Not only is this a provocative statement about "The Quiet Beatle", who would have been 66 years old today, but it's also the title of a compilation album which makes a strong argument in its support.
"I'm sick of hearing about the New York Post. Last week they published a freaking cartoon with two cops shooting a freaking monkey. Underneath the cartoon the caption read... Now you're going to have to find someone else to write your next stimulus bill.
Are you freaking kidding me?!
Are you telling me know one at the New York Post saw this and said, maybe they're going to think we're talking about Barack Obama? Of course they did! They didn't care! They wanted a controversy. And they got it. Al Sharpton and the NAACP were stupid enough to fall right into their trap.
Al Sharpton started screaming about it. What did he accomplish? I'll tell you what he accomplished. Before he started screaming, maybe ten or twenty thousand people saw this freaking cartoon. After he started screaming... MILLIONS of people, all over the freaking world, saw this freaking cartoon.
You think people are gonna stop buying the Post now, because Al Sharpton's crying? No! I guarantee you, more people are going to buy the Post. I'm buying two freaking copies a day! This was the greatest freaking marketing scheme since Paris Hilton put Rick Solomon's balls in her mouth on a freaking sex tape.
Are you freaking kidding me?!!
Al, did you freaking notice, we have a President who's half black? The Governor of freaking New York is half black and blind. The freaking Governor of Louisiana is from India and the Governor of Alaska is a woman. And you're going to play the freaking race card? That ship has sailed my friend!
Nobody takes Al Sharpton seriously. The guys a clown! Do you realize, we had the first African American run for President this year. Was Al Sharpton anywhere to be seen? Was he campaigning with Barack Obama? Was he up on the freaking pulpit with Barack Obama? No! This guy was a freaking ghost. They told him to disappear. I think they locked him in a freaking closet. The only mistake they made is after the election, they let him out!
If anybody knows Al Sharpton, give him a message from me. This is America Al! The last I checked, we have freedom of speech. We have freedom of the press. If the New York Post wants to publish a cartoon with two cops shooting a freaking monkey and compare it to Barack Obama. They have a right to do it.
If you don't want to see it. Don't buy the Post, YOU FREAK!!!"
(click Bob's photo for the video. You know the drill.)
... and today's his birthday!!! Abe Vigoda grew up in New York City, the son of a tailor. He first appeared on stage at the age of 17. After serving in World War II Vigoda studied acting at the American Theater Wing. For years he played small roles on stage, screen and television. He is most recognized for playing Detective Fish on the ABC sitcom, Barney Miller. In 1982 People magazine mistakenly reported Vigoda's death. Those rumors still persist more than 20 years later.
Blues guitarist Johnny Winter turns 65 today. John Dawson Winter III was born February 23, 1944, in Leland, Mississippi. Winter's musical legacy began as a 5-year-old playing clarinet in Beaumont, Texas. He continued on the instrument for four years but quit when an orthodontist informed him that he had a serious overbite. Winter then switched to ukulele but that only lasted until rock and roll came out.Soon after, he switched to guitar and Winter began to build up an impressive record collection that allowed him to study the blues masters and cop their licks. Johnny and his brother Edgar played together in various teenage bands and the two albino brothers made quite an impression in their hometown. In live performances, Winter often tells the story about how, as a child, he dreamed of playing with the blues guitarist Muddy Waters. In 1977, he accomplished this goal and produced the album Hard Again. Today, despite experiencing several health crises in recent years, which have rendered him incapable of performing without being seated, Winter still tours regularly. Sitting down, the venerated musician concentrates on blues numbers and eschews his rock hits.
"You're gonna love this story. A rancher in Arizona has a problem with illegal immigration.
What's his problem?
He lives in an area that state and federal authorities like to refer to as an "avenue of choice". What's an avenue of choice? This a place where illegal immigrants like to come over the border. So for years, illegal immigrants have been coming over the border. Trapsing through this guys property. Leaving behind water bottles, clothing, toilet paper, fesces. His animals have been eating this stuff, getting sick and dying.
