{"article":{"id":99352,"heading":"Willie Nelson's new song","author":"Cliff Olin","created":"2004-01-04 02:04:07","modified":"2004-01-04 14:46:50","last_modified":"Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:46:50","article":"<br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kucinich.us\/nelson_poe_song.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.kucinich.us\/nelson_poe_song.php<\/a> <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Click this link to  read the lyrics  to Willie' Nelson's  tune.   It's about time that someone from the \"heartland\"  stood up  public to denounce the endless lies  that \"justified\"  the ultra-violence of the attack on Iraq.    Merle Haggard started it with his modest protest tune last fall:  \"...If the war is over how come people keep dying?...\"  Let's hope we see more of this basic American decency coming  forth and no more jingoistic prattle coming from country music artists:   \"My country right or wrong\"  is not patriotism.    Blind allegiance to a  leader is not  patriotism, it is what Big Brother demanded in 1984--A war without end against a nameless,  faceless enemy.    <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> After all,  fans of country music tend to be the parents and friends  of soldiers   currently walking around Iraq with  bull's eyes painted on their  backs.   Eventually some  will overcome their  instinctive  \"we support the troops\"   and start to seriously question why they were sent.   Maybe Willie's tune will help people start to think...   <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Willie Nelson has always had an independent streak, and his status as a country legend,  like Merle Haggard,  gives him the space to speak out and  give voice to  what people are thinking.    Let's see if the country stations will play it.      <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Viva Willie!     <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> \"My heroes have always been cowboys...\" (a line from one of Willie's tunes)    <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Cliff\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Willie, like the Dixie Chicks, is speaking his mind about this president and this war.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/01\/99352.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":99401,"heading":"Once again, we see the Left...","article":"...embracing an artist they wouldn't have been caught dead listening to two years ago.\r\n\r\nSimply because of their opinions.\r\n\r\nHow shallow is THAT?","author":"lkljkhjhg","parent_id":99352,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-04 14:46:50","modified":"2004-01-04 14:46:50","fileurl":""}]}