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Anyone else peeved as I am at this nonsense? I am assuming it is a patriotic song. The images you see during this commercial are Vietnam War protestors, the peace sign, Nixon waving goodbye before he gets on his helicopter, and Katrina flooding. What a depressing commercial. Kind of defeatist if you ask me. Thoughts?

John Mellencamp has issued a blunt, powerful statement calling for gun control in America. Posting on his social media channels, the 72-year-old singer/songwriter writes, "Excuse me for stating the obvious truth. I do so out of love for this country and the pain of learning, once again, that children have been killed by gun violence. "If we as a country want to find the collective will within ourselves to change our gun laws, let’s stop playing silly political games. Show the carnage on the news. Show the American people the dead children and others who have been struck down. Show...

Liberal comedian Bill Maher got into a tense exchange with musician John Mellencamp on Monday after the "Pink Houses" singer-songwriter claimed only 1% or 2% of Black people living in America today have better lives than slaves. During an appearance on Maher's "Club Random Podcast," Mellencamp revealed he wrote a song called "From the Cotton Field to the Playing Fields" that he never recorded because he believed it was "wrong." The song’s message was an attempt to show how White people love to have Black entertainers and often exploit them.

The rocker John Mellencamp is a longtime Democrat who refused to allow his songs to be used by Republican Sen. John McCain on the 2008 presidential campaign. But when it comes to McCain's 2008 running mate, Sarah Palin, Mellencamp may be changing his tune. Mellencamp told the Associated Press on Friday that he admires the former Alaska governor, and that people get the wrong idea about Palin, "just because she says things and winks." To achieve what Palin has accomplished thus far requires intelligence, and Mellencamp said Palin "knows exactly what's she doing." "She wouldn't be where she is today...

John Cougar Mellencamp, the famous crooner behind “Jack & Diane,” supported Obama in 2008 and even asked the McCain campaign to stop using his songs for rallies. But the AP reported Friday morning that the singer has been vocal in his admiration for someone else of late: Sarah Palin. “The legendary rocker says that while he doesn't support her positions, he is impressed by the mark she's made on the country since the 2008 election,” the AP reports.

<p>John Mellencamp questions President Bush's motives for a possible war against Iraq in a new song available at the Hoosier rock star's Web site.</p> <p>"He wants to fight with many, and he says it's not for oil," Mellencamp sings during "To Washington," which can be downloaded for free at www.mellencamp.com.</p>