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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 20:30:13 GMT -5
Taylor is on E News tonight...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 20:33:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 20:37:02 GMT -5
Willie Nelson and Shania Twain, Blue eyes crying in the rain
Will Taylors time come???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 20:43:19 GMT -5
Time Magazine...again!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 20:50:51 GMT -5
Love this song...love it!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 23:20:00 GMT -5
Michael,
I hope your appointment goes well. That's a long time to wait to get it.
I had two emails just this morning about the VA...one from the American Legion and one from the VFW. I also read American Legion magazine. I know things are bad. Worse than I ever remember them being and I've been reading along for over 25 years now.
Sending hugs your way.
This morning's email to me from the American Legion:
Dear Legion Family Members and Friends,
A little over a year has passed since CNN broadcast the first report on “secret wait lists” at the Phoenix VA. I am still haunted by revelations that as many as 40 veterans were kept off the books and left to die waiting for appointments.
In the days that followed, more problems were aired about veterans in other cities who were also being denied treatment.
Amid the outrage, The American Legion stood above the fray. This organization set out to help and heal veterans dissatisfied with VA. This organization took charge. This organization extended an invitation to VA to work hand-in-hand to solve the problems, one veteran at a time, one location at a time.
That leadership was noted by Kevin Boyer , an Operation Iraqi Freedom vet, who received help at the Legion-coordinated Veterans Crisis Command Center (VCCC) last July in St. Louis. “The American Legion has seemed to bring some people together so we can move forward,” said Boyer, who received help on his VA claims decision.
Since June of last year, The American Legion has conducted Veterans Benefits Centers (VBC) or their predecessor, VCCCs , in large cities like Phoenix and St. Louis. The Legion has also conducted these centers in smaller communities such as Shinnston, W.Va., and Harlingen, Texas. Regardless of the name or location, VA staff members have been working alongside Legion experts to make appointments for veterans, track down benefits claims, provide grief counseling, provide education about GI Bill benefits and provide other services.
Oswald Nance, a Korea War veteran, emerged from the VBC in Philadelphia with a new outlook . “I’ve managed to find some hope here today,” he said after a day of productive discussions following 50 years of frustrations with his disability claims and benefits.
Nearly 4,000 veterans have received similar assistance at the 16 VBCs or VCCCs. The VBCs will continue this year at cities across the country.
I’m sure our forefathers would be proud of our actions during these last 12 months. Nearly a century ago, they set out to protect and help their comrades who desperately needed assistance after World War I. The last year has shown that we remain committed to ensuring that our military brothers and sisters are taken care of, no matter what it takes.
And The American Legion will keep that promise to the next century of veterans.
For God and Country, Mike Helm National Commander
....one of the many reasons we have financially supported the American Legion for over two decades.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 2:43:47 GMT -5
Taylor is definitely a voice for female empowerment.
It's my belief that real societal change comes from the folks who are so firmly planted in the mainstream that people identify with them on very many levels. There's a level of trust that goes with that. Something Taylor has always been very aware of and which she takes very careful care of. She's a very, very smart girl ...then there's the fact that she's a sweetheart. Something which also seems to play into the whole real societal change for women.
Let me give you some other country music examples to illustrate what I'm saying...and how Taylor is very much one of those women.
Kitty Wells had all of those attributes. She was firmly planted in the mainstream. With her deep personal faith and gingham dresses, she was someone other women trusted. Her success with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honkytonk Angels" spoke for women and to women. The good ole boys of the day didn't believe a woman should be on the Opry or have an impact in music...but Kitty was so loved and so embraced by other women that women finally began to get their voice in country music. She wasn't radical. In fact, she was pretty much the opposite of radical which is how she helped make so much progress.
Loretta Lynn became famous because people loved her songs, her voice and who she has always been. If there's one word to describe Loretta it's honest. Good or bad in her life, she put it out there in song and in interviews. No pretense. No games. No agenda. And yet, in a time where women struggled to join the workforce, she was the one with the career and her husband spent years staying home raising their babies. She was part of the transition of everyday women, poor women without education and without means, who were emerging from the way things had been to where the future was going. Women traveled with Loretta along that path. Her song "The Pill" may have been banned from radio, but she kept on singing it. She didn't do that to be radical...she did it because she was at the point in her life she was hoping to be done having babies.
Martina McBride is another woman who is planted firmly in the mainstream. When she sings songs like "Independence Day", "When God Fearing Women Get the Blues" and "Teenage Daughters" "This One's for the Girls"....and so many others, she's right there alongside women who are living day to day like she is. Martina and her husband John opened a music school a couple of years back. Blackbird Academy is based out of their own recording studio, Blackbird Studios, and offers hands on music education and industry involvement to aspiring musicians. The McBride's want to change the world and make it better for the next generation. They believe in mentoring ....and yep, Blackbird Studio's has helped Taylor Swift (among others) record Multi-Platinum selling albums.
There are so many I haven't mentioned but I'm going for an illustration of what I'm saying about Taylor. She is a voice for female empowerment. I believe it's because she has the same combination of things that Kitty, Loretta and Martina have. They are (or were) all sweethearts. They are (or were) loved by other women. They all speak (or spoke) for mainstream women about issues that women talk about at the kitchen table...or to each other.
Not to leave out the menfolk but in my personal experience, good men love good women and all the ladies I'm talking about are good people...sweethearts in the best definition of the word.
JMHO, of course but Taylor is part of a great tradition of female empowerment.
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Post by kora on Apr 30, 2015 17:48:31 GMT -5
nash - Good luck with your appointment. I loved some of your videos and checked "kora likes." LOL!
Jo - I've read (and been told about) the times you and nash were talking about in earlier posts. Some bad and some interesting, and lots of expressions of "who I am and what I stand for." I'm in PR work and guess I've become somewhat desensitized like nash says he is----but not entirely, don't think so. As I said before, I don't usually get involved in politics or issues, because views don't change and most people can't handle a different point of view, which is sad. I will share some views about Taylor, though.
Jo - Wonderful post about Taylor. I think Taylor is cute, cares about her fans and they love her back, is smart and talented and knows how to do the whole thing. nash knows that I'm just not into her voice or her music, but I've always wished her success. You and nash may disagree, but, whether it's jealousy or not, I think the hooplah about "bashing Taylor" is overblown. No one likes negatives, but she's strong and shows that she can overcome them. That's what a star does!
Remember Toby Keith and his whining for years about being left out of awards. He really bugged me. I got so tired of him.
Enough ramblings. On my way to post "Over The Rainbow" in non-country videos.
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