You make a good point. Both the old and the new slaves were brought here to serve the same economic god. When we get tired of them we want them to go. Maybe way too political for even a fryedaye, but really about money. Note to the original post: Indiana isn't in the south (the song is about southern fruit, the incident cited happened in the north) and wasn't that an Etta James (or similar) song in the 60s?. Jim On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Evan Mac Donald <evanm@att.net> wrote: > The calender says 80 years have passed. Have we as a people matured much? The > publicized teatment of members of various "demonized" minority groups recently > leaves me wondering.... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mister Tom <TomsGroups@SALICOS.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Fri, August 6, 2010 7:10:00 PM > Subject: Re: Fryedaye Strange Fruit > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of >> David Beierl >> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:12 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Fryedaye Strange Fruit >> >> Strange Fruit >> > > > Seems like a LONG time ago > But maybe not. > > > > Thanks. > |
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