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This is the worst time that's ever occurred!
Bonnie must have had an easy life if this is the worst time she's known in her life.
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"It's an ongoing fight," said Raitt, a self-styled ambassador for that curious nexus between blues and politics. "Roe vs. Wade is not secure. The environment. . . . For the issues I care about, this is the worst time that's ever occurred since I've been alive. So I wouldn't say it's too positive a time.""
Acting unilaterly increased suffering and terrorism
Uh yeah, Bonnie, that makes sense...but even if the U.S. were the only country, liberating a country and killing terrorists decreases suffering and terrorism.
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""I feel that we should not be acting unilaterally, that we need support of the international community," Raitt said after the war had begun. "To act unilaterally is folly and will only increase the suffering and terrorism in the world.""
I guess Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Saddam Hussein are something scared
I'm glad the Brits didn't honor the scared spirit of Hitler! If they did, she have no Europe to play activist in.
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"I'm not an out-and-out pacifist. I just don't believe that war is the answer," she said. "Honoring life is a very powerful spiritual tenet, I think, whether you're protecting the environment or refusing to accept a separation between the other side and us. There's something sacred in each person and each living thing. And it's important to honor that. Resorting to violence and hate only breeds hate and violence."
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SFGate.com
Don't bury it! Put the radioactive material on Bush's farm
I wonder if Bonnie is protesting where France--run by nuclear power--puts all their nuclear waste?
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Bonnie Raitt thinks it's just plain stupid that the government wants to ship tons of deadly waste across the nation in trucks and trains, and to store it on public land near earthquake fault lines.
"In a terrorist climate, any of those trucks or trains could be attacked. It's absolute insanity. Not to mention, Yucca's not secure. On every level, it's insanity," she says.
Raitt, who has been willing to get arrested during other environmental fights, isn't just talking. She's donating part of her tour profits to anti-Yucca Mountain groups. That tour arrives at the Aladdin Theatre on Tuesday. She hopes she plays at least a small part in convincing thousands of protesters to rise up across America.
"We don't want to wait until there's one accident, and everybody goes `oops' when one of the major interstates gets knocked out, and everybody that's been irradiated has got to get evacuated or quarantined," Raitt says.
The federal government claims the waste will be secure. Raitt thinks that's a load.
"Why don't they put it on (President George W. Bush's) farm, if it's so safe?" she asks. "You shouldn't move it at all. But if it's so safe, put it in a country club where most of those CEOs and the president" hang out.
"In a terrorist climate, any of those trucks or trains could be attacked. It's absolute insanity. Not to mention, Yucca's not secure. On every level, it's insanity," she says.
Raitt, who has been willing to get arrested during other environmental fights, isn't just talking. She's donating part of her tour profits to anti-Yucca Mountain groups. That tour arrives at the Aladdin Theatre on Tuesday. She hopes she plays at least a small part in convincing thousands of protesters to rise up across America.
"We don't want to wait until there's one accident, and everybody goes `oops' when one of the major interstates gets knocked out, and everybody that's been irradiated has got to get evacuated or quarantined," Raitt says.
The federal government claims the waste will be secure. Raitt thinks that's a load.
"Why don't they put it on (President George W. Bush's) farm, if it's so safe?" she asks. "You shouldn't move it at all. But if it's so safe, put it in a country club where most of those CEOs and the president" hang out.
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ReviewJournal.com
Another star ripping our president overseas
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Winding up her summer tour across Europe, Bonnie Raitt (search) drew thunderous applause at the Stockholm Jazz Festival for dedicating a classic to President George Bush.
"We're gonna sing this for George Bush (search) because he's out of here, people!" Raitt crowed Tuesday night before she launched into the opening licks of "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," a cover that was featured on her 1979 album, "The Glow."
"We're gonna sing this for George Bush (search) because he's out of here, people!" Raitt crowed Tuesday night before she launched into the opening licks of "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," a cover that was featured on her 1979 album, "The Glow."
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This post has been edited by Wilrulz: 04 March 2005 - 01:14 PM
