What stands out in my mind, after three days of watching video from the public employee protests in Madison, Wisconsin, is the presence of young people at the protest. I'm not talking young teachers or state employees, I'm talking kids!
School kids who should be sitting in class, learning about what caused the budget crisis in the first place. Kids who should be learning about it in terms of math, civics and economics. Kids whose teachers should be passing along that knowledge without any bias or partisanship. It would be a perfect opportunity to explain how the tax structure is unfairly stacked against those who produce wealth and actually create jobs, but favors those who produce the least, despite the fact they're by far the biggest beneficiaries of government largess.
But their schools are closed, their desks are empty, because their teachers have called in sick to attend the protest. The classes that should be taught are not, because the Leftist beliefs of their teachers (and other unionized state employees...which is all of them in non-right to work Wisconsin) demand the students be loaded up and taken on a field trip that would bring a tear of pride to Hugo Chavez's eye.
Here are some examples of what's going on in Madison, and on the streets outside the Statehouse, that you'll probably not see in the drive-by media. I found them on You Tube. In the first video, we see how much the students really know about why they're there:
I really like the kid who says, "We're trying to stop whatever this dude is doing." Yeah...like, you know, that dude who, like, runs things is, you know, like, not doin' something that, like, my teacher is all like 'oh man, that sucks' and everything, you know what I'm sayin'?
Then there are the protesters outside, blocking traffic on the taxpayer-funded streets of Madison:
Note the sign, at :30, which reads "People Over Profit"...class agitation that would make ol' Chairman Mao, Uncle Joe Stalin, and Marx, Lenin and Engels beam with pride.
Finally, look at the high school kids, and some that look junior high age, wielding bullhorns and chanting their pro-union battle cries, right in the Capitol rotunda:
17 years ago, I first heard Limbaugh talk about the indoctrination being forced upon little "skulls full of mush" in government schools. That generation, raised on Ritalin and fed a steady low-accomplishment, high-self-esteem mental diet, are now among those shouting into bullhorns and waving protest signs, instead of teaching their students the harsh cold realities of civics, taxation, and economics. If we don't reach today's skulls full of mush --thanks, Rush -- our future is, in the best case scenario, a more extreme version of what we're seeing on the streets of Madison today (and likely in other state capitals in days to come). The more likely scenario is that we won't have a nation at all, at least not one that resembles what I was taught to love, and defend to the death if need be.
As I've said before, kids don't surf the Heritage Foundation website, they don't listen to Beck or Hannity, and they don't watch Fox News. They listen to rap and "death metal", watch movies and reality TV, play video games and daydream they're LeBron James. If they get any "news" at all (and I seriously doubt the kid who calls Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 'that dude' is a news consumer), it comes from Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert.
Pop culture is the way we're going to have to reach them. We've got to deliver our message in an envelope they'll actually open. We've got to reach them on the dance floor, the mosh pit, in their cars, at the movie theaters, and through their X-Boxes. Otherwise, all our words are going to sail over their heads, in one ear and out the other, and will sound like Charlie Brown's teacher.
I attended a Tea Party rally yesterday on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse. The theme was "no new taxes", and the keynote speaker was Grover Norquist. His speech was interesting and engrossing to all but the three very loud, very profane, 30-something or younger hecklers. I noticed that, out of a crowd of about 60, only a dozen or so appeared to be early 30s or younger. That included the media, the profane hecklers, and two passers-by, who stopped to see what the hubbub was all about.
Even if school kids had been allowed to take a field trip to the rally, the majority wouldn't have gotten a thing out of it. Norquist is a very knowledgeable and engaging speaker, but to a teen or 20-something, he would have been Charlie Brown's teacher. He didn't have a hip-hop beat behind his speech, or a wall of grinding guitars, or even a Hollywood entourage worthy of a crappy HBO show.
A conservative, patriotic, smaller-and-less-intrusive government message is what's going to save our country, but if it's Charlie Brown's teacher delivering it, kids will shrug their shoulders and go back to their X-Boxes.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Just One Gun
Just One Gun
by 10 Pound Test
Dateline: Killeen, Texas, October 16th (the Lone Star would cry)
The sound of gunfire can be heard still (they didn't have to die)
The day Hennard the psycho acted on his grudge
And lined up 23 unarmed, helpless people for the kill
Just one gun...could've stopped the madman in his tracks
Just one gun...they'd be alive today
Just one gun...guaranteed to stop any attack
But they're tryin' still to take 'em all away!
