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This thread is a tribute to Skinner and everyone on DU. I get the feeling the pendulum is beginning to swing back and we have a lot to be proud of here. Hopefully I can post this again after the midterms after even better news.
Before last years elections I felt so worried about the direction of our country. Tragically thousands had died and been mutilated by the actions of this Administration and the lies and manipulation that lead us into War stunned me. The list of things that disgusted me was a mile long and continues to grow every day. I felt almost hopeless when Bush was proclaimed the winner again after what I thought had been a complete disaster of a first term. I worried our country was slipping away and becoming something so foreign and against our founding principles I could no longer have faith in what we stood for. Still I retained a tiny flicker of hope and my will to fight welled up into a passion and I became a regular here on DU. I had never been active in politics before. I had never even voted before. I was jolted into taking action because I felt it was my duty as a citizen of the United States to fight to preserve the Country I love. I have learned so much from so many of you! Their are so many brilliant, kind, hard working people here who are the truest patriots and defenders of our founding documents and for human liberty. You are all an inspiration and it's great to know we are apart of something powerful and great here.
I am posting the Lyrics of 'Times They Are A Changing' because for the first time I am beginning to feel a sense that perhaps the people of our Country are waking up. That the thousands of letters to the editor those here on DU have written have had an impact. That the many angry e-mails to our leaders and media perhaps have started to sink in, that we are making a positive difference here on DU! I have a feeling that Karma and poetic justice is beginning to emerge and the current administration's power is withering.
Keep up the hard work everyone and remember, the Times They Are A Changing and YOU have been a big part of it! I want to thank Skinner for this website! It gives me meaning and purpose and an opportunity to be with like minded people who share the same values and goals for our country and the world we live in. It allows us to work together as a team.
Thank you Skinner! These lyrics are for you and everyone on DU! We are making a positive difference and their is hope after all!
PS If you have Bob Dylan or Judy Collins version at hand throw it in your tape or CD player and read along. The words are powerfully ironic to where we are now. They will give you chills and hope and the inspiration to keep up the good fight.
Times They Are A Changing! Bob Dylan
Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a changing
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pens
And keep your eyes open, the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon, the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
Oh the loser will be later to win
For the times, they are a changing
Come senators, congressmen, please head the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be her that has stalled
The battle outside ragging will soon shake your windows
And rattle your hall
For the times, they are a changing
Come mothers and fathers all over this land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughter are beyond your command
Your old role is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
For the times they are a changing
The line, it is drawn, the curse, it is cast
The slow one will later be fast
And the present now will soon be the past
The order is rapidly fading
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a changing
:party: :toast: :bounce: :hippie: O8) :7 :dem: :loveya: :grouphug: :hug: :pals: :headbang: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot:
Feel free to express gratitude toward Skinner for giving us such a magnificent website. This is what it's all about friends!
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