This land is your land?

[Steeplerot]

I was checking out some blogs and it seems righties are up in arms about the song "This land is your land" sung a the inauguration by Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.

The verse in question (yes it is part of the original song)is at 2:40.

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.

Commie conspiracy? Or just an old song about USA's sharing spirit?

Have we lost the good Samaritan/solidarity aspect of being citizens of America since the 80s that such a line becomes ideologically offensive?

Seems very un-pc in this day and age of the conservative me mindset.

 

[First]

No one intelligent thinks that's some sly and secret commie conspiracy, even the few reject wingnuts here probably don't believe that.

 

[Steeplerot]

Regardless, it is a common theme heard here.
Seems conservatives have a perceived fear of "creeping Socialism", it is in most of their literature and talked about openly.

 

[Skitzer]

What blogs are you referring to? Link?
I have to say that this is a stretch ........
and please don't use the word "conservative" try right wing or radical right. Conservatives absolutely do not feel this way.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Skitzer
What blogs are you referring to? Link?
I have to say that this is a stretch ........
and please don't use the word "conservative" try right wing or radical right. Conservatives absolutely do not feel this way.

The first place I thought of: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170758/posts

If it's on the internet, it MUST be true. I haven't peeked in there for a while but this is a good laugh. The other day I bet my buddy that the freepers would say that Obama's flubbing of the original oath and retaking it without a Bible is a way to satisfy his conscious of being a closet Muslim (if he was a Muslim, he wouldn't swear on the Bible and so this was all a ploy). I am still looking through the archives to see if my prediciton is correct.

 

[GroundedSailor]

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiJk6MeBx54">And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner </a>

 

[Steeplerot]

It does remind me of Signs, this was the first song I thought of also. Good catch GS.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
It does remind me of Signs, this was the first song I thought of also. Good catch GS.

Actually the lyrics of the song make more sense than the people raking up the issue.

 

[Thump553]

The account name chosen for the original poster says it all. His great-grandpa was probably saying the same thing back when Woody Guthrie wrote the song ("This Land is Your Land") back in 1940. Heaven knows Joe McCarthy had a field day attacking it.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: Thump553
The account name chosen for the original poster says it all. His great-grandpa was probably saying the same thing back when Woody Guthrie wrote the song ("This Land is Your Land") back in 1940. Heaven knows Joe McCarthy had a field day attacking it.

The name was chosen to be ironic, and ol' Joe Mc Carthy hated it huh?

More reason to like it!

Interesting piece on Woodie Guthrie on a NPR article here.

http://www.npr.org/templates/s...ry.php?storyId=1076186

Seems the right has hated this song for a long time. And I never knew.

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the Steeple,
by the relief office I saw my people.
As they stood hungry,
I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.

I never knew much about Guthrie except his guitar was cool as hell cuz it said "this machine kills fascists."

 

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Regardless, it is a common theme heard here.
Seems conservatives have a perceived fear of "creeping Socialism", it is in most of their literature and talked about openly.

Conservatives? Fear?

Well, thats stating the obvious. Conservatives are known for their fear. They are conservative by nature because they fear change. That is a vary strong part of the root of the word conservative.

 

[brandonb]

Originally posted by: retrospooty

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Regardless, it is a common theme heard here.
Seems conservatives have a perceived fear of "creeping Socialism", it is in most of their literature and talked about openly.

Conservatives? Fear?

Well, thats stating the obvious. Conservatives are known for their fear. They are conservative by nature because they fear change. That is a vary strong part of the root of the word conservative.

Conservatives and Liberals are the same. They loathe anything not in their vision. I remember listening to a liberal on the news one day about if the Republicans were elected, old men and women in nursing homes would be thrown into the snowbank. So it goes both ways.

 

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: brandonb

Originally posted by: retrospooty

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Regardless, it is a common theme heard here.
Seems conservatives have a perceived fear of "creeping Socialism", it is in most of their literature and talked about openly.

Conservatives? Fear?

Well, thats stating the obvious. Conservatives are known for their fear. They are conservative by nature because they fear change. That is a vary strong part of the root of the word conservative.

