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Journalist Jill Carroll Released
Finally, some good news:
BAGHDAD, March 30 -- American journalist Jill Carroll, abducted in early January by gunmen in Baghdad, was released to a Sunni Arab political party in the capital Thursday morning after 82 days in captivity.
"I was never hurt, never hit," she said in an interview with an Arabic-speaking questioner at Islamic Party headquarters. "I was kept in a safe place and treated very well."
Carroll, 28, a freelance reporter working for the Christian Science Monitor, was brought to party headquarters just after 1 p.m. and was able to borrow a phone from a party member and speak with her parents and her twin sister. She also spoke with a Washington Post reporter, who drove to the office and spoke with her.
We wish Ms. Carroll and her family the best. We also wish them a bit of privacy.
I’m Free
by The Rolling Stones
I’m free, to do what I want, any old time
Yeah I’m free, to do what I want, any old time
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
I’m free, any old time, to get what I want
I’m free, to sing my song, knowing it’s out of trend
I’m free, to sing my song, knowing it’s out of trend
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
’cause I’m free, any old time, to get what I want
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
I’m free, any old time, to get what I want
I’m free, to choose who I see, any old time
I’m free, to bring who I choose, any old time
Love me, hold me, love me, hold me
'cause I’m free, any old time, to get what I want
Her point can not be missed that she was not treated badly. I sure hope that she becomes the spokesperson for the Iraqis, Afghans and detainees at Gitmo who have been treated worse than animals during their captivity. I believe she is smart enough to realize that the Bushco Propaganda machine will tire of her and her ordeal during the first hours after her release. She has to take the opportunity to remind Americans that the U.S. governnent is a criminal in the world's eyes.
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0614,ridgeway,72698,6.html
Andrew Card's new replacement challenged Cheney on 9/11
I'm Free
[TOMMY] - The Who
I'm free -- I'm free,
And freedom tastes of reality!
I'm free -- I'm free,
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
If I told you what it takes
To reach the highest high,
You'd laugh and say "Nothing's that simple."
But you've been told many times before
Messiahs pointed to the door
And no one had the guts to leave the temple!
I'm free -- I'm free,
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
I'm free -- I'm free,
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
Written by Flora Purim on her release from prison - later performed by Vanessa Williams (maybe when she didn't get to be Miss America because she posed for Playboy?) Notice the word "stuplicate" - that fits someone we know.
Never be afraid to love
Never be afraid to just be
Just cast away the chains of doubt
Have the courage to be free
Don’t cloud your rise with father’s lies
See only what you want to see
To stuplicate the simple truth
Have the courage to be free
Open your eyes you can fly
Open your eyes you can fly
You can fly (uh uh)
You can fly
Never be afraid to love (no, no, no...)
Never be afraid to just be
Cast away the chains of doubt
Have the courage to be free
Open your eyes you can fly (fly away)
Open your eyes you can fly
You can fly (fly, fly, fly)
Open your eyes (yeah) you can fly (fly away)
Open your eyes you can fly
You can fly (mhh)
You can fly (fly away mhhm)
Speakout:
Remember,
You can’t wait for others to applaud what you do
So just congratulate youself
And start something new
Open your eyes you can fly (open your eyes)
Open your eyes you can fly (you can fly with me)
You can fly (fly)
(repeat a whole bunch of times)
Open your eyes
you guys are great.
sunshine and hope!
FREE
sung by Faith Hill
(Beth Nielson Chapman/Annie Roboff)
I had it tough when I was just a little kid
It didn't matter what I thought
It didn't matter what I did
I felt doubts for what I lacked right from the start
It did a number on my head but it could never touch my heart
'Cause I had just enough imagination
Just enough to keep the faith
That somehow I would think of what to do
When i'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion
All the angel's came around to help me through
Life pulls fast changes
Wind blows past pages
All I see is I don't need this
High strung tightrope walk
Ticking time bomb clock
Scratch my name off
Cut these chains
I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I'm am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me
And the stress to be the best I've done it all
I've slammed the doors I've jammed the locks
I've laid the bricks,I've built the walls
No one could tell me back then why joy eluded me
Kept bumping into that misery
Locked up deep down inside of me
Took that rage and I
Turned that page and I
Packed my tools,went back to school
And I passed my graduation,and I hold my PH.D
In crash test blues I paid those dues
I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me
Time flies by in photographs and paper scrapes and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers,three times takes me home
I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me
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My prayers for Jill have been answered, and I am grateful.
What a rich life she will now have. For lack of better words, she has now been to places in her soul and spirit most of us will never know. I know she will have the integrity and boldness to do what is right with what she now knows.
Welcome home, Jill.