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http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1wKW6l_VnR0?fs=1<\/a>\n<\/p>

NPR had a great segment<\/a> on Woody Guthrie\u2019s beautiful \u201cThis Land is Your Land\u2026\u201d \u201cAmerica\u2019s national anthem that we actually know the words to\u2026\u201d How rich it is and how complex, I was unaware of how it has been used by some to exclude rather than to include\u2026<\/p>\n

Hard not think of the human condition\u2026 <\/p>\n

What a piece of work is man\u2026<\/p>\n

What a piece of work is woman\u2026<\/p>\n

We humans, so near the angels, and so close to the demonic\u2026<\/p>\n

And then, thankfully, there\u2019s Sharon Jones, taking us heavenward & reminding us of what the song is supposed to mean.<\/p>\n

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