Help Us Select A New Name For This Site--UPDATED
Update: If you have any new site name suggestions, please add them in the comments. In a few days we will aggregate the suggested names and decide which we will use. Thanks for participating.
Finally the new Drupal upgrade to version 8 has been released, but I'm going to put off installing it until it is more stable, probably in a couple of months. Another reason to put it off for a while is the many modules (non-core programs) that we use for c99p will not be compatible until they are rewritten for v.8. Much of our site would cease to function without the updated modules.
Soon we will need to renew our server and domain name fees, so if we're going to do it now is the time to change the name of this site, as we've been talking about for months. Here are a few I've been bandying about and a few submitted by others.
Some of mine:
TrueBlueRebel
BlueRebel
Taken from a quote by Joe Hill: "Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize". ~Telegram to William "Big Bill" Haywood (1915-11-18), quoted in International Socialist Review, vol. XVI (December 1915)
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WeSingTogether
Another quote from Joe Hill: "All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together".
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TieDownaLion
From an Ethiopian proverb: "When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion".
WhenSpidersUnite would also work.
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Some more:
BlueHideaway.com
blue-asylum.com
bluelifeboat.com
BlueMoonHoller.com
BlueHollowMoon.com
BlueAlternatives.com
BlueRefuge.com
BlueFrondeur.com
RationalFrondeur.com
TheCausalFrondeur.com
FreeRangePublic.com
FreeRangePlanet.com
I have to say, I'm very fond of BlueFrondeur.
Meaning of frondeur: rebel
Origin of fondeur: 1790-1800; French: literally, a participant in the Fronde (the rebellion against royal authority during the minority of Louis XIV), equivalent to Fronde + -eur
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Submitted by: Pluto's Republic
thedevilworeblue
politicalnonsense
longdaysjourney
lasttemptation
obrother
pithyview
devilishpolitics
politicsontheverge
villageofthedamned
bigtrouble
sleepingwiththedevil
strangebedfellows
highorbitpolicy
pulppolitics
lasthouseontheleft
thebluejungle
bluehighway (already in use so would need to be a variant)
I'm particularly fond of pulppolitics from Pluto's list.
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Submitted by: hecate:
Bread and Roses (already in use so it would have to be a variant)
That has a long and honorable left tradition, deriving from an early 20th Century speech by Rose Schneiderman, who said "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too."
This would make an excellent name but would need to be changed or added to as it's already in use.
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Now let's hear from you folks, any ideas?
Note: I saw some suggestions in last night's Evening Blues, please resubmit them here. We will take a consensus of the members, but joe shikspack and I will make the final decision.
Comments
What say you?
Any of those jump out at you or any bouncing around in your head?
obrother /nt
My sentiments exactly mimi
House on the Left? There are a lot of good suggestions. Glad I don't have to pick.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
It is daunting...
I think I'll list them all in a text file and then throw a dart at my monitor, or put a blindfold on and pin a tail on it.
Hey, howsa' bout TailessDonkey.com
obrother is taken...
oh-brother is not.
maybe
drop an "a," and thus become "bred and roses," which I think has a certain charm. A rabbit, then, perhaps, could serve as logo.
Or perhaps go Hasidic, as in "rye and roses," which would permit as animated logo a rapidly davining earnest progressive wo/man.
; )
BreadCrumbsandBlueRoses?
lol
I like that. ; )
Daily Cause
Can we start a cranky user's group?
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
I suggested...
Daily Cause many months ago as a joke. Do we really want to appear like we're riffing on DKos?
No.
And more NO. (n/t)
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
That might be termed a case of Blue versus Orange Morality…
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlueAndOrangeMorality
Great minds think alike
Besides orange and blue?
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Heh...
I can easily change the color scheme of this site, one of these days you'll wake up and... heh!!
No! far from it
To thine own self be true.