Dateline: Virginia Tech in the dogwoods and willows (we're still askin' why)
Cho Seung Hui snapped and 32 died (they didn't have to die)
They had no way to protect themselves, so they jumped from the windows
And ran away from the horror inside.
Just one gun...could've stopped the madman in his tracks
Just one gun...they'd be alive today
Just one gun...guaranteed to stop any attack
But they're tryin' still to take 'em all away!
There's no good reason why anyone who obeys the rules
Shouldn't be allowed to protect themselves from Criminals, tyrants, psychos and fools
But the politicians say that only they, and those that they choose
Will be allowed the means to protect themselves...
And the rest of us can lose our precious FREEDOM!
(solo)
Dateline: Colorado Springs in the Rocky Mountain State (none of them would die)
A madman with a rifle and the urge to kill (none of them would die)
One woman looked him in the eye, took aim and shot straight
Hundreds of people were safe, thanks to her guts and to her skill
And just one gun...it stopped the madman in his track
Just one gun...they're all alive today
Just one gun...no politico or journalistic hack
Is ever gonna take my guns away!
by 10 Pound Test
Dateline: Killeen, Texas, October 16th (the Lone Star would cry)
The sound of gunfire can be heard still (they didn't have to die)
The day Hennard the psycho acted on his grudge
And lined up 23 unarmed, helpless people for the kill
Just one gun...could've stopped the madman in his tracks
Just one gun...they'd be alive today
Just one gun...guaranteed to stop any attack
But they're tryin' still to take 'em all away!
Dateline: Virginia Tech in the dogwoods and willows (we're still askin' why)
Cho Seung Hui snapped and 32 died (they didn't have to die)
They had no way to protect themselves, so they jumped from the windows
And ran away from the horror inside.
Just one gun...could've stopped the madman in his tracks
Just one gun...they'd be alive today
Just one gun...guaranteed to stop any attack
But they're tryin' still to take 'em all away!
There's no good reason why anyone who obeys the rules
Shouldn't be allowed to protect themselves from Criminals, tyrants, psychos and fools
But the politicians say that only they, and those that they choose
Will be allowed the means to protect themselves...
And the rest of us can lose our precious FREEDOM!
(solo)
Dateline: Colorado Springs in the Rocky Mountain State (none of them would die)
A madman with a rifle and the urge to kill (none of them would die)
One woman looked him in the eye, took aim and shot straight
Hundreds of people were safe, thanks to her guts and to her skill
And just one gun...it stopped the madman in his track
Just one gun...they're all alive today
Just one gun...no politico or journalistic hack
Is ever gonna take my guns away!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Is conservative pop culture possible? Yes, if...
It dawned on me a few days ago that, in our struggle to win back our country, we're leaving a powerful weapon in the rack, unused by anyone but our enemies...pop culture. Yes, I'm talking music, movies, sports and video games.
Generation.com is arguably the most media-exposed, high-tech, plugged-in, and entertainment-centric generation in this nation's history. Entertainment isn't just a distraction for the 30-and-under set. It's not just a reward for a long week's toil in the fields, the garage, or the factory. It's a way of life, and increasingly, it's a livelihood as well.
Pop culture holds sway over Generation.com like nothing else. Young people emulate their favorite rockers and rappers. They snap up anything with a picture of their favorite greasy-haired pretty boy actor from the "Twilight" movies. They spend nearly every waking moment thinking about someone or something cool they saw in a movie, or in a video game, or on last night's installment of WWE or UFC.
Why are we not using art and pop culture for our own purposes? The Left has long used it effectively to push their agendas, and to warp and skew the mindset of the younger generation(s). Why don't we? Is it because as conservatives, we find art beneath us? Do we think that art is something that "they" do, and we don't? Or is it just that there isn't the infrastructure in place to record, film and market conservative music, movies and video games?
