The Ballad of George W. Bush

[Galraedia]

"The Ballad of George W. Bush"

Come and listen to my story 'bout a boy name Bush,
His IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
He drank like a fish while he drove all about,
But that didn't matter 'cuz his daddy bailed him out.
DUI, that is. Criminal record. Cover-up.

Well, the first thing you know little Georgie goes to Yale,
He can't spell his name but they never let him fail.
He spends all his time hangin' out with student folk,
And that's when he learns how to snort a line of coke.
Blow, that is. White gold. Nose candy.

The next thing you know there's a war in Vietnam,
Kin folks say, "George, stay at home with Mom."
Let the common people get maimed and scarred,
We'll buy you a spot in the Texas Air Guard.
Cushy, that is. Country clubs. Nose candy.

Twenty years later George gets a little bored,
He trades in the booze, says that Jesus is his Lord.
He said, "Now the White House is the place I wanna be,"
So he called his daddy's friends and they called the GOP.
Gun owners, that is. Falwell. Jesse Helms.

Come November 7, the election ran late,
Kin folks said "Jeb, give the boy your state!"
"Don't let those colored folks get into the polls,"
So they put up barricades so they couldn't punch their holes.
Chads, that is. Duval County. Miami-Dade.

Before the votes were counted five Supremes stepped in,
Told all the voters "Hey, we want George to win."
"Stop counting votes!" was their solemn invocation,
And that's how George finally got his coronation.
Rigged, that is. Illegitimate. No moral authority.

[azul]

1. Welcome to DU!

Did you compose this song?

Needs to go on utube with Flat and Scruggs background, for full effect.

[Galraedia]

2. Instrumental Version

I didn't compose it. It was written by some unknown person.

If anyone is interested in making it into a song you can find the instrumental version http://cdn1-67.projectplaylist.com/e1/v1_0_0/ape2abJYl_Xdq4b7Q5wVDMWJo0ak7nSF3Vxgcw8asM3AE2lSo80lGNHBnanHKsIHBAWAS1x_7Fs0jljyhlaJmOrDgoXGmf3-4Eyyk-zBawY=?e=1308250819&h=e88fc0d82da6447cb94b33d79de3b2f8.mp3">HERE.

[Galraedia]

3. Another Instrumental

Another similar but slightly different instrumental version can also be found http://cdn1-46.projectplaylist.com/e1/v1_0_0/0qEMEAL9oJ9FthzZk3XutU_-hjK4NtxqZxjVMjZJG48AtdaXucIuaRoTDu36CXxVRlrB1U_Yc-_XotAG8JhxMmbWlQ1UarojNUD_c8Slljg=?e=1308250819&h=b08e363ff8ae61e7f022508c98abcebf.mp3">HERE

The song is played to http://cdn1-73.projectplaylist.com/e1/v1_0_0/dd5E2cGlomTT3WfOXQaG9CRUyNryjpWk_BnZo9VI7dn1p8Nll-gPwXdR7S91Qgw4jGzxNNAJMMuKIG-_bZ_BWeACKyzndUiQQR7Ykz_0nWU=?e=1308250819&h=6941f14433211a7f0524770c8968b31a.mp3">The Ballad Of Jed Clampett to give you an idea as to when each verse starts.

[raven0811]

4. This idiocy

I am sort of in the middle politically. I listen to different talk shows on the radio, on the lib side, Democracy Now, on the conservative side, Michael Medved(just to name two). Equally listening with an open mind. When I see a post like this it reminds me that there is pure ignorance on both sides!! I've also noticed that when the mud slinging and jokes start, that usually means someone has a preconceived idea about someone or doesn't have all the facts, or is likely too lazy to seek the truth and would rather spew someone else's rhetoric. None of this helps anyone. All of the sites like this I've seen on both sides seem to do the same thing. Preach to a choir of people who feel and think the same way. Too bad there isn't a place on the web(at least as far as I know) that both sides can freely discuss these issues without resorting to debasing themselves. Raven

[freesqueeze]

6. IDIOCY?

AABBC rhyming pattern...near perfect iambic hexameter? I have no problem if you don't like it, but idiocy it is not.

