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

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 3:26 AM, Richard Hammersley wrote:

> 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.

The fact that Obama is HALF black and HALF white has nothing to do  
with it. 52% voted one way, 47% another and 1% another. If you were  
to put 53 people on one side of a room and 47 on the other, you would  
be hard pressed to be able to pick which side of the room had more  
occupants.  Ergo: the country is nearly split on this issue. Are you  
slapping 48% of America in the face?
> 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:

As soon as Italy elects an Etheopean, France elects a Taureg, Britain  
elects a Kenyan, Swiitzerland elects  Phillipino, Spain elects a  
Mayan, Japan elects a Mongolian, Germany elects a Jew, Poland elects  
a Pygmy, Canada elects a Korean, Russia elects an Afghani, I MAY be  
willing to listen to all this drivel.
> 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.

I have no idea of what Christelle expected, nor do I understand why  
you bring this up. I don't profess to meddle in your politics. A  
country that once hung their flag over 30% of the entire WORLD?

smokey-joe
> 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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