An important message from Springsteen

[samplegirl]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKAgXqFpVd6/?igsh=bzRpdWZqb2E3N2dm

[malaise]

1. Lovely

So true

Get thee to the greatest page

[samplegirl]

2. Made me

[malaise]

3. Then watch this and laugh😀

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220342433

[Boomerproud]

4. The reason those things don't happen is because they're incapable of it.

Actually, I couldn't care less about not being privy to their miserable lives. When I channel surf his mug is everywhere 24/7. I love the blue suit and red tie uniform that he never takes off comment though.

[samplegirl]

5. Spreading pain

is all they know. Trump governs nothing. He orders hell on people.

[sl8]

6. "The Gray House", by Elayne Griffin Baker.

Springsteen read it on his radio show back in October, 2020.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/29/bruce-springsteen-calls-americans-vote-trump-out-office/6076073002/

Good post.

[sl8]

22. Ms. Baker's piece, "No joy in the White House":

https://www.charlottedems.com/no-joy-in-the-white-house/

No joy in the White House

September 23, 2020
6:26 pm
Opinion

By Elayne Griffin Baker

There’s no literature or poetry in the White House. No music. No Kennedy Center award celebrations. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend. No Socks the family cat. No kids’ science fairs. No times when this president takes off his blue suit-red tie uniform and becomes human, except when he puts on his white shirt-khaki pants uniform and hides from Americans to play golf. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation. No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.

I was thinking the other day of the summer when George H couldn’t catch a fish and all the grandkids made signs and counted the fish-less days. And somehow, even if you didn’t even like GHB, you got caught up in the joy of a family that loved each other and had fun. Where did that country go? Where did all of the fun and joy and expressions of love and happiness go?

[...]

[lark]

7. Yes!!!

I love how he captured the inner vacuum at the heart of the man - there is nothing at all but greed and hate.

[niyad]

8. One apparently must be signed on to instagram.

[flying rabbit]

10. No

just hit the x in the top right. Worked for me.

[niyad]

11. Had already tried that, and it did not work for me.

[sl8]

13. Try this:

2:44 min.

Bruce Springsteen says "There's no art in this White House"

2020 Oct 27

YouTube / SiriusXM

(Bruce Springsteen, reciting Elayne Griffin Baker's "The Gray House”.)

[niyad]

16. Thank you for that. True when he made it in 2020, still true now.

[highplainsdem]

17. That's from October 2020. Is that what's in the OP? I can usually get Instagram links to open, but

couldn't with the one in the OP.

[sl8]

18. Yes.

From my earlier post:

"The Gray House", by Elayne Griffin Baker.

Springsteen read it on his radio show back in October, 2020.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/29/bruce-springsteen-calls-americans-vote-trump-out-office/6076073002/

Uh-oh, now I'm quoting myself. That can't be a good sign ....

[highplainsdem]

19. Thanks! And I apologize for skimming past your earlier post so fast you had to repeat it. Mea culpa.

[sl8]

20. De nada & absolutely no worries. nt

[samplegirl]

23. Ty

[sl8]

25. You're quite welcome.

Hope I didn't step on your toes. My original intent wasn't to post it in the thread, but I changed my mind after someone posted that they weren't able to see the Instagram post.

[sop]

9. The only culture we see from this White House is Trump's collection of gold gimcracks and gewgaws in the Oval Office.

And those absurd vanity portraits replacing works of national historic importance. Next thing you know Mr. Hollowman will hang one of those tacky oil paintings of dogs playing poker in a gold frame over the fireplace mantel.

[JT99]

12. I disagree

To do that, he would have to like dogs. He clearly doesn't, nor any other animals.

[BoRaGard]

14. Thanks, Mr. Springsteen

[Paladin]

15. Outstanding, uplifting, brutally accurate.

A thousand thanks, Bruce Springsteen.

Everybody: Read Springsteen's words, and then act on them!

[SamKnause]

21. I am glad there are no cats or dogs anywhere near the trump family.

They are a cold and loveless bunch.

[samplegirl]

24. I'll say

They would kick them into the other room... and laugh.

[unblock]

26. This is a statement from 2020

https://consequence.net/2020/10/bruce-springsteen-anti-trump-poem/

There’s no art in this White House. There’s no literature, no poetry, no music. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend, no Socks the family cat, no kids’ science fairs. No time when the president takes off his blue suit, red tie uniform and becomes human. Except when he puts on his white shirt and khaki pants uniform, and hides from the American people to play golf. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation. No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport. No Reagans on horseback. No Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape. Where’d that country go? Where did all the fun, the joy, and the expression of love and happiness go? We used to be the country that did the ice bucket challenge and raised millions for charity. We used to have a president who calmed and soothed the nation instead of dividing it. And a first lady who planted a garden instead of ripping one out. We are rudderless and joyless. We have lost the cultural aspects of society that make America great. We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness, our cheering on of others, the shared experience of humanity that makes it all worth it. The challenges and the triumphs that we shared and celebrated, the unique can-do spirit that America has always been known for. We are lost. We’ve lost so much in so short a time. On November 3rd, vote them out.

This instagram poster apparently omitted the last sentence to make it appear the statement was more recent. Great statement, but not part of the current "conversation"

[sl8]

27. I don't think that article is correct.

That article calls it Springsteen's writing, but I'm pretty sure it's by Elayne Griffin Baker.

USA Today and other articles call it "The Gray House", but it looks like she titled it "No joy in the White House".

https://www.charlottedems.com/no-joy-in-the-white-house/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/29/bruce-springsteen-calls-americans-vote-trump-out-office/6076073002/

[unblock]

28. Thank you. So baker wrote it in 2020, the boss read it later that year,

Then this instagrammer posted it and made it look like it was recent and his original quote.

[sl8]

29. It is a recent Instagram post, but the poster did credit the actual author (no date).

From the OP's link:

Thank you, @springsteen It matters.
Poem by Elayne Griffin Baker💙