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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.

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We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

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I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.

quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

quote by Ken Auletta
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Home Coming

Leaving in the dark
In an accidental day
From the dawn
To the following day
Celebrated winter wedding

Putting on by
Official white dress of
Soft cozy woolen snow
Enjoyed the day having
Made a velvet carpet with fallen snow

Closed windows opened
Opened windows closed
To see the snow bride
Of celebration had

Melting the joy in the eve
Saying good bye
Left winter bride
Returned home

To live with a long time
Fresh and beauty of own

poem by Udaya R. Tennakoon
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angola the African dream

Angola, the African Dream.

A box of photos, black & white and amber, under the old woman’s
bed, tell of young faces and success. Cars drive up and down
an avenue called Liberty. Angola, even the most humble state
functionary had a black servant. And the white people were deaf
to the dark voices of independence.
The Portuguese settlers had been promised a land of plenty, and
the local people would be their willing serfs. Foreign legion soldiers
helped them flee the wrath of the exploited. Back in Portugal again,
dipping their hands in manual work, the African dream was over.
Photos never tell a story it’s a blank canvas made up of shadows
and the unspoken. Memories will be sweet and often untrue.
People who had to return back to poverty, will insist they brought
civilization to Angola, especially now that the avenue of Liberty,
in Luanda, is potholed.

poem by Oskar Hansen
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Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.

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The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.

quote by Frank Church
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I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me.

quote by Vincent Gallo
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Independence Day

One electrified eye
Freezing metalized smile
No more cheating the code
The scene is set - emotions disconnected
Welcome to the cyber trail
Laser cops and sirens wail
Held down with magnetic force
Said: come with us - you broke the law
Obey the rules - dont do no wrong
A thought too loud - and crime is done
No appeal for the common man
Just cold hard facts - in computer land
All freedom burns on eternal fire
Theres no more independence day
Forever gone never have another
No other independence day
Cyborg arms put the straps around
One more second till the switch comes down
Flaching lights - a cage of steel
Turns my head into a dead dogs meal
In this world - robotic rage
Youll understand the acid pain
Do no right - you wont last long
Remote controlled - under the heel of submission
All freedom burns on eternal fire
Theres no more independence day
Forever gone never have another
No other independence day
No remorse - for human kind
No recourse - to keep your mind
Its too late - theres no escape
Is this the end of the line
All freedom burns on eternal fire
Theres no more independence day
Forever gone never have another
No other independence day
All freedom burns on eternal fire
Theres no more independence day
Forever gone never have another
No other independence day
No use for humanity
Well never ever be free again
No tomorrows
Zero - the number of the year
Zero - the number of the year

song performed by by U. D. O.
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Independance Day

song performed by by U. D. O.
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Graceful Celebration

Today is a graceful celebration
with shiny sunny skies, sparkling, glistening, gleaming
The celebration is in the company we keep.
The mood we meet in the morning

Today is a graceful celebration
angels flying in the sky

Today is a graceful celebration
fireworks going off in the twilight

Today is a graceful celebration
moon is peaking out of the clouds

Today was....a graceful celebration Tommorrow will even be better :)

poem by Kimberly Anderson
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Celebration

Written: bell, taylor
Intro:
Wah-ho
Wah-ho
Wah-ho
Main:
Celebration good times, come on
Its a celebration
Celebration good times, come on
Lets celebrate
1:
Theres a party goin on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
Were gonna celebrate your party wlth you
Come on now
(celebration)
Lets all celebrate and have a good time
(celebration)
Were gonna celebrate and have a good time
Chorus:
Its time to come together
Its up to you, whats your pleasure
Everyone around the world, come on
Wah-ho
Its a celebration
Wah-ho
Main:
4x: were gonna have a good time tonight
Lets celebrate, its all right
Chorus:
Wah-ho
Wah-ho
Celebration good times, come on
(lets celebrate)
Ohh ohh
Celebration good times, come on
(its a celebration)
Celebration good times, come on
(lets celebrate)
Come on and celebrate tonight
cos everythings gonna be all right
Lets celebrate
Main:
(repeat & fade)

song performed by by Kylie Minogue
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Happy Independence Day

Blow up them firecrackers.
Light up the sky.
Because it's Happy Independence Day.
I've been meaning to say..