Certainly there are conservative business people and opinion makers out there who have the capital, or could band together to raise the the money needed to build movie production companies and record labels. I'd do it myself, but I'm just a dirt-poor musician and songwriter who wishes there were such backing for my music. I'm not alone. It takes some searching, but conservative rock bands can be found. I'm also quite sure there are conservative, pro-American actors and actresses out there who would love to be able to ply their trade without fear of being blacklisted by the liberal Hollyweird thugocracy. If we could put their talents to use for the American cause, and to win the hearts and minds of the younger generation, isn't that something that conservative movers and shakers could get behind? More importantly, isn't it something they might open their checkbooks to support?
So instead of getting your shorts in a knot the next time you hear a car load of kids thumping out the latest gangster (c)rap, imagine that same car and kids, blasting a song about how great it feels to be free and to be an American.
What we need is the infrastructure to turn ideas into songs played on car stereos, movies in DVD players, and video games in X-Boxes. What we need is for conservative celebrities and athletes to feel free to express their views to American society, and not fear for losing their jobs if they do. What we need is the support of those who have the means to build that needed infrastructure. We need them to open their checkbooks and help us advance our conservative, pro-American agenda. The talent is out here, ready to win back the hearts and minds of Generation.com, and to win back our future. We just need support.
Generation.com is arguably the most media-exposed, high-tech, plugged-in, and entertainment-centric generation in this nation's history. Entertainment isn't just a distraction for the 30-and-under set. It's not just a reward for a long week's toil in the fields, the garage, or the factory. It's a way of life, and increasingly, it's a livelihood as well.
Pop culture holds sway over Generation.com like nothing else. Young people emulate their favorite rockers and rappers. They snap up anything with a picture of their favorite greasy-haired pretty boy actor from the "Twilight" movies. They spend nearly every waking moment thinking about someone or something cool they saw in a movie, or in a video game, or on last night's installment of WWE or UFC.
Why are we not using art and pop culture for our own purposes? The Left has long used it effectively to push their agendas, and to warp and skew the mindset of the younger generation(s). Why don't we? Is it because as conservatives, we find art beneath us? Do we think that art is something that "they" do, and we don't? Or is it just that there isn't the infrastructure in place to record, film and market conservative music, movies and video games?
Certainly there are conservative business people and opinion makers out there who have the capital, or could band together to raise the the money needed to build movie production companies and record labels. I'd do it myself, but I'm just a dirt-poor musician and songwriter who wishes there were such backing for my music. I'm not alone. It takes some searching, but conservative rock bands can be found. I'm also quite sure there are conservative, pro-American actors and actresses out there who would love to be able to ply their trade without fear of being blacklisted by the liberal Hollyweird thugocracy. If we could put their talents to use for the American cause, and to win the hearts and minds of the younger generation, isn't that something that conservative movers and shakers could get behind? More importantly, isn't it something they might open their checkbooks to support?
So instead of getting your shorts in a knot the next time you hear a car load of kids thumping out the latest gangster (c)rap, imagine that same car and kids, blasting a song about how great it feels to be free and to be an American.
What we need is the infrastructure to turn ideas into songs played on car stereos, movies in DVD players, and video games in X-Boxes. What we need is for conservative celebrities and athletes to feel free to express their views to American society, and not fear for losing their jobs if they do. What we need is the support of those who have the means to build that needed infrastructure. We need them to open their checkbooks and help us advance our conservative, pro-American agenda. The talent is out here, ready to win back the hearts and minds of Generation.com, and to win back our future. We just need support.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Liberal Girl
Liberal Girl by 10 Pound Test
The other day I was out fishin' and my buddy said to me
"Hey, in case you hadn't noticed, you done turned 43,
Are you ever gonna find a good woman, and settle down?"
Well, it's not from lack of tryin' that I'm still a bachelor
It's all the wasted time that's got me askin' "what for?"
And thinkin' the elusive Miss Right will never be found.
I've been to the gym, to Church, to the bars
I've clicked on every website between Idaho and Mars,
Dated lots and lots of women, but you know, they all seem the same.
If I had a dollar for each dingbat I'd met, I'd be Don Trump
But that's not the big reason for this Lotharian slump
It's our dumbed-down TV society that I blame.
