"THE PRISONER," 2009
A NEW ETHNIC GROUP CREATED
BY OUR FASCIST GOVERNMENT: INCARCERATED-AMERICANS
YOUTUBE: PATRICK MCGOOHAN: "THE PRISONER"
"I Am Not A Number"
I am a free man!
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HELD UNDER INHUMANE
CONDITIONS FOR YEARS FOR LITTLE OR NO REASON
Far From Being "Redeemed" or "Rehabilitated," Many Are Marked
For Life: These New Americans Are The Prisoners, The Victims Of Our Apathy
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll may be a sport, an obsession, a dream or a lifestyle for many of us. But for some, it's a lifetime of incarceration. Millions of Americans who have done nothing to anyone else have been arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced and held for years for doing things that cops, prosecutors, judges, lawmakers and their families have done on a regular basis without penalty for even more years. A majority of those in prison in America today are there for drug "offenses" that are part of everyday life for most Americans at one point or another in their lives. Those who end up in jail are disproportionately young, poor, male, minorities and "troubled." That is, they are people whom society itself has not only failed, but who are themselves the victims of society's worst prejudices. Today, we place a musical key in the social locks on their immortal cells, and set them free. May it come to pass in the real world, some day.
YOUTUBE: GREEN DAY
"Green Day - I Fought The Law"
Robin Hood Died For Your Sins!
YOUTUBE: THE JACKSONS
"The Jacksons Variety Show 1977 "I Shot The Sheriff""
But I did not shoot the deputy. No, really.
YOUTUBE: BOB DYLAN
"Bob Dylan - Little Sadie"
No Sadie's were harmed in the making of this music video.
YOUTUBE: KODAGAIN: OSCAR WILDE "THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL"
"KODAGAIN-EACH MAN KILLS THE THING HE LOVES"
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!"
YOUTUBE: JOHNNY CASH
"Johnny Cash singing Folsom Prison Blues in 1959"
Everybody was young and free, back then.
YOUTUBE: RY COODER & BOBBY KING
"Ry Cooder, Bobby King - Chain Gang"
Huh!
YOUTUBE: THIN LIZZY
"Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Live"
Now, an Irish jailbreak is a REAL jailbreak.
YOUTUBE: FREEDOM
"rage against the machine - freedom"
Passin' the torch.
YOUTUBE: RICHIE HAVENS
"Richie Havens Freedom Woodstock 1969"
Freedom, a song in itself.
YOUTUBE: SOUP DRAGONS
"Soup Dragons - "I'm Free""
Take it from a dragon.
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