http://www.livejournal.com/users/rev_wayfarer/
There's a big picture of Woody Guthrie there. His interests listed include: Ralph Nader, Buddhism, beer, Michel Foucault, Ginsberg, The Pixies, "historical cultural analysis," and backpacking.
Two days before his death, on Aug 13, he wrote from Iraq:
"Back home (the USA kind) I have no home, no job, and my commander in chief is on vacation (he's about 20 days behind Ronald Reagan right now in the race to become the most vacationing president ever. Hey W! we all got our fingers crossed! Here's to you and two more years of presidency...er vacationing!). Luckily pretty much everything that is important to me can fit into the back of a truck. Luckily I just paid off one of those.
In their fear to build relationships and get out of their hiding holes the FOBbits above me have fucked my friends and I.
We've just completed the first 1/4 of our tour. we've sent 4 of 24 members of this platoon home with injuries.
Thankfully we're not like another who has sent 8 home in body bags...but we got 9 months to go."
-B.