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Add an EventMusical Legend Willie Nelson on Farm-Aid, Bio-diesel Fuel, Outlaw Country Music, Marijuana Laws, the Impeachment of Bush
Musically, he shunned the traditional Nashville country scene by pioneering his own sub-genre, known as outlaw country.
And over several decades he has been consistently involved in social justice.
He co-founded Farm Aid, the annual benefit and awareness-raising concert for small farmers. Nelson has entered environmental entrepreneurship, partnering in a bio-disel plant that fuels trucks with vegetable oil. He has been a vocal advocate for decriminalizing marijuana, co-chairing the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws advisory board. He has voiced support for progressive candidates like Dennis Kucinich, endorsing his run for the presidency in 2004. And he"s been a harsh critic of the Iraq war and the Bush administration, recently calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Willie Nelson was in New York last night to headline Democracy Now”s twelfth anniversary gala event. Today he joins us in our firehouse studio for the rest of the hour.
Willie Nelson, Singer, songwriter and activist. One of the most well-known artists in American country music. He is currently on a world tour supporting his latest album, “Moment of Forever.”
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"Musical Legend Willie Nelson on Farm Aid, Biodiesel Fuel, Outlaw Country Music, Marijuana Laws, the Impeachment of President Bush, the 9/11 Attacks & More"
Here's the 9/11 relevant excerpt (the one that all 'anarchists' will reject):
JUAN GONZALEZ: The FCC is watching, yes. I’d like to ask you about one of your views or perspectives that’s raised a lot of controversy, obviously, your sense of—or your reaction to what happened on 9/11 and your questions that you have about the events of that terrible day.
WILLIE NELSON: Well, I have a lot of questions. I think a lot of people have a lot of questions. I think 85 or 90 percent of the people in this country say, “What?” I mean, a plane hit this building, and it fell kind of like that. And another plane hit that building, and it fell kind of like that. About the same time it fell, this one fell the same way. It looked like an implosion somewhere, you know? And then, all of a sudden, the third building fell, and no plane hit it. So, naturally, I’ve got questions.
AMY GOODMAN: If you met President Bush, what would you ask him?
WILLIE NELSON: How are things in Crawford? That’s about it.
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And on MSM:
"I saw those towers fall and I've seen an implosion in Las Vegas, there's too much similarities between the two. And I saw the building fall that didn't get hit by nothing," the singer-songwriter said. "So, how naive are we, you know, what do they think we'll go for?"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328726,00.html
“The day it happened, I saw one fall and it was just so symmetrical,” Nelson said on Alex Jones' talk show. “I said, ‘Wait a minute, I just saw that last week at the casino in Las Vegas’, and you see these implosions all the time, and the next one fell and I said, ‘Hell, there’s another one.' They’re trying to tell me that an airplane did it and I can’t go along with that.”
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/020408kvuenelson-bkm.8e5c8740.html
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