Paul Anka…no video…enjoy

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 You will love this Virginia…from my friend in AU….. 

Before you click on the video, take a few minutes to read below!  (All the way at the bottom)

While singer-songwriter legend Paul Anka has left a long trail of hits over
his 60-year career, he admits that early on, he was terrified to pen a tune
for Frank Sinatra.  “He’d always tease me, ‘hey kid, when are you going to
write me a song?’” Anka remembers.  “But I couldn’t.  I was scared to
death.  I was writing all this teen stuff.”  Of course, there are few music
lovers today who aren’t familiar with the poignant ballad Anka eventually
crafted for Sinatra, “My Way.”  Some dub it the most powerful of Anka’s
many earworms, which also include classics like “Puppy Love,” “Put Your
Head on My Shoulder” and even Johnny Carson’s theme song for “The Tonight
Show.”

Anka didn’t think twice 55 years ago when Sinatra called him out of the
blue and declared, “kid, we’re going to dinner.”  “When Sinatra says ‘we’re
going to dinner, you drop everything and you go to dinner,” recalls Paul,
who as a budding Vegas headliner in the 1960s had a friendly tie with the
Rat Pack.  During the meal, Sinatra dropped a stunning surprise: He was
about to quit showbiz.  “He said, ‘I’ve had it. I’m fed up.  But I’m doing
one more album,’” Anka remembers.  “He said, ‘and you never wrote me that
song.’”

Anka felt the pressure.  Still reeling over the news at 1 a.m. in his
apartment, he found himself toying with lyrics to a melody he had heard in
France.  “I thought, ‘What would Frank do with this melody, if he were a
writer?’” Anka says. “And all of a sudden, it just came to me: ‘And now the
end is near, and so I face the final curtain.’”

He finished the song at 5 a.m. and called Sinatra on the spot, promising
him a song for his final album.  “I knew I had something I wouldn’t be
afraid to give him,” Anka says.  The next day, he recorded a demo of the
song and flew to Las Vegas, where Sinatra lived.  “I played him the song
and he looked at me and said, ‘I’m doing it.’”

Two months later, Sinatra called Anka again.  This time, with better news.
“He says, ‘kid, listen to this,’ and puts the phone up to the speaker,”
Anka remembers. “I heard ‘My Way’ playing for the first time, and I started
to cry.”

Paul Anka never knew what a legacy he had created when, at the request of
Ol’ Blue Eyes, he wrote this song for Frank’s (presumed) retirement.  Frank
Sinatra had a mega smash hit with it, followed by the Three Tenors,
Pavarotti and numerous other big stars who covered the song over the years.

*In this video, 10 superb voices, an amazing orchestra, plus piano,
saxophone, electric guitar and extra choral support go well beyond of doing
justice to Anka’s composition. The singers are Dutch, and you will notice
that the majority of the orchestra are women. The performance is fantastic
and extraordinarily beautiful. Take five from those Holiday chores, and
enjoy this beautiful rendition.*

