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  • (reprise for my 50,000th FreeRepublic reply) DFU SONG: The FReeper Anthem

    11/15/2005 6:33:33 AM PST · by doug from upland · 17 replies · 404+ views
    DFU SONGS | 11-15-05 | Doug from Upland
    MIDI - DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING - scroll down the site for the MIDI Can you hear the FReepers sing We lift our voices to the sky And we are swearing to our God That we will all live free or die Many brave men gave their lives So that this nation could be free If we will stand and fight We honor their memory England ruled from afar until the brave among them said We won't accept the tyranny, we'll show them kings are dead So they grabbed their weapons and fought and America's born Can...
  • Politics and Glitz Meet at 'Les Mis' China Debut

    07/31/2002 2:20:32 PM PDT · by Conagher · 1 replies · 234+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | Mon Jul 22,10:03 AM ET | Erin Prelypchan
    SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) - In a hushed auditorium in Shanghai's People's Square, hundreds of Chinese hold their breath as an actor mounts a revolving barricade, plants a billowing red flag and strikes up a song about revolution. A chorus of comrades -- many of them students -- join the call to arms, only to die in a volley of bullets from the army offstage. The parallels with China's recent past -- the 1949 communist revolution and the Tiananmen Square student-led pro-democracy movement -- are undeniable. But what really strikes a chord with the audience in the packed, multimillion-dollar theater in...