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January 22, 2009

The hills are alive with the sound of waterboarding

They've fixed it now, but Jake grabbed this headline from Huffington Post in its original form.

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Your suggestions for tunes and lyrics are welcome.

Posted by Daniel Radosh

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Freedom by George Michael or
I shall be released by Sting ?
It makes a change for the prisoners who have been known to croon along with ol' blue eyes:
Ain't that a kick in the head

Nice ones. But while I'll accept Sting's cover of I Shall be Released, Sinatra never recorded Kick in the Head.


Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay", and Roger Daltry's "Free Me," have possibilities, but I ain't doing it pro-bono.

"Stop torturing all night / Stop torturing all day / Drop your gunny sacks and ball-shaped gags / And close Guantanamo Bay."

We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals, though that might be better for when he sings us out of Iraq.

"Ding Dong the Witch is Dead."

I waterboarded a man in Guantanamo, just to watch him die.

Guan Tan!

-- No Mo'!

Flash, flash, flash!

Guantana-mo Bay
I'm closin' Guantanamo Bay
Guantana-mo Bay
I'm closin' Guantanamo Bay

Yo soy un negro sincero
De donde no permite totura.
Yo soy un negro sincero
De donde no permite totura.
Y antes mas mantanza me quiero
para decir a George aspirarlo

I meant "tortura" not "totura" and "matanza" not "mantanza"
and I don't really know how to say "suck it" in Spanish

CAAAAALING ALL SQUAD CARS IN THE AAAAAAAREA...

Whatever the song, I'm sure Obama would give an extraordinary rendition of it.

Aaaaand Steve wins the thread.

@Steve. Wanna write my headlines for me from now on?

Bay-o! Ba-a-ay-o!
I'm a-gonna close Guantanamo Bay.
Bay-o! Ba-a-ay-o!
I'm a-gonna close Guantanamo Bay.

I'm your new President, and this is my intention --
(I'm a-gonna close Guantanamo Bay.)
Gonna bring us back to the Geneva Convention!
(I'm a-gonna close Guantanamo Bay.)

Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo
Cultivo la rosa blanca

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A

by Leonard Cohen

Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial by Jury, of course.

To the opening bars of Liszt's Piano Concerto #1...

LET US CLOSE GUANTANAMO! (Today!)
I WILL CLOSE GUANTANAMO!
(Hooray!)

Let's get spiritual.

As I shut down Guantanamo Bay
Reinforcing the American way
Then all shall have their human rights
Justice without delay.

Obama, let's shut down
Let's shut down, close it down,
Obama, let's shut down
Down Guantanamo Bay.

er... We Shall Overcome, of course.

o'jays:

People all over the world, join hands
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world, join hands
Join a love train, love train

The next stop that we make will be England
Tell all the folks in Russia and China too
Don't you know that it's time to get on board
And let this train keep on riding, riding on through

People all over the world, join hands
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world, join hands
Join a love train, love train

All of your brothers over in Africa
Tell all the folks in Egypt and Israel too
Please don't miss this train at the station
'Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you

People all over the world, join hands
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world, join hands
Join a love train, love train

People all over the world, join hands
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world, join hands
Join a love train, love train

JohnnyB, the word you were looking for in the last line is "chuparlo".

There's not a word yet
For suspects we can't vet
Out of this dark space
The courts are the right place
We'll give them fair trials or
Send them on their way
They're going to go back home someday.

(Yes, I remember The Muppet Movie very well, and Gonzo's song still chokes me up.)

"What's so Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding"...duh.

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