SR 82539d: Bruce Springsteen is a Poopyhead
November 26th, 2005 4:23 pm by Kelly GarbatoI was just over at Feministe, where Jill posted a link to this mind-blowing NY Times story:
By HARLAN COBEN
November 25, 2005ON May 26, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, sponsored a resolution congratulating Carrie Underwood for winning the “American Idol” television program.
Last Friday, Senators Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg, Democrats of New Jersey, sponsored a resolution congratulating Bruce Springsteen on the 30th anniversary of his album “Born to Run.”
Guess which resolution got shot down by the party in power?
In the recent past, Senator Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader, has seen fit to sponsor resolutions recognizing “Sun Studio’s Contribution to the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and commending the Grand Ole Opry on its 80th anniversary. There have been House and Senate resolutions congratulating or commending musicians, artists and athletes like Chris LeDoux (a rodeo champion and musician), Michael Campbell (a golfer from New Zealand) and Siegfried and Roy.
But no love for the Boss.
Senator Frist or one of his colleagues didn’t let the resolution come up for consideration. [...]
Love him or hate him, there can be little doubt of Bruce Springsteen’s contribution to culture and music. You can’t even fault the guy on the personal stuff. By all accounts, he is a good husband, father, man. Unlike many of his musical colleagues, he has never been involved in scandals or self-destructive binges: “No drug busts, no blood changes in Switzerland,” the singer Bono said. “No bad hair periods even in the 80′s.”
So why was he denied this honor?
That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Does anybody on either side of the political aisle really believe that the Springsteen resolution was turned down for any reason other than political payback for backing John Kerry?
Holy fucking shit.
Isn’t the more pressing question, “Don’t these fuckwads have anything more important to do!?”
Seriously.
A brief perusal of today’s headlines reveals a smorgasbord of pressing issues that beg for immediate attention: African girls, some as young as ten, are routinely sold – by their own parents! – to dirty old perverts for $16 or a cow; soon-to-be Supreme Court justice Scalito hates the First Amendment but adores unwanted fetuses; a 25-year-old teacher who boned her 14-year-old student “gets off” – literally – with a slap on the tush; and, months later, FEMA’s response to Hurricane Katrina remains laughable. Perhaps our esteemed Senators should tackle one of these problems rather than quibble over which celeb deserves a pat on the back for recording a catchy tune?
Our reps are inefficient enough as it is – they simply shouldn’t be allowed to waste their already thinly-stretched time on such trivialities. What significance does a resolution “commending the Grand Ole Opry on its 80th anniversary” really have, anyway? (For Chrissakes, it’s not like it’s even their 75th or 100th anniversary!)
And if these morons can’t even agree on something as inconsequential as whether The Boss deserves props for “Born to Run,” how the hell will they ever hammer out more critical agreements, such as legislation to balance the budget, rehabilitate those areas ravaged by Katrina, or help stem the tide of AIDS in developing nations?
Un-fucking-believable.
- K
He may have been Born in the USA,
but Springsteen is clearly a commie pinko fag traitor!
Originally posted @ www.kellygarbato.com/blog/2005-11-26/
Filed under: Politics, Crybabies — Kelly @ November 26, 2005 4:23 pm
