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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
18. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to post this again...
Tue Apr 24, 2012, 08:54 AM
Apr 2012

Some of us here at DU wound up as Vietnam War draftees, for one reason or another, and somehow missed the opportunity to live in a mansion in France...

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Fortunate Son
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Written by John Fogerty

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh


It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no




It's a powerful song that became an anthem for us. I bolded the words that hit me the hardest...



j. Edgar Hoover orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1
Oh...come on, what about the urgent missionary work for Romney who had to live in a Paris castle blm Apr 2012 #2
he gets points for that AND having the balls to protest the war he refused to fight in yurbud Apr 2012 #12
Mitt protested against the war protestors, but, wouldn't go to war, himself. Typical Republican blm Apr 2012 #17
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to post this again... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #18
I miss creating stupid, confusing, mocking polls on DU. nt onehandle Apr 2012 #3
+1 jorno67 Apr 2012 #7
Right up there with Dick "Five Deferments" Cheney and Rush "Anal Cyst" Limbaugh tularetom Apr 2012 #4
the polls are coming, the polls are coming.... spanone Apr 2012 #5
YES! Lint Head Apr 2012 #8
Apparently hunting deer with a compound bow is preferable to hunting a human armed with an AK-47. Selatius Apr 2012 #6
"Ted Nugent Crapped His Pants" should be a f*@king bumper sticker! Lint Head Apr 2012 #9
add "to avoid the draft" yurbud Apr 2012 #20
Rush is #1, IMO. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #10
It's still hard to beat George Bush as king of the chickenhawks. Fozzledick Apr 2012 #11
You Win !!!! orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #15
he hit the trifecta yurbud Apr 2012 #21
Is Negent pro-war or just pro-gun? Ter Apr 2012 #13
He supported the Iraq War and said, "“Our failure has been not to Nagasaki them.” pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #14
that's like saying I didn't study karate, but if I did I could kick your ass. yurbud Apr 2012 #22
Hence Hawk. orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #19
In his case, yes Ter Apr 2012 #24
And I think all the more of you for it.... orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #25
lest we forget Poppy in WW II Bailout orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #16
that's kind of creepy of him--leave the serfs to drown yurbud Apr 2012 #23
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