tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947923590233410296.post969161687899488926..comments2024-03-27T18:16:48.598-07:00Comments on 40 Year Itch: 40 Year Itch; A Breath-Taking Anti War Statement1001Songshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05488709578981246580noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947923590233410296.post-11841121217502711352015-08-21T16:41:22.664-07:002015-08-21T16:41:22.664-07:00Not sure where I got my misinformation but I have ...Not sure where I got my misinformation but I have updated the post. I hope people will read your comment in its entirety. The book Talitha is referring to is called "And a Voice to Sing with: A Memoir" by Joan Baez.1001Songshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488709578981246580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947923590233410296.post-21194530355465872162015-08-21T13:28:40.676-07:002015-08-21T13:28:40.676-07:00No, you can't imagine standing next to Joan an...<br>No, you <i><b>can't</b></i> imagine standing next to Joan and her sister Mimi Fariña during the bombing raids as they sang "Kumbaya", as Ms. Fariña wasn't <i><b>anywhere near</b></i> Hanoi pre-Christmas 1972.<br /><br />This was a highly organized delegation of <i><b>four</b></i> people sent there for very specific purposes.<br /><br />The delegation consisted of General Telford Taylor, who as a lawyer, was there to determine if war crimes were being committed by US soldiers against the North Vietnamese, Reverend Michael Allen, a liberal Episcopal Priest, Barry Romo, a veteran Marine who'd served in Vietnam, but since become a Maoist and a leading member of the VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War), and Joan, largely there to deliver Christmas mail to the POWs from their families. The four were greeted, escorted, and cared for there by a committee of very nice North Vietnamese, who'd been assigned to protect them.<br /><br />Joan wasn't sent there to "sing in the shelters", even though she did at times, she was there for the prisoners... and yes, she sang for them, too.<br /><br />Read the book. :)<br><br><br>Talithahttp://www.colette.frnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6947923590233410296.post-51647416177398601002013-05-19T05:37:36.561-07:002013-05-19T05:37:36.561-07:00Absurdas guerras provocadas y continuadas por el g...Absurdas guerras provocadas y continuadas por el gigante estadounidense y que con el beneplácito de otros muchos países se dedicaban a probar máquinas de matar en poblaciones a las que creían diferentes. <br />[Sin religiones, ni poderosos, ni ministros, ni reyes...tal vez el mundo iría mejor] Unos sinvergüenzas completamente, como todos los imperios a los largo de la historia, fueran del tipo que fueran; independientemente de su lengua. <br />Joan, tuvo su momento que aprovechó (algunas veces al lado de Dylan, aunque él tomó su camino provechoso) y decidió arrimar sus intereses a las diferentes religiosidades que le parecieron. Sus opciones tuvo y las aprovechó según le convino, como todos o casi.<br />Buena voz, la de Baez, ya es parte de un folk que tal vez regrese. En griego clásico: "Ciclos est ciclos"<br />Breves saludos<br />Salud y libertad. :]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com