Akkam’s Razor

Via Neatorama.

Via Waxy.org.

"Don't Drag Me Down", by Social Distortion from the album "White Light, White Heat".  Lyrics from SongMeanings. 

Ignorance like a gun in hand
reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies,
media -blitz gonna dry your eyes
You're eighteen wanna be a man
Your granddaddy's in the Ku Klux Klan
Taking two steps forward
and four steps back
Gonna go to the White House
and paint it black

Lyrics.  Just to put you in the proper mindset for the dog-and-pony show by the Prez this evening.  From Bad Religion's album, The Empire Strikes First.

This is DUMB, Dumb, dumb… I don't know if this is Viacom's (owner of CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, etc., way of strong-arming GooTube on negotiations, a (legitimate) effort  to protect their intellectual party, or a partisan-inspired tactic to limit more GOP criticism.  In any case, history will show that short clips "pirated" online LEAD to increased CONSUMPTION of broadcast media, just as those who "steal" music ALSO buy more pre-recorded CDs.

All three found via digg:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I remember when Storm Front came out listening to that over the radio and tape over and over again to figure out the words. Then I hit up the Funk and Wagnalls (Encyclopedia) to figure out what each and every incident and person was.

Redo the entire song, like these people did, but with the contemporary examples of each and every thing.  Cuz nothing's changed. I'm actually getting welled up between anger and tears just thinking about it.

Something like what these guy's did…

Cliffnotes?  Nothing resembling a yes or no answer.  Transcripts here…

Reporter: "Former president Clinton says that your administration had no meetings on Bin Ladden for nine months after he left office. Is that factually accurate? "

Bush: [evade, dodge, be on the offense, kill them there before they kill us here, they hate us for our freedom, etc.]

Via Hanlon's Razor.

And just as a reminder… Bush's comment to the CIA briefer that delivered the August 6, 2001 PDB (Presidential Daily Brief) Titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US", after hearing out his presentation?

Bush: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

I was doing the dishes