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Let's talk about dropping people in DC and a song from the 1990s....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Let's talk about dropping people in DC and a song from the 1990s....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people,

0:02.8

Lidsboo again.

0:03.8

So today, we're going to talk about a song from the 90s.

0:09.7

And those people getting dropped off in DC the way they did.

0:16.5

And what that song can kind of teach us.

0:21.3

So this song it was on the country music charts in 95 96 in our range for 22 weeks or so.

0:32.0

It's two different. for 22 weeks or so.

0:36.0

At two different times, it was kind of strange. And there's more that's unique about it.

0:40.0

But I had just finished showing this song to somebody to make a very similar point to the one I'm making right now.

0:47.0

And when I was done, I happened to glance at the news.

0:51.0

And that's when I found out that presumably some governor nobody has

0:56.7

taken responsibility for this yet but some governor had a whole bunch of people dumped off a bus in DC with their kids

1:11.6

in freezing temperatures on Christmas to make some political point.

1:20.7

And there's a whole lot of anger about that and do not get me wrong that anger is totally justified.

1:25.6

Y'all can have that.

1:27.6

But I want to talk about something else.

1:29.6

A group called the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network jumped into action, teamed up with churches,

1:42.4

synagogues, religious institutions.

1:45.0

And they got those people to a place where they had shelter, food, clothes, even toys for the kids. That is the power of an established

2:00.8

community network.

2:03.0

You can have a governor doing everything within their power

2:06.7

to make things worse.

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