Ballad Honors Taliban John

www.foxnews.com ^ | 07/21/02

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NASHVILLE

[Rebelbase]

Bump back. Its pretty funny how much you can say in a few lines.

[Conservative Chicagoan]

He truely is a piece of human waste!!!

[F.J. Mitchell]

"Must be some new kind of dope."

Yeah, it's called Steve Earle.

[Bowana]

Earle and the dukes song Snake Oil is apparently about Reagan and his administration.

I listened to him then and even saw him perform it. I never made the connection to Reagan!

Guess I did MISS it,

"Well ain't your President good to you
Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada too
Now he's taking his show a little further down the line
Well, 'tween me and him people, you're gonna get along just fine.

That's alright though, I wasn't thrilled about Libya, Grenada, or the Iran Contra deal anyway!

[Chad Fairbanks]

most recently, work with European groups that seek to bring sanctions against the United States for human rights violations...

[FatherTorque]

We need to show this traitor he is not wanted in America!!!

Why? From all I can gather he is a leftist, possibly communist, singer. What is it about him that you like?

HOpefully you are right. He needs to be punished for this song!

 

You've just got to be a DU troll, nobody can be this idiotic accidentally.  Have you heard the song in question?  Have you even read the lyrics?  I know I haven't, and I've heard everything the man has ever recorded. 

Either go back to DU or quit drinking and posting.

 

[Bowana]

Not All Bad:

"He (Steve Earle) won't be able to make the October 9 Poor People's Summit because of a prior engagement to appear at a benefit for the Vietnam Veterans, but he adamantly promised that he would not miss the next summit."

[bok]

"Could be I'm just some Big City sucker for a hard-rocking, Nietzsche-reading, Che Guevara-quoting redneck country singer, but ... if Steve Earle isn't a Great American, he'll have to do until the real thing comes along."— Mark Jacobson, Men's Journal

Does this answer your question about earle?

[Don Myers]

Who has the tar and feathers?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ah yes, the VVAF...

[FatherTorque]

Does this answer your question about earle?

I never had any questions about Earle.  I've known for years that his political leanings were left, so what.  That didn't stop the man from being a supremely gifted singer and songwriter, despite being kept off of FM radio for most of his career.  (Too rock for the country stations and vice versa)

If I limited my musical listening to only people who are right of the political spectrum, I'd have a pretty small music library.

 

[F.J. Mitchell]

You are one of those ambulance chasers, aren't you? If not you have missed your calling. Are you Senator (I wanna be your President) Edwards?

[Rebelbase]

I think Earle is an opportunist in this case by trying to cash in on what he mistakenly perceives to be a syphathetic mood toward the Taliban John Walker.

Bad move for his career unless he can grow breasts and marry Ted Turner.

[Bowana]

Ah yes, the VVAF...

"VVAF - Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation is dedicated to achieving global security through programs that not only reduce the worldwide threat posed by war and conflict but also promote justice and freedom."

An honorable goal if not an attainable one.

[bok]

I was reading the bruce springsteen newsgroup and someone posted asking was earle a traitor fwiw.

[Bowana]

If I limited my musical listening to only people who are right of the political spectrum, I'd have a pretty small music library.

You called that one!

Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, (Early) Bruce Springstein, Neil Young, just to name a few!

I'm not throwing those CD's out either!

[FatherTorque]

I think Earle is an opportunist in this case by trying to cash in on what he mistakenly perceives to be a syphathetic mood toward the Taliban John Walker.

Bad move for his career unless he can grow breasts and marry Ted Turner.

Sadly, I'd say you're right.  Steve has always been extremely talented, but also extremely self-destructive.  I really hate to see it, because he has always been one of my favorite artists.

 

[bok]

I would say his political and social views are a little too extreme for my tastes.

[stainlessbanner]

I just saw Earl on the Opry. Those boys will eat his lunch if he shows up again.

[Bowana]

most recently, work with European groups that seek to bring sanctions against the United States for human rights violations...

If it's proven that we did violate someone's human rights then good for Earle to stand up for them.

I have a problem with our support of several countries that do violate their citizen's human rights:

China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, El Salvador, Kosovo, Bosnia, ETC...