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THIS IS RUSH TRANSCRIPT; THIS COPY IS NOT IN IT’S FINAL FORM AND COULD BE UPDATED. (Radio signal sounds: Snap, crackle, pop...hiss...wheeze...sputter...sputter....blip...jimmy-jank...plick-up...bzzzzz....mmmmmmmmmm....fades out softly...)
Unidentified voice: “We now interrupt our regularly scheduled programing with this breakdancing news from the Emergency Hoodoo Broadcasting Corporation...This is not a Test!...we repeat....This is not a Test!!”
Voice of Announcer: “Good evening ladies and gentlemen; I am K. Maurice Bookerman, CEO of the Emergency Hoodoo Broadcasting Corporation and this is a special live broadcast from the Stanknasity Leadership Conference, also known as the SNLC, where the keynote address for tonight’s proceedings is about to begin! Tonight, the Honorable Reverend Dr. Boogaloo, Pastor and General Overseer of the Happytime Tabernacle Number 2 for All People of the Earth and Every Dimension Beyond is preaching on the theme “Putting Skin in the Game: Why Investing in People Makes Sense”. I’m honored to be joined tonight by Head Overseer of the Deacon Board of the Happytime Tabernacle Number 2, Deacon J. B. Peedybuddy! Deacon Peedybuddy its great to have you here with us tonight, knowing that you have taken time out of your busy schedule...” Peedybuddy: “Aman-ed! and Happy-loo-yah! You know I’m just so HAPPY to be here with you Bruva Boogerman because, well you know, I’ve been followin’ Rev. Boogaloo now for ‘roundabout 35 years...” Bookerman: “Yes sir, I know I and...” Peedybuddy: ”...and I just want to say that, along with all the deacons and officials of our magnanimous fellowship, we are GRATEFUL! for the opportunity and all the fine work that you and your peoples have done to help us bring ‘The Good News of the Blues’ to all the people out there watching and listening...” Bookerman: (clears throat) “...yes deacon...and...” Peedybuddy: “...over the airwaves, because you know we truly BELIEVE, and I can TESTIFY - Aman-ed!! - about how good the boogie-woogie has been to me!!!” Bookerman: “Yes! (blink)...and soooo, since Reverend Boogaloo has begun to speak, let’s...” Peedybuddy: “Happy-loo-jah! That man can preach!...” Bookerman: “...yes he can...let’s tune in to what he has to say!” Peedybuddy: (his mic begins fade out, shouting) “...Take yo’ time and PREACH Rev-un!!”
Rev. Boogaloo: “...and to all the distinguished members of this congregation, I am moved and deeply honored to be here with you again to talk to you a minute about what my old friend Bob Davis at at SoulPatrol.com has so often eloquently elaborated on as “Putting Some Skin in the Game” Aman-ed!” “But you know, I wanted to go a step further tonight and try to paint you a picture...uh-huh...of what that means on a global level...because, as the songwriter once said...”No man is an island/ No man stands alone/ Each man’s joy is joy to me/ Each man’s grief my own...” Rev. Boogaloo: “...you know that’s GOOD GOOGLY-WOOGLY Gospel!! Aman-ed! And the songwriter goes on to say “I saw the people gather/ I heard the music start/ AND THE SONG!....WOOLAWD! that they were SANGIN’!! IS RINGIN’ IN MY HEART!”
Rev. Boogaloo: “...but hold up! Wait a minute! I want you to get this! You see the songwriter understood that as human beings on this planet, we have always been connected to one other! Aman-ed! Even before the days of computers and the internets! Aman-ed! Even before the creation of telephones or jet airplanes...Aman-ed! We have always beenCONNECTED to each other by weather, by climate, by wars and mass migration! Aman-ed! Being connected is nothing new! Huh? And nowadays, whether we wanna be or not, we are even more connected!! Aman-ed! Let me tell you something beloved: anything we do here tonight affects somebody else, somewhere else!...whether we see it or not!...if you turn on the electric lights in this room, when you hit that light switch, you better believe that somebody, somewhere, is working to make sure that electrical connection is turned on and stays on!...Aman-ed!...and when you go home tonight and turn your water faucet on to get a drink-a-water, you best be sure that somebody, somewhere, is working to make sure that water you drink is coming outta that water pipe! Don’t look at me funny!!...You can’t buy a car or put gas in it anymore without being connected to somebody half-way-cross the world! You’re CONNECTED to that man and that woman who put that pretty car together in Japan, everytime you drive it and to those people who got the oil outta the ground in Venezuela everytime you go to the gas pump to fill-it-up! Every time you put your bling on before you come to service...hah!...and call your friend on your cell, somebody’s hands in Africa dug up those diamonds you’ve got on your finger, and those rocks in that phone before you went to the mall to get it with a credit card made in India!! CON-EC-TE-E-E-E-ED!!! You come into this world CONNECTED to somebody else and that’s the way you’re gonna leave here!! AMAN and AMAN-ED! Look at somebody sitting next to you and say ‘Git CONNECTED!!' (the crowd repeats in unison)
Rev: Boogaloo: “WOO-Lawdy! Hah! I feel like preachin’ tonight!...but let me fix this thing up for you!! Putting some skin in the game, and I know my old friend Bob agrees with me on this...also means investing, not just your money...money’s important...nowadays none of us can make it without money...but, investing your time and your energy and your talents and your know-how to create the political will to make things happen...because political will means more than money...” (the crowd murmurs again)
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