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Friday, October 7, 2016

October _ new 2016 poem

October

Know we are on the mends

From whatever means alone

Driving around a big bend

Memories pull on my heart

Filling time when we're apart

A ghost tugging on my sleeve

We're driving together as we

You and Parker Bean and me

We're driving and going home

John Alan Conte

October 6, 2016

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

When Morning TV Can Be Really Good

Thank you @JoeNBC for referencing Paul Kennedy's book today on @morningjoe TV instead of just ScandalVsScandal '16 (@hillaryclinton vs @realdonaldtrump) ... .. the picture is of my copy I purchased in 1988 for outside reading while taking economics senior yr w/Mr. Shoope in H.S. #outsidereading #economics #goodbooks #rarelymentioned #ontv

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Be Afraid of a Trump Administration?! ...

Trump's "stop and frisk" blanket policy is wrong and breeches the social contract between citizen and government and whereas his distrust for big institutional systems yet his blind eye & his blind trust in the criminal justice system is scary pandering that can lead to real life scenarios and cases captured by an omnipresent figure like Edward Snowden that goes beyond red flags and violations exposing criminal activity of law enforcement "government" against everyday citizens that are not linked to terror at all period.

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Is Hillary Clinton Over Qualified Too Qualified for the Job?! …

When the Steel Mills mills shut down in Pittsburgh and hundreds of thousands of workers lost jobs in the Steel Mills it had a ripple effect from the center of downtown to the 3 river valleys and the hinterlands of greater metropolitan Pittsburgh.

A lot of these workers stayed loyal to the labor unions who were and are loyal to democrats.

And a lot of these workers were told they needed to go back to college to compete in today's world.

And a lot of Pittsburgh's young folk were also told they must have a college education to compete that the more educated you were the better chance of a high paying salary.

So, when there are little jobs available in metropolitan Pittsburgh and a ton of out-of-work experienced and now college educated folks what happens? ...

The sales guy for the steel company who didn't have a degree but worked his way up in the company with work ethic and a positive attitude who lost his job when the mills shut down now equipped with a college degree and interviewing for sales positions in the Pittsburgh area is now told time and time again he is "over qualified" ... yeah, "too qualified" for the job.

Whereas, on the other hand, the younger folks of the region who have had it pounded in their heads they need an education and the more the better come out of college with multiple degrees and masters and PhD's and they are also competing for scarce jobs and doing so with a heavy load of student debt because their parents were the ones who lost their jobs when the mills shut down and they couldn't afford to pay for their kids college educations without the family and kids taking on debt.

But the younger highly educated college kids who are entering the interviewing game are arriving at the interview with multiple degrees expecting equal value in a great high paying job that will pay off all their debt and guarantee a great quality of life - they are told they are "over qualified" ... yeah, "too qualified" for the job.

In 30 years what has HRC done for America? ... and done for the middle class who hasn't had the money to pay for a college education for all six kids? .... in the hinterlands and working class neighborhoods of Pittsburgh what has HRC done for them? ... Furthermore, what can she do and what is she prepared to do in the job as president compared to a hugely successful business man who's not part of a political power couple?

The dilemma for a conscience voter?

… Take a chance on a fresh take in politics from D.C. to create a strong middle class in America again at the cost of what?! ...

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Why Black Enthusiasm Not There for HRC?!

With Donald J. Trump stating yesterday we need stop & frisk nationwide, you'd think the vote against Trump would be urgent!

Yet, we see this lack of enthusiasm to vote for HRC 2016 from the black vote.

Why?!

Well, the crime bill Bill Clinton so eagerly signed under his Admin has decimated the black community. ...And, then, there is the delivery of hope & change from the 1st black president of the USA

(As karma or hipster irony would have it Chicago where Obama lived, worked as a community organizer & politician, is thick with an evil that chokes the air out of lungs of black folks dying in the bullet ridden streets of South Chicago at an unprecedented rate were prisoners of the Civil War had their last breaths stifled by hatred, revenge & retribution in the most intolerable conditions)

In the back seat of a soft luxuriant car I'd ride with my father after mass to drive to a nearby river town along the Ohio River Blvd outside of Pittsburgh in Beaver Co to purchase the NY Times. We'd pass a lot of black men on the corners and as an inquisitive 6 yr old aware of his unique status and perspective wondered if these black men would still be on the corners every Sunday when my father took me to buy the NY Times if there was a black president of the USA. Surprising myself posing the dilemma ..would a black president be business as usual or use the position to do whatever it takes to make change for the black men on the black corners of black towns like Freedom, Pa where we bought the NY Times?

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Friday, September 16, 2016

Ques. For Senator Sanders: Meet the new everyday media

Senator Sanders, the world we live in today is a different day so I am trying to communicate with you in the new everyday media because apparently the old media has not gotten this presidential 2016 cycle right at all and are not asking the right questions to the right people.

Could it be that HRC's campaign has gone through bumpy times and right now currently seems to be driving a 1992 convertible Mercedes filled fresh eggs in a basket of [redacted] on an infamous pot-hole ridden road in Pittsburgh only locals really know because Bernie Sanders really should be the democratic candidate for president Vs. Trump this 2016? ... Especially right before these important impending results of the Clinton Vs. Trump debates?

