Cargo: "I'm going home as cargo, on the long ride home." a protest.

[madfloridian]

He wants this to be shared. I dare you to watch and listen and not get a few tears....
Hi Folks,

George W. Bush doesn't want Americans to see or feel how many of our soldiers have died in Iraq. He even went as far as forbidding the armed services from allowing photographs of returning coffins.

But a brave woman in the service distributed one of her photos to a newspaper, and the result was that she was fired.

Then Russ Kick at TheMemoryHole.org was able to get a whole CD of images via a Freedom Of Information Act (FIOA) request.

When I saw these images, I cried.
Then I got angry.
Then I wrote the song "Cargo".

I've just finished turning the song into a Flash Movie that anyone with a soundcard in their computer can watch. It includes images from the Veterans for Peace "Vigil for the Fallen", which I played in New York. I also included
images from "War President" from amleft.blogspot.com.

http://LaramieCrocker.com/cargo.html

I wish everyone in the country could watch it to see the moving images and hear the song. People tell me the song is moving and beautiful.
People tell me the song is powerful, and they wish everyone could hear it.

Please watch the movie and hear the song. If you agree that it is a powerful message for people to hear before the election, please send
the following link out to everyone you can.

http://LaramieCrocker.com/cargo.html

Please be patient. The web page will load, then the Flash movie will load in a minute or so on cable or DSL, or in about 5 minutes on dial-up.
I think you'll find that it is worth it.

I've put everything I can into this movie -- my years of singing and songwriting, my cash and time in the recording studio, what I learned from Dr. George Lakoff about framing messages, my heart and
soul. And the musicians who joined me in the studio were amazing.

But it is still not enough if George W. Bush wins the election and a chance to pursue his stated goal of total domination in the Middle
East, including new wars with Iran and Syria, never mind how many more young men and women must die.

The Vietnam War was stopped by tireless activism, by Americans coming together. In part, this was aided by the powerful music and poetry of the time. In this era of skillfully crafted pro-war messages, of war marketing, of corporate media control, today you won't hear the artists on the radio who are working on the songs that would inspire us to fight to bring our troops home. By spreading this movie and song far and
wide using the Internet, you can help to bring a message of peace and sanity, a message that can bring us together.

We need to tell the next President to support our troops by bringing them home. Of course, I believe that John Kerry's plan to get out of
Iraq in six months is better than George W. Bush's refusal to even have a plan, or even a timeline. But win or lose in this election, a common resolve to end this war and bring our troops home will be needed. I hope this movie and song can help build that resolve, that sense of community.

Peace,
Laramie Crocker
October 28, 2004

[madfloridian]

1. Kick. This is how Vietnam was protested....songs like these.

It is an excellent flash. Lyrics:

Leaving for home
I'm leaving for home
leaving this country
I'm leaving this country
on the long ride home

I came as a passenger
came as a warrior
came as a passenger
I am the messenger
on the long ride home

looking up I see
through my gauzy view
I see
Red, White and Blue
I see
Red, White and Blue
over my eyes

looking up I see
my mother over me
the man in the suit
talks about bravery
talks about honor
and glory
she doesn't see
glory
honor
duty
or country

she just sees me
she sees me
under Red, White and Blue
under Red, White and Blue
with tears
in her eyes

I came as a passenger
came as a warrior
came as a passenger
I'm going home as cargo
I'm going home as cargo
on the long ride home

salute me
carry me
salute me
pray for me
on the long ride home
on the long ride home

Laramie Crocker

[madfloridian]

2. Dropping fast....one more kick for an Iraq era protest song. Moving.

:kick:

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Kicking for the lyrics

Sorry, I've got a dinosaur computer that doesn't support squat. Nevertheless, the lyrics are enough for me to conjure up the appropriate image in my mind.

Thank you

[RedEagle]

4. Send this link to Air America? Kick N/M

[madfloridian]

7. What email address?

That's a good idea.

[madfloridian]

5. "I am the messenger..... on the long ride home"

A kick for the powerful flash and lyrics.

[elehhhhna]

6. kick. wow.

[madfloridian]

8. Here is his website with more songs.

http://www.b-rant.com/

"I Want My Country Back"
G F
I want my country back
C7 Bb
no war on the poor no war in Iraq
I want my country back
no nuclear strike; pre-emptive attack
I want my country back
I want my country back
I want my country back
from a stolen election; and a stab in the back


"Little Black Box"
chorus:
Am7 Bb
The little black box where your little vote goes
Am7 Bb
down and down the memory hole
Am7 D7
O where o where did your little vote go
F
nobody knows
C F
little black box
C F
little black box

little black boxes all in a row
No printouts, no proof, nothing to show
golden eggs of democracy where did you go?
the foxes have taken the chickens below

"Club Fed"
So come on down,
you washed up dictators
enjoy the sunshine
watch out for the 'gators
come on down, come on down
to Club Fed
it's the place to hide
when the world thinks you're dead