Comments on: Is Pink Being Censored for Hating President Bush?

By: Best of British

Best of British — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:16:35 +0000

What a fantastic thread this is.. I’ve learned something today, thanks guys. Its nice to know there’s some very intelligent people reading this site, you’d think it would attract total numpties being predominantly a place of gossip (and there definitely are some numpties hanging around) but there’s definitely great people out there too with very solid views.

Personally I think Bush is merely a puppet on strings and people shouldnt direct all their hatred of the government towards him, it’s ignorant. However, if Pink wants to sing about it, well, its a free country with freedom of speech so sing away Pink, sing away.

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By: Action

Action — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:11:39 +0000

“Performers become ad hoc ambassadors. And thank God for that.”

I completely disagree with this. Performers only show their personal viewpoints and not that of the nation. I don’t want them speaking for me since I can do it myself. They are no more educated than I am and just because they have a bigger outlet does not mean they should force their viewpoint down others throats. I’m NOT saying that government does an adequate job of being ambassadors. But there are are a lot more qualified out there than “Pink” to be my ambassador.

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By: trillion

trillion — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:03:33 +0000

Yup: Agreed- it’s a bigger group for sure, hence my term “w.a.s.p. mafia”. For a songwriter, I’m sure it’s a lot easier to put together lyrics aimed at “Dear Mr. President” than the corporations, lobbyists, dominionists, et al. Just have to assume for the sake of brevity that people are smart enough to understand that whole “figurehead” aspect. On another note, I don’t think anyone has come close to “Imagine” as a perfect ‘protest’ song. Some radio stations banned it after 9/11.
Another point: it’s great for citizens of the world to see another representation of Americans other than the administration members. Performers become ad hoc ambassadors. And thank God for that.

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By: DogRunner

DogRunner — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:55:06 +0000

Oops – I meant “the president is a public servant as well as a talking head for big money.”

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By: DogRunner

DogRunner — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:53:00 +0000

I “YAWN” because it is not really the president who is pulling the strings. Everyone blames him but there is an emeshed web of lobbyists, PAC groups, corporations, money brokers in/outside of the U.S. that pull the strings here. Doesn’t matter if it is a Democrat or Republican. Yes, you are right…the president is a public servant as real as a talking head for big money.

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By: Action

Action — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:58:54 +0000

As I’ve said before, If a person is a performer, I would pay to watch/hear them perform not spout off their political stances (left and right wing alike). The song is decent. But, eh, I can see why it’s not played that often.

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By: trillion

trillion — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:32:25 +0000

I appreciate those with a larger voice (celebrities) who criticize the president. It’s more important now than it has been since Vietnam. Perhaps more so even. These are serious times. Serious. The w.a.s.p. mafia that has hijaked our political system is smashing and grabbing at an alarming rate. They are ruining our name, the global environment, and running an illegal useless war. So for those of you who think it’s a “YAWN” for those in the public eye to speak out, remember this: the president is a public servant, not a king. Any president ought to be held to intense scrutiny. Bravo to Pink. Plus she can ACTUALLY SING!

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By: Máiréad

Máiréad — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:50:05 +0000

Oops.. I meant Suffragator *blush*

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By: Máiréad

Máiréad — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:49:16 +0000

Thanks for responding Lori – I would like to clarify that the first paragraph of my last post was in no way a critiscism, I was just putting an historical context that a “dictator” rather like the Athenian “tyrannos” (tyrant) were originally elected post. If I had enough Latin I’d probably have a more accurate quip than “Caveat Suggragator” (Voter Beware)

And thank you also for detailing the second election – I was pretty familiar with the reasons of the first – but any additional information is good. (and also for touching on what could well be the “real” reason for the War in your last paragraph.

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By: Lori Price

Lori Price — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:47:26 +0000

To Mairead: The Whore High Court (three members of which had ties to Bush) installed Bush in a coup d’etat in 2000. In 2004, we had the second coup, mostly formulated by Rove through Ohio’s Ken Blackwell and an GOP ‘elections’ board that has recently resigned.

As to a crises created, the ‘mandate’ in the aftermath of the first coup was forged by the Bush regime’s 9/11 terrorist attacks, an obvious inside job to pave the way for the illegal invasion of Iraq and a clampdown on US civil liberties (USA Patriot Act).

BTW, the name is Cheney Halliburton –he’s still collecting a salary from Halliburton –$1M per year, deferred –hence all those ‘no-bid’ contracts in Iraq, Iran (oil services) and yes -’rebuilding’ the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina (KBR’s $500M for that project).

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Mgr., Citizens For Legitimate Government
http://www.legitgov.org/

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