BISPHOSPHONATES- (And the official Boniva pitchlady).

Good Monday Morning All;

I am going to 'cheat' today and just copy a note I had written to my good friend, Beth.
Too tired after cleaning up doggie barf all weekend- 

As you might remember, Beth was dx'ed with a plethora of garbage going on in her system- (after she finally went to her doctor that is). hehehe

I am happy to tell you that she has beaten her breast cancer as well.

She recently told me that her doctor had prescribed Actonel, a bisphosphonate.

Dear Beth; I am hoping you canceled that date you have for getting any more bisphosphonates? Know that once you have osteo anywhere, you have osteo. some bones may be less thin than others, but the disorder is systemic. Anyway, I have a link for you about other peoples experiences with it. http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20835&name=ACTONEL From the FDA Osteoporosis Drugs' Safety Subject of FDA Panel - 9 Sep, 2011 http://www.drugs.com/news/bone-may-also-battle-breast-cancer-researchers-say-35253.html Be very careful on all of these drugs Beth.  *** What to use instead... 2000 mg calcium and Vitamin D3 in an OIL base pill. 3x day. More, does not help anything get better faster. One really good multivitamin (I use NatureMade from CVS for Women over 50), and I take 2 daily. Additional Vitamin K2, aka MK4 Also Strontium- But take these at night before you go to bed- on an empty stomach. Mail order or at Streu's which uses, and has ALL Enzymatic Therapy products. Garlic, the refrigerated variety, or Kyolic is best. Take 6 a day until you feel better.  DHEA http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/331.html (Great article). http://www.worldhealth.net/news/dhea_supplements_taken_with_calcium_and_/ More articles: You HAVE TO READ THIS ONE: Janet's story; DEATH by Reclast (also a bisphosphonate) http://www.inspire.com/groups/national-osteoporosis-foundation/discussion/death-by-reclast-janets-story/ Bone building medications destroy bone! http://www.laleva.org/eng/2006/04/bone-building_medications_destroy_bone.html I have a couple of appointments today... But now YOU have plenty of reading to do. I will send more later. Love to you always XOXO Me PS Oh yeah- and TELL YOUR DENTIST!!! Many dentists, mine included, refuse to work on patients that have had bisphosphonates. From here: http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/biop.htm Lots of links on that page, also: "Treatment drug may cause jawbone to die Breast cancer patients, individuals at risk for osteoporosis, and individuals undergoing certain types of bone cancer therapies often take drugs that contain bisphosphonates.  Bisphosphonates may place patients at risk for developing osteonecrosis of the jaws (a rotting of the jaw bones), according to  May/June 2006 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry’s (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal. Bisphosphonates are a family of drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis, multiple myeloma, Paget’s disease (bone cancers), and bone metastasis from other cancers. These drugs can bond to bone surfaces and prevent osteoclasts (cells that breakdown bone) from doing their job. “Healthy bones constantly rebuild themselves, however, since the jawbones have rapid cell turnover, they can fail to heal properly in patients taking any of the bisphosphonate drugs. Patients need to be aware of the possibility of complications from dental surgery or extractions.”  Since these drugs linger in the bone indefinitely, they may upset the cell balance in how the jaws regenerate and remove unhealthy bone. In their report, the authors refer to the case of a woman who received bisphosphonate therapy intravenously to treat metastatic breast cancer. She then developed osteonecrosis in her upper and lower jaws following tooth removal. “This type of osteonecrosis has been occurring since the advent of these drugs, at this time osteonecrosis as a result of bisphosphonate therapy has no treatment.” end copied material List of Bisphosphonates, + their generic versions in this section: List of Bisphosphonates | Antiresorptive medicine | Alternative treatments to bisphosphonates  A list and description of bisphosphonate medications Bisphosphonate medications have been linked to severe injuries such as femur fracturing. Other side-effects of the drugs, such as brittle bones and osteonecrosis of the jaw, have not and are not being properly disclosed to the public. Weitz & Luxenberg is working hard at rectifying this problem by providing you with up-to-date information and helpful resources on bisphosphonates. On this page, you will find a list of the various types of bisphosphonate drugs and information about each one. A list of bisphosphonates: Fosamax - generic name: alendronate - One of the more popular bisphosphonates, Fosamax is manufactured by Merck & Co. It is prescribed most commonly for osteoporosis and comes in a tablet form, but is also available in liquid form for those that have difficulties swallowing. Fosamax Plus D - generic name: alendronate/cholecalciferol – Similar to Fosamax, Fosamax plus D contains another chemical (cholecalciferol) which is a form of Vitamin D, and aids in the absorption of calcium. Zometa - generic name: zoledronic acid – Prescribed mostly to cancer patients, Zometa helps treat abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood. Didronel - generic name: etidronate –This medication is commonly used to treat Paget’s disease (a disease marked by the abnormal enlarging of bones), however doctors have been known to prescribe Didronel for other bone conditions. Reclast - generic name: zoledronic acid – This medication is used to treat a number of bone conditions including osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, and for preventing the onset of osteoporosis. Boniva - generic name: ibandronate –This drug is prescribed to women who have, or at risk of developing, osteoporosis. Boniva is supposed to slow bone loss, and increase bone mass. Actonel - generic name: risedronate –This is another multi-purpose bisphosphonate used for bone conditions. It is available in tablet form. Aclasta - generic name: zoledronic acid –This is a more all-purpose form of Zometa, which is used primarily for cancer patients. It is administered with an injection into a vein, or slowly via an IV. Aredia - generic name: pamidronate –Another bisphosphonate drug administered in liquid form directly into the bloodstream. This medication is used mostly for cancer patients with high levels of calcium in the blood. Atelvia - generic name: risedronate –This drug is a delayed-release form of Actonel used to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. It is available in pill form. Skelid - generic name: tiludronate – This medication is used primarily to treat Paget’s disease. It is available in pill form and usually taken in regular intervals or as prescribed by a doctor. It is important to note that all bisphosphonates contain severe health risks.  Taking any one of the medications listed above puts you at risk of: Brittle bones Femur fracture Esophageal cancer Esophagitis Osteonecrosis of the jaw Plus, a host of additional side-effects that range from person to person (drugs.com).