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>>
>>> Subject: THE HISTORY OF “MY WAY” by Paul Anka
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Before you click on the video, take a few minutes to read below!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> While singer-songwriter legend Paul Anka has left a long trail of hits over
>>>>> his 60-year career, he admits that early on, he was terrified to pen a tune
>>>>> for Frank Sinatra. “He’d always tease me, ‘hey kid, when are you going to
>>>>> write me a song?’” Anka remembers. “But I couldn’t. I was scared to
>>>>> death. I was writing all this teen stuff.” Of course, there are few music
>>>>> lovers today who aren’t familiar with the poignant ballad Anka eventually
>>>>> crafted for Sinatra, “My Way.” Some dub it the most powerful of Anka’s
>>>>> many earworms, which also include classics like “Puppy Love,” “Put Your
>>>>> Head on My Shoulder” and even Johnny Carson’s theme song for “The Tonight
>>>>> Show.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Anka didn’t think twice 55 years ago when Sinatra called him out of the
>>>>> blue and declared, “kid, we’re going to dinner.” “When Sinatra says ‘we’re
>>>>> going to dinner, you drop everything and you go to dinner,” recalls Paul,
>>>>> who as a budding Vegas headliner in the 1960s had a friendly tie with the
>>>>> Rat Pack. During the meal, Sinatra dropped a stunning surprise: He was
>>>>> about to quit showbiz. “He said, ‘I’ve had it. I’m fed up. But I’m doing
>>>>> one more album,’” Anka remembers. “He said, ‘and you never wrote me that
>>>>> song.’”
>>>>>
>>>>> Anka felt the pressure. Still reeling over the news at 1 a.m. in his
>>>>> apartment, he found himself toying with lyrics to a melody he had heard in
>>>>> France. “I thought, ‘What would Frank do with this melody, if he were a
>>>>> writer?’” Anka says. “And all of a sudden, it just came to me: ‘And now the
>>>>> end is near, and so I face the final curtain.’”
>>>>>
>>>>> He finished the song at 5 a.m. and called Sinatra on the spot, promising
>>>>> him a song for his final album. “I knew I had something I wouldn’t be
>>>>> afraid to give him,” Anka says. The next day, he recorded a demo of the
>>>>> song and flew to Las Vegas, where Sinatra lived. “I played him the song
>>>>> and he looked at me and said, ‘I’m doing it.’”
>>>>>
>>>>> Two months later, Sinatra called Anka again. This time, with better news.
>>>>> “He says, ‘kid, listen to this,’ and puts the phone up to the speaker,”
>>>>> Anka remembers. “I heard ‘My Way’ playing for the first time, and I started
>>>>> to cry.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Anka never knew what a legacy he had created when, at the request of
>>>>> Ol’ Blue Eyes, he wrote this song for Frank’s (presumed) retirement. Frank
>>>>> Sinatra had a mega smash hit with it, followed by the Three Tenors,
>>>>> Pavarotti and numerous other big stars who covered the song over the years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *In this video, 10 superb voices, an amazing orchestra, plus piano,
>>>>> saxophone, electric guitar and extra choral support go well beyond of doing
>>>>> justice to Anka’s composition. The singers are Dutch, and you will notice
>>>>> that the majority of the orchestra are women. The performance is fantastic
>>>>> and extraordinarily beautiful. Take five from those Holiday chores, and
>>>>> enjoy this beautiful rendition.*
>>
>>
>

This Week With Gosar

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This Week With Gosar

PRESCOTT, AZ – Top Stories – Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots – Everybody!

Federal Court Stays Vaccine Mandate for Navy Seals

Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is not only unconstitutional but is also threatening our national security as members of our fine military are being forced to get the jab or face being fired.  

Here’s what you need to know: last November, 35 United States Navy Seals sued Mr. Biden over his vaccine mandate for active duty servicemembers. These Navy Seals were informed they could face court-martial or involuntary separation if they don’t receive the vaccine while arguing that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment protect their sincerely held religious beliefs.

Shockingly, the Biden administration has not granted a single religious exemption from the vaccine mandate proving he does not care about religious freedom.  Forcing a service member to choose between their God and defending our freedoms is appalling.   Now their careers, families and financial security is being harmed simply for freely exercising their religious liberties. 

In response, I joined  a group of conservative lawmakers in submitting an amicus brief in federal district court in support of the Navy Seals in the case U.S. Navy Seals v. Biden. I am very pleased to announce that this week the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued the preliminary injunction, halting the Biden administration from punishing military service members who have religious objections to the vaccine mandate. 

In his order, Judge Reed O’Connor said, “The Navy servicemembers in this case seek to vindicate the very freedoms they have sacrificed so much to protect. The COVID-19 pandemic provides the government no license to abrogate those freedoms. There is no COVID-19 exception to the First Amendment. There is no military exclusion from our Constitution.”

Well said, Judge O’Connor!  I could not agree more.

This is a big win for religious and medical freedoms and our country’s national security.

Gosar Urges Supreme Court to Reject Unconstitutional Worker Vaccine Order 

You’ll recall I previously discussed that Mr. Biden issued his unlawful Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule requiring private businesses with 100 or more employees to enforce vaccine mandates, and I have received a flood of letters from troubled constituents raising grave concerns over this brazen mandate. I quickly went to work and introduced a joint resolution to terminate the vaccine rule. As I have repeatedly stated, this is radical government overreach. There is nothing in the Constitution or the law granting the federal government the power to force anyone to inject medicine into their body as a condition of employment.  

Because of the flood of lawsuits against Joe Biden’s mandate, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether the United States government can enforce COVID-19 vaccines. Enforcement of the power-grabbing mandate has been put on hold until the high court resolves the matter.  The policy was set to fully go into effect this week. 

During oral arguments, liberal Justice Sotomayor made this ridiculous claim: “Those numbers show that omicron is as deadly and causes as much serious disease in the unvaccinated as delta did. … We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators.”  

This is wildly false.  A lie.  According to HHS data, as of Jan. 8 there are about 5,000 children hospitalized in a pediatric bed, either with suspected covid or a confirmed laboratory test. This figure includes patients in observation beds. So Sotomayor’s number is at least 20 times higher than reality, even before you determine how many are in “serious condition.”