(Chorus)
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin', gums a-flappin', global warming
Man, it makes me wanna hurl.
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
So my buddy said to me, "man, you're views have gotta change,
I've never met no one who thinks like you, it's really kinda strange.
Is it really that important for your woman to share your outlook on life?"
Well, I've never dealt well with abject stupidity
And that's the key ingredient in liberalism, doncha see?
I'd probably jump off a cliff if I had a whiny liberal wife.
"Buy the twisty light bulbs...they use less 'lectricity."
Did ya ever stop to think they also have more mercury?
You're always cryin' 'bout how it pollutes rivers and lakes.
"The undocumented only take the jobs that we won't do."
Yeah, they're fillin' up our hospitals, schools and prisons, too.
There's a legal way to come here...you don't like it, tough, that's the breaks!
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin, gums a-flappin', gun control
Man, it makes me wanna hurl!
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
(Guitar solo)
So my buddy finally said he that he guessed he understood
But he hoped that I was happy with confirmed bachelorhood.
'Cause the way I was goin' he doubted I'd ever find a mate.
Well, if I was like most guys I'd be a-changin' my ways
Like a mouse lookin' for a piece of cheese in a maze.
Sellin' out your principles, man, what a horrible fate!
"No one but the police should be allowed to have guns."
Yeah, just leave us to the whims of ever crook under the Sun
Besides, it's not the Bill of Needs, it's the Bill of Rights.
"If two people wanna marry, doesn't matter if they're gay."
Marriage means one man, one woman and there's no other way.
But when I tell her anything, she's like a deer caught in headlights.
So do ya see why...
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin, gums a-flappin', homo marriage
Man, it makes me wanna hurl!
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
copyright 2008
The other day I was out fishin' and my buddy said to me
"Hey, in case you hadn't noticed, you done turned 43,
Are you ever gonna find a good woman, and settle down?"
Well, it's not from lack of tryin' that I'm still a bachelor
It's all the wasted time that's got me askin' "what for?"
And thinkin' the elusive Miss Right will never be found.
I've been to the gym, to Church, to the bars
I've clicked on every website between Idaho and Mars,
Dated lots and lots of women, but you know, they all seem the same.
If I had a dollar for each dingbat I'd met, I'd be Don Trump
But that's not the big reason for this Lotharian slump
It's our dumbed-down TV society that I blame.
(Chorus)
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin', gums a-flappin', global warming
Man, it makes me wanna hurl.
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
So my buddy said to me, "man, you're views have gotta change,
I've never met no one who thinks like you, it's really kinda strange.
Is it really that important for your woman to share your outlook on life?"
Well, I've never dealt well with abject stupidity
And that's the key ingredient in liberalism, doncha see?
I'd probably jump off a cliff if I had a whiny liberal wife.
"Buy the twisty light bulbs...they use less 'lectricity."
Did ya ever stop to think they also have more mercury?
You're always cryin' 'bout how it pollutes rivers and lakes.
"The undocumented only take the jobs that we won't do."
Yeah, they're fillin' up our hospitals, schools and prisons, too.
There's a legal way to come here...you don't like it, tough, that's the breaks!
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin, gums a-flappin', gun control
Man, it makes me wanna hurl!
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
(Guitar solo)
So my buddy finally said he that he guessed he understood
But he hoped that I was happy with confirmed bachelorhood.
'Cause the way I was goin' he doubted I'd ever find a mate.
Well, if I was like most guys I'd be a-changin' my ways
Like a mouse lookin' for a piece of cheese in a maze.
Sellin' out your principles, man, what a horrible fate!
"No one but the police should be allowed to have guns."
Yeah, just leave us to the whims of ever crook under the Sun
Besides, it's not the Bill of Needs, it's the Bill of Rights.
"If two people wanna marry, doesn't matter if they're gay."
Marriage means one man, one woman and there's no other way.
But when I tell her anything, she's like a deer caught in headlights.
So do ya see why...
I could never settle down with a liberal girl
One that thinks we came from monkeys and the Big Bang made the world
Always yappin, gums a-flappin', homo marriage
Man, it makes me wanna hurl!
