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an oldie but goodie & pete seeger, great patriot - glum perspective from a glum burg - carlalafong's Blog - Bakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/carlalafong/22248 www.snopes.com , the urban legend buster, describes this as containing "degrees of truthfulness" and also, of course, subjectivity. Listed also are two other sites (one called "Crossbearer," which  certainly suggests a subjective perspective) that it says one can go to to check the veracity of the resume's "facts." Reading it might cause a sane person to feel a certain mordant satisfaction... and then want to weep for the "state of things." www.snopes.com/politics/bush/resume.asp Last night  a documentary on the Pete Seeger was shown on PBS. 36 years ago and more, he was singing that this country's people, specifically its poor, need shelter, food, and schools, not to be ignored and/or sent to war as cannon fodder. When his patriotism was questioned because of his anti-war stance, Seeger replied, "Was Lincoln unpatriotic when he opposed the Mexican War?" BRING 'EM HOME   If you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring all troops back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   It will make the generals sad, I know Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They want to tangle with the foe Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   They want to test their weaponry Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Here is their big fallacy Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Our foe is hunger and ignorance Bring 'em home, bring 'em home You can't beat that with bombs and guns Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   I may be right, I may be wrong Bring 'em home, bring 'em home But I got a right to sing this song Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Spoken Isn't that the wonderful thing about America. You got a right to be wrong. Where else in the world can we do it like we can do it here ? And back in 1965 when I first wrote this song it was "If you love your Uncle Sam Support our boys in Vietnam Bring 'em home" And if you all sing that chorus with me we can raise the ceiling a little higher. Hooray for the United States of America and the right to speak your mind.   There's one thing I must confess Bring 'em home, bring 'em home I'm not really a pacifist Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   If an army invaded this land of mine Bring 'em home, bring 'em home You'd find me out on the firing line Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Show those generals a fallacy Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They don't have the right weaponry Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   For defence you need common sense Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They don't have the right armaments Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   The world needs teachers, books and schools Bring 'em home, bring 'em home And learning a few universal rules Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   So now we don't want to fight for oil Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Underneath some foreign soil Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   So if you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring all troops back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Words & Music : Pete Seeger       www.snopes.com , the urban legend buster, describes this as containing "degrees of truthfulness" and also, of course, subjectivity. Listed also are two other sites (one called "Crossbearer," which  certainly suggests a subjective perspective) that it says one can go to to check the veracity of the resume's "facts." Reading it might cause a sane person to feel a certain mordant satisfaction... and then want to weep for the "state of things." www.snopes.com/politics/bush/resume.asp Last night  a documentary on the Pete Seeger was shown on PBS. 36 years ago and more, he was singing that this country's people, specifically its poor, need shelter, food, and schools, not to be ignored and/or sent to war as cannon fodder. When his patriotism was questioned because of his anti-war stance, Seeger replied, "Was Lincoln unpatriotic when he opposed the Mexican War?" BRING 'EM HOME   If you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring all troops back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   It will make the generals sad, I know Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They want to tangle with the foe Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   They want to test their weaponry Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Here is their big fallacy Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Our foe is hunger and ignorance Bring 'em home, bring 'em home You can't beat that with bombs and guns Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   I may be right, I may be wrong Bring 'em home, bring 'em home But I got a right to sing this song Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Spoken Isn't that the wonderful thing about America. You got a right to be wrong. Where else in the world can we do it like we can do it here ? And back in 1965 when I first wrote this song it was "If you love your Uncle Sam Support our boys in Vietnam Bring 'em home" And if you all sing that chorus with me we can raise the ceiling a little higher. Hooray for the United States of America and the right to speak your mind.   There's one thing I must confess Bring 'em home, bring 'em home I'm not really a pacifist Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   If an army invaded this land of mine Bring 'em home, bring 'em home You'd find me out on the firing line Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Show those generals a fallacy Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They don't have the right weaponry Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   For defence you need common sense Bring 'em home, bring 'em home They don't have the right armaments Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   The world needs teachers, books and schools Bring 'em home, bring 'em home And learning a few universal rules Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   So now we don't want to fight for oil Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Underneath some foreign soil Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   So if you love this land of the free Bring 'em home, bring 'em home Bring all troops back from overseas Bring 'em home, bring 'em home   Words & Music : Pete Seeger       en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:44:08 PST Feb 28, 2008 at 10:02 AM : Bring 'em home. <p>Bring 'em home.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/carlalafong/22248/#c_203384 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/carlalafong/22248/#c_203384 <p>Bring 'em home.</p> Feb 28, 2008 at 12:02 PM : That man is a National... <p><span style="font-size: small;">That man is a National Treasure.</span></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/carlalafong/22248/#c_203458 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/carlalafong/22248/#c_203458 <p><span style="font-size: small;">That man is a National Treasure.</span></p>