Even the far left Washington Post called Justice Sotomayor out for her lies and had this to say: “It’s important for Supreme Court justices to make rulings based on correct data. But Sotomayor during an oral argument offered a figure — 100,000 children in “serious condition … many on ventilators” — that is absurdly high. She earns Four Pinocchios.”

This week,  I joined over 200 Republican lawmakers in filing another amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court requesting the court halt the OSHA rule arguing that Congress did not give OSHA to authority to impose a vaccine mandate. 

“Congressional members have an interest in the powers they delegate to agencies not being abused—the legislative authority vested in the federal government belongs to Congress, not the Executive branch. In this case, the promulgation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of a sweeping, nationwide vaccine mandate on businesses intrudes into an area of legislative concern far beyond the authority of the agency. And it does so with a Mandate enacted through OSHA’s seldom-used ‘emergency temporary standard’ (ETS) provision that allows for bypass of notice and comment rulemaking under certain circumstances. That OSHA exceeded its authority in enacting the ETS Mandate is not a ‘particularly hard’ question,” members wrote in the brief. 

I look forward to the ruling from the Supreme Court. 

Click here to read the entire amicus brief.

December Jobs Report Even Worse than Expected

Unfortunately, the news didn’t get any better last month. This week, the Biden administration released its December jobs report.  Despite Mr. Biden’s spin that the report showed “historical results,” the report provided little consolation to the 3.6 million Americans who lost their job during the pandemic and have yet to get it back. This was the worst jobs report of Mr. Biden’s presidency so far,  December saw the fewest jobs growth, missing Mr. Biden’s own projections by more than half.

Since taking office, Joe Biden has presided over the largest inflation crisis since the 1970s – capped off with a staggering 6.8% inflation rate to end the year.  And as Biden insists everything is great, 83% of workers say their wages have not kept pace with Bidenflation.  Sadly, despite his frequent campaign pledge, Joe Biden has failed to “shut down” the virus.  However, he has managed to shut down the economy.  

Gosar Takes Action to Ensure Proper Care for Veterans and Their Families

Servicemember Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)policy coverage amounts have not changed since 2005. With record high inflation caused by Mr. Biden’s runaway spending programs, it’s time to increase the maximum amount we allow for beneficiaries of Veteran Affairs life policies so our veterans can provide their families with financial stability and peace of mind.  

This week I was very proud to cosponsor H.R. 3793, the Supporting Families of the Fallen Actwhich increases the SGLI/VGLI maximum coverage amount from $400,000 to $500,000. We owe a tremendous debt to our men and women uniform and their families for the sacrifices they make defending our freedom. Adjusting the coverage amount to help veteran families in times of tragedy is one way to ease the pain and stress should one of our service members make the ultimate sacrifice.  I am honored to join this legislation and work for its passage. 

Hey Arizona! Guess who is coming to my congressional district to give us a national update?  

That’s right. President Trump! 

Come to the meet up.   

I’ll be there too!  

What: President Trump’s Save America Rally 

Where: Canyon Moon Ranch, Florence, AZ (Congressional District 4)

When:  Saturday, January 15^th, 7:00 PM

How to register?:   Click HERE!

A Message from Stew Peters and Red Voice Media:

America is real. It’s not some melting pot or just some arbitrary borders with a random collection of world travelers just dumped into it. America is a real nation with a real historic identity, founding principles, philosophies, values, aesthetics. 

Demographics are destiny. Human beings are different from each other, and it doesn’t help anyone to lie about it and pretend that everything is a social construct. 

If America replaces its existing population with foreigners who are more violent or less capable, then this country will suffer. I don’t know why that’s so hard for people to grasp. It’s really quite simple.

America has a cultural identity that’s legitimate and worthy of defending. Diversity isn’t America’s strength, and if managed incorrectly, it can actually be its crippling weakness. America’s strength is its bedrock: the American people. And these people deserve to be protected from a globalist elite that hates them and wants them humiliated or destroyed and replaced or dead.

Tweet of the Week

Paul Gosar:  @DrPaulGosar :Chinese made fentanyl delivered to Mexico and walked and driven across our border. Sold to young adults 18-35 by mixing fentanyl into other recreational drugs. 100,000 dead in 2021. Seal the border. Life in prison for drug dealers.

See CDC press release.

Responding to a Tweet by fellow colleague Lauren Boebert.

@laurenboebert: Fentanyl is the leading cause of death in adults aged 18-45. We constantly hear the government focused on COVID, but I’ve yet to see a federal mobilization to address the issue. Perhaps our Border Czar has some ideas?

