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From the body to the soul
Where our hearts lead we must go
Wherever love may flowSee this Amp at http://bit.ly/nxmS2J+
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Favoured one, fade on, see them run
Journey ’round, heave ho all night long
You’ve been afraid for far too long
I’ve been enraged in my song
I’ve been a rose in my rage
I’ve been a rose
I’ve been a rose
I’ve been a rose
Canaan ran, since her desert song
Canaan ran, rides on the bird song
You’ve been afraid for far too long
I’ve been enraged in my songs
I’ve been a rose
I’ve been a rage
I’ve been a rose
I’ve been a rage
I’ve been a roseSee this Amp at http://bit.ly/oiC5IS+
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Lawrence Korb, you are my hero.
Amplify’d from www.americanprogress.orgAn aerial view of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) aircraft carrier in Norfolk, Virginia. The United States currently fields 11 aircraft carriers, while no other country has even one of comparable size and power. The Pentagon could cancel procurement of the CVN-80 aircraft carrier and retire two existing carrier battle groups and associated air wings, saving $7.74 billion.
Defense spending skyrocketed 70 percent under the Bush administration, and President Barack Obama inherited a defense budget at highs not seen since the end of World War II. There is much room for savings with military spending far out of step with the threats facing our country.
As the Obama administration and Congress try to agree on a deal to raise the debt limit, they should keep in mind that they can cut $150 billion in defense spending annually and still keep our military budget at the Reagan administration’s peak Cold War levels. Bringing the defense budget down to the levels instated by Presidents Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton would require reductions of $250 billion to $300 billion annually.
Here are our recommendations on how to save $400 billion through 2015 without harming U.S. national security:
Redirect DOD’s planned efficiency savings to reduce the baseline defense budget ($133 billion through 2015)
Roll back post-September 11 efforts to grow the ground forces and reduce the number of civilian DOD personnel concomitant with the reduction in military end strength ($39.16 billion through 2015)
Reduce active-duty troops in Europe and Asia by one-third ($42.5 billion through 2015)
Cancel the V-22 Osprey program ($9.15 billion through 2015)
Reform military health care ($42 billion through 2015)
Limit procurement of the Virginia-class submarine and DDG-51 destroyer to one per year; limit procurement of the littoral combat ship to two vessels per year ($20.04 billion through 2015)
Cut procurement of the Navy and Marine F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variants ($16.43 billion through 2015)
Institute an across-the-board reduction in research, development, test, and evaluation funding ($40 billion though 2015)
Reform the military pay system as the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation recommends ($13.75 billion through 2015)
Cancel procurement of the CVN-80 aircraft carrier and retire two existing carrier battle groups and associated air wings ($7.74 billion)
Cut the U.S. nuclear arsenal to 311 operationally deployed strategic nuclear weapons ($33.72 billion)
According to analysts at the Air War College and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, the United States could maintain effective deterrent capabilities with only 311 strategic nuclear weapons—approximately an 84 percent reduction in current levels. Phasing in these cuts—as well as some reductions in the United States’ tactical stockpile—could save about $11.39 billion per year beginning in 2015.
Additionally, cancelling select costly and technologically challenged missile defense programs administered by the Missile Defense Agency and the armed services could reduce spending by another $1.31 billion per year.
Requesting fiscally responsible defense budgets has historically been a bipartisan effort. As the United States winds down its involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has an opportunity to restore defense spending to more sustainable levels. In a forthcoming report, the Center for American Progress will provide an in-depth analysis of defense spending decisions under Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton in order to inform Congress and the Obama administration’s defense and deficit decisions.
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A early birthday wish to Macca who will turn 69 this 18th of June.
Paul McCartney & Wings performing Maybe I’m Amazed from his first LP McCartney for the TV documentary One Hand Clapping in 1974.
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BRIAN MAY co-produced this track by Steve Hackett from Steve’s 1992 album “The Unauthorised Biography.”
