Buffy Saint Marie reads poem "The War Racket"

[chaobitz]

was in DC in 03,many tens of thousands of us protesting a war that hadn't even begun yet. next day the newspaper mentioned the demonstration and on the front page was a big picture of maybe a dozen people in a counter-demonstration across the plaza. seig heil to the war racket and a million dead Mesopotamians, women and children

[n8glenn]

In mississippi, there were maybe four or five people demonstrating against the war, and they were on the news, being attacked, dodging fists and bottles, and we all thought it was funny, even the news anchors thought it was funny to see them being smashed in the face for standing on a street corner with a guitar singing bob dylan songs. But that was mississippi.

[wpine]

and now we can add Obama's name to Bush and all the other war mongers. She must have read "War is a Racket" by General Major Smedley Butler - read it!

Republicans and Democrats are the same - puppets ... strings pulled by -

you fill in the blank.

[bigcree]

Thankyou Buffy! Hai hai! Well met!

[onegaryc]

Those who are against war are at war.

[shpongledmonk]

I'm at peace with the fact that war is wrong.

[itzahazylife]

i wrote something like this, but THIS is amazing

[52barney]

This was the best thing about my 56th

birthday.

[musicdatabase]

happy birthday barney!!!!

[GreenSangha]

This is an amazing poem and I am so happy to know that Buffy is still organizing, agitating, and speaking out against injustice. You go, woman! Namaste