HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN GRAPHIC PORTRAYAL TO END THE WAR

[Jeffersons Ghost]

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

Bob Dylan in 1962
The Animals in 1966

There is a house in New Orleans


They call the Rising Sun


And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy


And God I know I'm one


My mother was a tailor


She sewed my new bluejeans


My father was a gamblin' man


Down in New Orleans


Now the only thing a gambler needs


Is a suitcase and trunk


And the only time he's satisfied


Is when he's on a drunk


Oh mother tell your children


Not to do what I have done


Spend your lives in sin and misery


In the House of the Rising Sun


Well, I got one foot on the platform


The other foot on the train
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/09/rescue_wideweb__430x262,1.jpg

I'm goin' back to New Orleans


To wear that ball and chain


Well, there is a house in New Orleans


They call the Rising Sun


And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy


And God I know I'm one


Please sign your name as a citizen co-sponsor of the Kerry Senate Resolution to end the war in Iraq.
http://www.johnkerry.com/action/deadline/?sc=e.20060410

[TomInTib]

1. Well, buddy, that was pretty Hard. Great work.

Damn

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. sorry to you and all my brothers who served while I did during Nam

I know it feels like a gaping wound every time I think of this shit in Iraq... Just when you think age might heal us and let it scar over, some draft-dodging fool decides th get richer by sending the next generation into "Harms Way." My son is old enough to get drafted but he's in college. Of course the way our Decider-in-Thief keeps changing the rules college might not keep him safe.

[TomInTib]

11. Oh, yeah, thanks for the reminder. k&r

[Jeffersons Ghost]

21. the real problem is a bunch of puss-filled scabs in DC...

I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 again last night... That DC decease needs a cure next November.

[peacetheonlyway]

2. beautiful montage of photos

wonderfully done, jeffersons ghost.... breathtaking
awe inspiring

even in its horror it tells the true reality of our situation.

good post...
jefferson would be proud.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. Jefferson wrote a great deal on the dangers of a "standing army."

thanks for the vote.

[peacetheonlyway]

7. jefferson

likely a very underrated president in all history...
Jefferson's interpretation of the first amendment in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (January 1, 1802):
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State."

"...that our civil rights have no dependence on religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics and geometry."
-jefferson

where is he now that we need him? rolling over in his grave no doubt..

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. did you sign the petition peacetheonlyway

welcome to DU

[peacetheonlyway]

9. have signed so many can't remember..

which one?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. the KERRY one at the bottom of the OP

as a citizen co-sponsor of his resolution to end the war... only a few days left to sign it! thanks for all the kicks

[Suich]

4. Excellent!

Recommended...

:thumbsup:

[peacetheonlyway]

6. kick again

want folks to see this....

[Jeffersons Ghost]

28. thanks for helping end a war for profit based on lies

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Heart-wrenching.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. I only wish I could do more to end this war

and put an end to the tyranny of a freedom stealing party. I owe it to my children and humanity in general.

[BrklynLiberal]

23. We each do the best we can. At least some of us have the awareness

that you verbalized. Obviously, those in the White House do not.

I owe it to my children and humanity in general.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

25. I wish I had the talent to put forth the idea, like this:

John Donne
Meditation XVII: No man is an island...

"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

[BrklynLiberal]

26. That is my sig line.

:D

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. yeah I just noticed, what a great sig line.

That quote has been a driving sentiment in my life for a long time... I call it being a citizen of the world and it's always nice to have another one, like you, post on my threads... Did you see the graphic thread I did with the Donne quote as a feature followed by the Simon; Garfunkel song, I AM A ROCK? I've seen you on many of the threads I started but I don't know if that was one of them.

[BrklynLiberal]

43. If you started it, I probably posted on it,and most likely bookmarked it.

I tend to pay close attention to your threads. They are allways worth reading. :thumbsup:

[Sydnie]

13. I think this might be my favorite song EVER

I have loved it since the first time I ever heard it. Still do.

Very well done.

thanks for doing it!

