Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL)

[jcd11235 0]

My friend gave me a couple CDs full of MP3 files, all of this guy David Rovicks music.

He is a Woody Guthrie/ Bob Dylan for this era. His songs are poignant, and often highlight the irony of it all.

He also encourages free downloads of his music from his website, which is refreshing in this age of Mettalica and Napster (I like Mettalica, in general, but I thought it was hypocritical of them to sue over filesharing, when so much of their early material is blatant classical music rip-offs.)

Anyway, some Rovics' titles include:

"Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy"
"Trafalgar Square"
"Good Kurds, Bad Kurds"
"Bomb Ourselves"
"Reichstag Fire"

Here's the lyrics to one:

Operation Iraqi Liberation
David Rovics


We’ve got a situation and it calls for a solution
That upholds our domination of the planet
We’re gonna make our case and we’re gonna make it well
But if you don’t like our logic you can can it
We’ll use impeccable intelligence from any country in the world
As long as we all see eye to eye
And if we don’t find quite what we need we know what to do
Just look into the camera and lie

(Chorus)
‘Cause it’s Operation Iraqi Liberation
Tell me, what does that spell
Operation Iraqi Liberation
O – I – L

And we’ll lie about the missiles and the nuclear research
We’ll lie about uranium
We’ll build military bases and smile for reporters
As we give away bubble gum
And we’ll lie about bin Laden and his connections with the Saudis
And we’ll lie about 9-1-1
And we’ll lie about the Baathists and their connections to Al Qaeda
Because we know there’s none

(Chorus)

And we’ll lie about the North Koreans and we’ll lie about Iran
And don’t mention Israel
Keep those nuclear weapons out of this song
And it will all hold together swell
And now we’ll liberate these people, we’ll liberate their money
We’ll liberate their soil
We’ll liberate their airports, we’ll liberate their harbors
And we’ll liberate their oil

Created July, 2003
Copyright David Rovics 2003, all rights reserved

http://www.davidrovics.com/

Check it out. Unless, of course, you're one of the people he sings about!

And yes, the W.H. first called it Operation Iraqi Liberation (very briefly) before realizing their Fruedian slip. Now, THAT'S funny.

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[bodypilot90 0]

sounds like he needs to team up with your other hero MICHAEL MOORE.

[PhillyKev 0]

oooohhhh....burnnnnn...

[jcd11235 0]

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sounds like he needs to team up with your other hero MICHAEL MOORE.

Would you be so kind as to show us all the post where I say nice things about Moore?

For the record, here's my take on Michael Moore:
Personally, I liked The Big One. I didn't see Roger and Me, I saw Bowling for Columbine, and enjoyed it. I didn't see Farenheit 9/11, but the same friend who originally told me about Moore, says that he went overboard on some of his claims in his latest film, so I will likely not waste my time watching it.

So, I would not consider Michael Moore to be a hero of mine. Einstein, yes. Leibniz, yes. Gandhi, yes. Marley, yes. Jung, yes. Moore, no.

Which would put him in the same category as you, come to think of it. How does it feel to be like Mike?

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[bodypilot90 0]

seem like both have the same type of "facts"

My mistake

[PhillyKev 0]

Did you see F 9/11 in the theaters or rent it?

[Zenister 0]

of course not, you cant expect anyone to have any actual experience on a topic before they mouth off about it now can you.....

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[dbattman 0]

I'm waiting to come across a stolen copy before I see it. I'm not putting one dime in that man's pocket for this 'documentary.'

Pirates AHOY!

[TheAnvil 0]

That's actually pretty funny. I have almost as much respect for this Rovics' political views as I do those of Ted Rall. I hope he's a good musician.

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[slug 1]

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Did you see F 9/11 in the theaters or rent it?

Rented the DVD. LMAO

R.I.P.

[PhillyKev 0]

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I'm waiting to come across a stolen copy before I see it. I'm not putting one dime in that man's pocket for this 'documentary.'

Pirates AHOY!

Moore donated and is donating all of his profits from the movie to charity. Specifically so people who claim to look at both sides of an issue can't use that excuse.

[Ron 10]

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of course not, you cant expect anyone to have any actual experience on a topic before they mouth off about it now can you.....

I saw it and f9/11 was a load of crap.

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[Zenister 0]

your likely one of the few... i thought it was a pretty terrible movie as well... some interesting questions without alot (as in hardly any) evidence for the allegations made, but i think people should at least SEE a film, read a book etc... before they put forth an opinion on it....

christians are notoriously bad about this... protests over movies like Life of Brian, Last Temptation and Dogma are perfect illustrations... far to many people look to their church for their opinions

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[RoadRash 0]

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I hope he's a good musician.

So what you are saying is...you hope he has a day job......


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[TomAiello 26]

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Moore donated and is donating all of his profits from the movie to charity.

You don't happen to know which charity, do you?

I'm just thinking that, for example, the NRA hunter safety programs are "charity."

-- Tom Aiello

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[jcd11235 0]

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You don't happen to know which charity, do you?

I'm just thinking that, for example, the NRA hunter safety programs are "charity."

Moore's a card carrying member (in spite of making Charlton Heston look like a bumbling idiot in Bowling for Columbine), so you never know.

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[TomAiello 26]

Oh, I know.

I was just thinking that there are lots of "charities" that are basically thinly disguised PAC's. Almost anyone claiming to do things "for the children" seems to qualify. I remember that Ben and Jerry's use to give to a "charity" that worked for "banning handguns for our children."

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[Ron 10]

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your likely one of the few...

I TRY not to have an opinion about something till I have some experience with it.

Watching that movie I could feel the hate he had for Bush. Some in the audience ate it up, others were turned off..

Still it was interesting to see how many people believed it as fact just because it was a movie.

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