Thanksgiving-Alice's Restaurant

[Roy Rolling]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DtpdXZi0M

This song reminds me of why today's politicians are weasels and commit the U.S. to long wars that can't be won----the draft. Think about it, there's no draft like every other war in U.S. history. Why? because if there was a draft, the public would throw the bums out of office and demand an end to wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. The result? Because there is a "shortage" of soldiers we hire mercenary contractors at five times the cost to do the work of honorable and brave soldiers. Troops are demoralized by getting screwed like that and the budget is busted by enormous and inflated costs of war. Weasels!

The ultimate irony of anti-war ironies would be for a movement: "STOP THE WAR! START THE DRAFT!" But if that happened, weasel politicians would probably start another war front with the extra soldiers.

P.S. I wanted to post the video but don't know how. A little help, please?

[mucifer]

1. Every year around 11am WXRT radio in Chicago plays the entire "Alice's Restaurant"

and I smile. It's a rock station owned by CBS that has somewhat of an indy flavor to it. www.wxrt.com

[boston bean]

2. Listening now! thank you! gotta hear it atleast once today! nt

[Roy Rolling]

3. it's a classic of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement

"I wanna kill! I wanna kill!!!!" ;-)

[boston bean]

5. littering saved him from the draft! Ha! nt

[mdmc]

4. masacree!

[Ikonoklast]

6. Too bad Arlo took a hard-right turn.

I used to enjoy him.

Registered Republican and anti-union...wonder how his Dad feels about that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Really?

OMG that's horrible.

[Roy Rolling]

8. RINO

I think the Republicans don't consider him a Republican, he is a "Ron Paul Reublican."

[rug]

10. I'm Changing My Name To Chrysler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBx_PBrvSE

Where are you politically these days?

I became a registered Republican about five or six years ago because to have a successful democracy you have to have at least two parties, and one of them was failing miserably. We had enough good Democrats. We needed a few more good Republicans. We needed a loyal opposition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26fob-q4-t.html?_r=1

[kentuck]

12. Can you post a link to that?

??

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Thanks for that. I haven't listened to that in years.

[Enthusiast]

11. Weasels then and weasels now. nt