the Ottomans in Europe was stopped not by dour Puritans, or cheerful Huguenots but by the timely arrival of the Polish (Catholic) cavalry, the greatest horsemen of their age might I add. While no one in the West wanted to see Christendom overrun by the Turks, it would be wrong to see Protestants dropping their quarrels and rushing to the defense of Catholic or vise versa, in fact it was routine for leaders from both sects to make political, financial and military agreements with the Sultans in Constantinople at the expense of other Christians. Hasn’t the work of Karl Marx and Francis Fukuyama, each in their own way made us rightly skeptical the efficacy of economists acting as historians?

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Good luck with your move. Dress accordingly, the summers here are murder, winter can be wet, fall and spring last around a month each. other advice; traffic in the DC area is near gridlock, you can get on the beltway at midnight on a tuesday and still be bumper to bumper, so leave earlier than you think you should. "Jaleo", 480 7th Street, NW, great Tapas and right next to the Shakespere Theatre company which is a wondeful ticket as well. Early afternoon friday, I've found is good time to buttonhole staffers, they just seem more talkative with the weekend in sight.

Cheers and Bon Voyage

You are of course correct; bacon does not actually adhere to your thighs. As I understand it, bacon tends to wrap itself around the abdomen, and sometimes the area underneath the jaw bone. Cheese cake and cream sauces adhere directly to the thighs.

I found this article so compelling that I immediately commanded my lovely wife to go out in the yard and cut herself a switch so that we could get down to some serious maintenance spanking post haste… perhaps I should have been clearer in my instruction… as it is, I’m typing this standing up.

On a night my poor beloved O's give up 30 runs in the first game of a double-header, I am glad to remember the great Paul Blair of my youth, he could indeed be standing behind second base and turn around and leasurely run down a ball on the warning track... Re; jrootham, Bill Ripken was a fine second baseman and it was a joy to see him play along side his brother Cal, but Bill dosen't belong in this conversation. While Ozzie certainly gets the vote at short, Cal should be on the short list and not just because he could hit the old onion. Cal had good range and a strong arm, but most importantly he had a remarkable mind for the game that usually put him where the ball was hit, other shortstops had to dive for those ball, Cal just picked'em up and threw to first. As for outfield "dramatics" I always loved the great Fred Lynn... Freddie'd just be getting his stroke, starting to light it up and then there'd be a long fly ball to center and Fred crashing into the wall full speed... and two weeks on the DL. But the man didn't know how to play any other way.

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Dems:

We Shouldn't Even Need A Slogan.

GOP:

Be Sure To Vote Democrat on Nov. 5th.

(of course that's the day after the election and the young Republicans would handing them out in African-American districts)