This text taken from the sleevenote – “This song began life as “Don’t Fall In Love With Me” which was recorded with Brian May from Queen. There was an extra bar and Brian said he thought it might be good for a whole new song, so we worked on it tgoether, but before we could complete it, Brian went off to do other things leaving me to finish it off on my own.
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Maybe I’m amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I’m afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a lineMaybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you
Baby I’m a man maybe I’m a lonely man
Who’s in the middle of something
That he doesn’t really understandBaby I’m a man and maybe you’re the only woman
Who could ever help me
Baby won’t you help me understand,OooohhBaby I’m a man, maybe I’m a lonely man
Who’s in the middle of something
That he doesn’t really understandBaby I’m a man and maybe you’re the only woman
Who could ever help me
Baby won’t you help me understand, oohhhMaybe I’m amazed at the way you’re with me all the time
Maybe I’m afraid of the way I leave you
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you help me sing my song
Right me when I’m wrong
Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need youSee this Amp at http://bit.ly/qkP0pz+
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Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she’s gone I can’t go on
Feelin’ two-foot smallEverywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them sayHey you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey you’ve got to hide your love awayHow can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I’m inHow could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you sayHey you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey you’ve got to hide your love awaySee this Amp at http://bit.ly/qevNVM+
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I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m begging you to beg me
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love meI’ll shine up the old brown shoes
Put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love meDidn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you crying?See this Amp at http://bit.ly/p61vvl+
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Where is any compassionate conservatism on display from contemporary followers of the remains of Bush’s GOP?
Amplify’d from thinkprogress.org
As the Aug. 2 deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches, Republicans lawmakers are inching closer to the economic cliff over their stubborn refusal to close unfair tax loopholes and raise tax rates on the wealthy. The GOP’s lead lemming is Tea Party leader Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Last night on Fox’s Freedom Watch with host Andrew Napolitano, DeMint blamed the Obama administration for purposefully “burning time” to bring about this fiscal crisis. Urging Republicans to maintain their intransigence on the debt ceiling, DeMint said he’d be “willing to” cause “serious disruptions” in the economy to secure significant cuts and a balanced budget: A brief survey of such “disruptions” include an immediate cut of nearly 40 percent from the federal budget, a 2.3 percent drop in GDP, a freeze on billions in Social Security payments, a disruption of payments for Medicare, Medicaid, and military active duty pay, a “double-dip contraction” in the already fragile U.S. housing market, a severe blow to America’s creditworthiness, an inevitable increase in unemployment, and ultimately, a direct shove back into a recession.
DeMint and his Republican colleagues, however, view all of this as no big deal. Nonetheless, DeMint’s complete dismissal of the looming economic disaster he’s willing to cause will earn him nothing but blame from the American people.
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Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1147 from earthjustice.org – StumbleUpon
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bill-clinton-debt-talks-missing-one-big-point from motherjones.com – StumbleUpon
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Invisible Women: The Military’s Not-So-Secret Gender Problem | Mother Jones – StumbleUpon
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Bill Clinton: Debt Talks Missing One Big Point | Mother Jones
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Earth Has &Spare Tire&—And Ice Melt's Keeping It That Way – StumbleUpon
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Shocker: A Governor Scores a Big Victory for Workers’ Rights | Mother Jones – StumbleUpon
Shocker: A Governor Scores a Big Victory for Workers’ Rights | Mother Jones http://bit.ly/qMI60C
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obama-gingerly-interacts-with-the-common-twitter-user from gawker.com – StumbleUpon
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Obama Gingerly Interacts with the Common Twitter User
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APOD: 2011 July 6 – Sunrise at Tycho – StumbleUpon
APOD: 2011 July 6 – Sunrise at Tycho http://bit.ly/p534dH
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white.house.tweetup from cnn.com – StumbleUpon
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Obama’s Twitter town hall to focus on economy, jobs – CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/07/05/white.house.tweetup/ http://bit.ly/mY6K0R
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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination, Tim Dechristopher | Power Shift 2011 Keynote (by…
