Now Is the Time for All Good Porcs to Come to the Aid of Their Brethren
As the court is clearly not going to do the right thing with Kurt, it’s become necessary to ratchet up our protestation to a new level. There are now daily candlelight vigils, as announced on the forums within, and it’s time to let the general citizenry — the folks who really matter in all this — know that options are available to them. We need to start getting down to the court each morning, as the crowds are arriving to be processed through the obedience machine, to tell them, with signs, songs, flyers, and discussion, that this could happen to any one of us, and will, if we don’t start pushing back!
I have plenty of appropriate signs, and anyone may come over to paint a personal one — just contact me. I’m also working on an outreach flyer with an artist. I’d like to hear from anyone else who has other suggestions for making this a success.
One of the problems with these events is the silence — often broken and filled with patter, chatter and inappropriate laughter. Attempts are often made to pack it with chanting, but — especially to the liberty-loving — that sounds mindlessly ovine.
A better approach, it seems, would be music — and history backs up that assertion: No major movement in American history has caught on without songs. I fondly remember singing along with “Fixin’ to Die Rag” and “Give Peace a Chance” during the Vietnam War years; I can also recall loving the ubiquitous call-and-response songs like “Kill for Peace” and the indispensable “We Shall Overcome” (We’ll ignore “Kum-Ba-Yah” for this discussion . . .).
The flexible nature of that form allows the song to be tailored to a particular situation, and can galvanize a group into constructive action far better than chanting or random prattle. In a tense situation, confidence can easily begin to falter; I saw first-hand how a single voice beginning to sing “We Shall Overcome,” and getting a chorus going, could reassure every single person in that crowd that overcoming really was inevitable. When another voice called out, “We are not afraid!,” and we began to sing along, we almost magically became unafraid. When it got to “We shall not be moved” — we weren’t. That contribution to the success of the civil rights movement was instrumental (no pun intended . . .).
The Twenty-first Century liberty movement is sorely in need of a similar anthem! And with that in mind, I wrote something to submit that might do until a good one comes along . . .:
SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY SOON
Freedom, someday, someday soon!
Freedom, someday, someday soon!
And we’ll work for all we’re worth for liberty.
As we know tomorrow’s sun will rise,
We see, with hearts, as well as eyes,
That someday, someday soon, we will be free.
Click here to listen to the melody. I sang it alone last night, and it didn’t sound too bad to me — but then, as H. L. Mencken pointed out, a man always believes that his wife is pretty and his children are intelligent . . .
Any seven-syllable phrase with alternating stresses will serve for the first two lines, and virtually anyone can think up something like that, even under the spontaneous pressure of a crowd situation. Some examples:
We are not afraid of you
Jail will only strengthen us
We will break the chains you forge
All your laws are paper threats
You can never jail our souls
We will never bow to you
In your power, you are weak
We do not belong to you
We forgive you for your crimes
Cage us, still our souls will soar
Drop your guns and join with us
Your corruption cannot last
You can change your evil ways
We can see right through your lies
Truth is light that frightens you
Cam’ras show the truth you hide
We are not your property
Your corruption is exposed
Did you get your stories straight?
You can’t legislate at will
Yes, we will Live Free or Die
And, just for the moment:
We’ll do this till Kurt is free!
Kurt will walk and see again!
If we can start to make our point, emphatically but peaceably, that we’re not going to take it anymore, and neither does anyone else have to, we’ll be on our way to a freer, safer environment in the town we love so much.
So be at the courthouse on Monday, November 23, at — sorry about that — 7:30 A.M. There’ll be signs, flyers to hand out, and now we have a song to sing (we can practice while you’re over painting that sign, if you like). Protesting is not my favorite activity, I must admit, and 7:30 is certainly not my favorite time of the morning — but I keep asking myself: If I don’t do this for Kurt, who’ll do it for me, if I end up in the same position?
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23 Comments on Now Is the Time for All Good Porcs to Come to the Aid of Their Brethren
This is a great idea — and I especially strongly support the general idea of singing, rather than chanting or silence.
Careful, I’m sure some Keenestone cops will treat this as “unlicensed public musical performance”!
Let me know when you start showing up with rifles. Because until you do, not a God damn thing is going to change.
Chris K. I wonder what made you give up so easily?Nothing will change without guns? The 420 celebrations happened without warfare. What makes you think you have to shoot someone for change to happen. That is most definitely NOT what I’m about. I believe that most folks have to go through a process before the tyranny becomes evident. You just can’t shove it down their throat, it doesn’t work. Education may be slow, but it’s waaaay better than shooting people. How about this, when you get ready to go in your blaze of “glory”, let us know so we can get the hell out of the way and completely disassociate ourselves with you.
