November 6th, 2008
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practice Sat Nov 8 at Fran Klinger’s 1pm
Regular practice Monday Nov 10, Rachael’s Cafe, 5pm
November 5th, 2008
Children’s Plea: Give us a Future
Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
Lyrics by Nancy Goedert,
Raging Grannies of Detroit
OU-R children cry out to us
GIVE us a future.
YOU broke our beautiful world
AND you can’t fix it.
You DROVE a hole through the o-Ozone layer
We FEAR to play in the sun now
Skin CANcer looms as future doom.
And YOU can’t fix it.
YOU destroyed the ra-in forests
With OXygen they made
And HAbitats that they gave
And YOU can’t fix it.
You DROVE to extinction
THOUsands of animals
For-ever and for-ever
And YOU can’t fix it.
You TELL us to clean up our mess
While YOU make nuclear waste
POIson water, air and land,
And YOU can’t fix it.
You TEACH us to share
TELL us not to fight
But HAVES don’t share with have-nots
AND, you make war.
You SAY that you love us
Make ACTions match your words
Stop doing what you cannot fix.
STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!
November 5th, 2008
Immigrant Song
Thanks to Grandma Gillian in Denver
To the tune of Frere Jacques
WELCOME, WELCOME, IMMIGRANTE
WILKOMMEN, BIENVENUE
YOU COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT LANDS
WE’RE ALWAYS PROUD TO SHAKE YOUR HANDS
WELCOME HOME,
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME, WELCOME, IMMIGRANTE
WILKOMMEN, BIENVENUE
BLONDE OR BLACK OR BROWN OR GRAY
WE JUST HOPE YOU’RE HERE TO STAY
WELCOME HOME,
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME, WELCOME, IMMIGRANTE
BIENVENIDOS, NIENVENIDOS
WELCOME TO OUR TOWNS AND FARMS,
WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS,
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME HOME,
WELCOME HOME
November 5th, 2008
Cindy Sheehan’s Campaign HQ’s attacked…..volunteers harrassed at polls
At 3a.m. on October 30th, all of the front windows of the Cindy Sheehan for Congress campaign offices were shattered. Although staffers had been in the office less than an hour earlier, no one was in the building at the time of the incident. Cindy Sheehan was a candidate for Congress in California’s 8th Congressional District race against incumbent Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)……Pelosi is claiming a victory.
Read about the HQ attack here.
Evidently, Sheehan campaign volunteers were harassed at San Francisco polling sites. This is very disturbing. This article details what happened at the polls.
November 2nd, 2008
Lost My Freedom …….. to the tune of Clementine
Lost My Freedoms
[Tune: Clementine]
Lost my freedoms, lost my freedoms,
Lost the whole darn Bill of Rights!
Gonzales thought t’was patriotic
To lock us up all good and tight!
If you’re not with ‘em, you’re against ‘em,
Better not protest or think!
If you don’t spy on your neighbor,
They will throw you in the clink.
If you’re an immigrant or dissenter,
Better watch out what you say!
They will call you “un-American” and
Lock you up in Guantanimo Bay.
No attorney, no good reason,
They’ll just hold you in the jail.
Not a letter, not a phone call,
No one there to post your bail.
If you think as we all once did
Tha-at this can’t happen here,
Stick your head into the sand, and
Say goodbye to your derriere.
It’s time to speak out, time to sing out!
Time to shout out loud and clear:
Our civil liberties must be protected
Or they just might disappear.
Here in Florida, s’well as elsewhere,
Here’s the message that we bring:
The Patriot Act is un-American —
Let freedom ring, let freedom ring!
November 2nd, 2008
To the Tune of Camptown Races
To tune of Camptown Races
Raging Grannies sing this song
(Sit up! Listen!)
To show the “Christian Right” is wrong
In ev’rything they say.
Angry faces, filled with hate,
Taunt you, scold you,
Because your choice of a lifetime mate
Blew their brains away.
Chorus: (sung to the homophobes)
God would not approve
Of all the hate you spew.
Keep your dogma to yourself –
We don’t all think like you.
What gives them the right to say
(Who knows? Not us.)
That like with like is not the way,
And we must all obey?
Kids all need a loving home
(Oh yes, they do)
In a fam’ly, not alone,
Get out of those kids’ way!
Chorus: (sung to the homophobes)
You are not “The Lord,”
And we cannot afford
Your twisted dogma down our throats;
The world is not your ward.
Chorus (FINALE):
Two moms? Two dads? Okay!
So toss those laws away.
Love is love and we approve –
That’s what the Grannies say!
(Please note that I don’t have credits for this song….feel free to update that information!)
November 2nd, 2008
We are invited to sing at the Emeriti House Feb 4
Title: We are invited to sing at the Emeriti House Feb 4
Location: Emeriti House
Description: This is another event up for discussion. Obviously more details needed.
Date: 2009-02-04
