They Cheer People Dying

Last night...

when I heard people cheering in the street, I thought it was because the Sharks had won their 2nd playoff game against Detroit in over time. Then I heard cars honking and more screaming. And it continued for a while. That's about the time I checked my facebook; which is where I go to get the most current big headline news.

And there it was; 4 friends had posted that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a military operation. There was even a link to President Obama giving an official speech and everything. And I thought wow...thats what the people are cheering about. Screaming. Honking their horns. Yee Hawin'. And whatever folks do in moments like this....when Americas most wanted is executed. America loves killing the bad guy. They LOVE it. I mean, hey, do what ya want. I understand. Bin Laden was a terrorist. And Bush put a sticker on his head after 911 and couldn't catch him. And then Obama gave the go ahead and blam...it's over for Bin Laden.

So, I can relate to being relieved about his death, but hootin' and hollerin' in the street over anybody dying is just a waste of energy to me. Not my style, really. In fact, I thought all the folks hooting and all the folks hollering just looked kinda retarded out there. Because they rejoice in murder. Which is kinda weird, I think. Very un church like. I don't know anyone, personally, who was told when they where a little child, "Now make sure you run out into the street and get yer holler on when the army shoots somebody...it's what Jesus wants us to do..." But no one had to tell these folks. They just do it naturally, like it's a Superbowl win, I guess. But it aint. It's really not.

Now if this act had brought an all out agreed end to the war on terrorism, then I would also be out there getting my hoot on and my holler out. I would be getting my groove on, actually. Like when Obama was elected...

But we don't have a clue what this is going to mean, as far as the war on terror is concerned.

Do we?

So in the meantime, I have a different reaction...no words, really.

Just music...

They Cheer People Dying by Uncle Samurai

Scapegoat

Every 4 years we elect a person to seek out new ways to bring us together as a nation of divided political parties.

In that 4 years we expect this person to find solutions to problems that we have been creating for hundreds of years. If not thousands.

In just 4 years we accumulate enough mistakes and burdens to pass on to the next elected CEO of this nation. To boldly blame this person for the problems we cannot solve individually.

Technology has allowed me to post this demo'd song for anyone to hear. Ironically the same technology allows us all to point our fingers at someone who voluntarily signed himself up to be our very own scapegoat...which again, ironically, points that same finger back at ourselves.

Pay no attention to the fool on the hill trying to hide his disguise

Haze and smoke behind the mirrors as the years burn red in your eyes

Pass that buck like a flame and we'll know who to blame this time

Ask that man in the hot seat sweatin' through the cracks of his mind

We got a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow

So take your problems on down to the man with the two horned crown

We got him now...we got a scapegoat now...we got him now!

Bend right over til your back starts to break from the weight in your arms

Send your burdens to the top because they never seem to cause him harm

He was made to take a punch we just never had a hunch who he was

See him wobble back and forth at the podium of promises

We got a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow

So take your problems on down to the man with the two horned crown

We got him now...we got a scapegoat now...we got him now!

Hold your laughter at the bank til you're sure that you're walking away

Throw your money on a steak while you talk about the good old days

Who could have guessed at the price that you're payin' for your gasoline

But you'll never have to think twice if you don't have a clue what it means

To have a scapegoat now, we knew he'd turn up somehow

So take your problems on down to the man with the two horned crown

We got him now...we got a scapegoat now...we got him now!

words and music by Musashi Lethridge

aka

your friendly cyberhood

Uncle Samurai

Obama vs Republicans - Jon Stewart as the Referee

Republicans are like pesky little kids. They will just start making shit up sometimes, to cause an issue, so they can advertise what pesky little kids they are, as people look and point at them and say, "Look what pesky little kids those republicans are!" Then "pesky little kids" are the key search words for the day.
(sigh)
Then there's The Daily show. Jon Stewart is like a focused information ninja of comedy. He makes us laugh at these republicans as he embeds little stars into their virtual foreheads. And at the end of the day, we can point and laugh, while saying, " Look at those pesky little kids with ninja stars embedded into their foreheads! Now THAT'S funny!"
hahahahah
Thank God for Jon Stewart!

The Daily Show Episode Born Identity