sung to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It."
If we cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets hurt your Mama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are Saudi
And the bank takes back your Audi
And the TV shows are bawdy,
Bomb Iraq.
If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's looking teeny,
Bomb Iraq.
Even if we have no allies, bomb Iraq.
From the sand dunes to the valleys, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections;
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.
While the globe is slowly warming, bomb Iraq.
Yay! the clouds of war are storming, bomb Iraq.
If the ozone hole is growing,
Some things we prefer not knowing.
(Though our ignorance is showing),
Bomb Iraq.
It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq.
To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's all the proof we need,
If they're not there, they must be,
Bomb Iraq.
If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
And he tried to kill your dad,
Bomb Iraq.
Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason,
Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.
Patrick Herron
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Pearlman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 February 2003 07:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: laureates against the war
Very practical reasoning! Thanks for the insight, Wayne.
==Dan
At 01:54 PM 02/13/2003 +0900, you wrote:
>In answer to Dan's question, Here's what i think most Japanese think about
N
>Korea's nukes. Allow me the first person plural here.
>
>We sympathize with the suffering people, but it's like dealing with the US.
>It's not
>the people we got to deal with but the pathologicals in the military-state
>apparatus.
>
>It makes us nervous that their nukes point this way. They don't have the
>longrange muscle to hit the US, so if they go berserk we're the likely
>first target. We wish there was big oil under N Korea so the US would get
>interested.
>
>We're also pissed off that N Korea snatched our citizens back in the 70s,
>and even
>now when they admit it won't give 'em all back.
>
>And we could do without spyships disguised as off-course fishing boats.
>
>Wayne Pounds
>Tokyo
>
>
>Daniel Pearlman wrote:
>
> > Wayne,
> > How do the Japanese feel about N. Korea's nukes?
> > ==Dan P
> >
> > At 08:00 AM 02/12/2003 +0900, you wrote:
> > >Remembering the recent comments on Billy Collins, I offer the list this
> > >link to an Associated Press article called "US Poet LaureateOpposes War
> > >with Iraq." In England, meanwhile, poet laureate Andrew Motion has
> > >written an anti-war poem that cites "elections, money, empire, oil" as
> > >the motivation for war.
> > >
> > >
> > >http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0206-07.htm
> > >
> > >I found this article linked at
> > >http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/default.htm
> > >
> > >Wayne Pounds
> > >Tokyo
> >
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"Perfectly-crafted gems": Jack Dann, Nebula & World Fantasy Award winner
Director, Council for the Literature of the Fantastic:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/
OFFICE:
Department of English
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel.: 401 874-4659
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