Dallas Police, Crowd TIGHT LIPPED about Incident in West End

by Dan Getz, International Blogger
www.Dance4One.blogspot.com
March 19, 2013 at 6:19 PM
Dallas, TX

Today at about 5:15 pm there were two Dallas Police Cars (Units 2924 and 2962) parked on the sidewalk in front of the McDonalds in the West End.  Inside one of the DPD vehciles sat a dark complected African American man, estimated to be in his 30's or 40's.

When I introduced myself as a journalist/blogger interested in finding out the facts of what had just occurred to two different officers (with at least 2 other officers present and one officer being at the site of the incident at Lamar and Pacific and the other officer being across the street at Lamar and Elm) I was told that they could not comment on what had just occurred (and before I stepped off the Northbound Red Line at the West End Station).

In addition, when I asked at least 10 to 12 other individuals that were present at the scene, or within site of the scene, I received the following responses:

"I just got here, so I don't know." "Why are you asking me about this?" "I just mind my own business and didn't see anything."  "I don't know.  What happened?" 

More details, as they (or IF they) become available, will be posted on this blog (www.Dance4One.blogspot.com).

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Thank YOU Taylor Swift, Munford & Sons and Phillip Phillips for bringing Country & Western to the FOREFRONT of TODAY's Pop Music Culture...but we want MORE...

by Dan Getz, International Blogger
and The Dance"In NewZboy at
www.Dance4One.blogspot.com
March 15, 2013, Dallas, TX

There is something refreshing about the simplicity, clarity and TRUTH spoken through the lyrics and melody of a really good Country and Western Song, isn't there?  Unfortunately in today's culture and times, many a talented Counrty and Western singer or band never sees "the light of day" on the mainstream "Pop" and "Rock 'n Roll" stations.

But very recently artists like Phillip Phillips with his "Home", Munford and Sons with their "I Can't Wait" and Taylor Swift's MANY Country Songs (with the MOST NOTABLE one Topping Country AND Pop/Rock n' Roll Charts Nationwide being "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together") began to change that.

I will be honest.  Historically speaking I have not typically been a Country and Western music fan or listener.  In the past, the ongoing joke about most Country and Western Songs was that while every song spoke of a shotgun, pick up truck and jilted and/or current lover, the only differences between the various songs was the artist, the order of content (i.e. Did the mention of a shotgun, pick up truck and jilted and/or current lover come first, in the middle of the song or last?) and the "twang" or beat.

But when I first heard the lyrics of Phillip Phillip's HOME (See Below), and heard the melody and rythm of what sounded to me like a brand new genre of music and art, and which has now received over 15 million hits on YouTube, thanks in part to Phillips' debut on American Idol ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoRkntoHkIE), I sensed the "tde of change" had "ebbed and flowed" to a moment in history of epic proportions.  Soon after, Munford and Sons' "I Will Wait" song began to TOP both Country & Western AND Pop/Rock n' Roll Hits Charts nationwide AND all the while, unbeknownst to most non-country and western listeners and fans, Taylor Swift was not only topping Pop and Rock 'n Roll Charts with her "Trouble", "22" and "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Songs, but was ALSO fastly becoming an accomplished Country and Western Artist with MANY of her songs simultaneously topping the Country and Western Music Charts.

Swift, in paticular, is not only a true artist in EVERY sense of the word, but clearly knows a thing or two about marketing her talent and wares through the likes of her Taylor Swift Fragance and Jewelry Companies and OnLine Stores (see http://taylorswift.com/ and http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=13&sqi=2&ved=0CLIBEBYwDA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ffash-track%2Ftaylor-swift-wonderstruck-enchanted-conor-kennedy-363705&ei=ahRDUbb9Acer2QWGsYGgDg&usg=AFQjCNE5U5-AzfBtji56flWvMFi_P6hF1g&sig2=fCEGwCkSpDSmnoggaLBfQw&bvm=bv.43828540,d.b2I).  Taylor Swift has also successfully produced several versions of her "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together" song on You Tube that appeal to BOTH her Country and Western AND Pop/Rock 'n Roll Fans.  I was truly amazed at how even the lyrics, sound and beat sounded completely different (and MUCH better) in the Country and Western version (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64) than the POP/Rock n' Roll version (http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/853580/we-are-never-ever-getting-back-together-vh1-storytellers.jhtmlversion) I had heard multiple times on stations like KISS 106.1 FM in Dallas, TX.

