Zack's Speech Options

[MunKy321]

Right. I wansn't there, but I got my hands on his speech. I got it from wikipedia:

A couple of months ago, those fascist motherfuckers at the Fox News Network attempted to pin this band into a corner by suggesting that we said that the president should be assassinated. Nah, what we said was that he should be brought to trial as war criminal and hung and shot. THAT'S what we said. And we don't back away from the position because the real assassinator is Bush and Cheney and the whole administration for the lives they have destroyed here and in Iraq. They're the ones. And what they refused to air which was far more provocative in my mind and in the minds of my bandmates is this: this system has become so brutal and vicious and cruel that it needs to start wars and profit from the destruction around the world in order to survive as a world power. THAT's what we said. And we refuse not to stand up, we refuse to back down from that position not only for the poor kids who are being left out in the desert to die, but for the Iraqi youth, the Iraqi people, their families and their friends, and their youth who are standing up and resisting the US occupation every day. And if we truly want to end this fucking miserable war, we have to stand up with the same force that the Iraqi youth are standing up with every day, and bring these motherfuckers to their knees. Wake up…

[MunKy321]

Here's his speech from the San Bernardino show. The source is wikipedia as well:

Sixty-eight years ago just after World War II, they claimed they were the greatest generation.. And I'm not so sure. I'm not so sure. All the potential is in this generation right here. 'Cause I know that this fucking government took this country to war for a lie to withstand its' empire and millions of you across this country said no. Stood up, and said no! And with the whole world watching, this generation here, in this country, we have to step up! We have to step up! We have to take it from the concert stage, from the crowd, and into the streets and prove that we won't let these fascists rule us any longer. This generation. Are you standing in line? Are you believing the lies? Are you bowing to the flag, you got a bullet in your head...

[Evil Empire]

Thats nice of you Funky Munky. I remember when he asked for a translation of another speech . Sorry tOMMALGRAND THAT WE COULDNT HELP YOU WITH THAT.

Oh yeah if you dont like Funky Munky Let me know . I wont call you it anymore.

[Matthhaeus]

thank you. We have to step up. Everyone. In the entire world.

[tommalegrand si tas besoin dune traduction, tu peux me demander.]

[MunKy321]

Thats nice of you Funky Munky. I remember when he asked for a translation of another speech . Sorry tOMMALGRAND THAT WE COULDNT HELP YOU WITH THAT.

Oh yeah if you dont like Funky Munky Let me know . I wont call you it anymore.

I'm cool with it E.E. , that is...if your cool with E.E.

[tomalegrand]

Someone for the speech of SF??

Thank you

[MunKy321]

I'll get to it...

[havokb8]

I'll get to it...

the SF speech was badass, i couldnt understand some of it though, but it was quite long...cant wait to get the transcript.

[Delegate Zero]

i know it wasn't a rock the bells show, but did any of you guys see his speech from alpine valley? i thought it was amazing. my hair stood on end. Here it is:

A couple of months back when we played this show at Coachella, Valley, that was our first show back, I said a few things from the stage that the next day, Fox News ran this whole piece about us saying that the President should be assassinated. But those fascists always get it wrong when it's from a band in the corner standing up. What we said was that the whole Bush Administration should be put on trial for war crimes, then shot. But this made me think about something: It made me think about what the fuck they're so afraid of. It made me think about what scares them. Is it really four of us from Los Angeles that have a point of view? Is it really just this music, and these rhythms, and these words? Is that what they're scared of? I started to think about it and you know, my conclusion is this: they ain't scared of us. They're scared of you. They're scared of you. They're scared that you might, come election time, throw Bush, and Cheney, and all their fascists out of power. That's what they're scared of. And let me say this: that the Democrats are scared of you too, because they know that you see through their bullshit too. Because when Bush was wiretappin', spying on citizens, torturing innocent people, they were supposed to be the people to defend us from them. And they didn't do shit. So they Democrats are scared of you too. Why? Because they know they're coming to power. But they're scared because they know that if they don't fuckin' start pulling troops out of Iraq, then we're gonna go and burn down every office, of every Senator that doesn't do their jobs. All I'm saying is that the world is watching us right now. The whole world is watching us. The brothers and sisters in South America that are dealing with this imperialist violence have their eyes on us. Our brothers and sisters in Iraq got their eyes on us because we are the ones who are gonna have to put an end to this nonsense. And so wake up! Wake up...

[Evil Empire]

I am so behind. I havent seen or heard anything since RTB New York.. Could someone please send me everything
skatewitch333@yahoo.com

Thanks in advance..

[MunKy321]

Here's the speech from the SF show. The source is also wikipedia:

Every once in a while, people forget who really holds power in this country, people forget who really holds power here, and you look at them helicopters coming in over the White House lawn and all the press gathered up, and all their security, and all their banks, and all their punk ass police, and you want to believe that our last powers their up top at the center putting forth position in the world, you want to think it and you want to consider them to have the deceny to look out for your best interests everyday, but for me as a mexicano I know I do not answer, that should never be the case, its never been their military, their propoganda, their machine, their punk ass police, their presidents, their politicians, its you that has power, its us that has power, and here, and here a few years ago on that day in March as Bush was taking this country to war for a lie, I stood with you here in San Francisco as you took this whole fucking city over, and I was with you, and right now the whole world is watching us, we can be the greatest generation, we can take facism out of power in the United States and if you don't think thats what it is thats exactly it. We're going to take a lot of sacrifice, a lot of jail time, maybe even a little bit of death, but im sure dropping a co-op onto these rich white crackers that don't know shit about the world we know cause rich in this world can go in and have nothing amount to them anymore. Wake up!

[Evil Empire]

ThankYou.

[walkswithbears]

Great share! Thanks.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, there is a great thread about zack's speeches on Vietnow.org (with a cracking download, too):
http://vietnow.org/php/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=736

[cancerdancer]

That speech was sick and crazy and thanks for the speech some of thats gonna be on my msn name...