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One of the things that never fail to amaze me is why anybody cares about anything an actor or a singer have to say about politics.
His father was a Kenyan participant in the Mau Mau Uprising, and served as Kenya’s first ambassador to the United Nations. Morello’s paternal great-uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first elected president in Kenyan history. His parents met in August 1963, while attending a pro-democracy protest in Nairobi, Kenya.
First, I’m pretty sure Paul Ryan knows the deal with RATM. I’m pretty sure anybody who’s listened to any of their stuff long enough to hear vocals knows the deal with RATM.
Second, nothing says raging against the machine and struggling against The Man quite like drawing paychecks from Sony for twenty years.
Morello developed leftist political leanings early, and has described himself as having been “the only anarchist in a conservative high school”, and has since identified as a nonsectarian socialist.
Morello was raised solely by his mother in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Rage against the machine has become the machine-
reminds me of that bumper sticker liberals used to love so much “question authority”, of course when they become the authority questioning authority stops and anoyone who does it becomes the great satan.
“In one of Morello’s many op-eds for Rolling Stone, the Nightwatchman called Ryan “the embodiment of the machine our music has been raging against for two decades.”
Maybe that’s why Ryan likes it. I enjoy it too when I’m kicking the ankle biters out of the way.
Hey Tom do you think that John Lennon’s killer should be released by the machine?
Fabulous guitarist, political and social moron.
You notice he’s not enraged enough to divest himself of his filthy capitalist wealth and join the proletariat.
I have no problem enjoying the artistic work of communists, socialists, and other liberal types. They can serve us with their arts as we see fit, and we can laugh at their vanity at the same time. It's a win-win.
Take it from an old (40 + years playing) rock guitarist....Morello is a highly overrated hack. He was born with a silver spoon dipped in Socialism in his mouth. Little tattooed pissant needs to keep his mouth shut and keep taking money from adolescent head bangers.
I can hardly think of a more over-rated “band” than Rage, and their “guitarist” absolutely stinks - - you will NEVER see his name on any reputable “Top 500” lists. Good grief... and Ryan “likes the way they sound”?
To be hated by Tom Morello, the Communist, should be the goal of every Liberty minded soul.
Like Obama — Morello is just a another waste product of Harvard University
Typical hypocritical leftist mouth-breather.
Who? Never heard of him and don’t care to hear about him now.
He's such a punk!
He is part of the 1%. When he gives up his wealth, maybe someone will take him seriously.