[Dialogue] NEWS FROM THE HEARTLAND

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Good work, David!  Thanks for sharing.  Jann McGuire
 
In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:31:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
chbnb at netins.net writes:

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.iowacci.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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