Re: Raging Grannies

[Guest guest]

Clay wrote:

>...As I was leaving, I heard a rousing chorus of song by six elderly

>women. They had quite an audience there. When they finished, I

>walked up to one and said, " If I could have a copy of that, I would post

>in on the internet. " She said it's already there, and gave me their card.

>So here's the URL to the lyrics page of their website. So ya know,

>they don't think much of Bush or Cheney, or their wars. Clay

>

>http://www.rochesterraginggrannies.org/lyrics.htm

:-)

There are Raging Grannies all over the country, including

a group here in Seattle.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Jane wrote:

http://www.rochesterraginggrannies.org/lyrics.htm

> :-)

> There are Raging Grannies all over the country,

> including a group here in Seattle.

Yeah, I was going to put in a little note, like,

(check it out, Jane), but I figured you'd already

heard about them. No, not anything related to age,

but because of their anti-war objective. In " About

Us " , it said there are over 60 " gaggles of grannies "

across Canada and the US. Are you a big reader of

Maureen Dowd and Molly Ivins? I can enjoy them in

our local newspaper.

Clay

[Guest guest]

adamsCLAYADAMS@... wrote:

> We're the Raging Grannies and we're here to take a stand Against the

> senseless killing raging in Afghanistan, In Haiti and in the Mideast,

> Iraq, and every land, We rage to end all war!

And here, on the three year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, they

somehow forgot to mention *that* senseless killing. Going after the

people in Afghanistan that had a part in this is *not* senseless.

> Chorus: No more military action

Right! We'll just let anyone run roughshod over us. Next time someone

flies a plane into a building, we'll beg the terrorists for forgiveness,

and ask them how we can possibly make up for the wrong WE have done to

THEM. We'll just forget about the thousands of Americans they kill.

> We declare dissatisfaction With

> greedy politicians Who make war with nukes and guns!

They are using nukes? I must have missed that.

> We rage to end

> all war!

Yeah! War never solved anything! Oh, except the Holocaust, slavery,

ethnic cleansing...

> We put away our knitting, tuck the grand kids into bed, Throw on our

> shawls and aprons, put our hats upon our heads. Inspired by the folks

> in Spain, we do not lightly tread, We rage to end all war!

You find it inspiring that a country was attacked once by terrorists,

and they gave in? Capitulating to terrorists is good? Spain made a

huge mistake there-- all the world's terrorists know that Spain will do

whatever terrorists want if you kill a few Spaniards. Just do whatever

the nice terrorists say and everything will be fine. Hooo-kay.

> Chorus: No more militarization! We are raging at our nation For

> spending all our taxes To destroy, exploit, and kill. We rage to end

> all war!

Destroy, exploit, and kill. Sure. Not defend. Do I have to remind

these people about who started this war three years ago today?

> Chorus: No more lies from Dick and Georgie! We deplore their

> wartime orgy! With Granny clothes and voices strong, We'll fight with

> all our might Until we end all war!

World War II could have been prevented if everyone had just let Hitler

do whatever he wanted. I am sure that would have been a LOT better to

these oldsters, right? War can always be prevented if you're willing to

bend over for anyone that wants to conquer, steal, or kill. We could

have avoided the War of 1812 by surrendering to the English invaders...

why not?

[Guest guest]

Clay wrote:

>...Are you a big reader of

>Maureen Dowd and Molly Ivins? I can enjoy them in

>our local newspaper.

I'm not very familiar with M. Dowd, but I read M.Ivins

in " The Progressive " (a monthly magazine).

Jane