(In a real karma way like that that still hugs the air of the lungs in South Chicago where prisoners of the Civil War were so maliciously greeted by the evil of man, men, war, soldiers, politicians?)

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ques for Abby Huntsman: meet the new media 2016

Yes, it is difficult coming from a proper family that is successfully comfortable socially & economically speaking + being beautiful & smart. ..

Given that you have to sometimes "dumb things down a bit" ... Do you find yourself having to dumb it down more for FNC's Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends or MSNBC's Krystal Ball & Toure' (excluding the Attny Ari Melber) of The Cycle? ...

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Saturday, August 27, 2016

7 Current Day Underrated Guitar Players

Dead & Co.'s John Mayer - July 2016 Boulder, CO 2nd Set https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Xm080uKKk

Wilco's Nel Cline - Art of Almost https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mgWJwxl-wG4

Chris Robinson Brotherhood's Neal Casal - "It's All Over now Baby Blue" Bob Dylan Cover Live @SiriusXM // Jam On https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y1wJAWdAR1w

Ween's Dean Ween -----{{@ U Blow - Deen Ween's MoistBoyz at Mr. Small's Theatre Pittsburgh

https://youtu.be/r3b4WlJTkfY

Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFjMeOnqAPI&list=PLS74cHbzqvmseJHe15KhB0QXxILDMYY0d&index=1

Rusted Root's Dirk Miller - Food & creative Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iIoxxxxjFY

Emily Rodgers Band's Erik Cirrelli - No Last Call - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MyASwo2-Dxw

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

America is gonna be fine!

America is gonna be fine! Those who can afford to as ABC network anchor George Stephanapoulos blatantly stated the rational, "buy access by donating to the Clintons" like he publicly admitted he has done and those who can't will be happy with their piece of cake.

When In Rome track #4 (supposedly in 1994 Kurt Cobain had this 1992 released song off Piece of Cake by MudHoney in his head "When In Rome")

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Bernie's Still Burning? + Trump me? Trump U!

What?! Trump me?! Trump U.

Willie Geist - Aug 10, 2016 - "when our elite media colleagues from NY & DC would come on Morning Joe and roll their eyes & laugh about the rise of Trump for president, we at MSNBC's Morning Joe were not advocating for Trump but rather providing explanation on why he might be winning."

Those who rolled their eyes & were laughing off Trump are clearly as guilty for his presidential popularity than those who voted for him. And now the outrage instead of trying to learn about the country in divide and trying to heal it for all?!

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Bernie's Reasons to Want Debbie W.S. Out ... Still after the DNC convention August 2016

Well the emails were pretty nasty and beyond paltry .... Premeditated malice of character through rumors? Character assassination via slander, lies, false narratives, mixed with parallel investigations and topped off with rigging the system flat out against a citizen and citizen who serves in political life .... Talk about seeing Russia from your backyard?!

Sanders has sent at least two emails to supporters in Florida, looking to oust Schultz from her House spot in an Aug. 30 primary, according to the Washington Post. Her opponent, Tim Cnova, is behind by 8 to 10 points in local polls.

"This race is very important for Our Revolution," Sanders wrote in an email sent Tuesday afternoon. "If we can win this tough fight in Florida, it will send a clear message about the power of our grassroots movement that will send shockwaves through the political and media establishments."

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Denouncing Violence & Bad Water

Fellow Global Citizens and Fellow American Patriots of the U.S.,

When will our distractions from violent free communities with public access to good, healthy & safe drinking water for all dissipate so we can come together and stay focused to accomplish the basic human rights for everybody around the world and in the U.S.?

*(Read email below to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and FNC's Greg Gutfeld) ...

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John

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Begin forwarded message:

From: John Conte Jr <mosshead7@yahoo.com>
Date: August 3, 2016 at 10:00:48 PM EDT
To: "Rachel@msnbc.com" <Rachel@msnbc.com>, "gutfeld@foxnews.com" <gutfeld@foxnews.com>
Subject: Bad V.W. (Violence & Water)

How's things where you are?

Though the crime rate may be down is anyone tracking the everyday local and national news reports and police reports and emergency calls regarding violence?

Why isn't there a 0% Tolerance for violence in communities at state & federal level if we are so enlightened with great leadership? Where's the campaigns and policy Preventing violence?

Regarding water, how safe is it, really?

V.W. Issues

Violence & Water
Media, where are you?

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John

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Monday, August 1, 2016

Fwd: FNC + MSNBC Car Service Music

How's things where you are?

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John

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Begin forwarded message:

From: John Conte Jr <mosshead7@yahoo.com>
Date: July 29, 2016 at 7:06:00 AM EDT
To: "friends@foxnews.com" <friends@foxnews.com>, joe@msnbc.com
Cc: "gutfeld@foxnews.com" <gutfeld@foxnews.com>, "Rachel@msnbc.com" <Rachel@msnbc.com>
Subject: FNC + MSNBC Car Service Music

American Mornings with Soledad O'Brian and Bill Hemmer is a show I used to watch everyday.
Then I started watching Fox & Friends until that girl from the View joined.
Since I've been watching Morning Joe.

