David Rovics Sings, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"

David Rovics sings his popular ballad, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" He is a Boston-based singer and songwriter. Rovics appeared at the "Baltimore Speak-Out for Peace in Iraq" event. It was sponsored by the Baltimore United for Peace and Justice group. Virginia Rodino served as the Moderator. The affair was held at St. Vincent de Paul's RC Church.

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• antiwar
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[rambojoe2323]

looks like someone forgot to send you a Christmas card this year. X D

David Rovics 08!

[blu3vibration]

Christ... Jesus wouldn't do any of these things! This is awful!

He'd bomb the Romans.

[bradryba]

awesome song

[neil67d]

Great song. Good to see some Americans making decent comments and understanding Irony. The stereotype of you guys isn't good. Always knew it was wrong.

[bodryn]

@Jpom22 Good for you. And in case you didn't know, the great writer Jack London came from a lower class background and hardly any formal schooling. He was a favorite of mine from a young age, and that told me that formal education wasn't necessary to be a great writer. His novel Martin Eden is considered something of an autobiographical novel. I wanted to write, too, but got addicted to writing computer programs :-(

[Jpom22]

@bodryn i can relate - did very well in metal and wood shops in HS, loved refurbishing old apts in brooklyn, worked with a blind carpenter friend for a while, loved it. but crafting a good short story is my passion, now that i'm in my mid 60s. also write screenplays, which are really blueprints for the final products: short and feature films, half-hour series, etc. Not having had anything produced yet, i dont know how satisfying the results of these efforts are. hope to find out one day.

[bodryn]

@Jpom22 I found that in the academic world, there is always somebody who feels superior because they went to an Ivy league university, so that means they are smart and you aren't. I was really disappointed to find the academic world has a kind of gotcha quality, and they think the working classes suffer a lot just from physical labor. Actually I found the world of mechanical skills much more rewarding; farm machinery, carpentry tools, machine tools, etc.

[Jpom22]

@bodryn I can definitely dig that. the class war rages red these days. the "intellectual elite" sicken me almost as much as the wealthy who "think who the hell they are", as my fellow workers used to say (i'm retired for about a dozen years or so). and geniuses (genii?) frequently lack even the semblance of social grace or even common courtesy, but i cut them slack also. after all, they have more on their mind than most. 3 degrees! impressive. i'm about 12 credits from a BS in anthro-linguistics

[bodryn]

@Jpom22 You have a point, but as someone who had 2 very intelligent parents who didn't have the chance to finish high school, and having found such uneducated people easiest to work with, despite my having 3 university degrees, I like to cut ordinary folks some slack. Besides I ran into terminal snobbishness among others similarly educated. I found them often lacking in rudimentary conscience, etc. So this colors my opinions.

[Jpom22]

@bodryn- i DID write 'lol', then said grammar didnt matter but getting into what works or doesnt in the media, let's consider the philosophical/political implications of finding the lowest common denominator in media art. dunno how you feel about 'rap' but i fuckin hate it. looping 4 measures of real music and putting lyrics over it is not art imho, but MAN, it sure sells! meaning it reaches the "common folk". my moral compass impels me to try to lift the uneducated ignorant, not stoop to them.

[bodryn]

@timothyxmcveigh Charles Proteus Steinmetz probably wouldn't be competitive in some milieus. Despite his brilliance, he probably would have suffered a lot of cruelty. His survival would depend on there being a certain amount of kindness in his world. Trying to fight human nature is sometimes a function of government, to allow the cream to rise to the top, to benefit not just one, but many.