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hobbit709

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6. As John Prine sang

Reply to KharmaTrain (Reply #4)

Mon May 21, 2012, 01:47 PM

May 2012

"Well, I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
Tryin' to get away
From all the ears inside my walls
I dreamed the police heard
Everything I thought... what then?
Well I went to court
And the judge's name was Hoffman"

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Chicago — So your brother's bound and gagged... [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

great song. one thing about the 60s -- protest songs made it to the top of the hit parade. HiPointDem May 2012 #1

Can you imagine a song like Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" Art_from_Ark May 2012 #12

"Hoffman eventually severed Seale from the Chicago 8, making them the famed Chicago 7" dana_b May 2012 #2

Judge Hoffman cthulu2016 May 2012 #3

Judge Julius Hoffman... KharmaTrain May 2012 #4

thank you both! dana_b May 2012 #5

As John Prine sang hobbit709 May 2012 #6

Well Worth Sharing This With The Class... KharmaTrain May 2012 #7

... cthulu2016 May 2012 #8

I watched the convention gavel to gavel. aquart May 2012 #9

It was horrible. I remember it very well, too. Blue_In_AK May 2012 #11

... cthulu2016 May 2012 #10