Music is a powerful thing and when musicians get involved in an effort (as opposed to actors/celebs) they can make a difference. This is what Obama needs, some wind at his back to compensate for the trolls throwing boulders in front of every step he takes. It seems that the Party of No is only out there to impede progress. Cheney's crew used music to torture:
A handful of musicians have joined up with the movement to close Guantanamo, protesting the reported use of loud music to soften up detainees for interrogation. The group includes Trent Reznor, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Jackson Browne, Rise Against, Rosanne Cash, Billy Bragg, the Roots, Tom Morello, Michelle Branch, Steve Earlie, Rise Against, the Entrance Band, Joe Henry, and T-Bone Burnett.
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The musicians joined the newly launched National Campaign to Close Guantanamo pressuring Congress to cooperate with the Obama administration in closing the prison, spearheaded by anti-war activist and former Congressman Tom Andrews along with Lt. Gen Robert Gard (ret.).
Read more at Marc Ambinder's blog
From the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo:
With the release of a 30 second television ad, a new campaign was launched today to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay. The campaign, called the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, was launched with a press call with Retired Generals Bob Gard and John Johns, VoteVets.org Chairman Jon Soltz and former US Congressman and Director of the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo Tom Andrews. The campaign will support President Obama’s call to close the prison and urge Congress to reject the scare tactics of Dick Cheney, and the far right, and shut down the Guantanamo.
To combat the right-wing fear machine, the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo will run political ads and lead a grassroots campaign in both Washington and key Congressional districts.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, principal architect of the torture policy of which Guantanamo has become an international symbol, and his daughter Liz, have led a concerted right-wing smear campaign, using many of the same scare tactics that the former Vice President used to persuade Americans of the need to invade Iraq, are now attempting to stampede Members of Congress and the American public into keeping Guantanamo open. Common Dreams
