i cringe every time i hear the words "operation infinite justice." does the administration think it is god? does the administration think it is
half of god? where is the infinite mercy?
what dissident words.
here, this is from the liner notes to Smithsonian Folkways' superrelease of woody guthrie's complete moses asch recordings:
Woody's stated reason for writing ["This Land is Your Land"] is possibly open to criticism � he said he was tired of hearing Kate Smith, one of the nation's most popular singers during the 1930s, sing "God Bless America." So he voiced a different perspective on the United States, ending each verse with "God blessed America for me." Later he changed the last line to "This land was made for you and me."
:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:all the quaint-on-purpose streetlamps stationed around the statehouse lawn have big yellow bows on them. at the bus stops downtown there are plenty of recruitment officers dressed in some very presentable fatigues. they sit & sit at the bus stops but never seem to get on any buses. or maybe they are just never going where i am going. this is fine since i am not going where they are going, either.
:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:last night bean was telling me that in the past eleven days her store has sold out of every book related remotely to terrorism; & that they have piles of people coming in asking for copies of the Quran.
last night i wondered if any of them would actually be converted, as a result of reading it in english in a cheap paperback edition.
:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:One bright sunny morning
in the shadow of the steeple
by the Relief Office
I saw my people.
As they stood there hungry,
I stood there wondering
if God blessed America for me...
..:::..woody.guthrie.::::
