Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerers
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
San Francisco, January, 2006
Last summer, we went to that neighborhood solely for fish & chips and ended up having fun exploring the area, imagining Benjamin Franklin strolling the same paths that we were walking. Fun to see the Liberty Bell.
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Phil Lesh
January 2nd, 2020
https://youtu.be/qtQpLpkU8kk
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Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
Nice to see Ted's video
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Robert Hunter
Franklin's Tower
https://youtu.be/EiIBxcmTM4c
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The Grateful Dead
Franklin's Tower [a particularly good version]
https://youtu.be/7r9WX5p8EQA
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PITY THE NATION
PITY THE NATION
(After Khalil Gibran)
Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerers
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
San Francisco, January, 2006
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https://youtu.be/BS3ISyKdC80.
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https://youtu.be/fFiIJ4vW2IU
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https://youtu.be/PQ5-NGF3AAA
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RAMONES - Teenage
RAMONES - Teenage Lobotomy
https://youtu.be/6ssoBUb2cJk
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Thank you for staying away so
Thank you for staying away so long. It was a very nice respite, and nice of you. Happy New Year.
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Last summer, we went to that
Last summer, we went to that neighborhood solely for fish & chips and ended up having fun exploring the area, imagining Benjamin Franklin strolling the same paths that we were walking. Fun to see the Liberty Bell.
And the fish and chips were good too!