"As a nation, we began by declaring that all men are equal.  We now practically read it, '...all men are created equal except the negroes.'  Soon, it will read, '...all men are created equal except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.'  When it comes to this I should prefer immigration to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty, to Russia for instance, where despotism can be taken pure and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."

~Abe Lincoln

I wonder what Abe would say, if he'd known that almost 150 years after the north won the war, that all STILL wouldn't mean all, and that human rights are today still withheld from many Americans to be viewed as privileges rather than as rights?

I'm pretty sure he would be beside himself with shame that we are still a nation of hypocrites, pretending to love liberty and equality.

WE ALL have a human right to self-determination and pursuing happiness.  

NO ONE has a right to deny anyone else their civil rights because of how they live their life.

To do this is AGAINST the United States Constitution.

ALL, means ALL.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one breathed easier because you lived.  This is to have succeeded."

~Walt Whitman

Someday I want to have a big yard with lots of vegetable, herb and flower gardens spilling bright colors everywhere you see, berry bushes, apple trees, a bird bath and bird feeders, and a lilly pond with Koi fish and cattails, and I will spend hours here. 

This is the most beautiful thing I have seen today.

I checked out my stats and found out that people from 10 different countries have viewed this blog.  Kinda crazy.  Who ARE all you people and how did you find this silly blog of music and emotions of mine?? haha!  If you visit this page and are not from the U.S., let me know you were here cuz I'm a curious creature =)


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