Sail on, sail on O mighty Ship of State! Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

[Liberal In Texas]

Perhaps not in my lifetime, but keep the headphones on for....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETwbVBPI1U

It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that this ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day,
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here
and the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.

It's coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
the river's going to weep,
and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
beneath the lunar sway,
imperial, mysterious,
in amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Sail on, sail on ...

I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

Leonard Cohen.

[Oregone]

1. Said the Canadian

:)

Neither here nor there

[deaniac21]

2. Good one.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst.

He's a Canadian. An immigrant.

My wife is an immigrant. She is still a British subject. But she loves the USA. As do most Europeans and other people in the world because we hold up the wonderful light of Liberty and welcoming opportunity.

There was a time when strangers were welcomed here. No more. Apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nupjqxj08I
Neil Sadaka....brilliant.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. Gald we have the Canuks on our side.

Besides Cohen and Cockburn,
* Pamela Anderson, (born 1967), actress
* Paul Anka (born 1941) - musician and actor
* Dan Aykroyd, (born 1952), actor/comedian

* Karen Black, (born 1942), actress
* Bernard Braden - comedian and satirist
* Raymond Burr, (1917-1993), actor

* James Cameron, (born 1954), director
* Neve Campbell, (born 1973), actress
* John Candy, (1950-1994), actor/comedian
* Jim Carrey, (born 1962), actor/comedian
* Tommy Chong, (born 1938), actor/comedian
* David Cronenberg, (born 1943), director
* Hume Cronyn, (1911-2003), actor

* Yvonne De Carlo - actress
* Michael Donovan - producer
* Dave Cash - disc jockey
* Fifi D'Orsay, (1904-1983), actress
* Colleen Dewhurst, (1924-1991), actress
* Dudley Do-Right - cartoon character
* James Doohan, (born 1920), actor

* Atom Egoyan, (born 1960), director (The Sweet Hereafter)

* David Foley - actor
* Michael J. Fox, (born 1961), actor/comedian
* Brendan Fraser, (born 1968), actor/comedian

* Victor Garber, (born 1949), actor
* Chief Dan George, (1899-1981), actor
* Rick Green - actor/comedian
* Tom Green, (born 1971), actor/comedian
* Graham Greene, (born 1952), actor: Dances With Wolves
* Lorne Greene, (1915-1987), actor (Pa Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor
* Paul Gross, (born 1959), actor
* Peter Gzowski, (1934-2002), radio personality

* Monty Hall, (born 1921), game show host
* Phil Hartman, (1948-1998), actor, Saturday Night Live
* Jillian Hennessy - actress, Law & Order
* Foster Hewitt, (1902-1985), broadcaster
* Arthur Hiller, (born 1923), winner of 2001 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar

* Peter Jennings, (born 1938), News anchor
* Norman Jewison, (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Margot Kidder, (born 1948), actress - "Superman's Lois Lane"
* Kids In The Hall - comedy troupe

* René Lecavalier - broadcaster
* Eugene Levy - actor/comedian
* Art Linkletter, (born 1912), TV personality
* Rich Little, (born 1938), impressionist

* Howie Mandell - actor/comedian
* Andrea Martin - actor/comedian
* Norm MacDonald, (born 1963), actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
* Robert MacNeil - journalist: "PBS- MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour"
* Rick Mercer, (born 1969), actor/comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes/ Rick Mercer's Monday Report/ Talking to Americans
* Lorne Michaels, (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live
* Colin Mochrie, actor/comedian Whose Line is it Anyway?
* Rick Moranis, (born 1954), actor
* Carrie-Anne Moss, (born 1967), actor, The Matrix
* Mike Myers, (born 1963), actor (Austin Powers), Saturday Night Live

* Leslie Nielsen, (born 1926), actor

* Catherine O'Hara - actress
* Sidney Olcott - (1873-1949) - directed (1907) Ben-Hur

* Pete Parker - (1895-1991) Made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game, before Foster Hewitt
* Jason Priestly - actor Beverly Hills 90210
* Mary Pickford, (1892-1979), actress and producer
* Christopher Plummer, (born 1927), actor

* Gilda Radner, (1946-1989), actress, Saturday Night Live
* Keanu Reeves, (born 1964), actor The Matrix
* Ivan Reitman, (born 1946), Director and Producer
* Gloria Reuben, (born 1964), actor: ER

* Morely Safer - journalist: "60 Minutes"
* Mack Sennett, (1880-1960), movie director
* William Shatner, (born 1931), actor - Captain Kirk in Star Trek
* Martin Short, (born 1950), actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
* Frank Shuster, (1916-2002), comedian
* Jay Silverheels, (1912-1980), actor: "Tonto"
* Steve Smith - actor/comedian, The Red Green Show
* Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) - Playboy Playmate & Actress
* Donald Sutherland, (born 1934), actor
* Kiefer Sutherland, (born 1966), actor

* Terrance & Phillip - cartoon characters
* Dave Thomas - actor/comedian
* Alex Trebek, (born 1940), game show host

* Nia Vandalos - actor/screenwriter, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

* Lyman Ward - actor
* Mary Walsh, (born 1952), comedian/actress This Hour Has 22 Minutes
* Johnny Wayne, (1918-1990), comedian
* Fay Wray, (born 1907), actress

[create.peace]

4. alex trebek? nt

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Yeah, him too.