I feel close enough morally and spiritually with Joni to dare to speak the following facts: 1) Having been a fan of Joni's since the early 1970's, with Vietnam, "The Fiddle and the Drum" and her involvement with the McGovern campaign, I know she does not believe in the status quo. 2) Having survived the Reagan years (with friends dying of AIDS and all), it was her album, "Dog Eat Dog" which gave me the hope that right wing America and their televangelists need not dictate the direction of this country forever. 3) I know she would have admired Senator Paul Wellstone for his liberal convictions, and we mourn his loss together. 4) Get out there and vote Democrat on November 5, to give her and this country a present a few days before her birthday. No hostile replies necessary - what do you want to do? Take away my free speech that Pres. Bush claims he is fighting for Iraqis? Put me on an airplane and cause it to crash like some Timothy McVeigh must have done to Wellstone's plane? I have nothing to fear, because Joni's music will always live on long after I am gone. Oh, and by the way, here is another reason to hate me, as I am suffering from recurring respiratory problems from having worked 3 blocks away from the World Trade Center, and I am a witness that this government under Bush and Giuliani did not do enough to protect us. Have fun with your empty T.V. watching and C.D. listening, while you allow your inaction to take away the last remnant of our democracy on November 5 by not voting to keep the Senate Democratic.