end of note to Beth
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Through a link to BHG magazine, came this scolding from the FDA- 

From one year ago!

 

"To earlier generations of TV viewers, Sally Field was known as the Flying Nun, but Genentech has succeeded in transforming her into something else - a modern-day marketing symbol as the official Boniva pitchlady. And her cherubic face and down-to-earth demeanor have helped Genentech considerably, since the ads for Boniva - which is approved for preventing osteoporosis in post-menopausal women - have become widely recognized staples in the media.

But Genentech runs the risk of sullying this success with ads that contain misleading info. And that’s what the FDA says it found in one recent print ad featuring Field in the December 12, 2010, issue of Parade magazine. The ad contained this line just under a picture of Sally: “Studies show, after a year on Boniva, 9 out of 10 women stopped and reversed their bone loss” 
The agency, however, says this “misleadingly overstates the efficacy” because the claim is not supported by substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience.  
Also,
*** The FDA does not require a public retraction of this misleading ad! 

Then there is the sad, but true "Boniva: What If Sally Field Told the Truth?"

By Vivian Goldscmidt -A REAL rewrite of the commercial as it should have aired. 

Nominally entertaining to those of us that have been dx'ed with osteoporosis. 

I only wish that Ms. Vivian had the re$ource$ behind her to release her own ad on TV for everyone.

Of course it is ultimately YOUR choice as to whether or not to subject your body to something that will ultimately destroy it.

Like CHEMO treatments, these chemicals remain in your body for decades!!!

XOXO
Me

"brittlebones" pic from here

sally field ad pic found here

Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed. « SpeakEasy

Got Bones????

 Article from Alternet. Click on title, directly below.

Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed.

Where did the medical establishment get the idea that women are in such danger of osteoporosis they need regular bone scans? An idea debunked in this week’sNew England Journal of Medicine?

In 1994, a year before Fosamax, Merck’s blockbuster bone drug, was approved, Merck began marketing the dangers of osteoporosis “far beyond ailing old ladies.” It hired researcher Jeremy Allen to whip up osteopenia fears to sell bone drugs by planting bone scan machines in medical offices across the country, says National Public Radio. Allen created the faux “Bone Measurement Institute” to establish osteopenia, the “risk of osteoporosis,” as a health epidemic.
The scheme worked.
By 1999, there were 10,000 bone scan machines in medical offices, said the Associated Press, when there had been only 750 before the bone drugs hit the market. The diagnosis of osteopenia increased seven fold.

