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

[Paul Rumelhart]

That is a frightening thought. I wonder how they got that way.  Is it 
just the influence of growing up post-9/11 when it happened in your 
formative years?  Is this part of the approved curriculum?

Paul

Kai Eiselein, Editor wrote:
> Here's a sobering thought, speaking of freedoms.
> I just read an editorial by David Solomon in the Pub Aux newspaper put 
> out by the National Newspaper Association, in it he states that a 
> third of high school students believe the 1st Amendment goes too far 
> in the rights it guarantees. About 50 percent of those students 
> believe newspapers should be able to publish freely, without 
> government approval of their stories.  His info came from a study by 
> the Knight Foundation.
> What the hell are these kids learning about the Constitution???
> I won't even get into cases where judges order newspapers not to 
> publish stories or fine and imprison reporters.
>> From the looks of it, the Bill of Rights is going to come under an 
>> even more 
> vicious attack with the next generation.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:23 PM
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Bulk] Re:  Simple Song of Freedom
>
>> 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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> Kai Eiselein
> Editor, Latah Eagle
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