Oh Canada…I apologize for the rude interruption.
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It seems that we’ve spread an awful infection.
Brought on by our cancerous election.
Neighbors to your south, once tame and caring.
Are now burning bridges, the ones we are sharing.
We know where to place the obvious blame.
Sadly, they hold the cards to this selfish game.
An unjustified trade war with a loyal friend.
Treacherous backstabbing is about to begin.
Good for you, Canada for not pulling punches,
In retaliation for heightened priced lunches.
Please bear with us for four more years,
while we watch the idiocy bring endless tears
For in the end, this madness can be reversed.
Until then, we’ll live with this miserable curse.
I don’t condone our conduct, it’s senseless and mean.
Did we somehow forget there’s no ‘I’ in Team?
—The Divided States of American Bullshit 😔
A/N: I love my country. But can do without the current representation.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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It’s sad what’s happening. Unnecessary trouble.
Excellent words on the situation
We don’t blame the people, but I do fear that if someone doesn’t take a stand it will be too late. Then what?
🎶 I stand on guard *with* thee!!! 🎶 Well said Lamar!! I appreciate this, and congrats on Honourable mention!!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Are those $3 you just won subject to the 25% import tax 😉
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AGREED! Great job, Lamar. The horror show is just getting started. 🎶Oh Canada…🎶
I reallyyyyy hope these 4 years would pass fast 🥺
Preach it, brother.
Thank you!! Well-said! Totally agree!❤️
Richly and adamantly stated. You have many, including me, who agree with your sentiments. I do, however, fear the ability to reverse this madness after four years. Someone, please, deliver us from this nightmare of regression, bigotry, and ignorance.
Very eloquently put, Lamar.
I hope this gets top story! Totally the best thing I’ve read all day!
Well said. My worry is that everyone is saying the same line "four more years" I have a feeling that if a certain person has their way it will be longer than that and This is something the American people may have to face and do something about before it is too late.
Rock on, Lamar! Can’t believe we have to put up with 4 years of sucking up to dictators and pissing on our friends and allies!
Amen to your author’s note—it’s so frustrating, and it’s embarrassing.
Amen to all of this, Lamar. What strange and tragic times we are living through.
Thank you, my friend. 🤗
It's so surreal to be an American not in the states right now. It all feels a bit nightmarish, really excellent work here Lamar. Hopefully we'll all be still holding on in four years. -r
Well, done, Lamar. I agree with everything you said here.
We accept the apology. 🇨🇦
Well-wrought! I think you meant to say you -don't- condone our conduct (heads up on a simple and understandable typo, which gets me all the time) and I agree. Unfortunately, a lot of people are having trouble accepting that these issues didn't start with the current "leader" or even in this century, but that his hapless narcissistic idiocy has exposed what's been going on behind a pretense of diplomancy for many decades. We need a viable third party, if not a fourth and a fifth, as well as viable independent candidates who can't be bought, if our representive form of democracy has any chance of surviving.
I can only imagine Lamar. 😕 I’m not in the States, but even I have to change the channel when there’s all the political hoopla. A relevant and peppy piece. Hope you are going well.