[johnsonjjohnson]

5. no one seems to get it

$10 Trillion Dollar Bush Stimulus Package
I hear rhetoric all the time about the so called failed
stimulus package of over $700 billion dollars that is supposed
to spur job creation. Yet no one is discussing the $10
Trillion Dollar George W Stimulus Package. Call it what you
will the goal was supposed to be the same. Over 10 years later
and I think we can safely say that the experiment of unusually
low taxes has proved to be a complete failure. Yet it is still
being promoted as doing something. At a cost of over $10
Trillion dollars for the first 10 years----- why are we even
talking about the paltry $700 billion dollar package when the
W Tax Cuts/Stimulus Plan are 10 Trillion every 10 years and
renew themselves each 10 year period!!!!!!  
 
Why aren’t these questions being asked???
If lower taxes haven’t helped the economy--- have they hurt
the economy??? The answer is yes
 
Just think back to when things started to unravel in our
economy. Hey, it was under the Bush Regime. The only thing he
did to affect the economy was to LOWER taxes. Just think the
only thing he did for the economy ended up killing the most
robust economy in the world’s history. Yet these geniuses want
to continue to do what caused the collapse.
 
Incrementally Higher Taxes Creates Jobs
Incrementally higher taxes creates an incentive to hire new
employees and purchase the next piece of business equipment,
once the business or individual’s income gets close to the
next incrementally higher tax rate. The rates are so low now,
that it takes the incentive away. Actually it was recently
reported that over $1.5 Trillion dollars is sitting on the
sidelines. Cash that businesses have hoarded due to the lower
tax rates. Lower tax rates puts the “responsibility on
business owners” to decide whether to spend the tax savings on
business improvements & hiring OR NOT. Businesses have
chosen NOT to spend the money saved but rather to show stock
holders greater profits and then send these profits to other
wealthy individuals in the form of dividends on the profits
INSTEAD of spending on hiring or equipment.
Higher or lower taxes is all about who decides when and what
to invest in. The lower tax experiment of the Bush regime has
proven that when left on their own businesses will decide NOT
to hire or invest the saved money from lower taxes. Thus the
need for incrementally higher taxes to provide the incentive
for them to do just that.
 
New Gauge that Measures “Efficiency”
That is why since the Bush regime we have seen a new index
take center stage. It's called the "Business Efficiency
Rating." That is a rating that shows how businesses are
doing more with less. "Less Hiring and Less Spending on
Business Equipment". Lower taxes actually creates a
disincentive to hire and spend. Lower taxes trust business
owners to do so on their own with the money saved which has
proven doesn’t work.
 
Now that you understand why low taxes are responsible for the
recession, I will reveal to you why it was also “W's” low
taxes that caused the collapse of the real estate mortgage
biz.
 
Supply & Demand for Jobs
Low taxes stalled the hiring process since everyone was simply
getting by with the employees they had thus the “demand” for
employees was less than the supply”. This caused wages to go
flat. They have stayed flat for the last 10 years. Now factor
in a low inflation rate of 3.5% compounded over 10 years and
you have about 40% inflation over a 10 year period!!!
That means, with wages staying flat, that what ever you bought
10 years ago would cost about 40% more today. So if mama lost
her job for only a few months--- you could never catch back up
and thus the foreclosures began. The subprime mortgages only
accounted for a very small % of total failed mortgages. The
mortgage implosion was a symptom NOT the cause of our economic
problems. The cause of the economic/mortgage/real estate/
implosion was lower taxes!!!!!
This is the same policy being blindly followed today just like
the old adage, " If we say it enough or if we can think
it, it must be true whether the thought process holds up to
evidence or scrutiny or not. In other words, true or not,
people tend to believe whoever it is that is controlling the
message.
 
Media Guilty
That is why the media is as guilty as those promoting the
failed policies as we depend on the media to ask the right
question, especially when the answers they get don’t make
sense. Has the media been intimidated by name calling? Things
like Elite Media? Or Liberal Leaning Media?
This country is who we are ONLY because of the high character
of journalist who came before you. They have been known for
keeping the government and businesses honest.
Where is that level of integrity today?

[mh74562]

7. love it!

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[libguy_6731]

9. nice