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

Kai Eiselein, Editor editor at lataheagle.com
Tue Jul 8 10:10:23 PDT 2008


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.

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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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