I was asked why I sang all those "communist songs." !!! (Wait, you weren't actually singing the Volga boat song or, I don't know, Happy Birthday Uncle Joe or anything?) I remember a now-departed friend of mine talking about the political education sessions he had as a (volunteer) member of the US Army in the 60s (he served in Vietnam, but not as a draftee). Apparently pol. ed. consisted very largely of wordplay - "American. That's Amer- I Can!", and "Communist. Communisssst! Hear the hiss!". Your tax dollars at work.
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