Allen’s company also pushed through the Bone Mass Measurement Act which made bone scans Medicare reimbursable. The legislation was written by Rep. Constance A. Morella (R-MD.), who appeared with HHS Secretary Donna Shalala in 1998 at a rally kicking off free bone density screenings to be offered in US 100 cities. Not that they had a opinion. The publicly funded bone scans were so lucrative to drug companies, when their  Medicare-reimbursement became threatened, an article in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine article exhorted readers to “Lobby your legislators,” scientific objectivity be damned.

The article, “Managing Osteoporosis: Challenges and Strategies,” says without Medicare reimbursement, patients are “likely to be harmed by limited access to DXA testing [bone scans] because of fewer instruments in operation and greater distances to travel to reach them,” and outpatient facilities will incur “financial losses.”

While osteoporosis is a real disease, osteopenia was never meant to be “a disease in itself to be treated,” says Dartmouth Medical School professor Anna Tosteson, MD who attended the 1992 World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Rome where the term was first invented. The scientists in the room were simply tired and agreed on a definition of the term because they wanted to adjourn for the night, she told NPR.

The bone density units, called “T scores,” used to define osteopenia are equally as fallacious, wrote Susan Kelleher in Seattle Times: They had “boundaries so broad they include more than half of all women over 50.”

If bone drugs like Fosamax, Boniva and Actonel (called bisphosphonates) weren’t harmful, the bone scan con would simply be a case of overmedicating women, ripping off patients, taxpayers and raising insurance costs. But bisphosphonates have been reported to greatly increase the risk of esophageal cancer and osteonecrosis of the jaw–jawbone death. Some dentists will not work on women who take them. Bisphosphonates are also linked to irregular heart beats and intractable pain, according to medical journals.

Nor do the bone drugs even prevent fractures–their intended purpose! By suppressing bone remodeling, they are supposed to stop bone loss. But since the bone is not being renewed, it becomes brittle, ossified and fractures. The thigh bones of patients on bisphosphonates have “simply snapped while they were walking or standing,” after “weeks or months of unexplained aching,” reported the New York Times in an article called “Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them.” Oops. Medical journals and patients on the web site askapatient have been reporting the fractures for years.

At the 2010 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in New Orleans, doctors were actually shown the qualitative differences in bisphosphonate treated bone and could see how the bone had degraded over four years of treatment. Half the doctors at one presentation said they’d seen patients with bisphosphonate- compromised bone personally, when asked, reported theLos Angeles Times.

It should be embarrassing to the medical establishment and Medicare administrators that the drug industry and its paid celebrities drove the mania for the bone scans, “osteopenia” and bone drugs. Look how Today host Meredith Vieira helped.

“When I became menopausal, my doctor recommended I get a bone mineral density test. I had never even heard of it, to be quite honest. I thought, ‘I’m in great health, great shape. I have no symptoms. Why do I need this?’” she toldUSA Today.  ”To illustrate how ignorant I was when I had the test done, I asked where I could change and the nurse told me I didn’t need to take off my clothes. They did a test on my heel, hip and spine, which only took a matter of five minutes. And it was totally painless. It’s so simple to do.”

And it should be even more embarrassing that the con only surfaced when the biggest bone drug patents are expired so the drug companies don’t even care–because the big bucks are behind them.

Posted by Martha Rosenberg at 4:54 pm

January 19, 2012

________________________________________________

Thank you Martha Rosenberg for bringing this to our attention.

Thus far I have GERD- the predecessor to esophageal cancer.
I also have ONJ, and my dentist has now referred me to an oral surgeon who will TRY to fix my mouth this coming Tuesday.
Lucky lucky me.

Odd too, how I researched any/EVERYthing that was prescribed to CaseyAnne to go into her body during these years and years of her illness.
* My own fault that I wasn't bright enough to investigate what went into my own!

I will have an article soon on Osteoporosis, plus the dangerous drugs we are prescribed to take.
The blog is long, but will be of interest to anyone with bones.

XOXO
Me 

Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed. « SpeakEasy

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2012/01/19/bone-scan-mania-a-12-year-drug-industry-con-finally-exposed/

Some darn meteorologist has just told me that soon ice will be falling from the sky. I must bid you all a very "Good Morning"... I am off to the store (before it kills me). hehehe Later 'gators! XOXO, Me

From one of my favorite guys...

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

ROTF!!!
Truly, I dang near fell out of my chair, if not for the arm-rests thereon.
At times I am guilty- and yet, y'all seem to bear with me as the keys fly. (Thanks a million for that)!

