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Living In [Accurate] History

I came across a perfectly horrifying post on FaceBook today, which - if you prefer to take part in this discussion, will need to read - so, sit down, make your butt comfy and here we go: "An Oklahoma House committee on Monday approved a bill taking aim at the new AP U.S. History framework, which conservatives have decried as unpatriotic and negative,  the Tulsa World reported . State Rep. Dan Fisher (R) introduced a  bill  at the beginning of the month that keeps the state from funding AP U.S. History unless the College Board changes the curriculum. The bill also orders the state Department of Education to establish a U.S. History program that would replace the AP course. Since the College Board released a new course framework for U.S. history in October 2012,  conservative backlash against the course  has grown significantly. The Republican National Committee condemned the course and its  "consistently negative view of American history" ...
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Living in Wholly Myself

I love life for the most part, even if this particular part of the year is exceptionally hard on me; I am not a fan of living as a shut-in thanks to the weather. But for now, this is the deal, so why not try to make the best of it? What I love the most is listening and singing - albeit badly - to music. It really is not my issue whether or not I have a good voice, but rest assured, I don't. I try to sing in whatever register the artist sings in, which - if you have heard "The National" and love them as I do, then... well. I am not a baritone or a bass, obviously. How many females do you know who can reach that level of voice? Yes. Exactly. But I enjoy it. It makes me feel light and love, joy, wholly myself. How often do I feel wholly and completely myself? Certainly not in social situations, not outside of my home, although I had moments of it at work, when I was completely immersed in other's issues, being aware of them and not myself - a moment of being who...
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A Song A Day - Every Breaking Wave

Every breaking wave on the shore Tells the next one "there'll be one more" And every gambler knows that to lose Is what you're really there for Summer I was fearless Now I speak into an answer phone Like every fallen leaf on the breeze Winter wouldn't leave it alone, alone If you go... If you go your way and I go mine Are we so... Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby, every dog on the street Knows that we're in love with defeat Are we ready to be swept off our feet And stop chasing every breaking wave? Every sailor knows that the sea Is a friend made enemy Every shipwrecked soul knows what it is To live without intimacy I thought I heard the captain's voice But it's hard to listen while you preach Like every broken wave on the shore This is as far as I could reach If you go... If you go your way and I go mine Are we so... Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby, every dog on the street Knows that we're in lov...
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A Song A Day - Conversation 16

I think the kids are in trouble Do not know what all the troubles are for Give them ice for their fevers You're the only thing I ever want anymore We live on coffee and flowers Try not to wonder what the weather will be I figured out what we're missing I tell you miserable things after you are asleep Now we'll leave the silver city 'cause all the silver girls Gave us black dreams Leave the silver city 'cause all the silver girls Everything means everything It's a Hollywood summer You'll never believe the shitty thoughts I think Meet our friends out for dinner When I said what I said I didn't mean anything We belong in a movie Try to hold it together 'til our friends are gone We should swim in a fountain Do not want to disappoint anyone Now we'll leave the silver city 'cause all the silver girls Gave us black dreams Leave the silver city to all the silver girls Everything means everything I was afraid I'd eat your brains I was afraid I...
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A Song A Day - The Forrester

I am a forester of this land As ye may plainly see, It's the mantle of your maidenhead That I would have from thee. with me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an. He's taken her by the milk-white hand, And by the leylan sleeve, He's lain her down upon her back And asked no man's leave. with me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an. Now since you've lain me down young man You must take me up again, And since you've had your will on me, Come tell to me your name. with me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an. Some call me Jim, some call me John, Begad it's all the same, But when I'm in the king's hight court Erwilian is my name. with me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an. She being a good scholar She's spelt it over again, Erwilian, that's a Latin word, But Willy is your name. with me roo-run-rority ri-run-rority ri-no-ority-an. Now when he heard his name pronounced, He mounted his high...
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A Song A Day - Still

I am the harm which you inflict. I am your brilliance and frustration. I'm the nuclear bombs if they're to hit. I am your immaturity and your indignance. I am your misfits and your praised. I am your doubt and your conviction. I am your charity and your rape. I am your grasping and expectation. I see you averting your glances. I see you cheering on the war. I see you ignoring your children, And I love you still. And I love you still. I am your joy and your regret. I am your fury and your elation. I am your yearning and your sweat. I am your faithless and your religion. I see you altering history. I see you abusing the land. I see you, your selective amnesia, And I love you still. And I love you still. Haaaaaaaaahh I see you averting your glances. I see you cheering on the war. I see you ignoring your children, And I love you still. And I love you still. I see you altering history. I see you abusing the land. I see you, your selective amnesia, I love you still. And I love you st...
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A Song A Day - Raised by Wolves

Face down on a broken street There’s a man in the corner in a pool of misery I’m in a white van as a red sea covers the ground Metal crash I can’t tell what it is But I take a look and now I’m sorry I did. 5:30 on a Friday night 33 good people cut down I don’t believe anymore I don’t believe anymore Face down on a pillow of shame There are some girls with a needle trying to spell my name My body’s not a canvas My body’s now a toilet wall I don’t believe anymore I don’t believe anymore Raised by wolves Stronger than fear Raised by wolves We were raised by wolves Raised by wolves Stronger than fear If I open my eyes, You disappear I don’t believe anymore I don’t believe anymore Boy sees his father crushed under the weight Of a cross in a passion where the passion is hate. Blue mink Ford, I’m gonna detonate and you’re dead Blood in the house, Blood on the street The worst things in the world are justified by belief Registration 1385-WZ I don’t believe anymore I don’t believe anymore Raise...
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