[Dialogue] NEWS FROM THE HEARTLAND

[Marge Philbrook]

This is the most encouraging idea I've heard. People have complained about
current songs but this is the opposite of complaint.  Marge

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:28 PM, David & Lin Zahrt <chbnb at netins.net>
wrote:

> Don't know how many of you watch NOW and BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL on PBS.
> That's almost the only TV I watch. It comes on Friday evening around here.
> Last Friday both David B. and Bill M. did a good deal of coverage on the
> affect of the lobby industry on the political decision making.
>
> Some of you may know that I desire to write some parables, or get them
> written, put them to song, and begin to send the message, via song, that its
> time to make the shift from Empire to Earth Community. In the
> best-of-all-possible-worlds I would convene a vocal ensemble of some kind.
> The one I'm most familiar with is Barbershop Quartet. It could be a vocal
> ensemble of any kind. Once we get the group identified, the lyrics and the
> music worked up, we can work in dispersion and convene on occasion, and
> immediately prior to an event, to polish our presentation. The group might
> be named the Parabolics; or the Parody Partners!
>
> Meanwhile I've been preparing to have the 'ammunition' needed to begin
> creating songs and set a new story loose. I did a Song Writing workshop in
> Ames Fri nite, Apr 4, for an Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
> Leadership Workshop <www.*iowa*cci.org/>. Sometime last year CCI helped
> Lorimor, IA, a community in which we worked in the early 80's, deny the
> construction of a Confinement Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) nearby the
> town of Lorimor.
>
> There were about 20 people in attendance for a CCI Leadership Weekend
> Workshop. After some contextual work on the issues we finally broke into
> three groups. One of the groups came up with this song.
>
> *TUNE: I've Been Working On the Railroad*
>
> 

I've been workin' on elections
, trying to change the way...
>
> Would somebody please list-en
, to what I have to say?
>
> 

Can't you hear the people shouting
."Let us have our VOICE"
>
> 
It's time the politicians pay attention, They need to make the right
> choice.
>
> 
(Chorus)
> Big Money's gotta go.
> Big Money's gotta go.
> 
Big Money's gotta go away..y.
> Big Money's gotta go.
> Big Money's gotta go.
> 
Big Money's gotta go away.
>
> Who's in the pocket of Big Bucks?
> Betcha' it's people we know..o..o..o
> 
Guess who's in the Pocket of the Big Bucks??
> GOOD GRIEF: THEY'VE GOTTA GO!!
> V-O-I-C-E, V-O-I-C-E, V-O-I-C-E-e-e.
> V-O-I-C-E, V-O-I-C-E, Voter Owned Iowa Clean Elections.
>
> David
>
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