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I would vote for the first mayoral candidate who had the balls to announce that he would not march in one of these ethnic/religious/orientation/”pick your identity here” parades.
At one time, these parades had an actual purpose. Now many of them have become nothing more than excuses to preen in silly carciature poses, as some type of exercise in “pride” and expression.
My folks have home movies of a local Memorial Day parade in Red Hook, shot in 1958. At the time of that shooting, Red Hook was known as one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn and all of the city. Despite this roughness, there is a world of difference between what one sees in that film and what happens today. The men of the local VFW and American Legion were dressed in their best suits as they marched. They marched somberly and quietly, and with a simple message of remembering those who had sacrificed. Ditto for the community groups who participated in the parade: the boy scouts, church groups etc.
Look at the films of the old civil rights marches. Dr. Martin Luther King was dressed elegantly, as were the other marchers, despite the poverty of many. Once again, look at how simply and somberly they marched to state their message. No preening, no showboating, no caricatures as some type of exercise in “expression”.
DH, maintains company websites (external one and internal intranet), writes the speech material for the exec’s, media buying (ie advertising stuff), ….
DH, you got the 6 foot covered but missing the other characteristics to complete the goddess look and missing the killer wardrobe & pumps too. BTW, she was in the corp communications dept where “all-talk” was indeed suffice qualifications (& hot looks are great compliment)
CMU:
I watch Lost! – wow, I wasnt happy with the ending, but liked a lof of the character follow-up
however – so are we to think that Jack and all are now in Heaven and what they all experienced on the Island was real but they all agreed to meet in Sideways world(purgatory) before getting to heavn? and where the EFF was Walt and michael?
ROB: haaaaaa – that’s funny about the construction workers getting 5 scoops of sugar in their coffee – sounds like me! – ok not 5 – but 3!
and the whole bar story – Highlarious – my husband says the same thing about that bar on 4th avenue – sometimes I do you think you are black 😉
I would vote for the first mayoral candidate who had the balls to announce that he would not march in one of these ethnic/religious/orientation/”pick your identity here” parades.
At one time, these parades had an actual purpose. Now many of them have become nothing more than excuses to preen in silly carciature poses, as some type of exercise in “pride” and expression.
My folks have home movies of a local Memorial Day parade in Red Hook, shot in 1958. At the time of that shooting, Red Hook was known as one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn and all of the city. Despite this roughness, there is a world of difference between what one sees in that film and what happens today. The men of the local VFW and American Legion were dressed in their best suits as they marched. They marched somberly and quietly, and with a simple message of remembering those who had sacrificed. Ditto for the community groups who participated in the parade: the boy scouts, church groups etc.
Look at the films of the old civil rights marches. Dr. Martin Luther King was dressed elegantly, as were the other marchers, despite the poverty of many. Once again, look at how simply and somberly they marched to state their message. No preening, no showboating, no caricatures as some type of exercise in “expression”.
oh word – sounds much more interesting than the title!!
DH, maintains company websites (external one and internal intranet), writes the speech material for the exec’s, media buying (ie advertising stuff), ….
DH
I worked in Corp Comm for years
it’s internal PR/Crisis management with regards to executives or a company’s issue
house organ… (snorting)
Corp communications? wtf does that mean?
DH, you got the 6 foot covered but missing the other characteristics to complete the goddess look and missing the killer wardrobe & pumps too. BTW, she was in the corp communications dept where “all-talk” was indeed suffice qualifications (& hot looks are great compliment)
CMU:
I watch Lost! – wow, I wasnt happy with the ending, but liked a lof of the character follow-up
however – so are we to think that Jack and all are now in Heaven and what they all experienced on the Island was real but they all agreed to meet in Sideways world(purgatory) before getting to heavn? and where the EFF was Walt and michael?
ROB: haaaaaa – that’s funny about the construction workers getting 5 scoops of sugar in their coffee – sounds like me! – ok not 5 – but 3!
and the whole bar story – Highlarious – my husband says the same thing about that bar on 4th avenue – sometimes I do you think you are black 😉
Productivity will likely increase now, m4l.