Read on, with a smile on your face!
_______________________

By Richard Nordquist, About.com Guide January 11, 2012
_______________________

Today's guest post is by Ellis O. Jones (1874-1967), a comic playwright, anti-war activist, and editor of the original Life magazine.


Use Short Sentences
Writers who wish to impart to their productions power and pungency, who wish to keep the reader's attention upon the tiptoe of activity, who desire to escape the imputation of pedantry and who seek to surcharge their sentiments with sparkle and spirit, will do well to bear in mind constantly that long, lingering sentences, unduly overburdened with an abundance of phrases, clauses, and parenthetical observations of a more or less digressive character, are apt to be tiresome to the reader, especially if the subject matter be at all profound or ponderous, to place an undue strain upon his powers of concentration and to leave him with a confused concept of the ideas which the writer apparently has been at great pains to concentrate, while short, snappy sentences, on the other hand, with the frequent recurrence of subject and predicate, thus recalling and emphasizing the idea to be expressed as the development of the thought proceeds, like numerous sign-posts upon an untraveled road, these frequent breaks having the effect of taking a new hold upon the reader's attention, oases in the desert of words, as it were, will be found to be much more effective, much more conductive to clarity, and far better calculated to preserve the contact, the wireless connection, so to speak, between the writer and the reader, provided, however, and it is always very easy to err through a too strict and too literal application of a general rule, that the sentences are not so short as to give a jerky, choppy, and sketchy effect and to scatter the reader's attention so often as to send him wool-gathering completely.
(Originally published in the humor magazine Life, reprinted in The Writer, December 1913)
_______________________

My many thanks to Mr. Nordquist!

XOXO
Me

Moving Obama To Europe

http://www.nationalmemo.com/content/moving-obama-europe
For my birther friends...
Are there REALLY people that still believe this crap?
**Please remember there is a HUGE difference between stupid and ignorant.

Must get in the shower now!
Hope y'all have a 'wunnaful' day!

XOXO
Me

Title
Moving Obama To Europe | National Memo | Breaking News, Smart Politics

A very Unique, and 'Green' Idea for Power Outages.

Received via my email from Mr. Duane.

Thanks Duane- This is very cool!

XOXO,

Me

Due to a thunderstorm, we lost power for about 5 hours.  We were scrambling around in the darkness, looking for matches, candles, flashlights, etc.  We looked outside, and noticed our solar lights shining brightly all around our patio, stairs, dock, etc.  They were beautiful. My wife walked outside, and brought several of the solar lights inside.  We stuck the solar light pipes into plastic drink bottles containers and they made the nicest, brightest, safest, lighting you could ever imagine.  We put one in the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, etc. There was plenty of light.  There are all types of solar lights available. We bought ours at Harbor Freight.  We put them all around our yard. They look nice and they do not attract flying bugs like the outdoor lights around our doorway.  The lights we have fit into the small (20 oz) water bottles and they also fit into most of the larger liter bottles. If you need a weight in the plastic bottle to keep them from tipping over, you can put a few of the pretty colorful "flat marbles" that they put in aquariums, and vases. (you can also use sand, aquarium gravel, etc., whatever you have available).  The lights we have were perfect inside our home. They burn all night long if you need them.  The next day, you just take your solar lights back outside and they will instantly recharge and be ready for you to use again any time you need them.  Perfect for power outages, hurricanes, etc. and you don't need batteries or a special place to store them.  I never thought of it and you don't have to: cuz here it is.

 hehehe

 

Now how is that for a fantastic and GREEN idea?!

Divorce Question-

Good Morning All;

I have a little question for you.

An acquaintance of mine went through a divorce almost 4 years ago.

They had been married 33 years. "The only man I'll ever love" etc etc etc...
Then... she goes on and on and on about how raunchy he is, and all of his idiosyncrasies that she HATES!

Of course she blames HIM for everything wrong in her life; when all that IS really wrong, is her own way of thinking, (& literally feeling so pitiful).

She already has gone through 3 therapists, I would imagine because she won't work with them.

it is very hard to see anyone self destruct, and I don't know what more to say to her.

A few words? 

personally, I think it is high time that perhaps a little tough love might do the trick.

Maybe?
Maybe not?

And though I HATE to say it, she, (along with many others like her), give divorced women everywhere a bad name.

-ya know?

XOXO
Me

Welcome to My Romper Room!

Get out your thinking caps please?

Note: Last year our wonderful state of Wisconsin decided that it was necessary for everyone that drives to have car insurance. 

Clicking on some silly inurance ad, and receiving replies I have learned that the cheapest rate I could have is about $80.00 month. 

