January 11th, 2011

Where to find the Hoosier Raging Grannies in January


January 16 (Sun)2:30 at the Buskirk Chumley preceding SICKO and Wendall Potter.
January 21 (Fri)11;30-12:30 along Kirkwood in support of The People’s Summit
And January 22 (Sat)1:30-2:30 MCPL for PRICELE$$ Screening
PRICELE$$
” The cost of running for office has grown so large that only a tiny sliver of Americans can donate anything significant, or dream of running themselves. America’s current electoral system forces elected representatives, in both parties, to rely on special interests for their job security. Large corporations in the oil industry, banking industry, agrichemical industry, and health insurance industry have more influence over our elected representatives than We the People. Is it any wonder we are so unhappy with the policies they make? PRICELE$$ is a one-hour documentary that diagnoses the problem, and introduces some possible solutions.”
Location:
MONROE CO PUBLIC LIBRARY (Bloomington, IN)

303 E Kirkwood
Bloomington, IN 47408
Maps:

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January 10th, 2011

Tax Cuts for the Rich


TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH

sung to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

lyrics by Paul Smith & Linda Greene

Obama’s seen the glory of the tax cuts for the rich;
He got them through the congress without a single hitch;
Higher taxes for the poor will leave them clean without a stitch;
It’s tax cuts for the rich!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Tax cuts for the rich will screw ya!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Wall Street is marching on.

The rich are getting richer while the poor go down the tubes
Corp’rate CEOs are just a bunch of greedy boobs;
The rich will get more riches while the rest of us will lose.
It’s tax cuts for the rich!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Tax cuts for the very rich will screw ya!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! The rich are marching on.

The rich ignore the limits that the rest of us all heed;

There really is no limit to their endless forms of greed;

They’re gonna tax the rest of us until we start to bleed.

It’s tax cuts for the rich!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Tax cuts for the rich will screw ya!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! The plutocrats push on.

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January 2nd, 2011

Fox News song


Fox News by Paul Smith

Tune: If I Only Had a Brain (Wizard of Oz)

If you want some news that’s phony, politicized baloney

Fox News will lead the way.

They’ll mislead you and deceive you

Be careful or they’ll leave you

With only half a brain.

Glenn Beck is spewing nonsense, without any thought of cons’quence

Bill O’Reilly’s quite insane.

Newt Gingrich is a stinker,

Sean Hannity’s a big clinker.

If they only had a brain.

Oh, I can’t tell you why Fox News is so racist.

Sarah Palin uses words that don’t exist

Refudiate is quite a twist.

Denying global warming, it must be habit forming

They do it every day.

Casting doubt on the science, they most surely have a bias

Not to mention lack of brains.

Oh, I could tell you why Fox News is on the air:

Rupurt Murdoch is a right wing billionaire.

About the truth, he doesn’t care.

Like any corporation, they don’t care about the nation

It’s profit all the way.

Fox News will stop at nothin’ just to sell an egg mcmuffin,

They don’t care about your brain.

Fox News can kiss our fannies, cause we’re the Ragin Grannies

We’ll tell it like it is.

Turn off Fox and be wary, for the truth is often scary

But you’ve gotta use your brain.

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January 1st, 2011


[] For more info go to:  http://www.thepeoplesjourney.org/?cat=17
“Dear Afghanistan:” A New Year’s Call for Peace

While the US may be the world’s single super power in military terms, it faces another super power: the voices of war-weary millions who detest violence and killing.

In Afghanistan, in the United States, and among the populations of countries whose governments have joined the NATO coalition, millions of people are calling for an end to war in Afghanistan.

On New Year’s Day, 01/01/11, people around the world are invited to raise their voices, through Facebook, Twitter, Free Conference calls, Skype, and blogs at several websites in a massive refusal to accept this war any longer.

