Posted on 08/21/2006 4:44:39 PM PDT by woofie
SANTA FE— Dolled up in colorful prairie skirts, straw sun hats and protest pins, the members of the Albuquerque Raging Grannies were belting out an unabashed set of protest tunes during Santa Fe's recent Peace Day.
To the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall," the grannies engage their Santa Fe audience in an impassioned sing-along. It's protest activism at its catchiest.
"Glory, glory hallelujah. Greedy men'll no longer rule ya'. Lying media won't fool ya' and the truth will make us free!"
The seniors are members of the Raging Grannies, a loose-knit network of senior activists who have formed clubs— or gaggles, as they call them— in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Equipped with a canon of protest songs, vibrant wardrobes and a predisposition for irreverence, Albuquerque's Raging Grannies are breathing life into the local peace, justice and anti-war movement.
"Change takes strong, serious devotion," says 70-year-old founding member Ellen Robinson, "but at the same time, giving it a touch of humor from some old grandmothers can help lighten the load a little bit."
With more than a dozen members, Albuquerque's gaggle takes pride in its light-spirited protest methods. Robinson says the effects can be inspiring.
"We just have a way of speaking out that brings that humor in there," says the lifelong activist. "People tend to see older women and have a certain respect— they think we're going to be sitting in a rocking chair and stuff like that, but there's things that older women can get away with that other people can't."
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No fool like an old fool
Isn't that the truth!
The aging hippies have not learned the truism..... peace is anomaly. War is the natural state.
"People tend to see older women and have a certain respect"
You want to see a "Raging Grannie", well you ought to see my wife when I told her about these old farts. My wife has 2 357 Magnums and if these old hags want to come and protest in front of my house, be my guest.
The poster boy for peace and justice.
Looks like any Gay Pride parade.
Not necessarily.
( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
Not these idiots again.
Looks like the grannies must have emptied all ninety nine of those bottles.
Forty years ago when they were young they were protesting the VietNam war. As was said of the Bourbons, they've learned nothing and forgotten nothing!
There, fixed it.
Small wonder young people view old folks with less respect.
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