(and thanks for the earworm right before bed too! should make for some interesting dreams)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. I just hope I can get a few more signatures on the petition to end the war

[Sydnie]

19. I signed it before but give a kick for those that missed it n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

27. in these last remaining days, I'm trying to give everyone a chance

I was surprised by two Republicans yesterday that signed it... they both disliked Kerry but hated this damn republican war even more. Both will vote Democrat next Nov. they said.

[madrchsod]

15. nice work

it is so wrong to see our great country depicted with so much sorrow.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

16. our great country has fallen because liars want to get rich off our blood

I hope some of these people are signing the petition... I got two old-school ex-republicans to signit in chat today... only 3 days left for you to become part of this effort to save american and iraqi innocent lives.

[Major Hogwash]

17. Which version did you like better, Dylan's or Burdon's?

I was too young to remember Dylan's version when he recorded it.

So, the first time I heard this song, I heard it by Eric Burdon and the Animals.
It was a pretty big hit when it came out, back in '66.
I was only 10 years old then, but my older brother played this record over and over.
I remember seeing them on American Bandstand.
I always associated this song with them, they were a pretty good band.

I signed the resolution, man.

All those songs of the 60's, from my childhood, are coming back to me now, 40 years later.

This is a really good post.
Let's hope it hits home with more people.

I'm sick of people bitching about the high cost of gas already, but not about the illegal war in Iraq.
It is so much like it was back in '68, it isn't even funny.
Everybody was bitching about the government back then, too, but most of them didn't care enough yet to stop the war.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

24. I like the Animals version better... Dylan was a bit too nasal

but he sure could write music.

[kineneb]

40. Animals still singing it, too.

They seem to be on the County Fair circut- several years ago I heard them sing at the County Fair in Watsonville, CA. They did all their classics, including House of the Rising Sun. Great stuff.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

42. I'd like to see them but it's sad to think of them reduced to county fairs

[Neil Lisst]

18. very cool!! K&R

[Jeffersons Ghost]

32. thanks

[wicket]

20. Great work

:thumbsup:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

38. thanks

for some reason this just won't stay at the top... just wait till the trolls see my next song picture thread! hehehe and they thought this one was tough!

[wicket]

44. I can't wait for more!

:D :thumbsup:

[wordpix]

30. nice photo montage and done---signed the KERRY PETITION. please sign

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/deadline/?sc=e.20060410

[Jeffersons Ghost]

33. How can ANYONE still support a war that actually breeds terrorism

I know the common chicken-hawk approach is that fighting them there is better than fighting terrorists here but after all those innocent people are killed their friends and family swear a blood oath to God that they will get vengeance if it takes them sixteen generations to do it.

SIGN IT CHICKEN-HAWKS BEFORE THEY DRAFT YOU OR YOUR KIDS! Your grandchildren will still be paying for your foolishness as they spit on your graves!

[jokerman93]

31. inspired, signed, kicked, & voted

JG - you're the kind that puts your money where your mouth is. I respect that.
:patriot:
Please do keep it coming.
J
:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

36. thank you very much for signing the petition... I deserve no praise

I only do what feels right... By asking ourselves, "if I died this minute, would I feel comfortable with my actions" we make the world a better place. It's getting close to the dealine and my humble peace vigil will soon end... I hope everyone can sign it in the next few days.

[IndyOp]

34. It is devastating and then I get to the picture of the dead child

whose head is grossly deformed, lying on the floor. Head shots. They've trained the boys they give guns to how to get off head shots.

Then I think of Brando's head coming up above the water - saying, 'The Horror. The Horror.'

Then I feel angry when I hear people who haven't gone to war thanking those who do 'for their service' - when they have no f'ing idea what their service does to them. People don't want to hear what 'the troops' really see and do. My lovely cousin Mac went off to Nam, a young surgeon, a Green Beret, and he came back home. The only time I ever saw my father cry was when Mac committed suicide. My father attended the funeral without us (my mother, sister and I). My father said that the army did a great job with reconstructive surgery on Mac - you could hardly tell Mac had blown half his head clean off with the rifle he held on his chest.

