[Vision2020] George W Told the Nation

[Mark Solomon]

Thanks Tom. Tom Paxton has always been one of my favorites. I was 
absolutley thrilled when he played at WSU oh so many years ago.

m.

At 9:08 AM -0700 7/15/07, Tom Hansen wrote:
>GEORGE W. TOLD THE NATION
>By Tom Paxton
>
>http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/George_W_Told_The_Nation.mp3
>
>or
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3bjso5
>
>
>"I got a letter from old George W.,
>It said, "Son, I hate to trouble ya,
>But this war of mine is going bad.
>It's time for me to roll the dice;
>I know you've already been there twice,
>But I am sending you back to Baghdad."
>
>Chorus:
>Hey! George W. told the nation,
>"This is not an escalation;
>This is just a surge toward victory.
>Just to win my little war,
>I'm sending 20,000 more,
>To help me save Iraq from Iraqis.
>
>And, so, I made  it to Iraq
>In time for one more sneak attack,
>And to my old battalion I was sent.
>We drive around in our Humvees,
>Listening to The Black-Eyed Peas
>And speaking fondly of the president. (To Chorus)
>
>Celebrities all come to see us,
>Grateful they don't have to be us,
>Politicians show their best face card.
>Where is Bubba? Where's our leader?
>Where's our favorite lip reader?
>AWOL from the Texas National Guard
>
>If you're hunkered in Fallujah
>Wondering who it was who screwed ya,
>Wondering what became of "Shock and Awe!"
>
>You are feeling semi-certain
>It has to do with Halliburton,
>Dick Cheney's why you drew that fatal straw."
>
>-----------------------------------
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
>and steady dedication of a lifetime."
>
>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.