Lost Hills Road - losthills's Blog - Bakotopia http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/losthills Music, Americana and Protest in the San Joaquin Valley of America... Music, Americana and Protest in the San Joaquin Valley of America... en-us Running on empty..... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/losthills/32115 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/losthills/32115 <p>Folk-Rocker Jackson Browne is suing John McCain and the Ohio National Republican committee for using his song <em>Running On Empty </em>&nbsp;in a campaign advertisement.&nbsp; The song was used in the background&nbsp;of an ad slamming opponent Barak Obama&rsquo;s energy policy. Browne is an Obama campaign contributor and is well known for supporting liberal and environmental causes. He is asking for $75,000.00 in damages, saying that the Republicans used his song without permission, and damaged his reputation by associating him with McCain.</p> <p>Poor John&hellip; You would think his staff would know better than to use a song by an artist who is actively campaigning against their man.&nbsp; They have already been asked to stop using songs by Abba and John Mellencamp. Perhaps they should call up Toby Keith&hellip;</p> <p>This is reminiscent of a similar flap when George Bush Senior was using Bruce Springsteen&rsquo;s <em>Born In The USA &nbsp;</em>on the campaign trail, and Bruce denounced him in the press.&nbsp; The lesson here is to <strong>ASK</strong>&nbsp; before using someone&rsquo;s song&ndash; it could save you a lot of bad press, as well as legal fees.</p> <p>Jackson Browne has a new album out called <em>Time The Conqueror,&nbsp;</em>his first album of new material in six years,<em>&nbsp; </em>and is embarking on a world tour&ndash; as well as campaigning for Barak Obama&hellip;</p> <p><a href="http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/"><strong><font color="#006699">http://www.jacksonbrowne.com</font></strong></a></p> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_396" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://ezfolk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/jbrowne.jpg"><strong><font color="#006699"><img class="size-medium wp-image-396" height="300" alt="Jackson Browne" width="300" src="http://ezfolk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/jbrowne.jpg" /></font></strong></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">Jackson Browne</p> </div>


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 2008_0316Image0047.JPG losthills Playing.JPG losthills MikeAndTerry.JPG losthills 2008_0316Image0042.JPG losthills One Day = 720 Million... http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/losthills/21853 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/losthills/21853 <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">The Iraq War costs us 720 million dollars each day. Think about that.....</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">Is this the best use for our tax dollars, or could that money be put to better use here at home? Here are some ideas for what could be accomplished with that money from the American Friends Service Committee:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">720 million dollars could buy health insurance for a year for 163,525 people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could pay for 84 brand new elementary schools.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could buy free lunches for 1,153,846 kids for a year.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could build 6,482 homes.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could send 95,364 kids to head start.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could outfit over a million homes with solar panels.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could pay the salaries of 12,478 teachers for a year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">It could pay for a college education for 34,904 students.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">That is how much money we are spending on this war in one day. It is time to stop this madness. Find out more and sign a petition to end this disgrace at:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma"><a href="http://www.afsc.org/cost">www.afsc.org/cost</a></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Tahoma"><i>peace....</i></span></span></p>


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