Re: [Harp-L] I put up a Veterans Day video with Gwen Foster

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No disrespect to veterans, but I am interested that commemorating  
warriors on this list is apparently a non-contentious, non-political  
issue, whereas celebrating the first non white american in the White  
House IS a contentious, political issue!! Yet war is of course  
politics pursued by violent means.

I hope this is only a reflection of the relatively aged profile of the  
active list members (with a few exceptions) - older Americans did not  
vote as much for Obama - rather than the continuing systemic tolerance  
of violence and intolerance of race in the USA that many of us  
Europeans fear. Harmonica content before I get lashed:

I found it quite sad that a list devoted to an instrument popularised  
in part by blues musicians of colour were unable to collectively  
celebrate there being a black man as president-elect WHATEVER his  
mainstream politics. That is all Christelle expected. You should be  
ashamed of yourselves.

Love, peace and democracy to all

Richard

On 12 Nov 2008, at 02:17, Dave Payne, Elk River Harmonicas wrote:

> Again thanks. Below is the Veterans Day video I made with Gwen  
> Foster (w/ Carolina Twins) doing "It's On to War I'm Going" for the  
> backing track.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhql7Hekgw0
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