Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Revolution

Really hearing the words of Brian McNeill's "No Gods and Precious Few Heroes" as sung by Dick Gaughan:

Farewell to the heather in the glen
They cleared us off once and they'd do it all again
For they still prefer sheep to thinking men
Ah, but men who think like sheep are even better
There's nothing much to choose between the old laird and the new
They still don't give a damn for the likes of me and you
Just mind you pay your rent to the factor when it's due
And mind your bloody manners when you pay!
Or,
We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
And the side that holds the shotgun sings the song
Or,

That’s the thing I find the most important about the sermon Dr. King delivered here that day. He did not direct his demands to the government of the United States, which was escalating the war. He issued a direct appeal to the people of the United States, calling on us to break our own silence, and to take responsibility for bringing about what he called a revolution of values.

A revolution whose starting point is personal responsibility, of course, but whose animating force is the belief that we cannot stand idly by and wait for others to right the wrongs of the world.

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The Bosses only call it "Class War" when we fight back.

3 days to proposal drop.
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Now playing: Dick Gaughan - No Gods And Precious Few Heroes

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