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Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine/ The Postal Service

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I Am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned And I Have to speculate that God himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay And true It may seem like a stretch But it's thoughts like this that catch my troubled head when you're away When I am missing you to death When You are out there on the road For several weeks of shows And when you scan the radio I hope this song will guide you home. They will see us waving from such great heights Come down now, they'll say But everything looks perfect from far away Come down now But we'll stay. I tried my best to leave this all on your machine But the persistent beat ounded thin upon listening And that Frankly will not fly You'll hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with the windows down When this is guiding you home

A Personal Thought on Netanyahu's Address To Congress

I listened to Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to congress today. I caught it on a TV installed in the lobby of a dialysis clinic, and on the radio, and where I could. It could be said that I caught most of it. At first, I was simply interested in whether or not he would reveal secret elements of sensitive intelligence - the idea that a Presiding officer of another country is brought to our country to give a talk on such a sensitive topic as Iranian disarmament - without first being invited by the White House - is a strange thing for us , as Americans. It seemed as if those that invited him were interested in playing politics with intelligence data. For me, that brought back bad memories. There was a theological-conservative group within a group that helped bring my country to war without justification - who addressed the United Nations with falsified data... that came to mind. Then there was the moment at which our sitting president said that the country we are to fight, has nucle...