Off the top of my head, building on wht's up here:
FreeRangeFreaks
FreeRangeFrondeurs
FreeRangeLeft
HomeGrownLeft
NouveauLeft
ChangeAreUs
LetsFixThis
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
A cople more:
FreeRangeAnti-fascists
Guthrie'sGuitar (This Machine Kills Fascists)
NewLevellers
PFLUS (Popular Front for the Liberation of the US)
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Thanks el...
very constructive.
Random thoughts about a new name...
Would be nice to have "blue(s)" in there somewhere. Free range makes me think of chickens. Rebel is so confederate.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Bell Bottom Blues, Talkin'
Bell Bottom Blues, Talkin' Blues, Out of the Blue would each work. Honestly JtC, this is not up my alley.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Now that's a good one...
NotUpMyAlley.com
I like Out of the Blue
outoftheblue.com
is taken. To check a name, type it in your address bar and see where it takes you. You shouldn't do that at a hosting site that checks name availability, most of them will take possession of the name and charge more for it if you don't buy it immediately when you ask about it. Ask for it a second time and it will cost more.
Then how about IntotheBlue?
Or is that taken as well?
(Actually I'm perfectly happy with the current name and see no real pressing need to change it. Maybe I'm just change averse. Or dense.)
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
I too could live with our current name...
and if anyone cares to know caucus99percent was not my creation. I see pros and cons in keeping the current name, and in the end there may be more cons than pros.
Pros:
The name caucus99percent goes right to the heart of the dilemma that we face, the massive wealth inequality that is crushing the middle class and destroying the poor. Almost everyone can identify with the 99percent.
Cons:
Are we really a caucus? A caucus for the 99percent? What is a caucus for the 99percent and are we it?
The term 99percent was popularized by the Occupy movement, and using 99percent could be seen as affiliating us with Occupy, which we are not, even though several of our members participated in it. I think it wise to decouple ourselves from that impression.
Having 99percent as a part of our site name is a huge red flag for the alphabet agencies filters that use key words to search the internet for surveillance purposes.
I could probably think of some more cons but that should be enough to make the case. I think a more innocuous name would be better.
Well, my first response, and bit flippant at that, is
what the heck is so wrong about being seen as affiliated with Occupy? It's the kind of movement many of us here are looking for and looking to build and build upon, and I feel there are plenty of others out there that were and are equally so inspired. So I'm not so sure that it's a problem.
As for "caucus", well, I'm not wedded to that, so maybe "forum99percent" or "Forgeof99percent" or some other word might do to convey our effort here at building something to replace our decrepit, outdated, moribund, corrupt, and downright dangerous political system as it's currently constituted.
The alphabet agencies and keys? Well, okay, but at this late date I think they flag pretty much everything anyway, and our posts alone carry enough red flags to get us caught up in that dragnet. Please do elaborate (in plain English please
) on this point.
In other words, I'm not exactly persuaded by your points.
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
Nothing wrong...
with being affiliated with Occupy at all. I'm behind the concept fully even though I didn't get to actively participate. Since in no "official" capacity has this site been affiliated with the Occupy movement in the past or present that it seems a bit presumptuous of us to claim even the impression of said affiliation. This has been discussed in the past on this board and several members agreed with the assessment that we should decouple..
We agree on "caucus".
It is true that it's already too late after having our name for a year now, and also true that all the net is dragged anyway. But why keep pushing it? You may not be concerned about the alphabet agencies honing in on our site, but I'll guarantee there are plenty of folks that are. We've had folks stop participating here for that very reason. I had no input into this site's domain name when it was registered and I've made it clear for some time that I'm not enamored with it.
I could have just gone ahead and renamed it myself rather than open it to the membership.
heh
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
It's hard to look at a list
…and feel each title. That being said, I did have a list of blues to work from:
The Blue Train
Code Blue Caucus
Blue Horizons
Blue Note Saloon
Walk on the Blue Side
The Blue Tide Rising
The Deep Blue
The Band of Blue
Gathering Blue
Blue Flame Blues
Blue on Blue
The Blue Door
Blue Crossroads
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Thanks P...
Joe and I have our work cut out for us. Maybe I should have taken the blue pill instead of the Purple Durple.