Finally he got so tired, he put up security cameras. He winds up catching 24 illegal immigrants trespassing on his property. He went out with a gun and his dog. And he held them there till the cops came. The cops came and took them away. Whenever they got done doing whatever it was they did with the freaking cops. They turn around and they sue the guy.
Are you freaking kidding me?!!
Here's the capper to the story... THEY WIN. This guy has to pay them 73 thopusand dollars, for holding them against their will.
Are you freaking kidding me? When are you people going to get it? The United States Government is disenfranchising everyone of us.
They're the ones who came up with immigration laws. They're the ones who decided how you get into this country legally and how you get into this country illegally. And when people started coming into this country ILLEGALLY! The United States Government DID NOTHING to stop them!!
Now we're overrun by freaking illegal immigrants. And when we stand up. When we the people stand up and defend ourselves. When we defend OUR property. We wind up paying 73 thousand dollars. Are you freaking kidding me?!!
When are you people going to get it? No Republican or no Democrat is ever going to bring any change to this country!
The Democrats aren't going to do it, because these are the kind of people they cater to. They're giving this country away to anyone who'll put their hand out and agrees to vote for them.
And the Republicans... they're too big a pussies to stop them! Because they're afraid they're going to be called racists if they do!!
Would you people wake up! Would you get it! The only way we're going to get change in this country is through a freaking Revolution!!!
When are you gonna get it?
73 thousand dollars, for stopping an illegal immigrant from trespassing on YOUR freaking property!!"
" The government has come up with a great idea to solve the mortgage crisis.
Wanna know what it is?
They are going to take money from YOU, the responsible citizen and give it to irresponsible companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In order to make them more successful. In order to make them more money.
They are going to take money from YOU the responsible citizen and give it to irresponsible citizens and some non-citizens. Who took out mortgages to buy house they KNEW they couldn't afford.
Are you freaking kidding me?! What kind of logic is this? How do you explain this to a kid these days, if you're his father? or if you're his freaking teacher? Ah. Miss Crabtree, how do I become a responsible citizen these days? Well Johnny, you go to work. You make money. You pay your bills. and you live within your means.
Meanwhile Johnny goes home and sees his neighbor sitting on his lawn at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, drinking beer out of a freaking wine bottle. He's got a brand new car in the driveway and a beautiful wife upstairs.
Now, Johnny knows that his father is working 2 jobs and not only to pay for his mortgage. But for his freaking neighbors mortgage too! And you expect Johnny to be a responsible citizen? Are you freaking kidding me?!!
They shouldn't call this a housing bill. They should call it a degenerate bill. They should call it a freaking scumbag bill. Because that's what they're teaching kids to do with this bill. To not be responsible. To not pay you're bills. To not worry about anything. And when the freaking world comes crashing in on you. Don't worry! The government will be there to pick up the pieces.
How will they pick up the pieces? By using the money of the person who was responsible. The guy who did the right thing. The guy who followed all the freaking rules!
Tony Iommi was a pioneer of heavy metal riffing. Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi was born February 19, 1948 in Birmingham, England. Iommi combined blues-like guitar solos and dark, minor-key riffing with a revolutionary high-gain, heavily distorted tone and a Gibson SG.
The son of Italian immigrants,Tony picked up the guitar as a teenager. Tragically, in an industrial accident at the age of 17 on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, he lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand. Iommi considered abandoning music, but his boss (who knew of Tony's "night job" as a pub band guitar player) encouraged him to reconsider by playing a record by jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who earned wide acclaim despite limited use of his fretting hand following an injury.
Iommi is best known as a founding member of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath.Tony was the sole constant band member throughout multiple personnel changes.
