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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Tue Jul 17, 2012, 09:58 PM Jul 2012

The Powerful Woody Guthrie Quote We Wish Everybody Would Read

Found on the Facebook page of Occupy Wall St/MoveOn.org

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The Powerful Woody Guthrie Quote We Wish Everybody Would Read (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2012 OP

And the rich folks collect all of the contrived profits while convincing poor folks to RKP5637 Jul 2012 #1

This is why anti-war people felix_numinous Jul 2012 #2

K&R SalviaBlue Jul 2012 #3

The rich Flatpicker Jul 2012 #4

Is that from his column "Woody Sez"? Is the quote pre-WWII or post-WWII? struggle4progress Jul 2012 #5

KR grahamhgreen Jul 2012 #6

reminds me of... handmade34 Jul 2012 #7

Buffy St. Marie! Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #11

K&R patrice Jul 2012 #8

K&R How easily we forget. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #9

"come back Woodie Guthrie" onethatcares Jul 2012 #10

Steve Earle is closest thing we have to Woody nowadays. Well, I'm not up on today's youngsters. Hoyt Jul 2012 #14

Voltaire was more pithy malthaussen Jul 2012 #12

Ginormous K & R! n/t RoccoR5955 Jul 2012 #13

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)

1. And the rich folks collect all of the contrived profits while convincing poor folks to

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:02 PM

Jul 2012

fight as a patriotic duty.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)

2. This is why anti-war people

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:12 PM

Jul 2012

and liberals are considered such a threat. If only this idea were to go global and viral, it would change everything.

SalviaBlue

(2,916 posts)

3. K&R

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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:24 PM

Jul 2012

Flatpicker

(894 posts)

4. The rich

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:52 PM

Jul 2012

Are always happy to kill off the poors children.

Deplete the excess population.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)

5. Is that from his column "Woody Sez"? Is the quote pre-WWII or post-WWII?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:54 PM

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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

6. KR

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:05 AM

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handmade34

(22,756 posts)

7. reminds me of...

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:41 AM

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Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

11. Buffy St. Marie!

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 05:34 AM

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Now there's a blast from the past.

patrice

(47,992 posts)

8. K&R

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:46 AM

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Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

9. K&R How easily we forget.

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 02:50 AM

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onethatcares

(16,167 posts)

10. "come back Woodie Guthrie"

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 05:30 AM

Jul 2012

"come back to us now"

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

14. Steve Earle is closest thing we have to Woody nowadays. Well, I'm not up on today's youngsters.

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 09:12 PM

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malthaussen

(17,193 posts)

12. Voltaire was more pithy

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 10:03 AM

Jul 2012

"A rational army would run away."

-- Mal

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

13. Ginormous K & R! n/t

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 09:00 PM

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