Shouldn't Cher and Celine Dion be the first ones asking this?:
A coalition of top musicians, including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, want to know if their music was used by the U.S. military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Whenever I listen to right-wing talk radio I usually wonder during the breaks, "Would the White Stripes be happy if they knew that they were playing Bill O'Reilly on and off every day?"
The artists have endorsed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which were filed Thursday morning, asking the U.S. government to declassify documents that would reveal which artists' work was used on detainees at U.S. prison facilities and military detention centers, including the one at Guantanamo Bay.The National Security Archive, a Washington-based independent research institute that advocates "for the right to know," filed the requests on behalf of the Close Gitmo Now campaign, which launched this week, the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.
The multimillion-dollar national grassroots Close Gitmo Now campaign is aimed at pressuring members of Congress to support President Obama's endeavor to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. It is supported by a coalition of retired generals and liberal activists.
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You know what's funny about this is that my local sports radio station has started using the intro of LFO's "Summergirls" as return music from commercials. For a station that champions being for "men, ages 25-40", that's an interesting choice of filler music.
Are you sure it's not supposed to be for "lyte funky men, ages 25-40", one L?
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