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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: coug who wrote (90641)	12/3/2004 10:29:42 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

And for old times sake.. And just to remember ALL the present and past miners out there, including MY DEAR father, for what they did for this society at the lowest possible conditions, wages, etc.. for the maximum of ALL.. These men, these people worked, struggled, sacrificed, for all those NOW PRESENT.. And those that TAKE for granted, their health benefits, their vacations, THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS, their retirements, etc.... What the Hell can I say.. TO a two-bit conservative white collar worker, private or public, that NEVER gave THANKS to those that PAVED your damned path.. Except THINK.. RED HILL MINING TOWN LYRICS U2 EDIT / RATE / PRINT ]from father to son The blood runs thin Our faces frozen (still) against the wind The seam is split The coal face cracked The lines are long And there’s no going back Through hands of steel And a heart of stone Our labor day has come and gone And you leave us holding on In red hill town As the lights go down I’m hanging on You’re all that’s left to hang on to I’m holding on You’re all that’s left to hang on to The glass is cut The bottle runs dry Our love runs cold In the caverns of the night We’re wounded by fear Injured in doubt I can lose myself I’m holding on You’re all that’s left to hold on to And we scorch the earth Set fire to the sky Stoop so low to reach so high A link is lost The chain undone Now we wait all day For the night to come And it comes And it comes Like a hunter (child) I’m hanging on You’re all that’s left to hang on to I’m hanging on to You’re all that’s left to hang on to We see love slowly stripped away Our love, has seen a better day I’m hanging on You’re all that’s left to hold on to I’m holding on You’re all that’s left to hold on to See the lights go down on red hill town See lights go down on red hill town >>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "From Father to Son" I will carry on the fight..

To: coug who wrote (90641)	12/4/2004 4:59:15 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You won't get any disagreement from me on the liberal/conservative issue, Coug. I think liberals are more idealistic, are more motivated to do good in the world, and have more compassion for the poor and the sick and the weak than conservatives do. And most important, they don't believe that it is their right to take advantage of those who aren't as smart or well connected, or rape the earth's resources for their personal gain. I would actually be ashamed to be a conservative--I'm not sure why some people are actually proud of it. Ann Coulter's father was an attorney whose specialty was union busting for large corporations--can you imagine doing something like that for a living? Very different world view . . . Bono's father was a bus driver in Dublin, a gifted tenor with no advantage in life--a common man who lost his wife when Bono was a teenager. I think you can hear the drudgery and loneliness in Red Hill. One of the things I especially like about U2 is that they are motivated to do good in the world. Thanks especially for sharing that song--one of my favorites.