Blue Tide Rising has a nice ring to it.
To thine own self be true.
Agreed Marilyn...
and it's available.
Ditto
I like it.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
And speaking of words that coincide with brands of detergents,
besides "Blue Tide" there's also "Blue Cheer," although now people probably associate that name with the rock band (and the Owsley Stanley product) rather than the Procter & Gamble product.
There's more to "tide" than detergent
I don't watch commercial tv so detergent doesn't come to mind with the word "tide."
balloons are crass.
To thine own self be true.
Oh, I agree … I was just brainstorming and free-associating. n/t
"blue tide" makes me think of
the massive life-killing algae blooms in
the Gulf of Mexico called "red tides"
(after their color) and wonder if a "blue
tide" is something similar, just blue in
color.
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
Blue tide reminds me of the ocean
red tide is red tide and has nothing to do with blue tide.
Also the double entendre, of people rising.
I give up.
To thine own self be true.
This a visual helper to help with choosing names.
The pictures below may help focus a concept of what the site means to you, and what new Readers might assume about the blog. Imagine it replacing the current logo/pic at the top of the right-hand column. (These are not the actual images — if any — that may be used.)
The pictures represent categories of sentiment. They offer a way to give the left hemisphere of your brain a voice, as well. Add any images that you feel work better.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Wow! Very cool, Pluto. And, a great idea. Thanks! ;-) EOM
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
go on here.
I am for 2.
Yeah...
2 for me too.
2
is the onliest number
that will ever do
Me, too, on 2
For me, it goes with "Rising Blue Tide" and a number of other .com suggestions.
And I do like the Blue Wave of 7, as well.
I am fond of irresistible forces; like ideas whose time has come — as concepts for site names go.
I didn't know that, though, until I considered the pictures.
PS: I would have bet any amount of money that 2 would NOT be picked by anyone, or even noticed. It made me feel like an outsider, as always. Now, I am astonished.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
While I'm at it:
I also like 1, the train or Blue(s) Train. I like that it's leaving the station, its light cutting through the darkness. I like the fact that its moving and going someplace. (Some of that comes from the ClueTrain. Remember that?)
I really like the painting style in 8 and 9. I would put them on my wall. I also the than one represents the few and the other represents the many or a movement. Neither is really a stand-alone icon, but there is something familiar about them and the invisible people behind the walls facing the street.
The Norman Rockwell at 17 is evocative to me. It has the Capra tone of the era, when people were still in control of government. Of course, that was before the Federal government was seized in the quiet coup during the Reagan years. Presidential brain scans are a must in the 21st century…but I digress. I like that it carries the idea of speaking truth (mainstreet) to power (wallstreet).
Again, I didn't know any of this before I started looking at pictures and allowing my left hemisphere to interpret.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Oh yeah, the ClueTrain Manifesto.
"The clue train stopped there four times a day for ten years and they never took delivery."
Definitely true for certain values of "they"…
That said, I like 2 too.
if you like 8 and 9
you might like Malevich.
He worked in and around the earliest years of the Russian Revolution, before the new boss became the old boss.
Very much like
TrueBlueRebel, but I think TrueBlueRebels, plural would be better.
BlueFrondeur, is clever, but a name that has to always be explained, I believe, is not a good idea.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Somehow I knew...
you would like that. I had you in mind with the Joe Hill quotes. Actually i think taking a phrase from a quote and then using the quote as a site description is a good idea. I like TieDownaLion for that very reason.
I like the spiders and the lion also, in a way...
Except that I don't like the analogy since lions don't at all deserve to be compared to the American Ruling Class.
Lions are nothing like those greedy assholes.
Lions only take what they need to survive and lions do not play a part in the destruction of Our Mother Earth.
So while us spiders could unite to tie down a lion, my question would be, why would we spiders want to do that?
