Don't you know it's gonna be all right

Oral Roberts' funeral

2009-12-22T21:42:51Z

"The guest list was a Who's Who of TV evangelists — most of whom tie their success to Roberts — and some arrived in the six stretch limousines, two Jaguars, Cadillacs and a Mercedes Benz parked curbside." and to think Jesus rode on a braying donkey...........

ericatlarge @ 2009-04-27T21:02:00

2009-04-28T04:03:11Z

ericatlarge @ 2009-04-16T21:03:00

2009-04-17T04:03:40Z

We saw this very clearly with the recent Somali pirate standoff. For days before the final rescue, Limbaugh had been accusing Obama of not taking the problem seriously enough, bellowing that "idiots like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama think pirates and terrorists -- and this is terrorism -- are criminals, not enemies." Then, once Obama ordered the Navy to act, Limbaugh was suddenly outraged that he'd gone too far, lamenting what he described as "the killing of three black Muslim kids" who were "shot on the high seas at the order of President Obama."

It's amazing how quickly "terrorists" can become "three black Muslim kids" when there is political hay to be made.
--- Huffpost

5 to 7$ charge to use our own park?

2009-04-06T02:21:09Z

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/30/18584827.php

The City is sponsoring a "community meeting" to discuss the conversion of the public space at the Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum into a paid-admission facility. It will be at 6:30 PM on Monday, April 6, 2009. in the Hall of Flowers (County Fair Building). It's next to the main entrance to the Arboretum at 9th/Lincoln.

The Park and Recreation Department, together with the Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum management, are planning to charge $5–$7 to enter the gardens and lie on the grass, sit on the benches, or watch the ducks. One or more of the four entrances are likely to be closed. This is outrageous! Please show up to voice your concern. Signs and costumes are welcome!

these 3 JetBlue ads are brilliant!

2009-03-18T15:59:19Z

I SAY NOTHING! NOTHING!

2009-03-06T20:20:19Z

ericatlarge @ 2009-03-04T22:15:00

2009-03-05T06:17:11Z

Fox News / Faux News reports a fake Herpes story as real.....

let's see...

2009-03-02T16:44:10Z

$30 billion more for AIG- "oddly" the ONLY insurance company we are bailing out
$1 billion more for Gaza- $700 per inhabitant

I love the intro to this song

2009-02-23T16:42:02Z

ericatlarge @ 2009-02-18T23:19:00

2009-02-19T07:20:57Z

Should Americans adopt a simpler, stone age lifestyle?

2009-02-16T20:03:21Z

deleted cuz it was always automatically running....

ericatlarge @ 2009-02-10T08:59:00

2009-02-10T17:02:15Z

Happy
Birthday
Roberta
Flack
You
Kill
Me
Softly

one magnolian blossom on a bare tree- something I love about magnolias!

2009-02-04T22:36:38Z

one magnolian blossom on a bare tree- something I love about magnolias!, originally uploaded by sftrajan.

heheheheh

2009-02-04T16:55:12Z

ericatlarge @ 2009-02-03T19:13:00

2009-02-04T03:21:47Z

2 reasons today was intensely depressing---

1, i went out to a bar last night and saw this guy I thought I recognized - one of those ones you always think would have been "perfect" and got through your fingers- in my case cuz i was too chicken shit to pursue or evne say what i thought........

Lets call him "Javier". Lets call him that cuz that's his name. He moved to San Diego some time ago. It was him after all but the thought of him first made me paralyzed and then a deporession started. So i didn't go chat him up. No shortage of others who'd eventually try.......

2. then this morning, I got a racist email from my dad. some "Christian", spreading shit like that over the internet.......

going to SFMOMA and Yerba Buena center for the atrs did not lift spirits--- what crap

looking at some tropical flowers in GGP helped a little.

ericatlarge @ 2009-01-27T21:29:00

2009-01-28T05:30:27Z

"Canada must feel like itrs living over a biker bar"

ericatlarge @ 2009-01-22T23:44:00

2009-01-23T07:47:44Z

Happy Birthday

mamboitaliano71
&
uneasytruce

ericatlarge @ 2009-01-22T23:34:00

2009-01-23T07:37:10Z

one of the better ones

2009-01-23T07:07:56Z

, originally uploaded by robbroccoli.

hey- isn't that Old mr Potter from it's a Wonderful Life?

hahahahaha

2009-01-22T09:06:49Z

, originally uploaded by robbroccoli.

CNN's Larry King talks with "The Queen of Soul" about the reality of the nation's first black president, singing at the inauguration and the much-talked-about hat she wore.

Larry King: Where'd you get that hat?

Aretha Franklin: Well, I bought it at a little millinery that I frequent out in Detroit.

King: What was that like for you (Tuesday)?

Franklin: Oh. What a tremendous, mammoth morning, evening, the ball, everything, from one event to the other, was just too much.

King: How did you find out you were singing?

Franklin: My agent called me and he told me that he had received an invitation and a telephone call, asking for my presence and performance at the swearing-in and the inauguration.

King: Did you choose the song?

Franklin: Yes, I did.

King: Is that a tough song to sing?

Franklin: No, not at all, but (Tuesday) it was. Mainly because of the temperature outside. I don't have to tell you, it was freezing, if you were there. Some singers it doesn't bother, and others it does. I don't care for it. It affected my voice.

King: You sang at Martin Luther King's funeral. What do you remember about that?

Franklin: There were very, very long lines, of course. I recall walking in the street behind the bier, somewhere maybe about 200, 300 feet from the bier, I think. I recall Leontyne Price being there, as well as Eartha Kitt. They shuttled us from one point to the other. The passing of a great man was at hand.

King: How did you feel yesterday about seeing a young black man elected president?

Franklin: Oh boy, how do you put it into words? There's a love affair going on with the country and Barack. I think it's the age of Barack. People have just fallen head over heels in love with him. His assent to the presidency was miraculous. But we have to remember that he's not going to work miracles right off the top. It's going to take time.

(There's) a lot of problems, and there's a plethora of things to deal with for he and his administration.

King: One thing, with your magnificent voice, is it hard to sing outdoors?

Franklin: It depends on the temperature. Yesterday, Mother Nature was not very kind to me. I'm going to deal with her when I get home. It, by no means, was my standard. I was not happy with it, but I just feel blessed because it could have been five above zero or five below zero like it is in Detroit.

I was still blessed to be able to pretty much just sing the melody, but I wasn't happy with it, of course.

King: It was great to listen to.

Franklin: I was delighted and thrilled to be there. That was the most important thing, not so much the performance, but just to be there and to see this great man go into office -- the promise of tomorrow coming to pass.

the bastard

2009-01-22T00:00:37Z

the bastard, originally uploaded by sftrajan.

People I was happy to see today...................

2009-01-20T20:55:13Z

-Walter Mondale
-Biden's mom
-Marian Robinson and her glorious granddaughters
-2 million folks stretched out all the way past the Washington Monument
-Donna Brazile talking to ABC about how she helped herself to the warmer-blanket that was on Obama's chair
-John Paul Stevens- a champion of our liberty
-Hillary looking fantastic and radiant
-Rosalynn Carter looking well
-Al and Tipper Gore

6 hours to go.....

2009-01-20T10:57:28Z

Times of london / Morten Morland

we start anew...................

2009-01-19T21:34:35Z

hopes for tomorrow

2009-01-19T10:07:26Z