il Papa II

Inno e Marcia Pontificale

(Papal Anthem)

Here are some of the other selections that will be played in association with the pontiffs visit.  Feel free to comment on the music or on anything the pope has said or done that you wish to comment on.

¡Albricias mortales! que viene la aurora

( by the Mexican composer Manuel de Sumaya)

Exsultate , Jubilate

(Mozart)

And I've heard the following will be performed by Sister Sledge and Aretha Franklin at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia

Me, I have to say I prefer the Exsultate Jubilate.

A Must Read

I got home from the bar and fell into bed soon after Saturday night bled into Sunday morning. I didn’t wake up until three police officers barged into my apartment, barking their presence at my door. They sped down the hallway to my bedroom, their service pistols drawn and leveled at me.

This is from a good opinion piece from the Washington Post and Alex Horton a member of the Defense Council at the Truman National Security Project who served as an infantryman in Iraq with the Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

Who's Racist Now?

Our schools need teachers who reflect the ethnic and racial background of its students.

Stop for a second and consider what the reaction would be if this statement was made in regards to, and by community members of an affluent white neighborhood.  

"We're just saying what the community wants. We didn't fight for a white male or female teacher to educate our babies" Rev. Karen Crozier

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/28/4044162/southwest-fresno-leaders-criticize.html#storylink=cpy

District spokeswoman Micheline Golden said Beck was the best pick for the job and one of only four teachers in Fresno Unified with experience teaching the three cultural studies classes he'll be responsible for at Gaston.

Rev. Paul McCoy of New Light for New Life Church of God said he met Beck this month at a meeting with one of Gaston's principals and found him "highly intelligent." He's qualified for the job, McCoy added, but said, "we told him it's not about him."

Now suppose how many African American teachers heard that in Neshoba County Mississippi in say the 1950's.

Racism is Racism, no matter the color of your skin.

The Fresno Bee

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/28/4044162/southwest-fresno-leaders-criticize.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/28/4044162/southwest-fresno-leaders-criticize.html#storylink=cpy