Tim Dechristopher | Power Shift 2011 Keynote (by energyaction) http://goo.gl/fb/Y6G4s
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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination, Van Jones l Power Shift 2011 Keynote (by…
Van Jones l Power Shift 2011 Keynote (by energyaction) http://goo.gl/fb/m2zie
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I just liked “Moths // Summer” on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/24037521
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watch?v=adHxLSdjxbs from youtube.com – StumbleUpon
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YouTube – Van Jones l Power Shift 2011 Keynote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adHxLSdjxbs http://bit.ly/rtDWiv
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Tim Dechristopher | Power Shift 2011 Keynote – StumbleUpon
Tim Dechristopher | Power Shift 2011 Keynote http://bit.ly/raIRSj
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06fiscal.html from nytimes.com – StumbleUpon
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Obama Summons G.O.P. and Democratic Leaders for Deficit Reduction Talks – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/us/politics/06fiscal.html http://bit.ly/r53FKQ
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In One of His First Public Appearances Since Arrest, Julian Assange Explains… – StumbleUpon
In One of His First Public Appearances Since Arrest, Julian Assange Explains How WikiLeaks Has Turned World Poli… http://bit.ly/mVPboa
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In One of His First Public Appearances Since Arrest Assange Explains How WikiLeaks Has Turned World Politics Upside Down http://su.pr/5Qs1Oq
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horses-versus-health-care from thinkprogress.org – StumbleUpon
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Horses Versus Health Care | ThinkProgress
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Theobromine – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – StumbleUpon
Theobromine – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/k0eqEH
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Ryan On MediScare Attacks: Heres The Deal On Our Medicare Plan: ObamaCare… – StumbleUpon
Ryan On MediScare Attacks: Heres The Deal On Our Medicare Plan: ObamaCare Ends Medicare As We Know It | TPMDC http://bit.ly/mAmu00
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National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue | The Onion -… – StumbleUpon
National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue | The Onion – Americas Finest News Source http://bit.ly/mlG7hZ
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Where Can Qaddafi Go If He Decides To Flee Libya? | TPMDC – StumbleUpon
Where Can Qaddafi Go If He Decides To Flee Libya? | TPMDC http://bit.ly/lwLEha
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Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Calls for Action on Housing – StumbleUpon
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Calls for Action on Housing http://bit.ly/mLdUf8
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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination
Photo http://goo.gl/fb/p1TfM
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Blind Faith – Cant Find My Way Home – 1969 – StumbleUpon
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Joshua Oakley – Dreams Poetry Visions Imagination, Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home – Live 1969
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Since 2009, 88 Percent Of Income Growth Went To Corporate Profits, Just One… – StumbleUpon
Since 2009, 88 Percent Of Income Growth Went To Corporate Profits, Just One Percent Went To Wages http://t.co/m3UPhSJ via @TPEconomy #p2
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CHART OF THE DAY: ‘Out Of Control Spending’ Not Really Out Of Control At All http://su.pr/2tkrbN via @TPM #economics #p2 #congress #politics
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APOD: 2011 July 5 – A Triangular Shadow of a Large Volcano – StumbleUpon
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Rare Earth Elements Plentiful In Ocean Sediments – Science News – StumbleUpon
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E.J. Dionne, Jr.: What Our Declaration Really Said – Truthdig – StumbleUpon
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: What Our Declaration Really Said – Truthdig http://bit.ly/knDBeF
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APOD: 2011 July 4 – Southern Ocean Sky – StumbleUpon
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The New War of Independence – Against Corporate Politics | Economy | AlterNet – StumbleUpon
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Greece Jails US Captain in Gaza Flotilla | Truthout – StumbleUpon
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1309729675 from truth-out.org – StumbleUpon
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Displaced Women Demand Justice in Port au Prince | Truthout
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RT @bookofwisdom: “I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical
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RT @bookofwisdom: “O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect
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RT @bookofwisdom: “The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.” Mikhail Baryshnikov http://t.co/lZxNSjG
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