I just gotta fianlly acknowledge that WXRT is in the same chapel as National People's Radio and change the preset in my truck. This one got me motivated, but not in the way he aticipated, I'm sure.
Here's one of James McMurty's latest... it's a shame. I really like his other, older stuff.
Counterpoints that would get the blank stare or party line from Libtards in
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"We Can't Make it Here" Lyrics
Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign Sitting there by the left turn line Flag on the wheelchair flapping in the breeze One leg missing, both hands free No one's paying much mind to him The V.A. budget's stretched so thin And there's more comin' home from the Mideast war We can't make it here anymore
That big ol' building was the textile mill It fed our kids and it paid our bills But they turned us out and they closed the doors We can't make it here anymore It had nothing to do with higher wages and benefit costs for domestic production, did it?
See all those pallets piled up on the loading dock They're just gonna set there till they rot 'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack Just busted concrete and rusted tracks Empty storefronts around the square There's a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere You don't come down here 'less you're looking to score We can't make it here anymore
The bar's still open but man it's slow The tip jar's light and the register's low The bartender don't have much to say The regular crowd gets thinner each day
Some have maxed out all their credit cards And who's fault is that? Some are working two jobs and living in cars Minimum wage won't pay for a roof, won't pay for a drink It wasn't ever intended to be a living wage for a family If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. CEO See how far 5.15 an hour will go Take a part time job at one of your stores Bet you can't make it here anymore
High school girl with a bourgeois dream Just like the pictures in the magazine She found on the floor of the laundromat A woman with kids can forget all that If she comes up pregnant what'll she do Forget the career, forget about school Can she live on faith? live on hope? High on Jesus or hooked on dope When it's way too late to just say no You can't make it here anymore Guess rubbers or the pill weren;t an option either, huh. So much for self-determination.
Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store Just like the ones we made before 'Cept this one came from Singapore I guess we can't make it here anymore Everybody loves the low prices - that reduction comes from somewhere in the manufacturing process. Re-take International Econ 101
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I'm in Should I hate 'em for having our jobs today No I hate the men sent the jobs away see above. Always best to hate the rich white man I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams All lily white and squeaky clean Because of course, a black, hispanic, or asian would never do that... They've never known want, they'll never know need Their sh@# don't stink and their kids won't bleed Their kids won't bleed in the da$% little war I seem to remember kids of all kinds dying over there - most "poor" (ie non millionaires) but also several from well-to-do families. He probably believes sKerry joined swiftboats to put himself at the point of the knife, and that his political and money connections had nothing to do with the benefits he reaped in life, hmm? And we can't make it here anymore
Will work for food We all do, pal Will die for oil tote the party banner Will kill for power and to us the spoils All politicians are corrupt to one degree or another - and I didn't see Algore or sKerry vowing to yield their power lust because they're dems The billionaires get to pay less tax Didn't you get your refund, dickhead? The working poor get to fall through the cracks tote that line Let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake Nice Reagan reference Let 'em eat sh$%, whatever it takes They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps If they can't make it here anymore Of course, even though they bemoan the treatment afforded vets after they return, the armed services is a demeaning and dehumanizing job to a Libtard, isn't it?
And that's how it is That's what we got If the president wants to admit it or not You can read it in the paper Read it on the wall Hear it on the wind If you're listening at all Get out of that limo Look us in the eye Call us on the cell phone Tell us all why Funny, Most of the hood rats cashing welfare or disability checks I see on a daily basis have cell phones too... why not mention them?
In Dayton, Ohio Or Portland, Maine Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains That's done closed down along with the school due to Bush's non existent "cutting" of the education budget, right? And the hospital and the swimming pool Of course, most of the hospitals that have closed in the last several years hav eclosed due to non payment by illegal immigrants, not by lack of federal reimbursement... but why confuse facts with a good story... Dust devils dance in the noonday heat There's rats in the alley And trash in the street Gang graffiti on a boxcar door We can't make it here anymore
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More to follow as I distill my venom.Once again, the Libs point at the "evil republican CEO's" and cry foul, but turn a blind eye to the same actions done by their dem cronies. Blame Bush, but don't get in front of me at Wally World.
And I'm not going to defend the "cheaper at all costs" mindset of the current multinational corporations, even though I undertand it from an Econ POV. I think there is an acceptable balance somewhere, but until the board of directors start to feel it, we won't see it.
Asshat.
Sorry about the mistaken rant being included as lyrics. Was on a break.