Comments on: Copenhagen 10: Goodbye, Therese http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99923 greenfly Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99923 Mark - half speed doubles time for composition, I guess. Mr Wendal - it's an audio file with a static image but no matter, here are the lyrics but they'll be stilted without the tune. (It's something I used to listen to, no great shakes but ... maybe you'll empathise) ps. My loins are gird, real gird! Here, have a dollar, in fact no brotherman here, have two Two dollars means a snack for me, but it means a big deal to you Be strong, serve God only, know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaits That's the poem I wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate Mr.Wendal, that's his name, no one ever knew his name cause he's a no-one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum, until I had the chance to really get to know one Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges, still most of y'all come out confused [CHORUS:] Go ahead, Mr.Wendal (2x) Mr.Wendal has freedom, a free that you and I think is dumb Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society for Mr.Wendal's a bum His only worries are sickness and an occasional harassment by the police and their chase Uncivilized we call him, but I just saw him eat off the food we waste Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no ? Who are we to judge ? When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved and killed over a racist grudge Mr.Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways but we don't hear him talk Is it his fault when we've gone too far, and we got too far, cause on him we walk Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh, but not by law I feed you dignity to stand with pride, realize that all in all you stand tall Mr.Wendal, yeah yeah yeah, Lord, Mr.Wendal

Mark – half speed doubles time for composition, I guess.
Mr Wendal – it’s an audio file with a static image but no matter, here are the lyrics but they’ll be stilted without the tune. (It’s something I used to listen to, no great shakes but … maybe you’ll empathise)
ps. My loins are gird, real gird!

Here, have a dollar,
in fact no brotherman here, have two
Two dollars means a snack for me,
but it means a big deal to you
Be strong, serve God only,
know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaits
That’s the poem I wrote for the first time
I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate
Mr.Wendal, that’s his name,
no one ever knew his name cause he’s a no-one
Never thought twice about spending on a ol’ bum,
until I had the chance to really get to know one
Now that I know him, to give him money isn’t charity
He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes
And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges,
still most of y’all come out confused

[CHORUS:] Go ahead, Mr.Wendal (2x)

Mr.Wendal has freedom,
a free that you and I think is dumb
Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society
for Mr.Wendal’s a bum
His only worries are sickness
and an occasional harassment by the police and their chase
Uncivilized we call him,
but I just saw him eat off the food we waste
Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no ?
Who are we to judge ?
When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved
and killed over a racist grudge
Mr.Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways
but we don’t hear him talk
Is it his fault when we’ve gone too far,
and we got too far, cause on him we walk
Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh,
but not by law
I feed you dignity to stand with pride,
realize that all in all you stand tall

Mr.Wendal, yeah yeah yeah, Lord, Mr.Wendal

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]]> By: BluePeter http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99918 BluePeter Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:21:27 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99918 How say the conference didn't achieve miracles. On the day it finished, the UK and the US are buried in snow!

How say the conference didn’t achieve miracles.

On the day it finished, the UK and the US are buried in snow!

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]]> By: Mark http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99807 Mark Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:20:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99807 Ah Fly; Well I did a deal with Slingshot to get free Internet....what they didn't say was they'd be cutting the speed by half - cute hey? Means I can't watch Mr Wendel - you may have to use your considerable descriptive powers if I NEED to know....hope you're doing well there. There's been plenty of the "F" sound round here lately - 77% vote against a name change, and the Nats, along with their honky mofo friends, change the name. (Sorry Pita - long as you keep Mr Hate in your Party - I'm gonna use a bit of pro-active Free Speech myself !) Are these Guys gonna get unelected or what? - they'll make Helen's Crash look like a near miss! Gird thy Loins Greens, the Government is intent on toppling itself!

Ah Fly; Well I did a deal with Slingshot to get free Internet….what they didn’t say was they’d be cutting the speed by half – cute hey?
Means I can’t watch Mr Wendel – you may have to use your considerable descriptive powers if I NEED to know….hope you’re doing well there.

There’s been plenty of the “F” sound round here lately – 77% vote against a name change, and the Nats, along with their honky mofo friends, change the name. (Sorry Pita – long as you keep Mr Hate in your Party – I’m gonna use a bit of pro-active Free Speech myself !)

Are these Guys gonna get unelected or what? – they’ll make Helen’s Crash look like a near miss!
Gird thy Loins Greens, the Government is intent on toppling itself!

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]]> By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99804 greenfly Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:16:41 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99804 Mark. Meet Mr Wendal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_kIN2Z4Lo

Mark. Meet Mr Wendal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_kIN2Z4Lo

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]]> By: Mark http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99800 Mark Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:18:30 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99800 Bit sad; Thank you Doctor, for making the effort, even though it was likely a grand schmozzle - making an effort in the face of the evidence is a brave thing. Our Green MP's were in no doubt they should go....compared to others, that speaks volumes.
Bit sad; Thank you Doctor, for making the effort, even though it was likely a grand schmozzle – making an effort in the face of the evidence is a brave thing. Our Green MP’s were in no doubt they should go….compared to others, that speaks volumes.

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]]> By: icehawk http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/12/19/copenhagen-10-goodbye-therese/#comment-99757 icehawk Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:11:42 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=8742#comment-99757 Kennedy, From a random member of the public: thank you. On behalf of myself and my two young daughters, thank you for your stirling efforts at Copenhagen. I see a lot of despair at the final results, but I also realise that it ain't over. We go on.
Kennedy,

From a random member of the public: thank you. On behalf of myself and my two young daughters, thank you for your stirling efforts at Copenhagen.

I see a lot of despair at the final results, but I also realise that it ain’t over. We go on.

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