Listen to Ani Difranco's poem about 9/11 (free mp3) "Self-Evident"

[idgiehkt]

I am posting this as an antidote to all the bullshit propaganda going on...sorry if it's already been posted. She performs it live, lyrics here or you can get the mp3 free or just listen
http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/l_self_evident.asp

"...and i'll tell you what, while we're at it
you can keep the pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every tv
that's been trying to convince me
to participate
in some prep school punk's plan to perpetuate retribution
perpetuate retribution
even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution
is still hanging in the air
and there's ash on our shoes
and there's ash in our hair
and there's a fine silt on every mantle
from hell's kitchen to brooklyn
and the streets are full of stories
sudden twists and near misses
and soon every open bar is crammed to the rafters
with tales of narrowly averted disasters
and the whiskey is flowin
like never before
as all over the country
folks just shake their heads
and pour..."

"...cuz take away our playstations
and we are a third world nation
under the thumb of some blue blood royal son
who stole the oval office and that phony election
i mean
it don't take a weatherman
to look around and see the weather
jeb said he'd deliver florida, folks
and boy did he ever

and we hold these truths to be self evident:
#1 george w. bush is not president
#2 america is not a true democracy
#3 the media is not fooling me..."

[bigtree]

1. thanks idgiehkt

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

2. you're very welcome

thank you.

[bigtree]

5. very, very nice

a classic

[MaggieSwanson]

3. Yes. Yes.

Thank you, idgiehkt, this is what I needed tonight.

[Orrex]

4. An excellent, excellent piece

Head and shoulders above any sappy shit you heard on the corporate airwaves following 9/11, and that goes triple for any pandering, sell-out Country "music" bullshit.

Has Self Evident made it onto the air anywhere except college and indie stations?

Thanks for posting--it should be required listening for all members of DU.

[idgiehkt]

6. I think so too

just hearing the audience roar makes me feel so much less alone.

[Change has come]

7. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

I've been looking for this since I heard it earlier on the H.O.R.N..

:applause:

[idgiehkt]

8. good, I'm glad it's getting some play

I've seen a video of her performing this live, it's even more powerful than just listening to it. She's so amazing.

[Lex]

9. Excellent.

She rules.

[Raffi Ella]

10. Thank you.

K&R :kick:

[mhatrw]

11. That's my girl.

Just go.