There is no animal on earth that deserves to be compared to the Ruling Class. Nothing like our present day Ruling Class-with the power to destroy the very Earth we live on-has ever existed. I can't even begin to imagine an analogy that works for that situation.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
The Lovecraftian expression “eldritch abomination” comes to mind
Given (1) their parasitic relationship to human minds, bodies, and spirits and (2) their agency in the creation of conditions inhospitable to all life on earth as we have known it.
true blue rebels
like the joe hill connection where was he hung?
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
shot, not hung. Salt Lake City.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Of course, shot... I read that.
Salt Lake City doesn't inspire a thing.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Yeah...
I get your point. Rebel or rebels is also a red flag NSA filter word, that's why I thought frondeur more subtle. Maybe we should try words that wont easily get caught up in filters? Now's the time to discuss this stuff.
Guess you didn't bother to read the diary where you dropped your
sarcastic shit bomb:
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
me JayeRaye?
Did I do something wrong? If I did, I'm terribly sorry. I certainly never meant to offend you or be sarcastic. I'd be happy to delete it if its a problem. I was just really curious what someone with you sense of history thinks about what's going on with the unions today. Is this the "shit bomb" you mean? Again, I'm sorry. I so appreciate your story. I meant no harm.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Perhaps I'm over emotional right now
after writing about Joe Hill's death every day for so long. Perhaps I took your note the wrong way. I just really don't like seeing anything about Hillary Clinton in a diary about Joe Hill. I really don't. Many of today's union bureaucrats should be ashamed of themselves and they don't belong in a diary about Joe Hill either.
I write these diaries every day thru my tears and I guess I'm just overwrought right now. I'm sorry too, dk, for jumping on you.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I like so far
and mind you I'm not quite awake yet ...
BlueFrondeur
pulppolitics.
obrother
I also like bigtrouble. It reminds me of an episode of Bored to Death where Ray is buying Kristen Wig drinks in a bar and asks what's your name. ' Trouble', she says. His reply 'That's my mothers name'. Tried to embed it but it's disabled by request.
Need coffee be back later.
Thanks for the input shaz...
those are also 3 of my favorites.
I stay away from blogs that focus on politics /nt
Only connect. - E.M. Forster
question
Is there any reason why we would want the word "blue" in our name? Personally, I would like to avoid the word "blue." To me, it denotes that we are a Democratic party site. I like the name Frondeur. How about Frondeur99% or Populist Frondeur?
And of course, Village of the Damned is very descriptive.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
I think blue would be OK...
if it describes us as fracturing from the Democratic party, as in my mind BlueFrondeur does.
duh
If we are using "blue," then let's make it plural and that plays off the evening blues too. Like maybe something like Liberal Blues.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Personally...
I dislike the word Liberal, but that's just me, now RadicalBlue or BeyondBlue I could live with.
agree, liberal and progressive are worn out words
that mean nothing much anymore.
okay, no problem for me
Radical Blues
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Yes...
double entendres, blues music is rife with them, but with differing context.
I haven't understood yet, if the word Blue
refers here more to the Blue (like the color for Democrats) or more to the Blues (which is beloved here). Also, I think one should know if one would like to be labeled a "Rebel" or an "Anarchist" or which word would indicate that this is a group of people, who likes to distance itself from the "main stream Democrats" (!?).
I just ran in an article about the German anarchist culture in the US: Beer and Revolution: Some Aspects of German Anarchist Culture in New York, 1880–1900 ... very funny-strange to read for me. How about you call yourself the "Social-Revolutionary Blue(
s) Brothers" ? This German sister would be generous and accept that sort of "sexist" name ...In German I would say this name search is "zum Mäuse Melken" (as hard as melking a mouse).
I commented earlier
that I was not fond of blue singular because it might be taken to represent the Democratic party but I would love for us to use the word blueS plural as part of the name.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Well, as I say below, I'd like to preserve "99"
as part of the title, so "Blues99" maybe? Or "99Blues"? Something like those?
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
maybe Route99Blues? (n/t)
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
WOW! I really really like this one! Route99Blues!
