Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra released an album on August 30th that expresses my sentiment about the country and this administration. The Verve website describes the album: Not in our Name as:
"... a musical manifesto for the disaffection many people in America and all over the world feel about the manner in which the present administration is conducting its affairs both at home and in the global arena. The material on Not In Our Name comes strictly from American composers. As Haden explained, “There was a necessity that I felt to play music from American composers in protest to what”™s going on, to make a statement that just because you”™re not for everything that this administration is doing, doesn”™t mean that you”™re not patriotic."
This is a strong quote and expresses the outrage that I feel towards the war in Iraq, nominees to the supreme court, and the response to the disaster in New Orleans. Not in our Name!
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