On a few occasions I emailed to Fox & Friends I can imagine a fresh optimistic eager Brian Kilmeade getting into his Town Car Service predawn and the driver knowing "In the City" must play when approaching Manhattan.

For Joe S. of Morning Joe, I'm thinking the Byrds with Florida boy Gram Parsons SweetHeart of the Rodeo album 100 Years.

I see hope in the Car Service music that the producers will help America "Come Together" ---

"Architecture is like frozen music" --and through out history we have built ways for each other from generation to generation to help navigate civilization. Our bridges of humanity.

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

"Weekend Getaway" _ new July 2016 poem

"Weekend Getaway"

A jaunt from the city

A weekend getaway

Up in the mountains

Up in the country hills

Hands on the wheel

Wheels on the road

Down the highway

Five miles more to go

Scenes glide by as we

Finger with our eyes

Pulling in here we go

Chandeliers, candelabras

Aglow with spirit for us

To have a real good time

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Written July 30, 2016

By John Alan Conte

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Monday, July 11, 2016

"The Way You Smile at Me"

Was it the music or carousel

That made my heart sing

Like a ringing bell

The day that I knew

That for you I fell

When I'm around you

Time stands still

All around with a kiss

It's light & airy as bliss

Pure and true I can tell

The way you smile at me

July 11, 2016

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"Haunted Childhood" _ new July 2016 poem

I heard a whisper from a tree

A weeping willow saying,

"Don't be sad for me

It's something I can't explain

Like the way I dream of rain

The way you're gonna be fine

Stay the course

Life's too short

To mis chances

Bar room dances

True romances"

Remember life as a gift

July 11, 2016

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Friday, July 1, 2016

MorningNews Never Been At A Time Like Now

Morning news has never been at a time or moment like it is going through right now.

Sure social media allows advertising dollars to be more targeted to those unique sets of eyeballs when TV stations, channels & networks are engaging enough to provide communication lines like email for its audience to email in ideas and active in social media so the audience feels like it really is joining in on the conversation with the elite media personalities, experts, officials, entertainers = and not just being talked to from a podium or pulpit however talked with around the board room table, kitchen table or on the passenger's side.

Engaging new media can aide in taking an assessment of right now in time - articulating & expressing where we are - by acknowledging how we got here - so we may penetrate the future with no strings attached to pull us back and weigh us down or carelessly wreck us = really connecting the dots for honest pictures #newmediaart

Good artists find imperfections in themselves through brutal self analysis in love with psychoanalysis and break on through to create the other side ...

Morning news has the tremendous opportunity to make a huge impact on modern day contributions to humanity by delivering products like whole foods for a diabetic instead of processed foods for a diabetic.

Will you deliver Copper River Sockeye Salmon and Jack London vintage of Kenwood Cabernet Sauvignon with a nice salad for dessert or shrink wrapped Velveeta cheese singles on white Wonder Bread smothered in mayonnaise with a bag of ranch Doritos with a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi and a Twinkie?

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Deep in the Wonk _ new June 2016 poem

Deep in the Wonk

Think Tanks, Big Banks & Media Politics

The new D.C. elite Honky Tonks

@Morning_Joe, how many of your staff have been involved in think tanks?

Let's see ... Campaigns, think tanks and big banks.

Media and law enforcement information = a predictive model for local news communication #newsworthy

Union jacks and political hacks.

How's things in Manhattan? How's things in D.C.

Why don't we see more stories from Western PA like the one Morning Joe did a few weeks ago on Steel Town USA's rusted roots...
It's in the tank.
What do you think about that?
Or what shall we think?

#MorningPoetry

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John

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Saturday, May 28, 2016

"A Kiss In The Sand" _ new poem Summer 2016

"A Kiss In The Sand"
Walking along the beach
Walking holding hands
Unexpectedly it had reached
A kiss in the sand
A kiss in the sand
When we got back
Our friends could see
Something else had begun
What had come from
A kiss in the sand
A kiss in the sand
All summer we had fun
At the shore sure were young
Everyone around just knew
Our hearts were being true
Oh-whoa-whoa-whoa
We were young
Oh-whoa-whoa who's
Having some fun
Kissing in the sand
A kiss in the sand
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Realization _ new poem May 2016

Five days in May
Posing questions in the mirror
Nothing left unposed here or
Laughing anything off & ignored
Five days in 2016 this May
I took a picture everyday
The camera's eye a spy
Who's now flowering
Written May 26 2016
John Alan Conte Jr.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Hands in Time _ new May2016 poem

Hands in Time

Put your hand in my hand

Put your hand in & we'll be fine

With your hand we'll move along time

With your hand I'll be fine in mine

In mind ..

In my time,

I'll be fine

In mine

I'll be fine

My..

My...

Oh my

Your mind

We're all fine

You're all mine

We'll be fine again

Again. Again. Again

The End ... 1,2,3,4

Again, again, again

Fine, fine, fine, fine

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Written May 2016

John Alan Conte Jr.

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