Back in late September 2009 I wrote a song called “Rise Up America” and recorded it after seeing all the chaos go down at the G20 summit in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. I made a call for anyone who wanted to record this song to do so and to even change the words to their own country so that it is more personal.
It’s been a little while now but we’ve now got another version and from Italy.
Here are the two songs for Italy and America together:
Here is my original song with video from the G20 Summit:
I recently got an email from an Italian artist simply known as Alex or “d0ct0r” who heard my song and wanted very much to record it and make his own version for Italy. He sent it to me and this is what you are listening to. I like it very much.
Now that Italy is involved with the spirit behind the original song, my call still goes out for others to get involved. It’s up to us to take our world back from fear and destruction. We must rise above fear and anxiety!
Let’s keep this song chain going. It is important to get the spirit of optimism out. Thanks Alex!
I found this guy named Sean Kraft before Christmas who has apparently been on a Hunger Strike for 45 days.
45 days???
Yes. I do not know him personally and have really no way of knowing for sure if it is true but it is worth the media looking into at the very least.
Why is he striking?
Because of the current situation in the U.S. The Government seems to want to take more and more control and it is ever increasingly hard to have a life, liberty and to pursue happiness. Some people probably don’t feel this control because maybe they are too zonked out, distracted, playing games, basically just going around in circles in the rat race, or for other unknown causes.
So I am gonna report on him. He is demanding to talk to the “We the People Foundation” and get in touch eventually with the Continental Congress of 2009 and have a 3 minute press conference.
The mission of the We The People Foundation is:
1. To protect, preserve and enhance the unalienable rights, liberties and freedoms of the people.
2. To teach people that under our system of governance all power comes from the people and all government is limited by our written constitutions.
3. To help people become better informed about the history and meaning of every provision of the Declaration of Independence and their State and federal constitutions.
4. To help people become better informed about what is really going on in government.
5. To help people become better informed about how to confront unconstitutional and illegal behavior by those wielding power in government at all levels.
6. To institutionalize vigilance by the ordinary, nonaligned citizen-voter-taxpayers.
Sean has been posting daily on his weight change and you can read more about him at his site:
I come today to accept my Nobel Peace Prize. It is an honor to receive such an award. It is a funny day. I fooled you guys. I’m laughing my head off now.
Afghanistan, get ready for our troops. Get out the heroin. We’re gonna have a party like there ain’t no tomorrow. Dig it! Word.
And for you haters, who didn’t vote me in, you’re gonna have your rights taken from you. I got some other “Peace” projects in the works.
Let me tell you. You guys know about the “Patriot Act”? We’re gonna rev that thing up a notch. Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Ghandi, and Moses, you all got nothing on me. You be hatin’ on me and I don’t like you guys talkin’ trash about my reputation. Big deal. I hung out with some thugs in Chicago. That’s where I get my ideas. So this prize goes to all those thugs that supported me in the past.
You ask ,”Where do we go from here?” I go up to the top. We’re gonna create a welfare state. In my opinion, this will bring “peace”. What a better way to demobilize and demoralize the American people. It’s a psychological game that I am winning at. I’ll get you where it counts: the brain. Now you will think that government is the only source for help.
This is where I rise up. Oh my gosh. The power that I get. You guys get smashed and I rise.
Dig it! I’m on my game, American people. The check’s in the mail.
You may have objections about me and this peace prize. Don’t worry, I’m on your side. “Yes We Can! Yes We Can!” You remember? I’m so up there.
Al Gore and I are making plans to control the world. You guys are incapable of having any sort of feelings. Keep playing your games and watching Oprah.
Take your damn pills! We got ya! Oh, one other thing. Take you swine flu shot.
Long live the Republic! Peace out, America!
Things To Consider:
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.”
Hugo Black
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to = remain silent.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny”
Mark Twain
“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Let’s break it down. I may be wrong but let’s see.
1. Are you burdened by student loans that force you to work jobs you really do not like so that you can pay it back?
2. Are you underneath a mortgage on a home?
3. Do you pay loans are your car?
4. Are you able to get up and go anywhere you want?
5. Do you bring your work home with you? (If you enjoy your work, then that’s a different story).
6. Are you so obsessed with the latest gadgets and things?
7. Do you have a lot of credit card debt?
8. Are you happy and satisfied or at least moving towards what you perceive to get you there?
9. Would you keep working your job for free because you like it?
10. Are you doing overtime just to stay afloat and not go into the tank?
11. Do you have free time to do the things you enjoy?
12. When was the last time you got up and felt you were really making a difference?
13. Are you burdened down with fear?
14. Are you too busy?
Solutions:
Don’t watch T.V.
Rent or share a home with someone.
Stop buying things.
Quit your job and do something worthwhile.
Turn on, tune in and drop out.
Take some risks.
Do your part.
Become self-reliant.
Create yourself, do not let others create you.
Resist greed, anxiety, depression and fear.
Help others.
Now if you’re buried under debt and such, I wouldn’t suggest turning on tuning in and dropping out but I’d suggest really finding out what makes you happy and to move in that direction at least. It has been a long road for me and I’m still working on it and I’m rather on the debt free side but just looking for my niche that is helpful to society and to me.
I told my uncle once that if it takes me 50 years to get there, then it takes me 50 years to get there.
