In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
To follow up on Michael's post below, I am mostly amused by the fact that this is a Classic Rock station.
Have they listened to the music that they play?
Have they banned the Beatles yet?
What about Mr. Piano Man himself, Billy Joel (from one of his songs: "until they threw an american flag in our face...")?
And of course they don't play any Bruce Springsteen
Or David Bowie (writer of "This is not America" and "I'm afriad of Americans")
no CSN, No Eno or Roxy Music.... I could go on and on.
And they are upset because Anderson (Tull's lead singer) was feeling that many Americans have confused Nationalism with Patriotism. Proving his point this station has banned Jethro Tull songs proving they cannot tell the difference.
Here's an easy, very basic, refresher:
America: Love it or Leave it
That's Nationalism
America: Love it, try to make it better and point out when it does something unamerican
That's Patriotism
Okay, maybe that is too difficult for the managers of FM 105.7 "The Hawk" to understand. Let's try a really stupid analogy.
Your marriage is America. After years of allowing you to have beer while watching football on Sunday your wife declares that you can no longer have beer before 6PM on Sundays.
A nationalist would suck it up and maybe even beat up friends who suggest that there is no problem having beer before 6PM on Sundays.
A patriot would point out to his wife that that new rule could harm the marriage because it would hurt him and thus the marriage because he would build up resentment towards his wife. If the wife can prove there is a reason for the rule, maybe there would be no beer before, say, noon. i.e. Talk about it. Find out what was right and what was wrong.
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