But, as stated in the title of this article, there should be MORE attention and playtime given to the other Country and Western songs of not only these artists, but other talented musicians, bands and albums as well (for example Tim Halperin who, like Phillip Phillps, also was also very successful and made it through several rounds on American Idol...See http://dance4one.blogspot.com/2011/10/tim-halperinpicture-of-true-success-at.html for Dance4One's Review of Tim Halperin at the Plano Feastiful in Plano, TX and two of my favorite hits on his Rise and Fall Album...I Wanna Fall in Love, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U6Xf6Pux-Y AND New York, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEC3K0G1oug). 

And perhaps some day SOON, Taylor, you can help my FRIEND, Tim get MUCH closer to YOU (Taylor Swift) than simply a life-size cardboard image of YOURSELF (Taylor Swift), as seen in this hilariouis promo video advertised on Tim Halprin's official site:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm7SvhCUsPI&feature=player_embedded as I KNOW you know how to "get her done" :-)


"HOME" by Phillip Phillip's Song Lyrics

As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

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The next VIRAL VIDEO by MY FRIEND Bridy Enriquez

by Dan Getz, International Blogger
www.Dance4One.blogspot.com
March 12, 2013 in Dallas, TX

This AMAZINGLY FUNNY and MUST SEE video was JUST POSTED on YOUTUBE by my SUPER GOOD FRIEND, Bridy Enriquez and TWEETED a few moments ago by @Dance4One, whose FIRST TWITTER FOLLOWER was @debbas (Bob Debbas) with 98,000 FOLLOWERS of his own and who was recently awarded "Man of the Year for Promoting Peace in the Arab World" and Owns and Operates at least SIX internet businesses of hsi own (SEE http://www.dance4one.blogspot.com/2011/05/introducing-bob-debbas-roaring-lion.html).

Please be sure to click on ALL the FOLLOWING LINKS in the following TWEET...

The NEXT Viral Video by MY FRIEND Bridy Enriquez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcMLwSjEae0 …. Also be sure to SEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrBK9XPGE4 … on Channel 12131966dan.

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Ask NOT what your country can do for you - Ask what YOU can DO for YOUR Country...Words of TRUTH then...AND NOW, 52 Years Later...

by Dan Getz, International Blogger
www.Dance4One.blogspot.com

We MUST remember the WORDS and ACTIONS of Men like John F.. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. in order to LIVE and Dream AGAIN...The TIME is NOW to Shake ourselves from our slumber and AWAKE...If WE, as AMERICANS do not make a serious course correction, we are doomed to repeat the ugly parts of our past.  However, if we will grab ahold of the TRUTH of OUR DESTINY and PURPOSE and the principles and integrity that OUR NATION  was founded upon, we will not only save ourselves, but will LEAD the NATIONS towards the Bright FUTURE of TOMORROW...

http://t.co/rr1QjyFhJs. Words of TRUTH for TODAY: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country!" JFK, January 20, 1961.

"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You"
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans — born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage — and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

This much we pledge — and more.

To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do — for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom — and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required — not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge — to convert our good words into good deeds — in a new alliance for progress — to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbours know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support — to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective — to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak — and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course — both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

So let us begin anew — remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms — and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah — to "undo the heavy burdens -. and to let the oppressed go free."

And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavour, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again — not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are — but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" — a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shank from this responsibility — I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

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A CURE for AIDS...POSSIBLY...

by Dan Getz, International Blogger
www.Dance4One.blogspot.com
NOW READ in 124+ NATIONS...
...Since 2011

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