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Dear Joyce,

Greg Brown ended his recent KUNI benefit concert in Cedar Falls with his
haunting "I Want My Country Back."  When he finished, the entire
auditorium was still--and then the audience rose in a standing ovation.
I'm afraid silences like that--but without the ovation-- will become more
and more widespread as the Bush Gang stampedes us farther and farther into
hostile, uncharted territory, quelling jingoist hy-vee-style celebrations
all too soon.  (Witness the violent demonstrations against us by
Iraqi--majority--Shiites, civil disorder and incipient insurrection in
several cities, Rumsfeld's and Bush's threats to Syria and Iran, and so
on.)  People may even one day tire of hearing, "It's Clinton's fault."
(No, not all people, I know...)

In the meantime, how about checking out central Iowa organic and
sustainable food producers, picking up a loaf or two of whole grain bread
at Great Harvest, buying a Greg Brown CD and learning "I Want My Country
Back," praying (if that's part of your spirituality), and committing
occasional, clandestine, random acts of kindness?  If enough of us did
that, how could Ayatollah Ashcroft's boys ever keep up with the
investigations?

Bill Witt








Hello,    Last night I shopped at HyVee in Ankeny.  I won't do it again
> for some time.  The whole place was into a celebratory showing of "old
> glory"
> or is it "old gory"?    A vegetable stocker said it was to support the
> troops.  I wonder if the troops support vegetable stockers?  Certainly
> not Iraqi ones.  Why did I feel the aisle's were awash in the blood of
> the
> thousands of residents of Iraq - the collateral damage bunch.
> This mood of victory will probably carry the "gang of four" in residence
> at the White House back in.  I have seldom seen a more successful
> campaign to win Americans to a vicious cause.  I am convinced my country
> has moved away and some other country has taken its place.
> I don't know where I will shop (WalMart ack) but not at HyVee.
> Joyce Naffier
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