My favorite statement from Lager's article:


Or have our politicians shrunk until none of them can pass the carnival test “You Must Be Taller than the Clown to Ride the White House Tilt-A-Whirl”?



Sad, but true, state of affairs concerning politics in the U.S. Especially since the advent of massive amounts of money, and the influence of a chosen few to our electoral process. Thank you SCOTUS for your reckless interpretation of the constitution as demonstrated by the Citizens United decision.

I thought this was a pretty good take on Trump and the Repubican Party as it is today:

http://theweek.com/articles/560942/donald-trump-personification-republican

The truth telling, wall building, border guard friending, billionaire big mouth bozo already pissed off one Canadian for unauthorized use of his material:



Donald Trump Is Not ‘Free’ to Use Neil Young’s Song

Donald Trump is the latest politician to get told off for using a popular song in a campaign without the artist’s permission, with Neil Young now telling the business magnet that he's not free to use his song "Rockin’ in the Free World.“

The scolding comes after Trump took the stage at Trump Tower on Tuesday to the rock anthem and announced himself as the newest Republican presidential candidate, making for his fifth run ever.

Since "Rockin’ in the Free World” was written as a critique of the Republican George H. W. Bush administration and how it did not care about America’s poor, you can see why Young wouldn’t be very excited about the conservative multi-billionaire appropriating his tune and misrepresenting its message.

“Donald Trump’s use of 'Rockin’ in the Free World’ was not authorized,” a representative for Young told Mother Jones. “Mr. Young is a longtime supporter of Bernie Sanders.”

It’s far from the first time Young’s iconic song has seen appropriation. After it came out in 1989, it became an anthem for the collapse of communism.

Trump’s use of the famously liberal Young’s song raised some eyebrows in the music community, leading Young’s former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate David Crosby to check in with his old chum.

On Twitter Tuesday, Crosby verified that Trump did not have permission to use the song.



I'm pretty sure that Neil Young may be one of the first people that "The Donald" will offend in his run for the White House, but that group of people that Trump is pisses off is going to be HUUUUGE, before his campaign ends.

Last edited by Rongone (6/17/2015 7:14 am)

TheLagerLad wrote:

Not that this has anything thing to do with Donald Trump. I just think a lot of people have misrepresented what that song was about in the last 24 hours.

Hey, I can remember in 1984 Ronald Reagan referred to "Born in the USA" as as a message of hope and optimism so prevalent in Americans.