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The Boss favors Kerry
| Thu, 08-05-2004 - 8:35am |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/04/entertainment/main633928.shtml
"Born in the U.S.A." indeed.
| Thu, 08-05-2004 - 8:35am |
"Born in the U.S.A." indeed.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40976-2004Aug4.html
"Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me"
Most celebrities (heck even most citizens) couldn't pass a basic citizenship test, their opinion is worth exactly...zilch.
All of us, have our reasons for wanting to enter the voting booth this fall, theirs is no more or less valid than anyone elses.
It's a rather ingenious strategy really if you read and looked at how they're going to break down each act in different areas of the same state on the same days.
Moveon, definitely has their ship together.
Then let us not forget to laud MTV and their Choose or Lose campaign, where you can visit their "Vote Smart" area that provides links to nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to informing young people on voting, and sites like FactCheck.org that "monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."
Of course, maybe people don't pay attention to the MTV Choose or Lose motto of 'Vote for Something' because it's just not as media-catchy as 'Vote for Change'.
Do you believe this election is 'special' or unique in any ways? I'll admit, before 2 years ago my political interest and knowledge was as slim as a crack addict.
I also supported Bush in 2000.
Gee what happened? Could it have been Iraq?
Notice how it all went Kaka for Bush and his administration after Iraq.
LOL...what an analogy!
"Do you believe this election is 'special' or unique in any ways?"
For me, yes and no. No because I still, as it was 4 years ago, feel rather ambiguous in respect to both candidates. Yes, because I didn't dislike Gore as *much* as I dislike Kerry. Fact of the matter is, I'm getting tired of voting for "the least worst" and wonder if I will ever be able to vote for the one I really *want* in office.
sigh...
Chords for Change
By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Published: August 5, 2004
A nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be American: about the distinctive identity and position we have in the world, and how that position is best carried. I've tried to write songs that speak to our pride and criticize our failures.
These questions are at the heart of this election: who we are, what we stand for, why we fight. Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. Instead, I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane foreign policy, freedom and a decent life for all of our citizens. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out.
Through my work, I've always tried to ask hard questions. Why is it that the wealthiest nation in the world finds it so hard to keep its promise and faith with its weakest citizens? Why do we continue to find it so difficult to see beyond the veil of race? How do we conduct ourselves during difficult times without killing the things we hold dear? Why does the fulfillment of our promise as a people always seem to be just within grasp yet forever out of reach?
I don't think John Kerry and John Edwards have all the answers. I do believe they are sincerely interested in asking the right questions and working their way toward honest solutions. They understand that we need an administration that places a priority on fairness, curiosity, openness, humility, concern for all America's citizens, courage and faith.
People have different notions of these values, and they live them out in different ways. I've tried to sing about some of them in my songs. But I have my own ideas about what they mean, too. That is why I plan to join with many fellow artists, including the Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, Jurassic 5, James Taylor and Jackson Browne, in touring the country this October. We will be performing under the umbrella of a new group called Vote for Change. Our goal is to change the direction of the government and change the current administration come November.
Like many others, in the aftermath of 9/11, I felt the country's unity. I don't remember anything quite like it. I supported the decision to enter Afghanistan and I hoped that the seriousness of the times would bring forth strength, humility and wisdom in our leaders. Instead, we dived headlong into an unnecessary war in Iraq, offering up the lives of our young men and women under circumstances that are now discredited. We ran record deficits, while simultaneously cutting and squeezing services like afterschool programs. We granted tax cuts to the richest 1 percent (corporate bigwigs, well-to-do guitar players), increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of "one nation indivisible."
It is through the truthful exercising of the best of human qualities - respect for others, honesty about ourselves, faith in our ideals - that we come to life in God's eyes. It is how our soul, as a nation and as individuals, is revealed. Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/05/opinion/05bruce.html
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