Wednesday, July 4, 2007

It's the Fourth of July!

Take a few minutes away from beer and barbecue under the flag today and watch or read the text of this piece by Keith Olbermann last night on MSNBC, talking straight to all of us. Every patriot at heart needs to listen well to these impassioned words, on this day of all days. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070407Y.shtml


Watch Merle Haggard's "America First" on youtube. Thanks to Jon for forwarding this.

Merle makes it clear how he feels: Bush's empire - criminal. Bush's war - for profit and no good. Bush's domestic policies - absolute failures. Americans - down trodden and fed up. George, when you've lost Merle, you've lost America. You're down to your henchmen and th' dog - that is, so long as you keep ther money, pardons, and beer flowin'.


Also, check out "Freedom River" narrated by Orson Wells.
This classic animated parable concentrates on the indifference that makes people blind to the injustices around them. It traces how the erosion of freedom, like the pollution of natural resources, can occur so gradually that both evade the attention of a busy and preoccupied nation.

Posted by Sandy at 11:30 AM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bravo!

Notwithstanding all the presumed risks of public vigiling, it is an experience we need to share widely.

July 5, 2007 at 11:39 PM

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