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No Bailout for Wall Street Bums

by Raging Grannies (info [at] raginggrannies.com)
While downtown Palo Alto strollers headed out after work to eat sushi, the Grannies "popped some corn" with BBQ Bob of the Ribtones.
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Members of the Raging Grannies Action League sang this ditty they wrote to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" while waving pails marked
NO BAILOUT and signs saying NO BLANK CHECK FOR WALL STREET

SONG for No Bailout Demo

TUNE: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

My money lies over the ocean
I can’t trust investments at home
Now Congress is writing a blank check
Should have LEFT regu-LA-tions alone!

Chorus:
Bailout, Bailout
No stinking bailout for Wall Street bums!
Bail out, Bailout
No stinking bailout for them!

They blather about the “free” market
They say that we must privatize
They’re happy to rake in the profits
Their ethics should be scrutinized!

Chorus
§Let them eat sushi (sign, uppper right)
by Raging Grannies
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Granny Mary has fake money in her *BailOut* Pail.
§BBQ Bob of the Ribtones
by Raging Grannies
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BBQ Bob is a veteran of the streets. He joined our rally and created a blues song for the Grannies to join in on.
"What about my medicare? Bailin' out Wall Street just ain't fair..."
§Poppin' Corn with BBQ Bob on Harmonica
by Raging Grannies
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§Talkin' 'bout what went down...
by Raging Grannies
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On the streets, using our voice
"Junk Bonds--Junk President"!
§Granny Gail interviews with MSM
by Raging Grannies
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§This is why!
by Raging Grannies
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§Singin' a song by the Boston RAGING GRANNIES
by Raging Grannies
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LET IT CRASH
tune: Let It Snow
lyrics: Granny Maddy, Boston RGs, 9/25/08

Oh the Wall Street news is frightful
And the people’s rath is rightful
We say “Do not kiss their ash
Let it crash, let it crash, let it crash”.

It doesn’t show signs of stopping
We won’t swallow “corn” for propping
The fight has turned way up fast
Let it crash, let it crash, let it crash.

When we finally bottom out
How we’ll hate what we know has been done
But if we don’t resist this NOW
Their fascism plot will have won

Democracy’s slowly dying
And the fat is up for frying
But for 700 billion in cash
Let it crash, let it crash, let it crash.
§HI-wheel bicyclist came by
by Raging Grannies
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§VFP presente!
by Raging Grannies
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Bernard and Sharon of Chapter 101, Veterans for Peace
§Granny Jane says no blank check
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§PPJC says no blank check for Wall St.
by Raging Grannies
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Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
sponsored the event.
Thank you for bringing us together!
§Julia (right) collects signatures
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Petition to be sent to elected officials. Julia "works it" for PPJC.
§Linda collects signatures too
by Raging Grannies
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§Two musicians talk
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BBQ Bob of BBQ Bob and the Ribtones plays harmonica;
Granny Shirley of the Raging Grannies plays ukelele.
§About fifty people showed up
by Raging Grannies
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And several MSM news sources too.
Of course, this Indybay report will be the best!
Great big banners by PPJC.
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