"What's next? I'll tell you what's next...The mother of the octuplets! The mother of the octuplets! and I use the word "mother" loosely. This isn't a mother! This is an incubator of the octuplets. No mother in her right mind would bring kids into a situation like she had.She had 6 kids, she couldn't afford. She was collecting 900 dollars in food stamps. Another 2000 dollars in disability checks for her freaking kids. And she brings 8 more into the freaking world. With in-vitro fertilization.This isn't a woman who went out one night. Got all liquored up and came home with 8 babies in her belly. This is a woman who paid 100 thousand dollars for in-vitro fertilization.Where'd she get the money? She said she saved it. Are you freaking kidding me?! She was an orderly in a mental institution. She didn't save up a 100 thousand dollars. I'll tell you where she got it. She took it from her kids food stamps. She took it from her kids disability checks. She took it from YOU!!And the liberal mainstream media comes out and says, we can't be hard on her. She's a mother. We have to take care of her.Oh YOU'RE gonna take care of her alright! To at least the tune of a million dollars. Do you know how much it cost to have a cesarian in this country? To keep freaking 8 premature babies in the hospital for weeks? Well over a million dollars. and you're gonna pay that!But, don't worry. We'll just put it in the "stimulus" plan. No problem.I would love to see who the "mother" of the octuplets voted for. I guarantee you three, four months ago she was running around with an Obama shirt on. This is the change she was waiting for.I'm surprised we don't buy her a house with the stimulus money. Get her freaking daycare with the stimulus money. It will create jobs. Somebody has to build the house. Somebody has to take care of her freaking kids.Are you kidding me?!And then she's gonna go to school. She says she is going to pay for her kids by going to school. With student loans mind you. Are you freaking kidding me?! She's going to be a clinical psychologist. How are you gonna pay for 14 kids on a clinical psychologists salary? Who's she gonna be a clinical psychologist for? Charles freaking Manson?You gotta be kidding me!These are the people we're taking care of! These are the people your tax dollars got to!I don't care how many stimulus checks or tax rebates you get back from the freaking government. For every 100 dollars you get back from the government. 200 is going to an animal like freaking this!14 freaking kids and she has no job?! She shouldn't be working in a mental institution. She should be a freaking patient!!"
Rizzuto is a co-founder of Conservative Punk, and the producer of The Wilkow Majority which can be heard from 12-3pm EST Monday-Friday on Sirius Patriot 144 & XM America Right 166. He currently lives in New York City. In his spare time, he tries not to bother anyone too much.
Bob Thompson, a.k.a. Drinking With Bob, has a blog. You may wish read his rants there, because his videos aren't exactly "safe for work". As for my blog, I will post the text of his rants from now on. The text will link to the video.
“The absinthe made everything seem better. I drank it without sugar in the dripping glass, and it was pleasantly bitter. I poured the water directly into it and stirred it instead of letting it drip. I stirred the ice around with a spoon in the brownish, cloudy mixture. I was very drunk. I was drunker than I ever remembered having been.”—Ernest Hemingway
It would seem that our "representatives" have not.
This site here has a breakdown of the "Eco-stimuli" bill. It also includes the actual bill itself. (this is the most recent update - 2/16, includes PDF)
"Let me break it down to you in simplest terms. NOBODY is against the stimulus package! No Republican. No Democrat. No freaking person in this country is against the stimulus package.
We may not agree with it. We may not think it's a great idea to give tax rebates to people who don't pay taxes. We may not think it is a great idea to spend taxpayers money on infrastructure projects that won't even start for one or two years in the future. But, that doesn't mean we don't agree with the right that Barack Obama has to at least try, if he thinks that is going to work.
What people object to is the PORK! The pork that has been pushed into this freaking project. The freaking swimming pools and freaking golf courses. The freaking money for doorbells in Mississippi and new schools in Milwaukee, where they have too many schools already. The 192 billion dollars being spent on Filipino World War II Veterans. That's what everybody has a problem with!
If the pork was taken out of this bill. It would have passed yesterday. It would have passed two weeks ago. Why is the pork in this bill? I'll tell you why, change! Change! Change has a new definition in this country. What does it stand for now? It means the President, Barack Obama is no longer in charge. The new leader of the country is, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. She's in charge. And her and her democratic cronies have stuffed this stimulus bill so full of pork it's busting at the seams!
