An Important Election Message From Pete Townshend

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now the party on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight


I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss


No War But The Class War!

[Faygo Kid]

1. Saw that one coming

And very relevant. Ah, to be 20 again and hear "Who's Next" for the first time. . .

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

2. die for your government?

you've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government? die for your country? that's shit! there's a gulf war vet, dying a slow, cold death and the government says, "we don't know the source of his sickness." but don't believe what they say, because your government is lying they've done it before and don't you know they'll do it again a secret test, government built virus "subject test group: gulf battle field troops" you've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government? die for your country? that's shit! first world war veterans slaughtered, by general eisenhower you give them your life, they give you a stab in the back radiation, agent orange, tested on us souls guinea pigs for western corporations i never have, i never will pledge allegiance to their flag you're getting used, you'll end up dead! you've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government? die for your country? that's shit! i don't need you to tell me what to do and i don't need you to tell me what to be... fuck you! i don't need you to tell me what to say and i don't need you to tell me what to think! what to think! what to think, what to think, what to think, think, think, think! you've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government? die for your country? that's shit!

[Colin Ex]

9. Little Anti-Flag action going on, there?

I saw them live last week (on MLK Day, no less).

They played it. I got my ass kicked in the pit.

Needless to say, it was awesome.

Here's one of my favourites, copy pasted cos I'm lazy.


i learned about america from my first day in school land of opportunity,
land of the free they told us we were blessed and fortunate but they
turned away my questions on homelessness i don't believe-i don't
believe born into a national identity a citizenship that defines the
word "free" but if we're so fucking free why don't we even get a choice?
i never choose to be a citizen, there was no choice given to make
i don't believe-i don't believe i don't believe in america or the
"american dream" i don't believe in nationalism we're all the same
until the rich old men who control the world find something they can't
have and they send us out there to kill each other, let the rich fight their
wars themselves i don't believe... you've got nothing to gain, by fighting for them!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

10. where?

never seen them, I'd love to though

[Colin Ex]

11. Grand Rapids.

They put on a pretty good show -- I kind of wish they would preach a little less about fascist dictatorship, but it's not like I didn't know what I was getting into.

The mosh pit was one of the most fun pits I've ever been in -- very "Go Community!" atmosphere. I don't know if that's your thing or not, though. :-)

-C

[Tinoire]

3. For change....

I'm on my knees and praying
We don't get fooled again


Vote Kucinich - Kucinich 2004!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

13. DK kick

:kick:

[fizzana]

4. You can't fool me

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me....won't get fooled again.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

5. oh, yeah, and I forgot something............

A billionaire chatting with his friends
They've gotta stop and laugh
"We've really got those suckers fooled,
We've gotta 'em trained like rats!"
The riches plot, control your thoughts, to make you blame yourself
"The rich are rich because they're smarter than me.."
You're taught this is right, that it's your fault
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
They throw a war like a party saying,
"It's for a moral cause.."
Telling you if you're a patriot that
"YOU BETTER DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD!"
You burn a flag, you're gonna hang,
Brainwashed nationalism makes you a tool
They're getting rich by selling weapons to both countries,
You never think to question what you're told!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
They're gonna give you nothing
They want to take way the little they call something
You know you're being used still you play along
If you're not complacent,
You're doing something wrong
One day they'll push to far
That marks the beginning of their end
We'll being them crashing down until they're all dead
They're all dead, they're all dead!
The time is growing near..
Put the trigger to the man...
Ok, let's go, kill 'em!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!
KILL, KILL, KILL!!!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

6. and we thought nation-states were a bad idea?

"publicly subsidized! privately profitable!" that's the anthem of the upper-tier (the puppeteer untouchable). we focus a moment, nod in approval and bury our head back in the bar-codes of these neo-colonials while our former nemesis (ah, the romance!): the nation-state, now plays fund-raiser for a new brand of power-concentrate. try again, but now we're confused- what is "class-war"? is this class war? yes, this is class war. and i'm just a kid- i can't believe that i gotta worry about this kind of shit! what a stupid world! yeah, this is just beautiful... absolutely no regard for principle. what a stupid world. (we're): 1) born 2) hired 3) disposed! where that job lands, everybody knows and you can tell by the smile on the ceo's that the environmental restraints are about to go. you can bet that laws will be set to ensure the benefit of unrestricted labor-laws (all kept in place by displaced government death squads). they own us. they produce us. they consume us. can you fucking believe this? what a stupid world. fuck this bullshit display of class-loyalties. the media and "our" leaders wrap it all up in a flag- their fucking shit-rag. hooray!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

8. no war but the class war

In their shiny uniforms they walk the hallways of my school/Feeling for the suckers, sniffing for the fools/Grasping for another ghetto kid who'll become one of them/And fight for the system that shits on him/NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR/The temptation that they offer I can understand/Give you a college education, make you a man/Get
away from the crackheads, the drunkards and the damned/Take your future back into your hands/NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR/But there's one thing I can't stress enough/You've got no future when your legs are blown off/To the Major Generals it's all the same/When the next war comes they'll be calling your name/NO WAR BUT THE
CLASS WAR/Stop and consider that you have nothingto gain/By winning them glory and winning you pain/Do what you have to, do what you can/Our fight won't be led by the man/ NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR

[PVnRT]

7. If only he wasn't a conservative...

n/t

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

12. Pete Townshend is a Tory?

Heresey!!!!