[OccupyCU] [Peace] caroling caroling caroling?

[C. G. Estabrook]

How can we put into a Xmas carol that Obama had his defense secretary quietly announce today - in contrast (to put no finer point on it) to Obama's own protestations in the campaign that US troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 - that on the contrary the US would have "an enduring presence" (perhaps 60,000+ troops) there indefinitely after 2014?

Or perhaps a carol about the children he's killed - and continues to kill - with drones, while he speaks affectingly about murdered American children?

"Washington Post Friday, December 14, 2:17 PM. Here is a ... transcript of President Obama’s remarks about the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012:

"'...We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news, I react not as a president, but as anybody else would as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.

"'The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful, little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams...'"

One would have to be a sociopath not to see that his words apply to the children he's killed.  

  
On Dec 14, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/14/12 2:39 PM, Moonyeen Carlyle wrote:
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>> Stuart,
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>> Is this only for the Occupy CU people?
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> Just saying that the initiative came from Occupy.  Anyone interested is welcome!
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> I'm Ccing here everyone who has sounded interested in this...
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> I like especially the last three songs!
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>> Found some alternative lyrics for caroling:
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>> Deck the Halls
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>>  Send to jail George Bush and Cheney,
>>  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
>>  For the torture of detainees,
>>  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
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>>  And for war crimes of aggression,
>>  Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
>>  This would send Barack a lesson,
>>  Fa la la la la, la la la la.
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>> --
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>> God rest ye merry, veterans
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>>  God rest ye merry, veterans
>>  Let nothing you dismay
>>  The wars you fought have ended
>>  And peace is now the way.
>>  We’ve now been saved from Satan's power
>>  We will not go astray
>>  O tidings of comfort and joy,
>>  Comfort and joy
>>  O tidings of comfort and joy
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>>  --
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>>  Joy to the World
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>>  Joy to the World, the wars are done!
>>  Let earth rejoice in peace;
>>  Let every heart repair the harm,
>>  And Christian and Muslim sing,
>>  And Jewish and Muslim sing,
>>  And Christian and Muslim and Jewish sing.
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>>  --
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>>  O little town of Washington
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>>  O little town of Washington
>>  What harm you cause abroad
>>  Will you please put your guns away
>>  And have all war outlawed?
>>  For if thy dark hearts findeth
>>  A glimpse of Truth and Light
>>  And end the fears of all the years
>>  Our future will be bright.
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>>  ---
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>>  All I want for Christmas
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>>  All I want for Christmas
>>  is the two wars ceased,
>>  the two wars ceased,
>>  the two wars ceased.
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>>  Gee, if I could only
>>  have the two wars ceased,
>>  then I could wish you
>>  "Merry Christmas!"
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>> --- On Fri, 12/14/12, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Peace] caroling caroling caroling?
>> To: "Peace" <peace at anti-war.net>
>> Cc: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>> Date: Friday, December 14, 2012, 1:45 PM
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>> Hey all,
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>> Some of us in Occupy CU are tempted to go out carol-singing, for fun - maybe a mix of traditional holiday songs and peace-and-social-justice songs - and to see if it gives us a chance to talk with people.
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>> We'd probably choose songs that are familiar enough that most of us will know the tune, and we can print lyric sheets.
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>> We haven't picked specific dates yet.   Would try to pick an evening or two, over the next week or so (say between 12/16 and 12/22), that are good for as many of                   those interested as possible.   I'm thinking we might go from 7:30-9, or some such time - late enough to not interrupt many people at dinner but early enough that they won't mind seeing people at the door.  Could gather a little earlier (6:30? 7?) to try to practice and get ourselves organized.
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>> If interested, please write back to me, and say which nights are or aren't good, if you think there are songs we should include, etc...
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