This woman came on t.v. the other day and said that every month that goes by and we don't pass this stimulus bill. 500 million Americans will lose their jobs. 500 million Americans?! Hello!! We don't have 500 million people working in this country! At best we have 140, 150 million people working in this country.
You want this bill to freaking pass? Then Barack Obama has to get some balls! He has to be a man! He has to step up and tell Nancy Pelosi and her democratic cronies, who stuck all this freaking pork into his stimulus bill. To get every ounce of pork out of it! Put the bill back on the table. Let everybody sign it. And LET'S MOVE ON!!!"
Lux Interior (October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009), the frontman of "psychobilly" pioneers the Cramps, died Wednesday in Glendale, Calif. The cause of death, according to a statement released by his publicist, was a pre-existing heart condition.
Though they came out of the '70s New York punk scene, the Cramps had little in common with Television and Talking Heads. Instead, they took their cues from '50s rockabilly, inventing a truly demented sound that fused familiar parts into something totally new. Their best albums were eerie, mysterious affairs—thrilling and a little bit scary.
Visit TheBeer Connoisseur at herestobeer.com and graduate from "Beer Know-It-All" To Really Knowing It All. This site will further your education on the brewing process, beer and food pairings, and ingredients and their role in determining a beer's flavor. I stumbled upon an ad for this site in an old issue of DRAFT.
Mayor Bloomberg's next crusade - reduce the salt in processed food by 20 percent over the next five years. This Nanny State nonsense is raising my blood pressure more than the salt!
Bob tells us what he thinks about the 'Benefit Concert for Hillary Clinton'.
"Instead of a benefit to raise money for individual politicians. Why aren't these celebrities, who care so much about this country, having Benefit Concerts for average Americans?!"
I will now take a brief hiatus from this endeavor. I will continue to post, but with a less strict regularity. I hope you've enjoyed this series of posts, and will continue to do so as they appear.
Who knows? The posts may continue with a similar frequency. Old habits die hard.
BONUS
This Public Service Announcement from an old radio broadcast, urging us to protect our freedom, is a must listen for our current political situation.
"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn’t pay off."
American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon would have been 62 years old today. Zevon was known for his dark, skeptically humorous songs.His most popular compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Johnny Strikes Up The Band".
Zevon's excessive vodka intake earned him the nickname "F. Scott Fitzevon," a reference to the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose early, alcohol-fueled death Zevon seemed bent on repeating.
Warren Zevon released his breakthrough album, Excitable Boy, in 1978.The title song was about a juvenile sociopath's murderous prom night.
In 1982, after the disappointing commercial reception for his album The Envoy (which critics had called brilliant), Warren was dropped by his record label, which he discovered when he read about it in the Random Notes gossip column of Rolling Stone. The trauma caused him to relapse into serious alcoholism.Zevon retreated from the music business for several years, during which he finally overcame severe alcohol and drug addictions. It was during this period that Zevon collaborated with Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Mike Mills (R.E.M.) to form a loose side project called Hindu Love Gods. Occasionally, between 1982 and 2001, Zevon filled in for Paul Shaffer as bandleader on Late Night with David Letterman and later The Late Show with David Letterman.
Zevon described a lifelong phobia of doctors and said he seldom received medical assessment. Shortly before playing at the Edmonton Folk Festival in 2002, he started feeling dizzy and developed a chronic cough. After a long period of untreated illness and pain, Zevon was encouraged by his dentist to see a physician; when he did so he was diagnosed with inoperable mesothelioma (the same cancer that killed Steve McQueen). Warren Zevon died on September 7, 2003, aged 56, at his home in Los Angeles, California.
Setlist: Splendid Isolation Lawyers, Guns and Money Why Can't This Be Love? Banter and Dr. Babyhead intro Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead Banter Heartache Spoken Here Boom Boom Mancini Johnny Strikes Up the Band Play It All Night Long Desperados Under the Eaves [banter] Jole Blon [bamter] Instrumental intro to... > Poor Poor Pitiful Me > I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better The Indifference of Heaven [banter] Seminole Bingo Excitable Boy Roland Chorale > Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Applause > banter Mr. Bad Example Werewolves of London > Mohammed's Radio
"Make Mine Freedom" is a 1948 short (propaganda) film in which 'John Q. Public' warns of the dangers of the evils of a bottle of "ism" (a euphemism for communism).
