Watergate Summer: Laid off Workers Platform
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In In THEIR Factory
Posted by silviadreams on December 9, 2008
“Taking the Long Way Home”, by the Dixie Chicks, and yes, especially the ” Not Ready to Make Nice ” song was my anthem and has been posted on this blog since 2006, because it was what kept the fire in my soul burning. It’s funny I started listening to the Dixie Chicks by accident, I rented a car to go to a EPA Water Hearing in 2002. I had to rent a car to go to the Meeting. I made a deal with the JD, I refused the Federal Marshall protection ( mostly because I thought it would intimidate my small town from the meeting and on another level I thought it was too dramatic, but they told me rent the car or be ready for the Marshals to pick you up…….So of course I rented the car, and oddly enough I learned ALL the Officials at the meeting had also rented cars….so that was an interesting little twist…) So I rented this Kick ass beautiful Orange Nissan ( like that was so subtle, I even joked well shit if Logging trucks run me off the road Nobody will miss this Flaming Nissan), and on the front seat somebody left Dixie Chicks CD”s, and I got hooked, especially “Wide Open Places”. I listened to that CD and felt like I could walk through Fire…..ironic eh ? But then Alot has happened since 2002…..and they went on their Own Journey Speaking Truth To Power, so in a way I somehow feel like our pathes musically crossed…..and how we found Our Courage and Our Voices are not that far apart……( and yeah I linked “Not Ready To Make Nice to the Title”, because I realized we may have New Leadership on the Way, but I am still not ready to Make Nice…..not at all). And it is one of the few CD’s that gave me hope and fueled my anger to keep fighting on, it ’s odd it was one of the first Youtubes I posted back in late 2006…and now that song has over 4 million views……So it connected to alot of souls and angst, not just mine.And when I am done writing Silent Fallout, it will be the first song I play…..I still listen to it everyday…..it has made my soul stronger.
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