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ALL THOSE SHIPS THAT NEVER SAILED All those ships that never sailed The ones with their seacocks open That were scuttled in their stalls … Today I bring them back Huge and transitory And let them sail Forever. All those flowers that you never grew— that you wanted to grow The ones that were [...] STREET DOGS – BACK TO THE WORLD I got to go back to the world Back to my girl Back to my family and kids Have to go and see my home again Don’t want my life to end Before my time is due And the kids are big Just got the postal package [...] Right or wrong, remember those who have died for their country. Wars and deaths therein are an unfortunate fact of life and politics … regardless of whether or not you agree with a particular conflict, or the policies that led to it, the soldiers on the front lines deserve respect and honor. American Soldiers killed [...] STREET DOGS – FINAL TRANSMISSION He had just turned nineteen yesterday Wanted to be a school teacher someday Came from a small and modest town Had never before traveled abroad He signed on the promise of a college fund Pop and Mom begged him to stay at home The last time they saw him [...] Neil Finn – Don’t Dream It’s Over There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you’ll never see the end of the road While you’re traveling with me Hey now, hey now Don’t dream it’s over [...] So what did I write late last night about human rights? From the Wall Street Journal: Bush Vetoes Waterboarding Ban – WSJ.com Associated Press March 8, 2008 10:13 a.m. President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the Central Intelligence Agency from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists [...] John Lennon was a genius … this is an interesting juxtaposition of his song of hope, with a visual representation of what is most wrong in the world. Most poignant? The Ghandi quote at the end of the video … US Army Col. Harry Summers to his North Vietnamese counterpart, Col. Tu, during talks in Hanoi following the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975: “You know, you never defeated us on the battlefield.” Col. Tu’s response, “That may be so, but it is also irrelevant.” It doesn’t matter what we do in Iraq [...] From War Is Kind Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do not weep. War is kind. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die The [...] |
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