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
My guess is that "The One", and his "Hopetards" have never seen this.
Doc Cook (1891-1958), born Charles L. Cooke, was an American jazz bandleader. While many early jazz musicians used such titles denoting advanced degrees, Doc actually held a Ph.D, from the Chicago College of Music.
In the player below, "Sidewalk Blues" (1926) featuring the great New Orleans cornet player Freddie Keppard.
The group broke up after having all their instruments stolen from the bandstand during a break at a marathon dance contest.
"Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country. "~Ricardo Montalban
Why is Rod Blagojevich still Governor? "This is a guy who was caught on tape trying to SELL a senate seat. he was dragged out of his bed and arrested at 6 o'clock in the morning. Yet, he is still allowed to govern? Cmon! Governor Elliot Spitzer only slept with prostitutes and he was forced to resign in less than a day. My guess is Rod Blagojevich has some information on someone a lot more powerful than himself and he is not afraid to use it if need be."
McKinney's Cotton Pickers were a jazz band founded in Detroit in 1926 by William McKinney.Between 1927 and 1931, they were one of the most popular African-American bands. Many of their records for Victor were best sellers.
The Cotton Pickers disbanded in 1934, unable to make money during the Depression. "Selling That Stuff" by The Mckinney Cotton Pickers
Ron Asheton, the guitarist from The Stooges, has died at age 60. "We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron's death. He was a great friend, brother, musician, trooper. Irreplaceable. He will be missed." ~A statement issued by Iggy Pop, Stooges drummer (and Asheton's brother) Scott Asheton, saxophonist Steve Mackay, bassist Mike Watt and The Stooges' management and crew
The Stooges are often regarded as hugely influential in alternative rock, heavy metal and, especially, punk rock. Singer Iggy Pop and his often-outrageous onstage performances were often the main focus of attention. They reformed in 2003, with bassist Mike Watt replacing the deceased Dave Alexander. The Stooges have been nominated for possible 2009 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Doyle and DebbieShow is sublime parody, simultaneously lampooning and idolizing country music's tradition of iconic duos and their subsequent battle of the sexes. Bruce Arntson and Jenny Littleton wield the vocal chops of vintage country stars, taking audiences on a freewheeling joyride through a wickedly funny script and slew of equally hilarious original songs. Over the past two years, Doyle and Debbie have developed a rabid cult following in Nashville, many of whom have seen the show over a dozen times—everyone from theater-going professionals to college students who wouldn't be caught dead in a theater or a country bar.
The Skillet Lickers were one of the most influential string bands of the '20s and '30s. Led by fiddler Gid Tanner, the band which combined old-timey country music with humor and showmanship, were known for their off-the-wall arrangements of old-time fiddle tunes.
The original lineup of the band featured Tanner, guitarist Riley Puckett, fiddler Clayton McMichen, and banjoist Fate Norris.
The lyrics of the Skillet Lickers' music used language common among rural white Americans at the time, but today is considered offensive and racist, including song titles like "Nigger in the Woodpile" and "Run Nigger Run". Following the original band's dissolution, Puckett and latter-day fiddler Bert Layne led various bands called the Skillet Lickers, but the group wasn't relaunched until 1934, when Tanner formed a new lineup that recorded one final session that yielded their biggest hit, "Down Yonder".
"Soldier's Joy" (October 29, 1929)
The title could refer to payday for soldiers or even opiates in light of the verse: "Well twenty-five cents for the morphine, and fifteen cents for the beer. Twenty-five cents for the old morphine, now carry me away from here." It appears that the extra ten cents for the morphine could have been well worth it.
"Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink" (April 17, 1926)
Each of the above photos is a link to more music (25 tracks in all!).
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