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  • Tom Paxton 9/11 folk song: The Bravest

    09/10/2006 2:56:28 PM PDT · by raccoonradio · 9 replies · 326+ views
    Tom Paxton site ^ | 09/09/06 | Tom Paxton
    "As I sat and watched the horror unfold on 9/11, I could smell the acrid smoke drifting south from the Pentagon. There was a never ending line of cars heading away from Washington. With the rest of the world I watched the towers come down and among the victims were 343 New York firemen. I'll never be able to look at a fireman or woman again without knowing that he or she would lay down their lives for me without ever knowing my name. We can never thank them enough." The first plane hit the other tower Right after I...
  • The shameful legacy of Jack Kennedy's goofy younger sibling.

    01/07/2005 3:33:14 PM PST · by Do not dub me shapka broham · 143 replies · 2,765+ views
    Tom Paxton, The Best of the Vanguard Years | January 7, 2004 | Gerard J. Perry (Kind of)
    You are jetting to Martha's Vineyard, Doted upon by fawning aides. You sit in Senate chambers Speak with a forked-tongue While the cowards who are your colleagues Abide by their solemn pact. You're ruining reputations. Damn, it's shameful how you act! BUT THE WHITE BONES OF KOPECHNE, SUBMERGED BENEATH THE BAY, ARE TESTIMONY TO YOUR PERFIDY! SHE WILL BE YOUR LEGACY! How does it feel, Mr. K? While you dissemble to the press corps. While you lech after younger women. While you garner the left's praises. While you bask warmly in their glow. There are millions of forgotten corpses. There...