Forgive Me...But FOR WISCONSIN PATRIOTS...While we Fight New Wars and Japan Implodes...Gotta Say:

[KoKo]

For Wisconsin left out ...because of WAR in LIBYA/ Nuke Meltdown (all :-(_.....UNION...! Old Pete...can tell you a thing or two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g&feature=related

Lest we be Distracted...by what America is REALLY ABOUT!

and for Springsteen Fans..."Incident on 57Th Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD3N53SqAnY

[KoKo]

1. WTH...kick

[midnight]

2. Makes me think they prefer we be distracted, by disaster from other

countries, rather than be stopped from pursuing there outrages transfer of wealth to the few....

[KoKo]

5. I've thought that myself. We oldie DU'ers have seen distractions like this before...

and it's incredible how manipulated it seems when one looks back since 2001 when many of us joined DU...over that stolen election. Downhill ever since with a few bright spots that didn't last long.

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. THANK YOU! JOIN US for the sing alongs every day!

The Seeger song you linked is one of the favorites! :D

12:00 noon every day in the Capitol is a sing along for everyone! Songbooks are handed out - all songs of labor and strength (some with lyrics modified somewhat for Wisconsin). Usually most of the singers form a circle on the ground floor of the Capitol. We "rule-breakers" holding signs on the first floor above have loved joining in on the singing. Today was different:

Today, some people were outside one of the entrances to the Capitol, giving out t-shirts that they had made. The front says, "Freedom of Speech." The back side says, "Rise Up." For the first time, we had more singers on the first floor than there were on the ground floor below. Virtually everyone on the first floor wore one of those shirts for the sing along. It was absolutely beautiful!

Early in the sing along:



A little later, when more people showed up, the t-shirted group expanded, so the circle moved back and joined hands. This is a poor attempt at a panoramic view of the crowd, but hopefully it gives you an idea of the size and spirit of the group. You can see Jeremy, one of leading First Amendment Defenders on his Segway in the foreground of the panoramic pic.



Thanks again for posting the reminder of the fight here in Wisconsin. :hi:

[KoKo]

4. Wow! That is very cool what you are doing! Thanks for letting us know!

I love both songs...and if I didn't live here in the SouthEast...I'd be there with you. We are doing the best we can here in NC...and I think sometime in next year...we might be trying to sing in our own Capitol the way things are going with our new RW Repugs that took over the State House and our School District. And ...YES...NC went for Obama as "slight purple" and yet our RW Repugs got in last November and they are trashing everything. :-(