Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Happy Springtime (Bush is over)

Saw this on Amy Goodman's show Democracy Now last night
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/1447254

Legos Awards Eight-Year-Old $5,000 For Singing "Bush Is Over"

And finally an eight year old from Bethesda Maryland is making headlines this week after winning a $5,000 prize from the toy company Legos. Kelsie Kimberlin was one of 10 children to win Lego's first annual Creativity Awards. In order to win the award she wrote an essay saying that her creativity came through singing songs like "Happy Springtime," a reworking of John Lennon's "Happy Xmas." A video of Kelsie singing the song was also posted on YouTube. In the song her father changed the lyrics to the song from "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" to "Happy Springtime (Bush is Over)." Officials from Legos claim they didn't see the video before awarding Kelsie Kimberlin the prize money. When asked to describe her winning entry, she told the Washington Post: "I don't want kids to lose any parents in the war."

You can watch the youtube here

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