Any girl I'd ever think about askin' to be mine's
Gotta have her head on straight, gotta have it on the line
She's gotta love the USA, not be a "citizen of the world".
Don't want no liberal girl.
copyright 2008
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
No Way, Jose (No Se Puede!) by 10 Pound Test
WARNING! The beginning of this video contains profane language and gestures, which were included to demonstrate how the pro-illegal alien lobby is comprised of a bunch of immature children.
I see you wavin' your flag in the streets, but it don't look right
Instead of Red, White and Blue, your flag is green, red and white.
You think that breakin' into the USA is your God-given right
And millions more like you break in, every day and night.
You change the words to the National Anthem, I'm seein' red
Pick my pockets to pay for your medicine, and the roof over your head.
And because of you, and those just like you, so many good people are dead.
I've had enough illegal alien crap, you heard what I said!
(Bridge)
'Cause this is my land, it sure as hell ain't yours,
My Great-Granddaddy's Granddaddy kicked your ass, way back in the Mexican War.
You offer nothing, you just take what you can steal
So listen closely to my words, and the anger...it's very real.
(Chorus)
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, go back the other way, won't find no amnesty in the USA
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
(Guitar solo)
You oughta know, you break into my home, you do more than disrespect me
You bring in your drugs, you bring in your crime and your diseases to infect me.
Meanwhile, our politicians may be in your pocket, but before you dare to reject me
Just remember I don't need no stinkin' senator to protect me!
(Bridge)
'Cause this is my land, it sure as hell ain't yours,
My Great-Granddaddy's Granddaddy kicked your ass, way back in the Mexican War.
You offer nothing, you just take what you can steal
So listen closely to my words, and the anger...yeah, it's real.
(Chorus)
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, go back the other way, won't find no amnesty in the USA
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
"Uno mas!"
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
No way Jose, go back the other way, won't find no amnesty in the USA
No way Jose, turn around, go back the other way (no se puede!)
"Lo siento, senor...no hablo Ingles!"
copyright 2008
Hooks and Chains by 10 Pound Test
You got a leg tingle, dincha? The next day we had to pinch ya
To convince you it wasn't a dream.
He's your perfect Commie leader, a teleprompter reader
On the TV your eyes sure gleam.
Every time you make mention of the source of all our tension
He's your hero, but he sure ain't mine.
'Cause the way I see it, in the end he's gonna be it --
The catalyst of our decline!
(Chorus)
Hooks and Chains...I can't believe you fell for his lies
Hooks and Chains...before you vote you should open your eyes
'Cause the truth was always plain to see if you'd used your brain.
Hooks and Chains...yeah, what he said really sounded good
Hooks and Chains...if you'd read between the lines, you'd have understood
That what he meant was "yes we can, flush our nation down the drain!"
(Guitar solo)
Our nation he's infected 'cause he never has respected our history and our ways
He was raised by radicals on Leninist sabbatical, he's lived his life in a Communist haze
Don't know a thing about his past, came out of nowhere really fast
Don't even know where he was really born
Pulled the wool over your eyes with his Utopian lies
Our Constitution has been torn.
(Chorus)
Hooks and Chains...you seem surprised that he lied to us
Hooks and Chains...when he said he would be fair and just
'Cause anyone who's been successful has his disdain.
Hooks and Chains...I can't believe you voted for that punk
Hooks and Chains...you must've been really high or drunk
I hope you feel really good while our nation whithes in pain!
(Guitar solo)
There are no ifs, ands, or buts, you're his useful idiots
You're the tools in his Communist plan
You're so filled to the brimmage with his cool, hip image
He's nothin' but a mystery man.
So give some thought to the range of his "fundamental change"
As you're trampled by a government boot.
How happy you must be that the Presidency
Is filled with an empty suit.
(Chorus)
Hooks and Chains...how does it feel to be his chump?
Hooks and Chains...you ask how high when he says "jump"
He has no substance, but you sure love his style.
Hooks and Chains...well you can call me anything you want
Hooks and Chains...try to shout me down, tease and taunt
But don't forget you're also tied with his Hooks and Chains!
Don't forget you're also tied with his Hooks and Chains!
So next time before you vote, try gettin' up off your brains!
copyright 2010
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