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Let The Big River Flow

What I am trying to say is that Democracy is working! The Constitution underscores the importance of "due process!" By definition, that means that every voice shall be heard regardless of how distasteful it might be to our ears!

Some would try to define freedom of speech so long as the voice is speaking words in which we may believe. True freedom is the right of every voice to be heard regardless of point of view.

That is why Democracy works. Even though slaves, women, Native Americans, and other non-white humans were not considered for those First Amendment Rights in the beginning. Our so-called Founding Fathers owned slaves, their women could not vote, and 100 million of my Native brothers and sisters were murdered by the United States Government!

Yet, in spite of all of that, the Constitution, rightly interpreted, guarantees every human being certain inalienable rights! Therefore, I am proud to be an American Musical Outlaw, refusing to be put into a cookie-cutter category.

The Collectibles Label calls my music "Real American Country," and I know that it is a combination of many strains of music. From Louis Armstrong jazz to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band bluesgrass and everything in-between.

Posted by Howard Lips at 7/13/2009 6:00 PM