So, let's see. You used to call yourself a liberal. But things changed after 9/11, and now you're not sure what to call yourself anymore. Try "neo-neocon" on for size.
The nearly geriatric Rolling Stones have a new song out called "Sweet Neo Con."
posted by neo-neocon @ 11:40 AM
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I'm a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England. Surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely leaving the fold and becoming that dread thing: a neocon. My friends and family are becoming sick of what they see as my inexplicable conversion, so I've started this blog to give vent to my frustration. I have a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and my politics make me a pariah there, too. Little did I know that I moved in such politically homogeneous circles. Why the apple? See this.
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Apparently "Keef" Richards isn't very keen on the lyric.
You have a great blog here! I'm bookmraking it right now.
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Mick probably thought the reference was to the penal system.
- I recall reading a list somewhere about the educational levels of stars and singers who have jumped into the arena of foreign affairs and domestic policy - it seems many had but a high school education and a fair number had never even completed a college degree -
I'm with you--I thought it was going to be a love song from the title.
As a conservative academic, I sympathize with your situation. Keep the faith!
Of course the Rolling Stones had to come up with an anti-war song.
Mick is likely still embarrassed that his 1991 Gulf War protest song "Highwire" had the bad timing to be released about a week after the war ended.
And I may be the last living person (other than the Stones) who actually remembers that song.
Rick Lippincott:
Are you sure the Stones remember it?
-I recall reading a list somewhere about the educational levels of stars and singers who have jumped into the arena of foreign affairs and domestic policy - it seems many had but a high school education and a fair number had never even completed a college degree -
That's pretty much true of all stars and singers, whether they make political statements or not. William Goldman commented on it in his "Adventures in the Screen Trade". This doesn't, of course, mean that all stars are dumb. For every Tom Cruise you've got a Kid Rock, and, as will franklin said, "Keef" certainly doesn't hold with appeasing terrorists.
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