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BetterRed
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posted 20 April 2007 12:26 PM      Profile for BetterRed     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Fri Apr 20, 9:24 AM


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican US presidential contender John McCain turned to popular music to illuminate the debate on the Middle East, singing at the suggestion that the United States "bomb, bomb, bomb" Iran.


"That old Beach Boys song, 'Bomb Iran'?" McCain said in response to a question about US policy on its diplomatic pariah at an electoral campaign meeting in the state of North Carolina.


His questioner had struck an anti-Iran tone, asking him when the United States was going to "send an air mail message to Tehran," drawing cheers from the crowd.


McCain then briefly sang "Bomb, bomb, bomb" -- an adapted snippet of the rock 'n' roll band's refrain "Ba-ba-ba, Ba-Barbara Ann" -- winning laughter from the audience.


The performance was filmed and posted by users on the video-sharing website YouTube. One posting presented an edited version of the clip, with added photographs of children suffering from injuries cause by violence in Iraq.



MCain's warmongering speech

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N.Beltov
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posted 20 April 2007 12:57 PM      Profile for N.Beltov   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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McCain's campaign spokesman Kevin McLaughlin told ABC news that the senator "was just trying to add a little humor to the event."

What a funny guy. He must be a moderate Republican. Those hard core Repugs just don't have McCain's lighthearted touch.


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BetterRed
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posted 30 April 2007 08:28 PM      Profile for BetterRed     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Cho came by his murderous rage somewhat honestly. He was certifiably psychotic, a one time patient in a psychiatric hospital. What is McCain's excuse for openly expressing his murderous fantasies in song?The silence surrounding the McCain call to bloodlust was deafening. The big campaign news that day was the cost of John Edwards' haircuts, not a psychotic call to kill from another candidate.

The pundits and the politicians all agreed that Cho was evil, demonic, diabolical. If so, he was no worse than George W. Bush. What is the occupation of Iraq if not evil? Four years ago, Uncle Sam began a violent spree that resulted in more than 600,000 dead. As the American people make it clear that they want the U.S. out, politicians like McCain are more determined than ever to stay and keep up the body count.

The desire to leave Bush's quagmire behind is not necessarily the result of moral outrage. Instead there is frustration that Iraqis won't clean up America's mess more quickly, or anger about the loss of American lives. McCain has plenty of company among the American people.


MCCain's bloodlust and the media free-ride


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Steppenwolf Allende
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posted 30 April 2007 08:49 PM      Profile for Steppenwolf Allende     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Between Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Latin America, Vietnam, the Middle East, etc., and brutal suppression of democratic rights and intimidation of people at home, the Republican Party just may have committed enough mass murder and war to have earned the Nazi title.

Yankee soldier
He wanna shoot some skag
He met it in Afghanistan
But now he can't afford a bag

Yankee dollar talk
To the dictators of the world
In fact it's giving orders
An' they can't afford to miss a word

I'm so bored with the U...S...A...
But what can I do?

Yankee detectives
Are always on the TV
'Cos commies in America
Work seven days a week

Never mind the stars and stripes
Let's print the 911 Tapes
I'll salute the revolution
And I hope nobody escapes

I'm so bored with the U...S...A...
But what can I do?

Move up McCain
For the C.I.A.
Suck on Bush
For the USA


The Clash
I'm so Bored with the USA
1978 (with a couple words changed to update the situation)


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aka Mycroft
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posted 01 May 2007 05:08 PM      Profile for aka Mycroft     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Here's a better song:

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Michelle
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posted 01 May 2007 05:56 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The stupid thing is, it's not even original. I remember, way back when I started playing on the internet during Napster's glory days and was downloading all sorts of song parodies, "Bomb Iraq" and "Bomb Iran" to the tune of "Barbara Ann" were ubiquitous.

If you're going to make jokes about killing Iranians, at least think up something original.


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siren
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posted 01 May 2007 06:23 PM      Profile for siren     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I don't think McCain meant to be original. The first time that song parody was popular in America was during the Iranian hostage crisis of American embassy workers.

Think he was trying to tap into that long history of distrust.

Anyone see McCain on the Daily Show? He's toast as Presidential candidate.


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kropotkin1951
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posted 02 May 2007 08:34 AM      Profile for kropotkin1951   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I was in Iran about 5 years prior to the overthrow of the Shah and the progressive young people I met there had a different favourite song by Don McLean. Mind you it was really only the chorus they paid any attention to:

quote:
So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."


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remind
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posted 02 May 2007 07:07 PM      Profile for remind     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by N.Beltov:
What a funny guy. He must be a moderate Republican. Those hard core Repugs just don't have McCain's lighthearted touch.

OMG, they simply hang out with each other way too much, their community is so closed, that any hamlet in North America is more open.


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