Conservatives and Liberals are the same. They loathe anything not in their vision. I remember listening to a liberal on the news one day about if the Republicans were elected, old men and women in nursing homes would be thrown into the snowbank. So it goes both ways.

True... people suck. The larger the organization, the larger the damage done =(

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
It does remind me of Signs, this was the first song I thought of also. Good catch GS.

Actually the lyrics of the song make more sense than the people raking up the issue.

Signs makes me chuckle. I'm sure if I tried to go to a concert and ignore the sign that said "$40 Admission" I'd be tossed out on my ass.

Funny how people are for and against signs depending on how it affects them.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
It does remind me of Signs, this was the first song I thought of also. Good catch GS.

Actually the lyrics of the song make more sense than the people raking up the issue.

Signs makes me chuckle. I'm sure if I tried to go to a concert and ignore the sign that said "$40 Admission" I'd be tossed out on my ass.

Funny how people are for and against signs depending on how it affects them.

And is ways you may not have imagined. I remember a time, in deep conversation with a friend, she and I walked right past the ticket people because we radiated totally and completely, a sense that we belonged there. We were completely invisible and nobody tried to stop us.

Keep out depends on authority and rank and the assumption and station they create in your own mind and the mind of others. Become the droid that is not being sought.

 

[MovingTarget]

McCarthy called....he wants his schtick back...

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed

Originally posted by: Thump553
The account name chosen for the original poster says it all. His great-grandpa was probably saying the same thing back when Woody Guthrie wrote the song ("This Land is Your Land") back in 1940. Heaven knows Joe McCarthy had a field day attacking it.

The name was chosen to be ironic, and ol' Joe Mc Carthy hated it huh?

More reason to like it!

Interesting piece on Woodie Guthrie on a NPR article here.

http://www.npr.org/templates/s...ry.php?storyId=1076186

Seems the right has hated this song for a long time. And I never knew.

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the Steeple,
by the relief office I saw my people.
As they stood hungry,
I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.

I never knew much about Guthrie except his guitar was cool as hell cuz it said "this machine kills fascists."

...and you claim you aren't the return of steeplerot. puhleeze - you sound no different than he did. What a tool...

 

[Steeplerot]

Kinda curious, do you ever contribute CaD? Or are you just full time drama-queen/troll?
Nice sig btw, mr. bitter.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Rather than devided yourselves . Take words that Obama has used. Instead of saying things that can't be provine now. Take that german video . Lets talk about US Americans . Becoming partof EU. and the fact he says we have NO choice and the fact each citizen will be asked to do more . Thats were ya lose me . I NOT doing any more than I have done period. We paid into the lie which was our time and they stole it away . Now its a new day the game starts anew , Nope not going to coopeate with this new deal now or tomorrow. Till the promises that were already made see fruit. Give back the 401K stolen $$$ or their in for a hard time.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: brandonb

Originally posted by: retrospooty

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Regardless, it is a common theme heard here.
Seems conservatives have a perceived fear of "creeping Socialism", it is in most of their literature and talked about openly.

Conservatives? Fear?

Well, thats stating the obvious. Conservatives are known for their fear. They are conservative by nature because they fear change. That is a vary strong part of the root of the word conservative.

Conservatives and Liberals are the same. They loathe anything not in their vision. I remember listening to a liberal on the news one day about if the Republicans were elected, old men and women in nursing homes would be thrown into the snowbank. So it goes both ways.

When Reagan was elected where the mentally ill thrown into the street?? Yes they were, you just have to recognize the Conservative agenda to obliterate anything socially progressive.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: Nemesis 1
I NOT doing any more than I have done period.

Ask not what your country can do for you...

As I said, words and acts of solidarity and community are quaint words in the age of American selfishness.
All empire crumble.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
...and you claim you aren't the return of steeplerot. puhleeze - you sound no different than he did. What a tool...

It is rather obvious.

So what happened to his old account?

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: TheRedUnderURBed
Ask not what your country can do for you...

Unless it's a handout, then it's gimme gimme gimme.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
...and you claim you aren't the return of steeplerot. puhleeze - you sound no different than he did. What a tool...

It is rather obvious.

So what happened to his old account?

banned

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiJk6MeBx54">And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner </a>

yep, thought of that too