Just wrote a new anthem for Amerika.... think you will like it

[flying_wahini]

Shakedown (with apologies to Tom Petty)

Its all wrong if you rob us
Its still all wrong if you don't
You're not afraid of us runnin away
Honey, you get the feelin we won't

There is no sense in pretending
Your plan takes it away
Someone inside knew this was coming
It's been the plan all along.......

Baby, shakedown, go ahead take it from me
Shakedown, honey take my pensions,
Shakedown, take all my savings
Shakedown, its all wrong
Its all wrong
Its all wrong

Shakedown, robbing the people
Shakedown, wall street is first
Shakedown, can't you see?
Shakedown, its all wrong
Its all wrong
Its all wrong..........

[Rambis]

1. Are the good times really over for good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auyVyFnOEvQ

I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country was strong.
Back before Elvis; before the Vietnam war came along.
Before The Beatles and "Yesterday",
When a man could still work, and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

I wish coke was still cola,
And a joint was a bad place to be.
And it was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before microwave ovens,
When a girl could still cook and still would.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the Flag or the Liberty bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell.
Stand up for the Flag and let's all ring the Liberty bell.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy,
Still last ten years, like they should.
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
The good times ain't over for good.

[flying_wahini]

2. Ah yes, Merle..... wonderful song - kinda heartbreaking isn't it?

I grieve for our country, and our world.

[Rambis]

3. yep

I knew the * years would be earth shaking ly bad but I did not know his cronies would literally destroy america. The conservative movement got what they always wanted a complete collapse and now we have to cut spending across the board in social programs etc to get our fiscal house in order. Bastards!