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June 01, 2006
I Went With Nothing
Well done, Mr. Comic Stripper. Make light of the mental illnesses of the good men and women defending the liberties of this country three days after Memorial Day. What great conservative values you show.
Speaking of delusional conservatives and the values they purport to uphold, I'm sure many of you have seen the National Review's list of the top 50 conservative rock songs, the one in which the writer cherrypicks certain lyrics and misapplies them to support his own viewpoint. In his followup to the initial offering, he challenges the readers "...to...assemble of list of the 50 best left-wing country songs." Now, I'm not as crazy as John Miller, so I won't waste my time or yours misappropriating certain select lyrics from songs that aren't political, but here's my contribution, in which the liberalism of workers' rights, civil rights, environmental rights, gun control and so forth and so on ad infinitum, ad astra, sub vino.
Marty Robbins, El Paso
In favor of gun control:
Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
Hank Williams, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Unregulated big business kills nature:
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Sixteen Tons
Unions fighting for workers’ rights:
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company sto'
Carter Family, Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Reflects the tragedy of xenophobic anti-immigration policies which break up families:
All my brothers sisters crying
What a home so sad and lone
Waylon Jennings, Good Ol’ Boys
The freedom to be a queer is nature, not nurture; anti-gay legislation ruins good ol’ people:
Just the good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born
Garth Brooks, The Thunder Rolls
Global warming (which doesn't exist!) leads to ever more severe hurricane seasons:
The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes
I'm sure I've skipped over a couple, so let me know which ones I missed.
Comments
Awesome.
Posted by: CJo at June 1, 2006 11:16 AM
Wow, now I love country music!
Posted by: JB at June 1, 2006 12:02 PM
Damn looks like someone else hit on this before me, leave a comment on my blog and let me know if it's alright to add you list to mine (with credit of course). Fight the Right!
Posted by: Fred at June 5, 2006 12:00 PM
