Once again, SJL makes a great point, that others seem to miss. A LOT of it IS done in humor, AND at the same time, is meant to make some people THINK outside the box...and yes, there are some genuine idiots on here, who's intellectual prowess falls considerably short of making it very beyond preassigned 'talking points'...and then they expound on the 'talking points' as if they were issued as a revered science of fact!..when in all actuality, they are only propaganda, meant to distract from the main issues, and misinform, those who refuse to THINK!....and what is so wrong about calling that to attention, especially to those who believe they are so 'hip'? You'd THINK that somebody would research an opposing position, BEFORE spouting off the next preassigned 'tactic', by whatever political persuasion, they happen to shortsightedly subscribe to! You can pretty much bet on that if a political party is pushing and supporting it, they were paid by a corrupt lobbyist to do so!!..for their 'special interests' to profit from it!...but if they wrap it in a 'so-called liberal' or 'Conservative' banner, and wrapping paper, the idiots at large won't look any further as to the source or why. There was a time when folk music and 'protest' seem to point the way..but those times have been long gone, since the 'protest movement' has been co-opted by the Democratic Party!..who at the time, was just another part of 'The Establishment' to whom we were all protesting!! As the way it is now, folk and protests is song are just assumed to be a part of the Democratic Party, even when the party is in bed with the very people who we were protesting!!! The Democratic and Republican Parties, are no better than the 'Establishment' that were so block-headed in the mid 60's...but now that they issue neatly wrapped deceptive 'talking points', protest of their corruption is out the window!...and it really IS time for some group, whoever it may be, to foment a new dialogue, other than the pure horse-crap, being feed to eagerly hungry ears!..and that's what 'talking points' do, replace common sense, with off the track pandering, to those who THOUGHT themselves to be genuinely concerned about the status of what's really going on!..They, (with your gullibility), are making you totally irrelevant!...and then you bitch and whine because nobody is listening to you!..What did you expect?? Someone to marvel at your repeating a talking point, or expounding on it..when the whole premise is false from the beginning??? Some of you people are NOT inspiring people to THINK, but to fall into lone, and 'repeat', as if to re-confirm some sort allegiance to some cause, that has long ago been washed clean of anything of value! Like I said, when I first came on here, about five years ago, or so, about turning people onto HOW to think, instead of WHAT to think. The latter, renders the 'believer' totally stupid and ignorant of what they are even talking about, and blind, as to any for-sight!..But that's OK..as long as we all belong to 'the club'. You've GOT to be kidding me! Sometimes it's refreshing to see an attempt at an 'original thought'...even some humor....but the antics of some of the diehard wannabe 'political activists', are as pathetic as going to a glorious funeral for a bad idea!
So, if you happen to THINK, beyond the 'talking point' mentality, congratulations!...it might just be a breath of fresh air! ..Besides, to all those who actually still write their own lyrics, a little THINKING, from a different angle, and a new twist of a phrase, might just be nourishment to your souls! Meanwhile, the 'brain-locked' just can't get it!