It should come as no surprise to anyone that I am now, and have been, driving illegally. 

God help me if I ever get pulled over, -or in an accident.
I WILL need bail money...

Now wait a minute. I promise you that this is not a pity-pot story. 

It is, however, a very private one...

As you all know, I have been listed as permanently disabled since 2005. 

BIG surprise, that.

Further, as you also know, I am facing certain death. 

Aren't we all?

(But the doctors were wrong about their "cupla months" guesstimate).

I'm still here!  hehehe

Now, please put those thinking caps "on"...

Last month, (December 2011), I received $669.00 in social security to live on.

Along with that I received $81.00 month in Quest- aka "Food stamps"
*That came to $2.61 day- (Not much, but again, it is doable).

This month, (Jan 2012), I received the federally mandated COLA - (cost of living increase)- 

This came to approx $28.00.

Things are tight, but it is possible to live on this amt of money, (that is, if you don't pay your real estate taxes).

And so... those $81.00 worth of food stamps helped a lot.

With this additional $28.00 month I could finally afford to go back to at least having homeowners insurance. 

However...

The insurance bill I received last month says I pay $15.00 more for my secondary health insurance every month, over and above what medicare pays.

Hmmm... OK.

But - - - Wait!

That still leaves me with $13.00 month extra money. (But crap, not even renters can get insurance for $13.00 month anymore).

Oh well.

See, in the government's infinite wisdom, and due to the extra $28.00 income, my Quest got lowered by $41.00, and now I have a whole $40.00 month to eat... Which, for January, comes to $1.29 a day. (Come February that will increase to $1.38 a day)!!!! Woot, and HOOfuckin'RAY!

• Does this make sense to you?  
• Am I worse off everywhere than I was last year? 
• Or, am I really that far removed from second grade mathematics?

Shit kids, if I don't laugh about this I just might be tempted to hurry along the inevitable...

However, since I raised 4 daughters, alone, I already know I am not suicidal.
They also made me realize that I can live on next to nothing, but-

Damn, hey?

Today I read notice notice that our gop candidates TRULY suck. 

Do the click. 

It is entitled,  "GOP Candidates Wade Into Food Stamp Debate"

Please let me know what you think.

From ABC News, (with my thanks to my friend Neal for pointing it out).

Does anyone else find it odd that TV ads for hearing aids don't have subtitles? Methinks that's mean!

Thyroid

What TALENT! I am pea green with envy!
XOXO
Anne


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Wisconsin's NEWEST Hero! Mr. D.Thomas Busch!!!

I told ya so!!! (here).  You REALLY should've watched it...  hehehe

Good Morning All;
After 2 more doctor appointments yesterday, I am not feeling any better.
Due to my migraine, I had to call and cancel my appointment for the 6 shots to my back on Monday.
No big deal. I can still move- just not as fast.
(But that's OK, the guns are still loaded and within reach).
Had to bring Punk to the vet yesterday also... She will be alright, but has 2 dental caries that need to be fixed/pulled.
How come EVERYBODY but me gets to have THEIR teeth pulled?!?!
But this all has nothing to do with my blog-
Besides, Casey is sicker than me and Punk put together.

Read on,  ♪ "on... Wisconsin"   ♪

Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 04:57 AM PST

Pulaski WI Marching Band 'Sticking to the Union' in Rose Bowl Parade
(Update)

by AnnieJo

The Pulaski High Marching Band, of Pulaski Wisconsin, made an awesome statement in yesterday's Rose Bowl Parade.

It was quite an honor for the Red Raiders from this small town (pop. approx. 3000) northwest of Green Bay to be marching in 80-degree weather in Pasadena, while their proud community looked on from windy 18-degree Wisconsin. (Me, Shivering).

The TV coverage started as they marched along playing "On Wisconsin," looking properly Badger-like in their red uniforms.

And then they got to the grandstand, at about 1:15 in the YouTube ... listen to what happened.
You Tube Link is HERE.
(I can't see it, but I hope it posted correctly)???

There once was a union maid, She never was afraid
Of goons and ginks and company finks
And the deputy sheriffs who made the raid
She went to the union hall, When a meeting it was called
And when the company boys came round
She always stood her ground

Listen to the announcers -- they have no idea what's going on, what the tune is, what statement is being made here. 
"They just stopped in the middle, this band, and they're gettin' down!" says the announcer. 
Oh yes, they're gettin' down -- (Me, ROTF)!

