Monday, August 17, 2009

The history of misdirected indignation

Rage is all the rage, in the 90s '00s, rage is money
The righteous fury of a baby who won't share his toys
It's so easy to climb those charts
It's so easy to win those votes
Selling pointless, phony, blind, cheap, stupid powerless anger!
X-tal, "A Lemon Song" (1996)

Apparently, things have not really changed all that much. Adlai Stevenson knew how to handle these cretins back in the Sixties. Today's politicians could learn a thing or two from him.

UPDATE:
Then there's the Barney Frank approach, which is fairly awesome in its own right. Arguing with a dining room table, indeed.

2 comments:

Ian Schultz said...

Neo, I can't remember if you have last.fm and if you do can you send me a link to your page so I can add you.

J Neo Marvin said...

Nope, I don't, sorry. Feel free to link to any non-last.fm stuff.