Music and art can change our World for the good. You already know how chaotic it is these days if you are awake: Swine Flu hype, G20 Riots, Vaccinations, Nuclear Standoffs, RFID chips, health care arguments, economy, Iraq War, terrorism, the New World Order, 1st amendment violations, unemployment, and the list can go on and on.
Now if we all rise up together we can push the oppressive things out of the way. I have compiled a Jamendo only playlist of artists I really like because of their honesty and musical quality. Please download at the link below and pass around. We can do this. It isn’t over and as long as we are breathing we can do something.
And here is another idea: If you can play guitar or piano, sing or write, get going and make a song about whatever you are going through. No matter what. Flood the internet with your viewpoint. Let’s not give in to the elite bullies in charge who want to manipulate, con and destroy us with their fear-mongering. These are all distractions.
if you paint or draw do that, too. Flood the internet with your world. We have more numbers behind us than those elite. They hide behind their power and wealth. Come and get going.
Make youtube videos, too and post. Do it!
Here’s the playlist:
1. Rancho Relaxo – From The Hip
2. Rancho Relaxo – Quebec
3. The Zombie Drivers – There Is No Law
4. The Zombie Drivers – Shine in the Rain
5. The Henry Chinaski’s Ashtray – A Girl Got A Car Accident
6. The Henry Chinaski’s Ashtray – One-eyed-woman’s dream
7. The Ragas – Blues Raga 2
8. The Ragas – What Ya Say
9. The Dada Weatherman – What Gandhi Said
10. The Dada Weatherman – Flying On A Cloud
11. Timado – True Blue
12. Timado – Turning
13. THE GOLDEN DAWN – Enjoy the Nature
14. The Golden Dawn – Let the Sunshine In
15. I Am Not Lefthanded – Falling
16. I Am Not Lefthanded – Long Goodbyes
17. Jamison Young – Live On A Moon
18. Jamison Young – Cold World
19. Blancheneige Bazaar Orchestra – Monkey Boy
20. Blancheneige Bazaar Orchestra – Meshugge
21. Jim Guittard – BJM-Like Song
22. Jim Guittard – The Sun Shines Today
23. Ben’s Imaginary Band – Connectiveness
24. Ben’s Imaginary Band – My Self-Centered World
25. Charline Lucie – Crimes de compagnie
26. Brad Sucks – Overreacting
27. Brad Sucks – Gasoline
28. Waterfalls – The Dandy Bell
29. Waterfalls – Get Tight And Loose
30. alterlabel -Optimystic
31. Blood Ruby – Midsummer Fires
32. Blood Ruby – Babel Babel
33. Illusion of Art – Machines
34. Illusion of Art – La Plano
35. The Heavens – Echo Serena
36. The Heavens – This Beautiful Machine
37. The Wagner Logic – Conflicting Sound
38. The Wagner Logic – So Hard
39. Glass Waves – Hey Nuclear
40. Glass Waves – Virginia Tech
41. FATHER JOHNSON – Treat Ya Kind
42. FATHER JOHNSON – Transcending
43. ARTSomerville – Are You Sleeping?
44. ARTSomerville – I know, I know
45. Chapter 9 – In the Universe
46. Chapter 9 – Small Apocalypse Song
47. The Verandas – Rescue Me
48. The Verandas – Anemone
49. Charlie Gibson – Eu Só Posso Cantar
50. Charlie Gibson – Porto ou Faxinal
Is our only source of comfort our stocks and money? Where do we get our comfort? The Almighty Dollar right? I’ll keep praying to my money. I know that the dollar can hear me. I just know it. Let’s all go down to our local bank and set up a little praying booth and we’ll be heard. We must!
A veteran Hong Kong stock commentator burst into tears during a live television broadcast as she saw HSBC’s shares plunge dramatically seconds before the end of Monday’s trading.
Let’s all have our “19th nervous breakdown”. I caught this guy on tape around 2001. You know what? We all have bad days. We’re never alone.
A lot of stuff is going on right now that is more than mind-boggling. There are a lot of folks out there that have been negligent, ignorant, selfish and greedy. This I believe is why all this bailout, stimulus package has come about.
Do you think that throwing money at these people will help? No! Because it is an internal problem of the mind. It is bad habits and total disregard for doing the right thing. Yeah, in the old days people worked hard to get somethere. There are a lot of Americans still today that do work hard to get somewhere.
My Great Great Grandfather immigrated from France in 1846 to Ohio. He didn’t know English. He learned it and struggled his way to become a country doctor in New Bedford, Ohio. He struggled through hard winters and cared after people with pneumonia and other diseases of the day. There were no cars and he went around by horseback making calls on patients and would be gone from home days at a time. THIS IS AMERICA!
Many people have the “lottery” mentality wishing for everything under the sun to come there way without any lifting of fingers. It is sickening. I believe America will fight the good fight. There is something higher at play, here. Will we exist as a nation of hard workers or a nation of “lottery” lovers. The time is now to wake up and not settle for the mediocre, “I can’t” mentality. Get up, stand up, rise up! For God, For Country, For Honor!
Whose in charge here? We have forgotten what the country was made of. Overseas we get trashed for how America is now. They expect us to lead! How can we lead if we can’t even see through the confusion and chaos? I lived overseas for two and a half years and I was confronted on few occasions about American Politics. Let’s put it aside and go back to our roots. It’s burning within each of us. And by the way, Mr. Attorney General, Americans are not cowards. Shame on you! They stand for what is right.
JIM GUITTARD is a 4th Generation Musician and 2nd Generation Writer.
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