Let your New Year’s resolution be to stand for the people and end wars by sending a digital or spoken peacemaking message to people in Afghanistan.  By amassing millions of messages calling for peace, we can create yet another indication that ordinary people within and beyond Afghanistan have had enough of war.

Afghanistan’s people need food not bombs, health care not warfare and courage for peace, not war.  In the words of Abdulai, an Afghan teenager whose father was killed by the Taliban, the “Dear Afghanistan” campaign offers an alternative to the Obama administration’s most recent review of the war. Abdulai’s experiences of impoverishment, bereavement, and discrimination highlight realities that Afghans face every day. The U.S. government’s December review paid no attention to these conditions.

You can let Afghan people know that their lives matter as much as yours.  Assure them that the U.S. government’s war is unacceptable to you and that you are working to end it.

We can catch courage from one another, sparking a New Year’s momentum to put an end to war.

Follow the steps below to communicate the simple yet crucial demand:  Stop the Killing in Afghanistan.

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October 28th, 2010

Support Indiana Forest Alliance


Come support the IFA and hear the Hoosier Raging Grannies kick off the fundraiser  Wed Nov 3 at 7pm at Rachael’s Cafe

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October 23rd, 2010

Song updates


The Bicycle Song  (Raging Grannies 1993 songbook w/added verses)

Tune: Daisy, Daisy: Bicycle built for Two
Raging Grannies, we’re visiting at your place
Where there’s action we always show our face
When we see disturbing headlines
A light bulb pops in our minds
By day or night We sit and write
A song that we can share
 
We love singing of peace and environment
We hope you know exactly what is meant
We try to sing out loudly
And say the words out proudly
Though we have stiff backs and our voices may crack.
Our brains are still intact.
 

Daisy, Daisy, bicycling’s good for you

Driving’s crazy, cars spew out CO2

We know we should not disparage

An elegant motor carriage

But take a hike, or ride a bike

The environment will love you!

 

Don’t you wish that we had commuter trains,

Proper sidewalks and  bicycle friendly lanes?

Who needs that I-69 highway?

Why can’t they do it my way?

We’ll clean the air, have dough to spare

If only we used our brains.

 

Granny Rap from Victoria Grannies 

WE’RE REBEL RAGING GRANNIES AND WE’RE REALLY REALLY COOL.
WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY ICKY-PICKY RULE.
WE MIGHT BE OVER EIGHTY. WE MIGHT BE IN OUR TEENS.
WE BET YOU CAN’T TELL WHEN WE’RE WEARING OUR JEANS.
MAYBE WE’VE NO GRANDKIDS, MAYBE WE’VE GOT TEN.
WE MIGHT BE SQUARE OR GAY. WE MIGHT  BE MEN. 

WE DON’T DO APRONS AND WE DON’T DO BONNETS.
LACE WENT OUT ALONG WITH THOSE SONNETS.
WE WEAR WHAT WE LIKE AND WE LIKE WHAT WE WEAR.
WE MIGHT HAVE CURLERS OR SPIKES IN OUR HAIR.
YOU’RE INTO FLOWERS, WE THINK THAT’S FINE,
BUT DON’T EXPECT US TO TOE YOUR LINE.

WE WON’T BUST OUR HEADS DEFINING OUR MISSION
OR TRYING TO GET A UNIFIED POSITION.
WE WANT TO MAKE WAVES, WE WANT TO KICK ASS
AND NO ONE’S GONNA TELL US TO GET OFF THE GRASS.
TO BE A RAGING GRANNY IS AN ATTITUDE
IF YOU’VE GOT IT, FLAUNT IT, YOU’RE OUR KIND OF DUDE.

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October 18th, 2010

WILPF National Board meets in Bloomington


The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom national  board meeting will take place in Bloomington IN 10/23-24/2010.  Meetings (other than executive sessions) are open to the public and will be held in the McCloskey Rm, in City Hall, 401 N Morton St.
The Raging Grannies will sing at Sat’s dinner (sold out)
 

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