I love my UU church ... today we talked about patriotism and patriotic ..

[Maat]

songs.

We got our 'Peace is Patriotic' bumperstickers, from Veterans for Peace.

We sang 'This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land," by Woody G.

The point was that we were going to take back our country; we are patriotic: we care about our communities and the military personnel from our communities. We appreciate the good services people are providing to their communities, and are going to continue to fight for social and economic justice (this IS being patriotic), and the ideals of Jefferson and Madison (and the like).

Peace,

[elshiva]

1. Did you sing the verse in "This Land Is Your Land..."

about private property? That is usually left out. :(

[Maat]

2. Yes, you will be proud of us, Elshiva.

The guy leading the service gave us a handout. On it were all the verses. He had looked them up, and their history on the internet. We all sang, and you could hear some laughter.

I'll have to go downstairs and look at them, because I have forgotten them - but I do remember laughing to myself (hope no one heard me).

[elshiva]

3. Laughing at the lyrics? Woody Guthrie is a genius!

[Maat]

4. He is a genius.

I didn't mean to imply that he wasn't.

I guess we were just laughing about how clever he was; he got a lot of meaning into a song.

I imagine most people, especially Republicans, who sing that song don't come anywhere close to realizing what he was trying to say.

He was becoming disgusted with captialism, per the guy who did the research. He certainly wanted a strong social and economic safety net for all Americans.

He seemed to believe, to me, that the land and resources belonged to all, not just a few capitalists.

He was the true populist.

[elshiva]

5. Actually Woody Guthrie can be funny guy!

His children's songs are fun, too. "Take you riding in the car, car!"

But, I loved his songs about Tom Joad and trying to get to California away from the dust bowl...

[Maat]

6. See how knowledgeable you are!

You should be proud of yourself!

[elshiva]

7. Thanks!

:blush:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Got our Peace is Patriotic bumpersticker on the car

Glad you sang "This Land Is Your Land". Glad you, like me, are trying their best to take back this country.