A Faux Texan Revealed
Apr 19, 2009 Political
I ran across a story at one of the other sites I peruse, and was – well, I can’t truly say I was surprised, because I know how hypocritical liberals work- rather, I was unpleasantly reminded that even when the liberal is technically a Texan, he can still be a moron. The Texan I speak of is Don Henley, who still has a place on Caddo Lake, in East Texas, but has spent wayyyyy too much time in California, schmoozing with the People Of One Opinion. He has, in the opinion of a sixth generation Texan, lost the right to call himself a Texan. He is just too whiny- it’s embarrassing us here.
Most of Mr. Henley’s music is OK to listen to, a couple of his tracks are even enjoyable, but like most people connected to entertainment in the Cereal State (Nuts, flakes, and the occasional fruit), he is more important to his ego than he is to real life.
A man by the name of Chuck Devore, a Republican, used the tune of the “Boys Of Summer”, a 1984 song (an oldie but moldy) written by Don Henley and Mike Campbell, whoever HE is. Mr. Devore used his own lyrics to parody the song, and as a tool in his bid to run against Sen. Barbara Boxer. Parody is, as I understand it, a protected form of Free Speech (see: Weird Al Yankovic), but Donnie Boy doesn’t like it when a conservative uses a parody of HIS song in a campaign against a liberal.
Now I could be wrong, and the laws may have changed, but I thought that a copyright existed for 20 years, and then the song was in the public domain. I also thought I had heard that the Supreme Court had heard a case similar, actually involving a rapper, where another song was used, and was deemed to be lawful. Mr. Henley should be grateful that someone somewhere thinks that any tune of his would be good enough for a political ad- this is heady stuff, Donnie- you could use the exposure. I guess that may be why he is suing Mr. Devore, he needs the ego boost.
Mr. Henley writes a good song occasionally, but doesn’t seem to listen to what he writes, a common problem among liberals, it seems.
In one song, aptly named “Get Over It”, he writes, in part,
“Complain about the present and blame it on the past,
I’d like to find your inner child and kick its little ass-Get over it
Get over it
All this bitchin’ and moanin’ and pitchin’ a fit
Get over it
Get over itIt’s gotta stop sometime, so why don’t you quit
Get over it, get over it.”
Words to live by, Donnie- get over it.
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Tags: don henley, lawsuit, liberal, parody
Clinton Backers Want to Suppress Vote, Bill Agrees
Jan 17, 2008 Political
The vote in Nevada is an interesting thing because back in March of last year it was agreed upon that the casinos would be used to caucus for candidates. The Nevada Democratic Party agreed to this as did all the players involved including the teacher’s unions. The Culinary Worker’s Union endorsed B. Hussein Obama and its 60,000 members are the ones who work in those casinos. Two days after the endorsement, groups that agreed to the casino caucus sites filed a lawsuit to reverse this process. I know in my heart that if the union had endorsed Clinton this would not be an issue. It is important to note that the Clinton campaign did not file the suit but in this interview, it is obvious that Bill Clinton agrees with it.
Notice that Bill says that the votes will count 5 times more than other votes. This is a lie. It is not unusual for caucus sites to weight the votes to encourage candidates to visit outlying areas that would otherwise be ignored. Bill makes it sound as if this was just discovered and that it is a travesty of justice. Notice the typical Clinton style of turning it around and asking accusatory questions. “So you believe it is fair to…” The fact is, every participant last March, as the report states, knew exactly what was involved in this process and how the votes would be weighted. It is obvious that Hillary expected to pick up the endorsement of the Culinary Union.
It is also noteworthy that Clinton discusses whether it is fair for people to get to caucus at a work site. He wants to know how many others are able to take off to caucus. Well, the teacher’s unions in each state get to caucus because the schools are usually closed because many of them are polling places. In this case, the caucus is on a Saturday so the biggest group of people who will actually be working are the members of the union that happened to endorse Clinton’s main opponent.
Bill Clinton leaves no question that he (and by extension, the campaign) supports the lawsuit and that he wants the unions workers to be disenfranchised. If the union had endorsed Clinton and Obama backers had filed the lawsuit the Clintons would be
Tags: Clinton, culinary union, disenfranchisement, lawsuit, nevada, Obama