I recieved this in my email today:

[Solitary]

 You young ones here probably never heard of Blondie, but she sent this in an email to me today along with a image of her and Joan Jett together. This song and video shows how fucking lucky we are to have been raised in this country.

https://youtu.be/G8IMNUf8iUI

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Pardon, which country are you talking about?

[Solitary]

Is that a rhetorical question? Any country that the children haven't or aren't going through what is on the video.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

It kind of makes you wonder just how much longer we can go without the next war coming to our streets. The way we're armed I have to think it won't be much longer, probably not in my lifetime, but very likely in my kids lives and almost certainly in my grandkids lives.

[PopeyesPappy]

I got to see Blonde along with Pat Benatar and The Donnas at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi a few years back. The Beau Rivage is a fairly small venue, and the crowd was more mature so we were able to get within a couple of feet of the stage without having to fight our way in. I was pleasantly surprised how good Debbie looked even though she would have been 64 at the time. Please tell her hello from a long time fan for me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is that a rhetorical question? Any country that the children haven't or aren't going through what is on the video.

That's a very wide "this country".

[Solitary]

I got to see Blonde along with Pat Benatar and The Donnas at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi a few years back. The Beau Rivage is a fairly small venue, and the crowd was more mature so we were able to get within a couple of feet of the stage without having to fight our way in. I was pleasantly surprised how good Debbie looked even though she would have been 64 at the time. Please tell her hello from a long time fan for me.

Will do, but I need your first name, or is PopeyesPappy OK? If you have an email you don't keep secret, I'll have her write to you.

[PopeyesPappy]

Thanks! That would be awesome. It's Russ. I'm popeyespappy@gmail.com.

I was probably listening to Blondie in high school in the late 70's. I know I was listening to them on MTV as early as 82 shortly after the El Paso cable provider picked up MTV.

[Solitary]

This may take awhile, or not. Let me know if she responds to you by email.