Picture of the Week

Watson Lake, Donavon Zoffka 

This photo was taken and submitted by Donavon Zoffka. It features Watson Lake,near Prescott.

Thank you Donavon!!

Now, who is next!?

Do you have photography skills? Do you want the chance for your photograph to be featured as our “Picture of the Week”? Send your best shots of our great State to jessica.lycos@mail.house.gov. We have a beautiful State let’s show her off!

Gosar in the News and Other Stories We Think You Might Want to Know

Fox News: Congressional Republicans tell Supreme Court to block Biden’s ‘health police’ vaccine mandate

New York Post: Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Navy SEALs who refused COVID vaccine

Breitbart: Another Disaster: US Economy Added Just 199,000 Jobs in December

Casper Star Tribune: The ungracious – and their demonization of the past

Newsmax: The New Right’s Rejection of War Bothers the Establishment

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Walker Hayes

You have to play this video. It’s sooo good. If you like country music you will enjoy this and if you don’t like Country you will enjoy this. They tell it like it is.

Walker Hayes Drops New Single, ‘AA,’ From Forthcoming ‘Country Stuff The Album’

 

AA

Walker Hayes

Alright
Coffee cup cold and black
Wish it had a little shot of jack
‘Sides that, can’t complain
Just tryin’ to do the dang thing
Might change the oil in my truck
I ain’t paying no thirty-five bucks
Kids need shoes, mama needs Levi’s

And I’m just tryna keep my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail
Tryna get to church so I don’t go to hell
I’m just tryna keep my wife from figuring out
That I married up and she married way way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban
Tryna write a song the local country station will play
Hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA

Ooh
Well I gave up Skoal and cigarettes
Now I’m just hooked on Nicorette
Trying not to be like my old man
But the older I get the more I am
Tryna get paid and a little love made, y’all
Hey y’all, at the end of the day, y’all
I’m just another John Deere guy (hey)
Up on a tractor

Tryna steer my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail (sons out of jail)
Tryna get to church so I don’t go to hell
I’m just tryna keep my wife (hey babe) from figuring out (I love)
That I married up (you’re so fine, girl) and she married way way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban (alright)
Tryna write a song the local country station will play (I’m just tryna write a song)
Hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA 

Ooh ooh ooh
Come on bae, right here
Check it out

Ooh, tryna stay out of AA everyday
One step at a time, y’all
Life’s hard, family’s weird
Sometimes you just need a beer
Can I get an amen (amen)

Man, I’m just tryna keep my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail (sons out of jail)
Tryna get to church so I don’t go to hell
I’m just tryna keep my wife (hey babe) from figuring out (I love)
That I married up (You’re so fine, girl) and she married way way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban (alright)
Tryna write a song the local country station will play (I’m just tryna write a song)
Hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA 
Hey hey hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA
Yes, I am

I

The Fuse of Revolution

 

 

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The Fuse of Revolution

by Capt’ Al

It is  hard to believe what this country has become since the arrival of the Wuhan Virus on our shores in late 2019.  Sad to say, we seem to be morphing from a Constitutional Republic into some sort of quasi-third world dictatorship, ruled by a group of dishonest politicians who are backed by a group of fabulously wealthy oligarchs who totally disregard the rights guaranteed to American citizens by their Constitution.

The shredding of that document began during the administration of Woodrow Wilson at the beginning of the last century, and has continued apace ever since.  While this has occurred mostly under Democrat administrations, Republicans have not been guiltless in the process.  Perhaps the most egregious example of that was the passing of the Patriot Act by the Bush ’43 administration after 9/11.

The processes under that Act which allowed unelected bureaucrats to spy on Americans in secret, with orders permitting such appalling tactics being issued by secret “FISA” courts, were bound to be abused, and they have been.  Individuals from federal agencies like the FBI, NSA and CIA have committed perjury to obtain illegal warrants to wiretap and otherwise surveil even elected government officials or their staffs in order to hamper or even bring down a sitting president.  This was nothing less than an attempted coup, orchestrated by Democrats and assisted by the main stream media and the oligarchs who controlled various “Social Media” outlets.

In addition, other oligarchs such as George Soros and Bill Gates among others have spent vast sums of money to fund the elections of various far left state attorney general and district attorney candidates.  As a result, many if not most states and cities controlled by Democrats have become lawless killing zones where violent criminals have been put back on the streets to savage additional victims.  Radical organizations like Antifa and Black Lives Matter have called for defunding of local law enforcement, further endangering honest citizens while protecting the criminals who prey on them. Read more of this post

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