There is a better way. People are inherently good and can be reasoned with….. But it takes time.
Be patient, but be active.
Chirs what a stupid thing to say
I am certainly glad to come out in support of Kurt. Someone who does not deserve to spend half a year of his life in a cell. Half paralyzed by the violent actions of an unaccountable mad man.
Comment by iawai
Careful, I’m sure some Keenestone cops will treat this as “unlicensed public musical performance”!
Maybe I should also bring puppets?
Let me know when you start showing up with rifles. Because until you do, not a God damn thing is going to change.//// <—Let me write in defense of Mr. K. Folks, maybe it's just an expression of feelings of frustration. After all, he's saying "let me know when you…", -not- "let – *ME* Do*…So let's play with this. Why not have an armed color guard? Somebody to show up doing OC, or just carrying a rifle, but certainly not -*brandishing*-it…Sure, we'd like our message to be "unified", but that doesn't mean that everybody who shows up has to be saying exactly the same thing..or doing….can we get somebody to show up to a protest action who will quietly do Yoga asanas???…or some calm, quiet Tai Chi???…Imagine 20, 30 people show up for an action…somebody has a pillow, which they place on the ground, out of the way, but still very visibly present. They sit, and begin to meditate../////….I'm not trying to start a new discussion, so please don't reply directly to this post. I'm just trying to present some new ideas to feed all your hungry little heads…Me, personally, I feel a good change coming…Maybe it's just the Karmic vibrations of Mr. Sub-mediocre himself, Mr. Art Walker, packing his bags to leave…..TAKE eli rivera WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO, ART!!!….*grin*&.$
And nail polish!! Have a musical puppet skit in which the characters paint nails and drive unlicensed taxis!!
Sounds like fun
But 730 sucks, you know court doesnt start till 9 right?
I have court on friday but I did the shit I needed to do so unless Burke has something up his ass no chance of jail this time
I do want to see that though…
Though the judge doesn’t get there until 9, the morning game of Let’s Make a Deal gets started around 8–and people begin arriving early because they can only imagine the problems if they’re not on time. For maximum effect, 7:30 it is, unfortunately.
If you can think of a peaceful way to change the current climate of corruption, I’d like to hear it. Until I do, it’s a lot less hassle to wake up early than it is to deal with a psychotic thug, with full immunity for his actions, from behind closed doors.
What kind of soft pussy lives do you guys lead? If you were committed to real change there wouldnt even be a complaint abut getting up at dawn to do what needs to be done. This just shows that it is nothing more than an amusing collection of whiners and malcontents running this show. Maybe just dont get all stoned out the night before and getting up at 5 AM like a lot of the other working people do in Keene wouldnt be a problem.
Why not just go with a classic?
@Whats the Problem
You know that we aren’t all affiliated with “Juggalo420″ right? Stop with the collectivist bullshit.
Wrong Wiles….this whole web site, members and the Free State movement in NH is 100% connected with the 420 thing. It has had the biggest news splash and dragged the whole thing into the same dark shit hole.
Talking to “regular” sheeple citizens they all come up with the free keene / 420 connection within moments of starting a conversation. The worst statements being about the open carry people and “druggies” hanging together. Wicked bad image there. I am associated with a couple social and hunting clubs in Manchester and Concord area and thats the public perception that I get. Time to make sure the two things are well seperated here I believe or any positive growth will be stunted by the stoners.
IHAVEHADENOUGH,
Oh no!! free people are going to ruin the liberty movement,
We should get together at Murphy’s Taproom and discuss how to deal with those stoners while drinking beers. LULZ!
“Like what you like, enjoy what you enjoy, and don’t take crap from anybody.” A special message from the Guns and Dope Party, Everybody for President in 2012
I’ve missed you, Bob–how are things in the Afterlife?
Ass, gas, grass, cash, or ammo, – nobody rides for free on the FREEDOM TRAIN!…pass dat J., BRO!…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_3nO_wl1E
good ‘moving to NH’ song to relax with, not group singing though
No point now, obviously, in holding a candlelight vigil for Kurt’s release. Anyone–especially you FIJA activists–who wants to start meeting on arraignment mornings to pass out flyers apprising victims that they do have an alternative, can contact me. I’ll be putting the pamphlet together tonight if you want to add your input.
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