Posted on 12/13/2001 11:41:31 AM PST by NC Conservative
The left-wing group that calls itself People for the American Way got the shock of its life when it honored peacenik Canadian rocker Neil Young - and he said President Bush's anti-terrorism measures were necessary.
"We can't forget what brought us together and what we're living for, what makes us who we are, even though to protect freedom it seems that we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time," Young said Tuesday at the limousine-liberal group's annual dinner in (where else?) Beverly Hills.
More than a few eyebrows were raised, Reuters news agency reported Wednesday.
"It is a law that we get a chance to get them back. It's very important not to forget that.
"It's a tough time for all of us who believe in a certain way of life to come to grips with the fact that we have to kind of make a - what do you call it - this word's hard for me - I think it's - compromise. That's right. But it's temporary, and we can't forget that it's temporary. We're going to do the job, and then we're going to get back to being who we are."
Young, who received the outfit's "Spirit of Liberty lifetime achievement award," recently had the blame-America-first left grumbling when he recorded the song ''Let's Roll'' as a tribute to the doomed passengers who overpowered their hijackers over Pennsylvania on Sept. 11.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of ``South Park'' and the failed "That's My Bush!" sitcom, also had the whine-and-cheese GWLs (Guilty White Liberals) gasping when Parker said they were proud Republicans. ``It's true," said Parker, dressed in a garish stars-and-stripes suit.
What are you, nuts???
That was back in June. With all the brain cells "old Neil" has destroyed in his lifetime, I'd be suprised if he remembers what he had for breakfast today. ;)
Gene Simmons is an interesting fellow. I saw him on Politically Incorrect and Maher was asking him various questions about tax cuts and if he thought that taxes on the wealthy were too high and he said Why should he give the money he has worked so hard for to people who don't give a damn and do not want to do anything to better their lives financially. Also, Gene probably doesn't mind blowing up a muslim or two since he is Jewish. His real name is Chiam Mitz and immigrated from Israel when he was six. He also used to be a sixth grade school teacher. Go figure.
One of the many occasions I was thankful I taped the show so I could rewind and see the parts I laughed through. Parker and Stone are pretty hardcore. They don't agree often with the social conservative front, but even on those issues they seem to think the liberals are either more wrong or at best right for all the wrong reasons (or through all the wrong methods).
Neil Young is a political independent who did not like Bush the elder. Then again, neither did I.
BTW: Rust Never Sleeps is the greatest "heavy metal" album of all time, even though most metalheads never consider it.
Goodness... As hawkish as I am at 26, I'm going to be Ghengis Khan by the time I'm 40. :)
And the rest... well they have no brain.
"Still, it's better than the airlines!"
I never got that song. I dunno about Rust Never Sleeps being a great "metal" album, but it does certainly rock. I think Neil's heaviest Crazy Horse stuff is on Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - "Down by the River" and "Cowgirl in the Sand."
Two of my favorite albums, and I also love After the Gold Rush. Oh yeah, this is a political website...
Now lets not start this nonsense again. There is NOTHING liberal about South Park.
Oh, to be a little mouse in the corner, if only to watch & listen to the uber-liberals faint dead away when he said this.
Have you not been paying attention? How do you get that Stone and Parker are liberals?
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of ``South Park'' and the failed "That's My Bush!" sitcom, also had the whine-and-cheese GWLs (Guilty White Liberals) gasping when Parker said they were proud Republicans. ``It's true," said Parker, dressed in a garish stars-and-stripes suit.
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