Elvis, King and X

To Mr. Or Ms. "US":

MY prejudices?

There are those who do or CAN pay taxes. "US" is not all Americans. That would be swell. {I am not a commie; I believe in God and in people owning what is self-evident- I do not want your record collection! Got my own. And aim to keep it.} There are those who struggle to live: the very young, the sick, the old and sick, veterans . . .

You got any room at your Inn? Or is there room just for US.

Yeah. I AM "prejudiced." On behalf of the latter. I am glad to pay whatever taxes I owe and give more than is sensible. Not for deductions!

Best,
rjm

Much obliged to rickeap {sp?} This is a tiny browser.

rjm

Maybe he doesn't support him because he's spending us into oblivion? Ever think of that?

That was the previous administration. Thanks for stopping by!

Obama has spent more in 2 years then Bush did in 8, and I agree that Bush spent way too much.

Bush was in 4th gear with his spending, Obama is in 5th gear. It is completely out of control. Even with reasonable tax increases and the ending of two wars, not enough revenue can be generated to cover excessive spending. The budgets over the past eight years have been completely inflated -- both the executive and legislative branches have been spending way too much for far too long. This of course is getting way off topic....

Oh, I think Martin Luther King would be VERY interested.

To Mr. Or Ms. "US":

MY prejudices?

There are those who do or CAN pay taxes. "US" is not all Americans. That would be swell. {I am not a commie; I believe in God and in people owning what is self-evident- I do not want your record collection! Got my own. And aim to keep it.} There are those who struggle to live: the very young, the sick, the old and sick, veterans . . .

You got any room at your Inn? Or is there room just for US.

Yeah. I AM "prejudiced." On behalf of the latter. I am glad to pay whatever taxes I owe and give more than is sensible. Not for deductions!

Best,
rjm

You're simply not making any sense at all. As to your prejudices, you posted:

Facts aside; let's say that "he" is spending "us" into . . .
WHO IS "US"?
"The same God who made you made {them} too."
there but for the grace of God go you and I


I simply said the Obama administration is spending us into oblivion,you tried to turn it into a racial issue. I don't care what color he is,I want him and the Democrats to reign in the spending. Is that too hard for you to understand?
All criticism of Obama is not because he is black, it just might be because people don't think he's doing a great job. Yet you tried (ridiculously,I might add) to bring race and income level into it. It's not about class warfare,it's about totally unsustainable federal spending,which will soon bankrupt this country.

Stay on topic, please.

Sorry folks for getting drawn into some posts that functioned as troll posts.
rjm

Presley took a date (Barbara Hearn) to the Fairgrounds for a night of fun. It was "colored night" -- unlike the racist ideology that mandated such an evening, Elvis didn't care. He was comfortable attending and bringing his girlfriend. A huge statement.

Hope this clears things up for you.

A nice interview the other day with Mavis Staples shows what Elvis was exposed to, was in to, what helped shape him whilst growing up and why he was anything but a racist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b010gbs9

Presley took a date (Barbara Hearn) to the Fairgrounds for a night of fun. It was "colored night" -- unlike the racist ideology that mandated such an evening, Elvis didn't care. He was comfortable attending and bringing his girlfriend. A huge statement.

Hope this clears things up for you.

A nice interview the other day with Mavis Staples shows what Elvis was exposed to, was in to, what helped shape him whilst growing up and why he was anything but a racist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b010gbs9

Great interview! I recently learned that Bob Dylan asked Mavis to marry him at one point -- how wild is that?

Anybody gotta transcript? I cannot do FlashPlayer right now.

Elvis looks like he is running from the cop! He is not staying with him as in concert type photos of the time.
No one looks "dissapointed" except Elvis when he looks all mussed up. The people look calm. The cop looks content but I cannot read the expression. But he is not distressed by a mobbing.
Did Elvis sneak in, try to "blend," and then get tossed out? I mean, he is alone. Like the others took off. Looks on the run and mussed up. There's a cop but Elvis is NOT having fun. Some faces look a little stunned or in comprehending. Mostly they look curious.
I have rarely seen such a look on his face when NOT being mobbed.

if you look closely you'll notice that elvis holds a ball in his left hand. looks like he's in the middle of throwing a ball at a show booth not running away or anything.

Elvis looks like he is running from the cop! He is not staying with him as in concert type photos of the time.
No one looks "dissapointed" except Elvis when he looks all mussed up. The people look calm. The cop looks content but I cannot read the expression. But he is not distressed by a mobbing.
Did Elvis sneak in, try to "blend," and then get tossed out? I mean, he is alone. Like the others took off. Looks on the run and mussed up. There's a cop but Elvis is NOT having fun. Some faces look a little stunned or in comprehending. Mostly they look curious.
I have rarely seen such a look on his face when NOT being mobbed.

if you look closely you'll notice that elvis holds a ball in his left hand. looks like he's in the middle of throwing a ball at a show booth not running away or anything.

Anything is possible. Hope he had a ball!

Happy New Year! !

rjm

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Elvis wasn't a racist, but the MM guys also said that he would never date a black woman, and that he wouldn't have liked that Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson since he was black. He thought it was more natural for white men to date white women. He treated all people nice and with respect, to me that's not a racist. Sometimes it seems like black people try to put Elvis in two different categories: either as a racist or as one who fought for the rights of the black people. Neither of them is correct imo.

Elvis wasn't a racist, but the MM guys also said that he would never date a black woman, and that he wouldn't have liked that Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson since he was black. He thought it was more natural for white men to date white women. He treated all people nice and with respect, to me that's not a racist. Sometimes it seems like black people try to put Elvis in two different categories: either as a racist or as one who fought for the rights of the black people. Neither of them is correct imo.

Would you want anyone to say what you "thought" about your daughter's relationship(s) 17 years after you died? (I wouldn't want anyone to say what they thought I "thought" right now, actually.) It's one thing to share your own memories, another to speculate what another person "would think" or what they thought . . . (about something so personal). We have absolutely no way of knowing. By his actions toward them, he certainly didn't think that Jerry and Myrna were "unnatural." Not at all.

rjm