Saturday, February 24, 2007

America the Beautiful: - Editor's Mailbag


Editor's Mailbag
Albany Democrat-Herald - I would hate to see what your vision of America the beautiful would be if you had it your way.I also wonder if you were affended by the owner of the superbowl Colt's when he gave thanks to God on national television and it was not bleeped or time

NEWS IN BRIEF
Chicago Tribune - The Golden Eagle Pass is extinct. In its place is the more expensive America the Beautiful--National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. Whether the new pass, at $80 a year, is a bargain depends on where you like to play. Unveiled last month

Weyerhaeuser Marine remembered
Ladysmith News - The Weyerhaeuser Community Choir, under the direction of Gary Hecimovich, performed the Battle Hymn of the Republic, America the Beautiful and ECCE Fidelis Servus. Choir members from Bruce, Ladysmith and other locations joined the choir. We are

Foreign oil disdain a political red herring?
North County Times - Actually there has been a debate or years as to whether "The Star Spangled Banner" or "America the Beautiful" should be the national anthem. The rendition of "America the Beautiful" done by Ray Charles stirs me far more than our current one because

Keeping it Hardcore
Video Business - offers a intersperses the usual standards ( All of Me, My Way, Someone To Watch Over Me, My Kind of Town, Send in the Clowns ) with a tasteful oddity or two (George Harrison s Something, America The Beautiful

Now the O'Malleys are putting on the dog
Baltimore Sun - America the beautiful, whose alabaster cities gleam UN-dimmed by human tears! OH! My friends! To GUUH-vurn IS TO CHOOSE!" There's no authority line on the video, which for some reason doesn't pop up when you type in O'Malley. (You can find it here .) It

Thursday, February 22, 2007

America the Beautiful: - Mike Douglas


Mike Douglas
West Memphis Evening Times - The Queen's Buckingham Palace Guard band stood proudly in the palace courtyard and played America the Beautiful. Old enemies extended genuine sympathies. Almost 3,000 private citizens, all innocent, didn't deserve the fate they were forced to

And for all you non-football fans
Palm Beach Interactive - It s not the best song ever written. America the Beautiful is a better song. When asked what will be going through his mind as he sings the song, Joel answered, Don t forget the words. Prince plays Prince, who will be performing during the

Awardees give full-figured women reasons to rejoice
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - word" in the Rosie O'Donnell household (take note, Mr. Trump) -- was fitting. When SAG winner Forest Whitaker joined Ferrera on stage as a presenter, he said, in a scripted but apt moment: "So, you're Ugly Betty? More like America the beautiful

Secret anti-wind farm Alliance fundraising bared
Cape Cod Today - their way since the average person can't afford to fight them. God Bless Bill Koch, Wayne Kurker, a true visionary, and those other visionary, generous and dedicated supporters of the Alliance who aren't afraid to stand up for America the Beautiful

Page 4 of 6
US News and World Report - I remember when I broke down and sobbed, listening to Ray Charles sing "America the Beautiful" while running a few errands. It was shortly after my wife's diagnosis. I thought I must be crazy--until I met other men who shed tears on the road. One

Activist Explains his Exterminate Whites Comment
Black Press USA - of Black soldiers who gave their lives in every war of this nation, only to return to their America and be lynched physically, economically or socially, while wearing their u.s. uniforms as White people sang America the Beautiful. He