George W. Told The Nation - Tom Paxton

2008 Philadelphia Folk Festival

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[Deathwysh]

Brilliant! Flat out brilliant!

Are their songwriters like this among the current generation?

[WinterlightSnow]

Superb lyrical content...a parody of the 'official' story....which is all lies and bullshit!

[EagleVendetta]

@bensdadfrank There's a simple way to solve America's problem- a competant leader and less infighting in the goverment.

[bensdadfrank]

@EagleVendetta Obviously you, me , and some others have. We need a child to say that the king is naked! You have to love the line about "AWOL from the Texas National Guard". What a patriot. How can it be OK that he sent so many of our sons and daughters off to die over faulty intel? HE was the biggest weapon of mass destruction. Didn't even serve his country in the fairly limited and safe way that his family set up for him! Tom, Phil,Pete, Arlo, and so many others have always sung the truth.

[EagleVendetta]

@bensdadfrank Yeah, Eisenhower's speech still rings true today... too bad we haven't been listening.

[bensdadfrank]

@emjee If we want to see the hypocrites, we need look no furthur than the person who brushes our teeth every morning. We continue to allow the military industrial complex to run this show. How many people can tell you to whom is Angelina Jolie is married? Then ask them the name of the vice president of the U.S.A. Compare your results, and realize that this nation has been dumbed down. Forget the Democrats and Republicans, and listen to Eisenhower's warnings in his farewell address.

[bensdadfrank]

It's ok Tom Paxton is just updating one of his best oldies, true now as it was in the sixties, still warning us, and guess what, NOBODY IS LISTENING NOW EITHER. There's much money to be made in war, especially these days when we need less boots on the ground. Sad thing is, the ones who die , will be dead forever, to save us from whatever those in power have convinced us to be afraid of this year. However you can be assured, somebody is making a buck! Votes mean little, voices mean much. BE LOUD

[TreeHugerHippie]

@simoncowellscores I think you should have actually listened to some current generation music before you have an opinion about it... Do you even know who "Rage against the Machine" is? every song is politically charged. Eminem wrote a song stating vote against George bush in the next election. Wyclef John (whom is black), wrote a song with a lyric "If I was president, I'd be elected on friday, assassinated on saturday and burried on sunday" and NOFX wrote an album with a title Rock against Bush

[khbarr13]

A great update of "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation."

[emjee]

So wheres his song about how much of a hypocritical asshole obama is? Or wouldnt that be "politically correct"? You can bet your ASS he voted for Barack.

So who is the bigger hypocrite?

[howtomakeamonster]

@Deathwysh *there

[Fx3Productions]

To all you people wondering where songwriters/sings like this are in the younger generations; They exist, but because not enough people appear to be interested in them and they have the moral fortitude not to sell out they do not get signed. Just look harder. They are everywhere.