The little Iraqi boy - no reconstructive surgery before burial. And, really, what's the use when he can't be put back together again. It is just another lie on top of all the others.

DAMN IT PEOPLE! WAKE UP!

Real Shock & Awe: After 15 Years War, Sanctions 1,000,000 Iraqis Dead

In 15 Years (1991-2006), the US has caused/contributed to 1,000,000 Iraqi deaths

Persian Gulf War: 150,000
Gulf War Aftermath: Many thousands
UN Sanctions: Primary cause of 600,000 deaths
Iraq War: 250,000

Important: Whether or not you believe that US foreign policy caused/contributed to all of these deaths - the death toll is a valid, conservative estimate of Iraqi deaths in the past 15 years in excess of what would have been expected if there had been peace. PLEASE TELL PEOPLE THIS NUMBER -- maybe it is big enough to shock the American public awake and cause them to realize the true devastation in Iraq:1,000,000

The Persian Gulf War did not have to happen: Hussein did not invade Kuwait until after he had received an assurance from April Gillespie that the "US had no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts." Even if he had invaded, alternatives to war were available.

The Gulf War Aftermath Encouraged by American radio broadcasts to rise up against their ‘dictator’, the Kurds of northern Iraq rebelled against a nominally defeated and certainly weakened Saddam Hussein in March of 1991. Fear of being drawn into an Iraqi civil war and possible diplomatic repercussions precluded President Bush from committing US forces to support the Kurds. Within days Iraqi forces recovered and launched a ruthless counteroffensive including napalm and chemical attacks from helicopters. They quickly reclaimed lost territory and crushed the rebellion. By the first week of April, 800 to 1,000 people, mostly the very young and the very old, were dying each day. link Al Franken has said that many 100,000's of Kurds and Shia were slaughtered, but I do not have a printed source.

UN (US/UK Sanctions) The United Nations Security Council has maintained comprehensive economic sanctions on Iraq from August 1990 until March 2003. Sanctions in Iraq hurt large numbers of innocent civilians not only by limiting the availability of food and medicines, but also by disrupting the whole economy, and reducing the national capacity of water treatment, electrical systems and other infrastructure critical for health and life. The oil-for-food program provided an average of $200 per year for each of 23,000,000 Iraqis - well below the international poverty level. In the UN Security Council, countries urged the US and UK to allow the sanctions to be lifted, but the US/UK would not allow this.

Iraq War A Johns Hopkins University study published in the British medical journal The Lancet in October, 2004. // The figure of 100,000 had been based on somewhat "conservative assumptions", notes Les Roberts at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, U.S., who led the study. That estimate excludes Falluja, a hotspot for violence. If the data from this town is included, the compiled studies point to about 250,000 excess deaths since the outbreak of the U.S.-led war. // Eman Ahmad Khamas.... said: "This occupation has destroyed Iraq. Americans don't know that tens of thousands of Iraqis are in prisons. Americans don't know how many have been killed. Lancet reported 100,000 in 2004, not counting Falluja. Now it is something like double this number."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

37. thank you IndyOp. You honor my humble thread with such a great post

I hope more people get to read your brilliant work.

[DemoTex]

35. Thanks JG. That My Lai picture chokes me up every time.

And now it makes me think of our great loss with the recent death of Hugh Thompson. Who will emerge as the Hugh Thompson, Lawrence Colburn or Glenn Andreotta of the war on Iraq? Who will blow the whistle like Ron Ridenhour did to journalist Seymour Hersh on My Lai-4 (Ridenhour learned of the events at My Lai-4 from members of Charlie Company who had been there. Before speaking with Seymour Hersh, Ridenhour had appealed to Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon to investigate the matter.)? Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, kidnappings, "renderings", torturing, and illegal incarceration .. all in our name. It will take another moral man or woman to come forward and tell all.


Hugh Thompson
A Moral Man
Stopped the massacre at My Lai

[mtnsnake]

39. You & the guy who made that song famous, Eric Burdon, both share something

in common: PASSION

Great stuff, man!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

41. thanks, like another musical great said....

"I know it's not much but it's the best I can do... My gift is a song and this one's for you." Elton John