Posted on 09/02/2009 8:54:50 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
My friends across the aisle always tell me that Democrats love America and are as patriotic as anyone on the right. Unfortunately for them, it is hard to believe that their party is on the same all-American page as the rank and file especially since Nancy Pelosi’s Democrat controlled House of Representatives tried to get rid of the patriotic music that is traditionally played on the House telephone “on hold” system.
House Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Beard decided to rid the world of John Phillip Sousa, God Bless America, the Star Spangled Banner, and any other sort of patriotic tunes played while callers to the House of Representative’s switchboard are on hold. Instead of the traditional patriotic music, Beard thought “smooth jazz” was better.
Then came the complaints. And right after that came the backpeddling.
Beard claimed that the excision of patriotism from the on hold system was only a “pilot program” and that it was deemed that the patriotic music was better. And, so, the patriotic music was taken off hold and, well, put back on hold, so to speak.
But this is really a perfect example of how Democrats hate America, in truth. After all, what patriotic American would have the first thought to remove patriotic music from our government’s phone system? Worse, what citizen would try to do it without vetting?
But this is what Democrats did. They thought so little of our patriotic American music that they summarily canceled it and replaced it. Out with that boring, hackneyed “patriotism” and in was smooth jazz.
Democrats love America? Democrats are patriotic?
Sorry, but that claim is really, really hard to believe.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
Most patriotic music falls under public domain licenses, ie, it is free and open to use. A lot of 'smooth jazz' music like this would come from licensing services and require payment to use (such as through Muzak).
New approved music
The International
Arise ye workers from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses arise, arise
We’ll change henceforth the old tradition
And spurn the dust to win the prize.
Refrain:
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
No more deluded by reaction
On tyrants only we’ll make war
The soldiers too will take strike action
They’ll break ranks and fight no more
And if those cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride
They soon shall hear the bullets flying
We’ll shoot the generals on our own side.
No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E’er the thieves will out with their booty
And give to all a happier lot.
Each at the forge must do their duty
And we’ll strike while the iron is hot.
We may see a ban on the flag soon too!
its only fitting the dims stop the patriotic music.
nothing patriotic about anything going on there anyhow.
can I suggest they try some Barnum &Bailey calliope music?, you know, the stuff they play at the circus when the clowns come in?
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