September 21, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood
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Today on MorningWood, it’s old standards day - no central theme, but plenty of subtle and not so subtle musical and spoken word commentary on the arrogance of empire and war and the growing acceptance of fascism and intolerance in this country.
Some illustrations of intolerance include the Rethuglican kicker at the RNC. You remember: the young man who attacked a female protester as she was being subdued by security at a Young Republicans event inside the RNC.
He’s recently been outed as a Pennsylvania college student, though he continues to deny his involvement.
Other recent examples include the hair pulling bully, a crowd member who took it upon himself to violently yank and pull a dissenter out of a hall by her hair, and these seperate incidents in which protesters were physically silenced by violent Bush backers. (Note - lots of links to Orcinus - there’s also a very fresh post up right now on this same subject.)
Of course, this kind of behavior isn’t limited to Republican types. Or is it? Last week in Virginia, a man made the news when he and his young daughter were reportedly verbally abused and physically intimidated at a John Edwards rally. Phil Parlock reported that a mean Democrat wearing a Union t-shirt ripped a Bush/Cheney sign out of his 3 year old’s little hands and made her cry by tearing up said poster in front of her.
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Very coincidental, but there’s still that damning picture. Well, it turns out that one of Parlock’s grown sons bears an uncanny resemblance to the guy who was dressed in a union shirt. Did Parlock stage this whole event in order to give Democrats a black eye? Many people say that he did, and all of the evidence points in that direction.
In the second hour, some classic Christian intolerance. Jimmy Swaggart, the money grubbing televangelist, actually threatened to kill any man who might think to look at Jimmy with lustful intentions. Jimmy feels that God will reward him for this behavior.
There is some talk that Jimmy might be a little too preoccupied with thoughts of violent anal rape, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, we’ll hear the audio from Jimmy’s show and build a set around it. A video clip, from which the audio was taken, is available here, having been blatantly ripped off from Oliver Willis’ blog.
Finally, as is my habit, I will, in all likelihood, cut in way too frequently with my own verbal rants. Tune in and listen up.
Playlists
Each week, I bring my planned songs in on CD. I usually end up playing most or all of them in the planned order. But sometimes things go askew. Sorry - no guarantees or refunds.
Warning - some of this week’s songs will be played together or talked over - tune in and you’ll figure it out.
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Posted by Norwood at September 21, 2004 02:41 AM