Like Unca Joel, the more things change the more they stay the same.

Here are the modified words to The Kingston Trio�s view of the world
situation � then. Not much has changed since this �minuet� was introduced
except perhaps a few locations. For all the strides we've made in science
and technology, how sad the nations of the world are still at war with one
another.

The Merry Little Minuet

They're rioting in Columbia.
They're starving in Sudan.
There's hurricanes in Lousianne,
And California needs rain.
The whole world is festering
With unhappy souls,
The Iranians hate the Americans,
The Iraqis hate the Americans.
Venezualians hate Americans,
Sunni hate the Shia,
And N. Korea don't like anybody very much!

But we can be tranquil
And thankful and proud
For man's been endowed
With a mushroom shaped cloud.

And we know for certain that some lovely day,
Kim Jong Ill (sic)  will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away!

They're rioting in Africa.
There's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us
(whatever)
Will be done by our fellow man!

Perhaps in fifty more years, with a little luck, our grandchildren will have
straightened things out and live in harmony, both with each other and this
beautiful planet called �Earth.�

Apologies to Nick and Dave and Bob and The Hungry I

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