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BANDS AGAINST BU$H (INCLUDING SPRINGSTEEN & DIXIE CHICKS)!

Question:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Dear politically motivated rockers:  I wish you had lived in my community during the social programming in America which was known as ‘The Great Society’.  Had you seen the damage that program, and subsequent social programming, accom- plished I believe you would not be quite so hero-worshipping of the presidential candidate you are promoting.  Take a moment to review the social programs which have been developed and implemented during the past thirty-five years.  All with the stamp of approval of your presidential candidate.  Then find out how well these expensive programs actually performed. Did the anti-poverty programs correct what they promised to do? Did the anti-discrimination legislation encourage one to become an American — or a hyphenated-American? Did bilingual education actually allow Spanish speaking children to learn as well, or as quickly, as their english speaking classmates?  Ask for some definitive proof that past social legialation actually accomplished what was promised.  And then decide if you want to promote an individual who will – without a doubt – do further damage to minority communities.  ’Vote for Change’?  Hardly.  Rename your gathering, ‘Vote to continue to limit minority opportunities and advancement’. That pretty much sums it up – well put! Oh, horseshit.  You free enterprise fuckwits set things up so Enron and hundreds of others like it could do their damndest to steal everything that isn’t nailed down and pollute what’s left!  It’s time for a change!!!

Enron happened on your buddy Clinton’s watch, dipstick…

Response:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Dear politically motivated rockers:  I wish you had lived in my community during the social programming in America which was known as ‘The Great Society’.  Had you seen the damage that program, and subsequent social programming, accom- plished I believe you would not be quite so hero-worshipping of the presidential candidate you are promoting.  Take a moment to review the social programs which have been developed and implemented during the past thirty-five years.  All with the stamp of approval of your presidential candidate.  Then find out how well these expensive programs actually performed. Did the anti-poverty programs correct what they promised to do? Did the anti-discrimination legislation encourage one to become an American — or a hyphenated-American? Did bilingual education actually allow Spanish speaking children to learn as well, or as quickly, as their english speaking classmates?  Ask for some definitive proof that past social legialation actually accomplished what was promised.  And then decide if you want to promote an individual who will – without a doubt – do further damage to minority communities.  ’Vote for Change’?  Hardly.  Rename your gathering, ‘Vote to continue to limit minority opportunities and advancement’.

That pretty much sums it up – well put!

Response:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Dear politically motivated rockers:  I wish you had lived in my community during the social programming in America which was known as ‘The Great Society’.  Had you seen the damage that program, and subsequent social programming, accom- plished I believe you would not be quite so hero-worshipping of the presidential candidate you are promoting.  Take a moment to review the social programs which have been developed and implemented during the past thirty-five years.  All with the stamp of approval of your presidential candidate.  Then find out how well these expensive programs actually performed. Did the anti-poverty programs correct what they promised to do? Did the anti-discrimination legislation encourage one to become an American — or a hyphenated-American? Did bilingual education actually allow Spanish speaking children to learn as well, or as quickly, as their english speaking classmates?  Ask for some definitive proof that past social legialation actually accomplished what was promised.  And then decide if you want to promote an individual who will – without a doubt – do further damage to minority communities.  ’Vote for Change’?  Hardly.  Rename your gathering, ‘Vote to continue to limit minority opportunities and advancement’. That pretty much sums it up – well put!

Oh, horseshit.  You free enterprise fuckwits set things up so Enron and hundreds of others like it could do their damndest to steal everything that isn’t nailed down and pollute what’s left!  It’s time for a change!!! Charles Nemo http://members.aol.com/ChasNemo/index.html "Nemo is the Wal-Mart of the dark side, the one-stop superstore for everything ugly, from Satanism to Nazi occultism to serial killers." ~Forbidden Internet Magazine #1 (May 2001)

Response:

Bands Gather to Stump Against Bush By LARRY McSHANE, AP NEW YORK (Aug. 4) – In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts – including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks – will perform fund-raising concerts one month before the Nov. 2 election in an effort to unseat President Bush. "At some point, you can’t sit still," says Eddie Vedder, seated next to Bruce Springsteen and several other ‘Vote For Change’ artists.   The shows, which will begin Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania, will take an unusual approach: as many as six concerts on a single day in cities across the states expected to decide the November presidential race. Other stops on the tour are North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and the key state in 2000, Florida. "We’re trying to put forward a group of progressive ideals and change the administration in the White House,” Springsteen told The Associated Press in the most overtly political statements of his 30-year career. "That’s the success or failure, very clear cut and very simple.” The artists of different generations and genres will tour under the name "Vote For Change,” with shows Oct. 1-8. But the money generated will go to America Coming Together, which promises on its Web site to "derail the right-wing Republican agenda by defeating George W. Bush.” The anticipated millions of dollars will be spent in the swing states before the presidential election, said ACT president Ellen Malcolm. The shows will be presented by MoveOn Pac, the electoral arm of the liberal interest group MoveOn.org, with an official announcement expected Wednesday. There was no immediate word on prices for tickets, which were going on sale for all shows Aug. 21. The shows will pair artists, such as Springsteen and REM or the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor. There will be 34 shows in 28 cities. Natalie Maines, of the Dixie Chicks, who memorably told a London audience last year that she was ashamed to share her home state of Texas with Bush, echoed a Springsteen comment that this was the most important election of their lives. Artist Lineup  

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