Comments on: Late Late Nite – Phil Ochs and Hanging Chads http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:36:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1153185 MarkH Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:24:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1153185 <blockquote><p>Lindsey Graham put a hold on the bill banning torture - Reid is honoring that one. </p></blockquote> <p>Harry’s got some serious splainin’ to do.</p>

Lindsey Graham put a hold on the bill banning torture – Reid is honoring that one.

Harry’s got some serious splainin’ to do.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1153156 MarkH Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:16:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1153156 <blockquote><p>Icelandic tourist to US held for two days, shackled, deported — over a ten-year-old visa mistake<br /> from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow </p></blockquote> <p>Do ya think the NeoCons want to turn Europe into an enemy, so they can create WWIV at some future date? Just think of the profits!</p> <p>Crazy morons with power — a dangerous combination.</p>

Icelandic tourist to US held for two days, shackled, deported — over a ten-year-old visa mistake
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Do ya think the NeoCons want to turn Europe into an enemy, so they can create WWIV at some future date? Just think of the profits!

Crazy morons with power — a dangerous combination.

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151525 wigwam Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:45:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151525 <p>Hmmmmm. A stopped clock is right twice a day.</p> Hmmmmm. A stopped clock is right twice a day.

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151521 wigwam Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:39:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151521 <p>Perhaps a scare tactic by the Coal Lobby?</p> Perhaps a scare tactic by the Coal Lobby?

]]> By: MarieRoget http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151507 MarieRoget Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:47:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151507 <p>Great thread, great song. Insomniac theatre here, but I’ve got to get up early as well, so time to try to hit the sack (again). If you’re looking for social consciousness/protest songs, Phil Ochs’ “There But for Fortune” is a poignant one.</p> <p>Covered by many folkies, here by Joan Baez in a concert where she leads off with “500 Miles”:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKclOiR_9s" rel="nofollow">Joan Baez- 500 Miles & There But for Fortune</a></p> Great thread, great song. Insomniac theatre here, but I’ve got to get up early as well, so time to try to hit the sack (again). If you’re looking for social consciousness/protest songs, Phil Ochs’ “There But for Fortune” is a poignant one.

Covered by many folkies, here by Joan Baez in a concert where she leads off with “500 Miles”:

Joan Baez- 500 Miles & There But for Fortune

]]> By: bernarda http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151501 bernarda Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:31:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151501 <p>In a previous thread I gave a few anti-war songs for We Fight Back. There are also social protest songs, like Phil Ochs - “Joe Hill”.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmyRip9OTZk" rel="nofollow">JH</a></p> <p>There is also Joe Hill’s “Preacher and the Slave”.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0p6_g9GapM" rel="nofollow">PS</a></p> In a previous thread I gave a few anti-war songs for We Fight Back. There are also social protest songs, like Phil Ochs – “Joe Hill”.

JH

There is also Joe Hill’s “Preacher and the Slave”.

PS

]]> By: Smgumby http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151498 Smgumby Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:40:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151498 <p>Lindsey Graham put a hold on the bill banning torture - Reid is honoring that one.</p> Lindsey Graham put a hold on the bill banning torture – Reid is honoring that one.

]]> By: Smgumby http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151497 Smgumby Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:32:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151497 <p>I’m looking for a list of holds that Reid is honoring from Republicans.</p> I’m looking for a list of holds that Reid is honoring from Republicans.

]]> By: Hmmm http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151496 Hmmm Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:15:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151496 <p>Hokay, I’m off to bed too. Some truly amazing stuff on the Dodd thread, can’t wait to hear it read on CSPAN-2. See a bunch of you back here in the morning — dream sweetly in the meantime.</p> Hokay, I’m off to bed too. Some truly amazing stuff on the Dodd thread, can’t wait to hear it read on CSPAN-2. See a bunch of you back here in the morning — dream sweetly in the meantime.

]]> By: tw3k http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151494 tw3k Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:00:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/late-late-nite-phil-ochs-and-hanging-chads/#comment-1151494 <p>lol</p> lol

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