[Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: Simple Song of Freedom

[Paul Rumelhart]

Doing a quick tally of my freedoms now compared to before 9/11, I'm 
coming up short.  What freedoms did we gain that offset the ones that 
have been lost?  What did we gain, for example, that offsets the illegal 
wiretaps?  Or the the no-fly lists?  Or the signing statements?  Or the 
increased power of the Executive Branch?  Or the Patriot Act?  Or the 
routine use of torture on _suspected_ terrorists?  Or the renditions?  
What am I forgetting?

I'd prefer we got the hell out of Iraq and put our considerable 
resources into finding Bin Laden and tracking down the actual terrorists 
involved in 9/11.  I'd like us to do this while actually staying within 
the rule of law, and try keeping the high ground for once.

Paul

lfalen wrote:
> Nobody in their right mind wants war, but sometimes you have to fight to maintain your freedom.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:40 -0700
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Simple Song of Freedom
>
>   
>> Written (and performed) in 1969 by Bobby Darin . . .
>>
>> "Simple Song of Freedom"
>> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Freedom.mp3
>>
>> "Come and sing a simple song of freedom
>> Sing it like you've never sung before
>> Let it fill the air
>> Tell the people everywhere
>> We, the people here, don't want a war
>>
>> Hey, there, Mister Black Man can you hear me
>> I don't want your diamonds or your game
>> I just want to be someone who knows to you as me
>> And I will bet my life you want the same
>>
>> Come and sing a simple song of freedom
>> Sing it like you've never sung before
>> Let it fill the air
>> Tell the people everywhere
>> We, the people here, don't want a war
>>
>> Seven hundred million are you listening
>> Most of what you read is made of lies
>> But speaking one to one, ain't it everybody's sun
>> To wake to in the morning when we rise
>>
>> Come and sing a simple song of freedom
>> Sing it like you've never sung before
>> Let it fill the air
>> Tell the people everywhere
>> We, the people here, don't want a war
>>
>> No doubt some folks enjoy doing battle
>> Like presidents, Prime ministers and kings
>> So let's all build them shelves
>> So they can fight among themselves
>> And leave the people be who love to sing
>>
>> Come and sing a simple song of freedom
>> Sing it like you've never sung before
>> Let it fill the air
>> Tell the people everywhere
>> We, the people here, don't want a war
>>
>> Come and sing a simple song of freedom
>> Sing it like you've never sung before
>> Speaking one to one, ain't it everybody's
>> Ain't it everybody's sun
>> To wake to in the morning when we rise
>> When we rise"
>>
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya at Friendship Square, 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.
>>
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