Putting route in there makes it feel like we're headed somewhere, not stagnant. And I also like the idea of keeping 99 in there. This is my new favorite.
My second favorite is "Blue Moon Rising", the word Rising gives the feeling that we are doing something, going somewhere, And I love the image of a Blue Moon. Also once in a Blue Moon, us radicals actually have a victory, so that right fits into a description of this little band of unicorn dreamers. And also, it fits right in with being "the home of the Evening Blues."
True Blue Rebels is good too, but has a strong association with the struggle within the US labor movement for Revolutionary Industrial Unionism. This site has members who are part of that movement, but this site also has a broader outlook (green movement, peace movement, etc), so that name, I think, would not be a good fit for this site.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone actually liked one of my suggestions with a lot of credit going to Lapsed Lawyer.
Thank you so much, Jay Raye! 
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
99BlueBalloons...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQGFb74Skc]
Sorry, couldn't resist
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
♪ 99 balloons so blue in the air, 99 balloons so blue… n/t
Hear, hear! This is my thought too....
I think a lot of us here are pretty disillusioned with Democratic Party politics in general, and are not at all averse to making our way toward a third party. It's one of the reasons, I feel, we left DK to begin with; discussion of issues was being stifled in favor of electoral politics with the goal of electing more Democrats, the better part being left far far behind.
That's why I like keeping some semblance of the name we have: This frustration with DK, at least on my part, began with Occupy and its "We Are The 99%" slogan, and how they were so many on the GOS willing to flame any post that favored the movement and pointed out the weaknesses of the current iteration of the Democratic Party. This flaming, of course, received zero upbraiding from the admins, while any disgruntlement with any aspect of current Democratic Party operations and organization was met with a blizzard of HRs.
I like your suggestions, but I'd like "99" to be part of the title still.
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon
There are many 99 domains available
For example:
ruleof99.com
99wings.com
station99.com
planet99.com
99reasons.com
party99.com
train99.com
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
heh, anybody like "party of nobodies?"
dance lessons with emma
emma's dance parlor
heretics on ice
ageless mutant ninja protesters
blue beyond
blue hotel
mr. blue's house of mystery
Hiya' joe...
I think you and I should use this essay as a reference and pick out our favorite 10 and see if we have any overlap. Maybe narrow it down to 5 picks and then present them to the membership again before the final decision is made. Do you have any better ideas on how to proceed? We have many good ones to choose from.
evening jtc...
sure, perhaps we ought to extract the suggestions in a day or so and put them into an open thread and have folks comment on the choices/add more/ list 5 that they like to see if there are any clear trends before we do a cull.
You mean...
kinda' like a democracy?
that would be too outrageous ... beware of the consequences /nt
I thought it was...
a quaint antiquated system that we gave up several years ago because the
politiciansterrorists were going to steal our freedoms, or something.US-style Democracies are great.
If you put up enough money, you can buy the win and control it.
At least, that has been my experience
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
I like the nobodies part
I'll throw another one out since my last ones were so popular.
LOL
Nobodies Blues, or Nobodies Blues Party
Okay, now I will shut up.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
No, don't shut up...
you and everyone else keep making suggestions. A good site name is as important as the content, we need to get it right.
how about
99%Blues, I'm with gg I don't like blue on it's own as I'm sick and tired of the 'partisan' blue vs. red culture war bs. brand/game of politics. Nobodies Blues Party is good. I know we talk politics here but it seems to me it's outside the designated lines drawn by the freaking media and pols. I too like the 99% as it designates solidarity with the people and workers globally. I do not like the term progressive as it always seemed to be a way to avoid the terms of lefty or liberal. The original progressive's must be spinning like tops at the current co-opting by the Democrat's who are anything but progressive. I don't like Rebel as like dkmich it congers up the confederacy. FarLeftBlues?
'With a rebel yell I said more more more' and this scary dude also come to mind with rebel..... As for flags for the spooks I think that this is like closing the barn door...
Good one, and very simple n/t
Re: Billy Idol. I always liked him. I thought he had a great voice for rock.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
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