T P O

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The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

G r e e t i n g s !

** TPO **
A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


Parfois, on parle français ici aussi. Je suis un francophile .... Bienvenue à tous!

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

"7 Brides for 7 Brothers" - Best Barn Dance Ever




You should know this movie! (Clue: It's about some brothers in old Oregon.)

I saw it when I was maybe seven ( another clue! ) or eight years old in Addis Ababa. It was showing at Cinéma Empire, which was the sole venue for MGM movies there back then.

They sure don't make movies like that anymore!
 
 

Friday, May 6, 2011

"Of Your Feelings On Human Rights" - by Francis Duggan





Of Your Feelings On Human Rights

by Francis Duggan

Of your feelings on human rights never leave others in doubt
Of wrongs against others one ought to speak out
To those who abuse others' rights let your feelings be known
Them for their behavior you ought to disown
Though with what I say here many may not agree
Those silent at human rights abuse seem in agreement to me
With the offender whoever the offending one may be
Silence in the demonization of others is saying yes to inhumanity
Speak out against racism for racism is wrong
In the Human World it does not belong
There is far too much racism in the big World out there
And a racist person one can meet anywhere,
Against abuse of human rights never fear to speak out
On your feelings on such never leave others in doubt.