To Union Maid, written by Woody Guthrie!

Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union
Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union
till the day I die

The cheers as they finish the song are great. 
I bet there were more than a few people in the crowd who realized what had just happened. 
"The crowd likes them!" declares the announcer, blissfully unaware.  (Me, ROTF)! & "duh!"

I hope it was the musicians themselves who selected this song, who planned this action. 
It would be reminiscent of the students from East High in Madison who determinedly marched out of school down East Washington last February to swell the protests at the Capitol.

My favorite verse of the song is one that was added in the 1980s, and is included in the Solidarity Singalong songbook.

You women who want to be free
Just take a tip from me
Break out of that mold we've all been sold
You got a fighting history
The fight for women's rights
With workers must unite
Like Mother Jones, bestir them bones
To the front of every fight!

The struggle continues here in Wisconsin.  Two more weeks to get those recall signatures -- rumor has it that we're over the top with the Walker sigs, but we're not stopping now! 
Onward to a million! (Me, "WOOT~WOOT)!

P.S.  UPDATE BELOW

Update:

Oh, my stars and garters. 
Type up a quick little protest-music diary before breakfast in the morning, come back after work to find a full-fledged public relations brouhaha in the works.

Hat tip to Gangster Octopus in the comments for alerting me to the fact that the uproar over this diary has caused the Pulaski school superintendant to release a statement disavowing any political content and claiming that the band director only knew of the song as "Red Wing."

Personally, I only knew the song as "Union Maid" this morning before breakfast.  There have been many fine comments since then with more information on the Red Wing version of the song.  There's probably a whole other diary to be written on the various versions -- the original Red Wing lyrics about the sorrowful Indian maid (interesting bit of white-America cultural arrogance to set such lyrics to a polka!), a parody about Charlie Chaplin, several more with risque lyrics that have the pretty Red Wing taking a Bowie knife to the privates of those who would molest her.  Or, apparently, one can play it as a polka and ignore the lyric-echoes altogether.

Taking the band director at his reported word, perhaps he's learned something about the origin of the Red Wing piece as well.  Or maybe we're seeing the playing out of a plausible-deniability strategy.  I don't know -- I haven't spoken to anyone in question here.  I'm just blogging from a distance, based on my observations from where I stand.

If there are still things to be learned about the repertoire, I should point out that it was reported on the Solidarity Singalong Facebook page that the Pulaski band also has in its repertoire, and played along the Tournament of Roses Parade route, "Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Those would also be known as "There Is Power in a Union" by Joe Hill (more recently recorded by Billy Bragg) and "Solidarity Forever," written for the International Workers of the World by Ralph Chapin in 1915.

However you want to interpret the selections, there's no denying that the Pulaski Red Raiders Marching Band did a fantastic job in the parade, and represented Wisconsin well.  If you would like to donate to defray the cost of their Rose Bowl trip ($300,000 all told!), please do so at the following link:

Pulaski Music Boosters -- Donate Now!
(h/t to my partner in protest and in life, A FIB in Cheddarland, for the link>)

Originally posted to AnnieJo on Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 04:57 AM PST.

Also republished by Badger State Progressive, Protest Music, J Town, Democracy Addicts, and Daily Kos Labor.

Tags

• Pulaski
• RECALL
• Recommended
• Rose Bowl
• Rose Bowl Parade
• Scott Walker
• Solidarity Singalong
• Union Maid
• Wisconsin
• Woody Guthrie
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  ...End quoted material
  

All of the above taken from Daily KOS- (Do the click).
And all links should work.

Now, as I have already stated elsewhere:

And remember that CaseyAnne was PHS Captain of the Color Guard for a few years! 

"Seriously Folks, I ♥♥♥ Mr Busch!!! 
And now, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥ him even MORE!
You GO, PHS!
Wisconsin and God love Mr. D. Thomas Busch!!!"

XOXO
Anne  (Me, "WOOT~WOOT")!!!!     
aka "I told ya so"

Photo Gallery, Tournament of Roses Parade 1/2/12, Photo Gallery Images
http://www.pulaskimusicboosters.com/tournament-roses-parade-1212

I think something weird is going on, on Multiply here. My words, not only in my replies, but even on the sides of the pages are all "smooshed" together... -There are not even spaces between the clicks to reply and/or delete, and your words. Guess I won't be blogging today... I will be lucky to be able to even read those pages that I have already opened. -Have a 'wunnaful' Wednesday, all ya'all! - XOXO, Me