An older cartoon, but after reading this story I just had to repost it. The Evil Republicans who refused Mr. Asbury Park his day in the sun and politely deferred elucidating why may have had these recent Springsteen lyrics in mind....
American Skin (41 Shots)
41 shots
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41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots and we'll take that ride
41 shots
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Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets Charles
You got to understand the rules
Promise me if an officer stops you'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma you'll keep your hands in sight
Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
The secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin
-repeat, ad nauseum....
The subject of this song wouldn't put up his hands when confronted, reaches into his back pocket and tries furiously to pull something out, and a bunch of frightened cops shoot him at close range in a contained space in self defense. Springsteen gets an award from the NAACP, and upset members of the NYPD refuse to work his Madison Square Garden concert in protest.
A special commission found the officers not guilty. Is it possible, Bruce, that they were ...not guilty? Or is it just another conspiracy by the man....
No time to write songs about the officers who are regularly slain in the line of duty protecting ours and Springsteen's rear end. Or perhaps he just felt artistically compelled to append his super sensitive 911 album, which managed to avoid any reference to the fact that the many police officers, firefighters and military personnel who turned up Missing that day were murdered by foreign terrorists on our soil. Sort of like putting out an album commemorating the victims of Pearl Harbor and deciding not to mention WWII.
Why is justice so sorely demanded for the victim of an accident, but not for those intentionally murdered? The answer may be discovered by considering what Springsteen views as intent. The NYPD must be racist; terrorists must want peace. Really.
A year after this 'anti-war' celebrity campaigns hard to defeat the fellow who actually did something about 911, Democratic reps from his home state nominate him for an award.
Who's being partisan?
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