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happ..
Happy Independence Day, Happy Independence Day.
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.

Sparklers glowing.Stars and stripes showing.
Nothing but happy people.Celebrating the Fourth Of July.
The birth of our country.The birth of our flag.
Because our founding fathers.Always wanted it this way.

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happ..
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.

Fifty stars and thirteen stripes.
The flag still flies.The American way.
Old Glory's the name.Old Glory's the same.
Join with the crowd, for the American dream.

So blow up them firecrackers.
Light up the sky.
Because it's Happy Independence Day.
I've been meaning to say.

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happ..
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.

Independence Day-Song Poetry By Kim Robin Edwards
Copyright 2006,2009..
ALL rights reserved..

Note; This wonderful Song-Poem was written on the Fourth Of July,
in the year 2006..

poem by Kim Robin Edwards
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Our Blueprint

Compulsory voting or fifty-dollar fine at tax time,
Shows that this important national issue is not five-and-dime,
And those who refuse to vote or pay, get ten days in jail,
No house arrest allowed, no legal aid, no caution and no bail.

Binding referendums for all Canadians on national options,
Before these options turn into major national problems,
How each politician votes on any issue should be published,
And not carefully moved around and hidden from the public.

Set-date elections every three years and constituents allowed recall,
Death with dignity allowed and no one or group, can forestall,
The Supreme Court, Governor Generals and parole boards elected,
So that defects in our systems can be finally corrected.

poem by James Bredin
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Celebrate You

I wear my patent leather shoes,
And my golden fleeces,
A feather in my hair for you,
And then I fall to pieces.
At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) x2
Celebrate you.
Were quiet as two mannequins
Feasting on silences.
We wait for christmas to begin
To see the cracking faces.
I tip my glass a toast to you,
The blood spills on the carpet.
At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) ( x2 )
Celebrate you.
And in the dream you held a gun,
You killed off all who hurt you,
And left me there the only one
Who would not dare desert you.
Im safe here growing in the shade,
Away from all the brightness.
I lost my innocence today
When I learned how to write this.
Tonight my nightgown is in knots.
I toss and turn in your honor.
Ill never know just what Ive got
As long as youre my father.
And Ill keep searching here for you,
Ill clean out every corner.
Its not my fault.
Its not my fault. (celebrate you) x3
Its not my fault.

song performed by by Veruca Salt
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When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.

quote by Mark Shields
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Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

quote by Aslan Maskhadov
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With Smiling Closed Lips

God has allowed my life.
With an accepted work ethic.
To do what needs to be done.
And applying effort to it!

My mother taught me this,
As I watched her struggle...
With smiling closed lips.
From plucking feathers off chickens.
To working on her feet,
While completing her duties...
As a hired machinist.
To ensure my sisters and I...
Were sheltered.
Ate!
Clothed and kept clean!

God has allowed my life...
To expose it in composition.
And to do that in a way,
To use praise as the condition.
With smiling closed lips...
Uplifting so much pride,
I have inside!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

quote by George Woodcock
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Those Doors Of Those Candy Stores Are Closed

Gone to distance are those days,
Allowed for some people...
To insult the ones,
Of charitable ways.

Gone also...
Is that catering done,
To those with childishness displayed...
With a thoughtlessness exposed,
Publicly in front of everyone.

And packed and gone,
Are roommates who debate...
Their selfishness in stale relationships.

Those who have arrived,
To prize their maturity...
Are not putting up,
With any of this nonsense.

Because,
Number one...
No one has to.
Not me or those selected few who choose.
And...
Number two?
That will be done in the bathroom.
Not all over the place.
Or,
Accepted to be thrown in one's face!

Today?
Not too many people are tolerating,
'Stuff'...
That comes to deliberately,
Stink up...
Their choice to live quiet and peaceful lives.

Gone to distance,
Are those days...
Allowed for some people,
To insult the ones...
Of charitable ways!
Those doors of those candy stores are closed.