tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post8706881878383404910..comments2024-01-06T18:34:30.188-08:00Comments on I Witness: Pennies for the Old GuysIWitnessEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-44823576142300776112010-12-22T13:54:16.323-08:002010-12-22T13:54:16.323-08:00Alan Kurtz is one of the most stringent and astrin...Alan Kurtz is one of the most stringent and astringent writers on the web, which makes his comment doubly amazing and valued by me. He has a new book available via Amazon, titled Stereotypes in Black Music: The African-American Crossover Compromise--a most rigorous examination of race records old and new, racial stereotypes black and white, and race-baiting by any and all. Read it for the good of your soul and the betterment of our staggered, staggering society.IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-49511494266661772862010-12-22T12:11:38.999-08:002010-12-22T12:11:38.999-08:00Ed, thanks for a lovely post. It's refreshing ...Ed, thanks for a lovely post. It's refreshing to read this at a time of year when fake jollity abounds. Santa's Ho-Ho-Ho seems strained, given 9.8% unemployment, our armed forces warring in a distant land, and the Party of No, Hell No poised to take over Congress. Thankfully the elders you name inspire us to remain upright on the declining slope of age, to welcome each new day as a gift no matter how unattractively it may be wrapped, and to keep on truckin'.<br /><br />I'm not religious, but I'm impressed by the way this Bible phrase equates perseverance with longevity:<br /><br />"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."<br /><br />I Witnesses, no doubt. Merry Christmas, Ed.Alan Kurtzhttp://www.amazon.com/Stereotypes-Black-Music-African-American-Compromise/dp/1453853669/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291054567&sr=1-1noreply@blogger.com