ODE TO FRANCISCO SALINAS<br><br>The air becomes serene<br>and is clothed in beauty and strange radiance,<br>Salinas, when there sounds<br>the incomparable music<br>governed by your skilled hand.<br><p>
At that heavenly sound<br>
my soul, that is sunk in forgetfulness,<br>
recovers its judgement<br>
and the lost memory<br>
of its first, exalted origin. <br>
<br>
And as it knows itself,<br>
it improves its fate and thought;<br>
it disdains the gold<br>
that the blind multitude worships,<br>
and perishable, deceitful beauty. <br>
<br>
It traverses the ether<br>
until it reaches the highest sphere,<br>
and there it hears another mode<br>
of imperishable<br>
music, the first, the source of all.<br>
<br>
It sees how the Great Master,<br>
playing this immense cither,<br>
with skilled movement<br>
produces the sacred sound<br>
by wich this eternal temple is sustained.<br>
<br>
And as it is composed<br>
of concordant numbers, it emits<br>
a consonant response,<br>
and from their vying<br>
is mingled the sweetest harmony.<br>
<br>
Here the soul steers<br>
through a sea of sweetness, and at last<br>
sinks so deep within,<br>
that it hears or feels<br>
no strange or rare event.<br>
<br>
O blessed trance!<br>
O death that gives life! O sweet oblivion!<br>
Could I but remain in your repose<br>
without being restored<br>
ever to these low and abject senses!<br>
<br>
To this bliss i call you<br>
glory of Apollo's sacred choir,<br>
friends whom I love<br>
beyond all treasure,<br>
since all visible things are sorrowful tears.<br>
<br>
Oh, may your music, Salinas,<br>
sound everlastingly in my ears;<br>
hearing it, my senses<br>
awaken to God's goodness,<br>
and to all else remain oblivious.</p><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Francisco Salinas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brownbuffalo35@hotmail.com">brownbuffalo35@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>Courtesy of CBS News at:<br>
><br>
><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20046352-503544.html" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20046352-503544.html</a><br>
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>Openly gay Republican Fred Karger announces 2012 presidential run<br>
><br>
>Barely hours after filing his intent with the FEC to run for the 2012<br>
>Republican nomination for president, Fred Karger stopped by Washington<br>
>Unplugged to formally announce his decision.<br>
><br>
>Speaking with CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes Karger<br>
>said, "I've filed to run for President of the United States." (watch<br>
>above)<br>
><br>
>Explaining what brought him to this moment Karger said, "It was the<br>
>culmination of a lifetime of political work. It was a very exciting<br>
>moment."<br>
><br>
>This is the first time Karger has run for political office, but he has<br>
>been a behind-the-scenes player for 35 years -- serving as an advisor to<br>
>Presidents Ford, Reagan and George H. W. Bush.<br>
><br>
>Karger says he's an "outsider" but has "political experience."<br>
><br>
>He is also the first openly gay presidential candidate. Cordes asked when<br>
>so many of his fellow Republicans are opposed to gay rights and same-sex<br>
>marriage why he would chose to run as a candidate of that same party.<br>
><br>
>"Being a gay Republicans is kind of an oxymoron," he said, "I have been a<br>
>fighter in my party, I have always been on the more moderate side but I'm<br>
>also a prot?g? of Lee Atwater. We need to open up this party and that's<br>
>one of my reasons for running. The party should not be dominated by one<br>
>faction or another. It should be open to all."<br>
><br>
>Karger also added, "I want to be a different kind of Republican. The kind<br>
>of Republican I grew up with. I consider myself to be Progressive. The<br>
>last Progressive Republican president was over 100 years ago; Theodore<br>
>Roosevelt."<br>
><br>
>Karger also weighed in with his thoughts on his potential opponents in the<br>
>GOP race, taking particular aim at Newt Gingrich.<br>
><br>
>"He's yesterday's news... and he's living in the past. I think we need<br>
>some new, fresh leadership," he said.<br>
><br>
>Karger also had some choice words for President Obama when it came to his<br>
>leadership skills. As he told Cordes, "The guy's been a disappointment.<br>
>He's not a happy guy, he needs Zoloft. He's just not optimistic."<br>
><br>
>Karger is still a long-shot and although he's thrown his hat in the ring,<br>
>many of his would-be opponents have the instant name recognition that he<br>
>lacks, but he remains optimistic.<br>
><br>
>In speaking about his hopes to take part in the Republican presidential<br>
>debates he said, "If I can get in one or more of these presidential<br>
>debates, I will make history."<br>
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>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
><br>
>Tom Hansen<br>
>Moscow, Idaho<br>
><br>
>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>
>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>
><br>
>- Unknown<br>
><br>
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