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Re: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's> requiem



Who was the original poster? I didn't read thru all the posts and can't
figure out who exactly did start this. My input was just that--input based
on skimming over the top--I can't find the original thread--just one reply
from Anthony R.     ???
XO-Glenna

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM, <geomakla> wrote:

>  What's sad
> is that
> the poster who
> originated this thread
> is gone
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> A member
> of content
> and insight
> for quite a while
> and now
> he is unmentioned
> like kindling
> before a warm fire.
>
> Mark in St. Louis
>
> unknown poets support
> they have to
> the voice is unignorable...
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> Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good
> you'll have to ram them down people's throats.--Howard Aiken
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poemsl1
> To: babel-list
> Sent: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 1:57 pm
> Subject: Re: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's
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> I disagree with the idea that we should only talk about Patti, her music,
> setlists, etc.  She is very political and provocative in her music, and
> the  way
>
> she talks with audiences at times, for example urging them to vote.   And
> what do you think "People Have the Power" is?  An anthem for athletes,
>  lol?
> Although it actually could be that, in the sense that we all have the
>  power to
> do what is important to us. However, I think the main message  of PHTP is
>  we
> have the power to change our world- we just have to get  up, take action,
> and
> open our mouths to do it- a very political stance,  IMHO.
>
> Patt's unfortunate support for Nader is just as valid to me for discussion
> as might be the setlist at Lincoln Center, a new album, etc.  As I said in
>  a
> previous post, it's hard for me to reconcile my love of Patti as an artist
> with her support of Nader, who I think is a spoiler, and is too
> intelligent not
>
> to know it. For that matter, so is Patti.
>
> xxo- Seena
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>
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