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

[lfalen]

Paul
I am all for finding Bin Laden and am also in favor protecting our freedoms. As to what we have gained. We have not had anymore 9/11's. It is of course possible that we would not have had any anyway, but the odds are that we would have.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:23:35 -0700
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Vision2020] 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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