I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Born Free & Imagine)
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Excerpt: Computer advertisement 1991
If there was ever a time to dare to make a difference and to embark
on something worth doing, it is now. Don’t do it for any grand cause,
do it for something that tugs at your heart and is your aspiration.
Dream your dream and fulfill it.
You owe it to yourself to make your days count. Have fun, dig deep,
stretch and dream big. Recognize however, that things worth doing
seldom come easy.
There will be good days and there will be times when you want to
turn around, pack it up, and call it quits. When those days
happen, tell yourself, you are not afraid to learn by trying.
’Persist’. (Won't Back Down)
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With an idea, determination, and the right tools, you can do
great things. Let your instincts, your intellect, and your heart
guide you. ’Trust’.
Believe in the incredible power of the human mind. Believe in
doing something that makes a difference. Believe in working hard,
laughing and hoping. Believe in lazy afternoons and of lasting
friends. Believe in all of the things that will cross your path
this year.
The start of something new brings the hope of something great.
Anything is possible. There is only one you and you will pass
this way only once??????? (Maybe NOT, but if it's true we only pass
this way once......... ’Do it right’!!!)
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Don't do me like that
Tom Petty tells George W. Bush to "back down" from using one of Petty's songs at his events.
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By Jake Tapper
Sep. 16, 2000 | Add one more recording artist to the growing list of popular musicians who have asked the campaign of Texas Gov. George W. Bush to stop using their music on the stump: Tom Petty. By telling Bush to stop using his hit 1989 single "I Won't Back Down," Petty joins a "USA for Africa"-esque coterie that includes Sting and John Mellencamp telling the Texas governor to knock it off.
The song was once a fixture at Bush campaign events, until February, when -- at the behest of Petty -- Randall Wixen of Wixen Music Publishing Inc., wrote to Bush and told him to "immediately cease and desist all uses of the song in connection with your campaign."
Wixen told Salon that Petty's management called him and "told me in essence that Tom wasn't supporting George Bush's campaign, and that I should write the letter telling them to stop using the song."
Use of the song "creates, either intentionally or unintentionally, the impression that ... [the Bush] campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true."
In documents obtained by Salon, Bush for President general counsel Michael Toner wrote a letter on Feb. 11 "confirm[ing] that the Bush for President campaign will not use the ... song in connection with campaign activities in the future."
"So we backed down," joked Bush spokesman Dan Bartlett when told of the written exchange. Bartlett said that he was under the impression that the only song the campaign currently used was "We the People," written and performed by puffy rockabilly king Billy Ray Cyrus especially for the Bush campaign.
"We the people move it/We the people know/We the people/We run the country/We the people prove it/We're the heart and soul/We the people," the Cyrus song goes.
(OK, so it's no Top 40 hit. But at least Cyrus isn't going to tell Bush to stop using it.) "It's no mystery that most [entertainers] are hardcore partisan Democrats," explained Bartlett of Sting, Mellencamp and now Petty's anti-Bush moves. "And that's their personal choice."
The "cease and desist" letter to Bush was at least civil. At Thursday night's entertainment industry fundraiser for Vice President Al Gore and the Democratic National Committee, entertainers ranging from singer Stephen Stills to pretty-boy actor Matt Damon
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For the last couple of days I've been watching the situation in Haiti. (I was more than a bit perturbed when I saw........ at the bottom of the screne while watching Keith Olberman that G W and the Billarys were doing a thingy to raise money for Haiti.) hmmmmmm, I wonder if the money will even go to Haiti. (I don't blame Keith for it but simply wanted to share how EVIL comes at US from all sides.)
Another thing that I didn't much like was that you could text to the Red Cross to 90999 and donate 10$. Not that it would be a bad thing but, remember I have dyslexia.......... hmmmmmm and a dyslexic person can see the word 'CAT' 40 different ways/are you catching on yet? 90999 can be seen in just one way as 60666 and it simply doesn't set well with me.
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For missing U.S. citizen family members, call-888-407-4747 or provide information via email. To help, text "HAITI" to "90999" and $10 will be sent the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. More about the crisis and how to help»
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Last updated January 14, 2010 4:35 p.m. PT
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton asked for Haiti help
By JULIE PACE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2006, file photo, then-President George W. Bush is greeted by former President Bill Clinton, right, before speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington. President Barack Obama has reached out to former Presidents Bush and Clinton to help with U.S. relief efforts in Haiti.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has tapped former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to lead private sector fundraising efforts for Haiti.
Enlisting ex-presidents' help in responding to a natural disaster is just what Bush did in 2004 after a tsunami ripped across Asia. Back then, it was Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush who assisted in relief efforts.
In a joint statement, George W. Bush and Clinton said, "In the days and weeks ahead, we will draw attention to the many ways American citizens and businesses can help meet the urgent needs of the Haitian people."
"Americans have a long history of showing compassion and generosity in the wake of tragedy," they said. "We thank the American people for rallying to help our neighbors in the Caribbean in their hour of suffering - and throughout the journey of rebuilding their nation.
White House political director Patrick Gaspard said officials have been inundated with requests from Americans looking to help. The administration has launched a wide-ranging outreach campaign, particularly in areas with a large Haitian-American population, to coordinate those efforts.
With the full extent of the devastation still unknown, Gaspard said cash is the most urgent need. A text-messaging campaign with the Red Cross had raised $5 million dollars as of Thursday evening. A $10 donation can be made by texting "HAITI" to "90999."
Gaspard, a Haitian-American, said the impoverished island nation will require long-term humanitarian assistance.
"There is going to be a need to sustain this effort over time," he said.
Obama cited the success of the tsunami relief efforts in his decision to mobilize the former presidents, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president placed calls to both Bush and Clinton Wednesday.
Gibbs said the Obama administration's criticism of Bush's actions during the response to Hurricane Katrina were irrelevant.
"I think if you asked George Bush whether the government acted up to its ability in responding to Katrina, I think the answer to that would be 'no,'" Gibbs said. "The actions that were taken to deal with the humanitarian crisis from the tsunami, on the other hand, I think worked quite well." ---
On the Net:
Bush Haiti Web site: http://www.georgewbushcenter.com/haiti
Clinton Haiti Web site: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake
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