I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it’s decreed / the people rule
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
Vengeful aspects became suspect
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste / in the dust
in the form of / shining valleys
where the pure air / recognized
and my senses / newly opened
I awakened / to the cry
Refrain
Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows / a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you
Refrain
The power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it’s decreed the people rule
it’s decreed the people rule
LISTEN
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth’s revolution
we have the power
People have the power …
November 5th, 2008 at 1:04 am
“The President of the United States of America…THE PRESIDENT OF THE FUCKING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!”
November 5th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Brilliant!! My faith in this country is finally restored!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:33 am
*****************AMERICA SHITS THE BED**********************
DUBIOUS PARENTAGE—-CHECK
ASSOCIATES WITH KNOWN TERRORISTS—–CHECK
ASSOCIATES WITH WHITE HATING LOUIS FARAKAN—–CHECK
ATTENDS A CHURCH WHICH PREACHES HATE AGAINST WHITES–CHECK
WHO KNEW THAT WHEN REV. WRIGHT SAID “NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA BUT GOD DAMN AMERICA” HE WOULD SEE HIS PRAYERS ANSWERED?
November 5th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Can we get rid of burnside yet?
November 5th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Today, we rest. Tomorrow, we excorcise the demons.
November 5th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Purge time! Seriously, drank too much last night.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
YAY! The lesser of two evils!
November 5th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
jumping up on the stage, post victory speech, and dancing to “love train” is an amazing moment that i will never forget.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
What a wonderful time it is to be a Philadelphian and a democrat. Still livin the dream!
November 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Please do not banish Jburnside. A robust dialogue is preferable to an echo chamber. Our response to contrary opinions should never be “shut up and go away”, it should be a strong and sturdy rebuttal with a goal of reinforcing and reinforming ourselves and our audience. Jburnside’s opinions are not his alone and here, on Philebrity, is a forum for reasoned and thoughtful addressing of right-leaning concerns. You either believe we are all in this together or you don’t. Exile is not the answer, inclusion is.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Plus its like having our own Stephen Colbert on the site.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
At this point, I’m not convinced Burnside is real. Seems as though it’s actually just a robotic talking point generator. Clearly overtaxed from the last two weeks it’s just sputtering out whatever last vestiges of (not so thinly) veiled hate speak it has left. The above is evidence. Way to keep the hate alive Burnside!
November 5th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
It does that all-caps thing that only the oldheads do too.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
@chuck63
Your argument only works if the person espousing a contrary opinion is an intelligent adult. Burnside isn’t here to have a “robust dialogue” with us. He’s just here to get under our skin. He pops in and out of Philebrity to share his “contrary opinions” such as the well “reasoned” one above or these gems:
“Sorry, but…
NObama in 2008.”
“Weatherman, isn’t he Nobama’s buddy?”
“Obama has spoken in support of reparations. My family is excited by this because when the slaves were freed, we lost an investment worth over $100,000. It is high time my family was compensated for this loss.”
and my personal favorite (‘member this one jburnside? How’s it feelin now?)
“I can’t wait to read your left wing bleating in November when the entire Country weighs in on this matter.”
What’s the point then in letting him run around tossing turds in every post? To remind us that there are huge morons in the world? I got that one already, thanks.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
^^^^
glad to see you are a real fan expat. Either way, I grow tired of playing with you pinheads. I will leave you with one prediction so file this away expat
Within 2 years, America is going to wake up like a small town tourist in Vegas realizing it’s broke, hung over and married to a hooker.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
hookers in vegas will marry you? the ones in philly won’t even let you kiss them.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:24 am
“Within 2 years, America is going to wake up like a small town tourist in Vegas realizing it’s broke, hung over and married to a hooker.”
what do you call the last 8 years or better yet, the last two months?
November 6th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Ahh now burnside is on the path to his obligatory you guys are idiots i’m outta here in some lame way to say he won or is right but secretly reads the site still only to appear a month/week/day later under another identity.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am
jburnside = Brian Tierney?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Lighstone, WHOA! My mind is blown at that possibility.