It Sounded Better In The Original German
Roger Stone took his goofy self to be interviewed on the Alex Jones Radio Show. Good thing it wasn’t teevee because there only so much rugged handsome that rightwing women can handle all at once.
Stone had some great political advice for Trump.
Stone suggested having federal authorities seize ballots, having FBI agents and Republican state officials “physically” block voting under the pretext of preventing voter fraud, using martial law or the Insurrection Act to carry out widespread arrests, and nationalizing state police forces.
I’m going to jail, y’all. I’m just telling you to start saving up bond money because all my lawyers are going to jail, too.
Stone also urged Trump to consider declaring “martial law” or invoking the Insurrection Act and then using his powers to arrest Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, “the Clintons” and “anybody else who can be proven to be involved in illegal activity.”
I think Stone and Trump ought to have to come to my house to arrest me. I could take ’em both. I could. And once I get them on the ground, there’s no way they could get back up.
Here is something that needs wider distribution Anne Feeny
Have You Been to Jail for Justice.
Was it Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks that day?
Some say Dr. King or Ghandi
Set them on their way
No matter who your mentors are
It’s pretty plain to see
That if you’ve been to jail for justice
You’re in good company
Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
‘Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you’re a friend of mine
You law abiding citizens
Come listen to this song
Laws are made by people
And people can be wrong
Once unions were against the law
But slavery was fine
Women were denied the vote
While children worked the mine
The more you study history
The less you can deny it
A rotten law stays on the books
‘til folks with guts defy it!
Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
‘Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you’re a friend of mine
Well the law is supposed to serve us
And so are the police
When the system fails
It’s up to us to speak our piece
We must be ever vigilant
For justice to prevail
So get courage from your convictions
Let ‘em haul you off to jail!
Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
‘Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you’re a friend of mine
Have you been to jail for justice
Have you been to jail for justice
Have you been to jail for justice
Then you’re a friend of mine
©2000 Anne Feeney (BMI)
Here is Anne herself performing it
1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUCUtCCIhU
Agreed! I dream of 5 minutes alone in a locked room with Trump. But I’d settle for Stone, as well.
2I could barely read the whole thing because I was laughing so hard at the first paragraph.
3Oh my, such a profound (OK, I really mean profane) understanding of democracy.
4The corrupt orange mass murderer doesn’t need any help coming up with batsh*t stuff to propose.
5Sadly, I can just see that good Stone saying this cr*p…
Somebody ……sorry if I write what I think the FBI will be at my door. Ireally do believe that if tRump wins there will be a violent revolution.
6arrest… “anybody else who can be proven to be involved in illegal activity.”
If that’s something Roger Stone wants done I’m all for it, as long as the authorities don’t miss anyone. Because it certainly includes the entire Trump Administration.
7I’m still unsure how to approach these trumpanzees. I have a number of neighbors who support him, but am congenially unable to speak with them. It’s as if we live in different worlds, theirs involves “Q” and the President’s constant stream of bullshit. Mine is about following science and searching for factual reality…
I and many others like me can see the day by day debasement of our country, and wonder whether we are heading into a period of violence and possibly civil war. Already here in Oregon—cough—cough—cough, we see men with guns and no badges blocking public roads because someone on social media claimed that antifa was starting fires and looting abandoned homes. In what kind of insane world do you believe a dis-embodied tweet, that promotes fear and violence?
The main fear I have is about the continuity of the American Dream, and for that dream to include those who’ve been experienced discrimination based not on the content of their character, but on the color of their skin, or how they worship, or where they come from. I think we’re at risk of losing that dream…
8Kudos to Ann Feeny for that poem, and to Jeff Del Papa for introducing me to it. That’s one I’m saving.
9This is happening in Belarus and Hong Kong as I type. Is that the example we want to follow?
10JJ,
We’ll bring the duct tape, wood stakes and shovels.
11Isn’t like the 20th order he has signed lowering drug prices.
12Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump·
3h
Just signed a new Executive Order to LOWER DRUG PRICES! My Most Favored Nation order will ensure that our Country gets the same low price Big Pharma gives to other countries. The days of global freeriding at America’s expense are over..
Trumpf attracts krazees like Stone and Giuliani sort of like maggots on a dead skunk. You could add Navarro, Kudlow, Stephen Miller (and wife) and…………sooo many more.
13JJ, I hope you got your info on that radio show from your son and Jones nemesis, because in today’s upside down world, the last thing I need in my head is an image of you sitting down and listening to Alex Jones’ damn radio show on purpose. Too surreal, even for me. Say it ain’t so!
14Jeff Del Papa @1
I first heard “Have you been to Jail for Justice” on a Peter Paul & Mary CD. It is a rollicking, optimistic song. Thanks for the reminder.
15For good reason we’re all focused on the 43% of America that will believe anybody and anything to hang onto their support of Trump. But hang in there JJ and gang, that leaves 57% who are either horrified, or at least not yet glugging down the Kool-Aid.
Jimmy T, I’m also surrounded by zombies. We just have to get the reasonable and semi-aware folks to the polls, and then fight like hell when Trump and gang try to subvert the election results.
I’ve lived through the times when Nixon won re-election by a landslide, Reagan announced it was morning in America but it was his Alzheimers speaking, Bush Junior was handed the presidency by a rigged Supreme Court and Trump got elected because 80M eligible votes did not bother to vote. We just have to keep working and fighting.
Years ago, our best ex-President ever (Jimmy Carter) pointed out that peace is not a default state, and when achieved it requires constant discussion, negotiation, and affirmation to maintain it. It’s the same with elections, so let’s not give up hope. And keep in mind, win or lose in November, we still have to keep hammering away to keep this fragile republic going.
16Thank you for the reminders, professor. I needed to see them. As usual, Jimmy Carter is right–and so are you.
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