In case you wondered what the anti-war protesters are singing, here is a short selection of songs.
Songs
BOMB IRAQ
(Tune: She?ll be Comin Round the Mountain)
Brought to you by the RAGING GRANNIES, sponsored by the Women?s International League for Peace and Freedom, Peninsula Branch
If the GOP is hurtin? bomb Iraq
If the GOP is hurtin, bomb Iraq
In the GOP is hurtin?
And November looks uncertain
If the GOP is hurtin? bomb Iraq
If the pundits call you ?moron,? bomb iraq
If the pundits call you ?moron,? bomb Iraq
If the pundits call you moron
Then it?s time to get your war on
If the pundits call you ?moron? bomb Iraq
Are they checking Halliburton? Bomb Iraq
Are they checking Halliburton? Bomb Iraq
If they?re checking Halliburton
And for Cheney jail looks certain
If they?re checking Halliburton, bomb Iraq
If Noelle gets caught with crack?bomb Iraq
If Noelle gets caught with crack?bomb Iraq
If Noelle gets caught with crack
And the twins drop booze for smack
If Noelle gets caught with crack?bomb Iraq
Etc.
TO THE TUNE OF OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
O Come all ye sissies
Let’s get them Iraqis
Let’s blow them to smithereens
Cause might makes right.
Who needs the world community
Our soldiers have immunity
And we act with impunity
Cause might makes right.
and so on…
TO THE TUNE OF DECK THE HALLS
Kill to fight the war on terror
Fa la la la la la la la
Peaceful means would be an error
Fa la la la la la la la
We saber rattle and we threaten
Fa la la la la la la la
We want war, we hate inspection
Fa la la la la la la la
We will drop the bombs the bomb at night
Fa la la la la la la la
Iraqis will all quake in fright
Fa la la la la la la la
Bright explosions in the sky
Fa la la la la la la la
We can’t help if children die
Fa la la la la la la la
What’s unfortunate about the “Comin’ Round the Mountain” song is that they imply that President Bush made the decision to go to war because the Republican party was in trouble. With control of the House and Senate, this seems to be an inaccurate claim.
The “Deck the Halls” song is also incorrect, in that it makes a claim that the United States was engaging in “saber rattling.” When you go to war, you’re no longer rattling your saber in its scabbard; you’ve drawn it and are using it, presumably in battle.
What I found most objectionable about the “Come all Ye Faithful” song is that a bunch of nose-picking, knuckle-dragging, sperm-burping left-wing anti-war terrorist enablers have the gall to refer to anyone else as a “sissy.”
I know what you mean by the term “sperm-burping,” but this is not the best place for it. If you imply that all who burp sperm are sissies, this sounds anti-gay and anti-woman. Of course, these are two groups that are more prone to burping sperm than others. I’m sure you were merely alluding to culturally sanctioned mores in which gays and women are protrayed as sissies, and therefore as weak, sperm burping folks. I am also sure that you don’t buy into those mores, and, moreover, are merely making light of a dark situation. Nonetheless, I beseech you to please temper your stylistic enthusiasm when it comes to these two groups.
Thank you
Beseech all you want. I notice that you didn’t stand up for the nose-pickers and knuckle-draggers, which suggests to me a very exclusionary way of thinking. When you PRICK them, do they not bleed? Where’s the pity?
You’re welcome
I don’t truck with no nose-pickers.