Thread: Why Palin is scary...

Originally Posted by splat

And Vachel Lindsay will narrate:
(even though I thought Calliope was his best work, this one seems fitting)

Foreign Missions in Battle Array

An endless line of splendor,
These troops with heaven for home,
With creeds they go from Scotland,
With incense go from Rome.
These, in the name of Jesus,
Against the dark gods stand,
They gird the earth with valor,
They heed their King's command.

Onward the line advances,
Shaking the hills with power,
Slaying the hidden demons,
The lions that devour.
No bloodshed in the wrestling,
But souls new-born arise
The nations growing kinder,
The child-hearts growing wise.

What is the final ending?
The issue, can we know?
Will Christ outlive Mohammed?
Will Kali's altar go?
This is our faith tremendous,
Our wild hope, who shall scorn,
That in the name of Jesus
The world shall be reborn!

Whoah thats deep
I tunes shuffle kicked out this one while I was reading this so I'll post some asshattery


They say he didn't have an enemy
His was a greatness to behold
He was the last surviving progeny
The last one on this side of the world
He measured half a mile from tip to tail silver and black with powerful fins
They say he could split a mountainin two
Thats how we got the Grand Canyon
Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
Some say they saw him off the coast of Florida
My mother said she saw him in Chinatown but you can't always trust your mother
Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
The Cheif of a local tribe had killed a racist mayors son and been on death row since 1958
The mayors kid was a rowdy pig spit on Indians and lots worse
The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
Life compared to death seemed much worse
The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing and try and conjure up a storm or rain
The harbor parted and the great whale sprang full up and caused a hudge tidal wave
The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
The tribe let out a roar
The whites were drowned and the browns and reds set free but sadly one thing more
Some local yokel member of the NRA kept a bazooka in his living room and thinking he had the chief in his sights blew the whales brain out w/ a lead harpoon
Well Americans don't care much of anything land and water the least
And animal life is low on the totem pole
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
Americans don't care to much for beauty
They'll shit in a river dump battery acid in a stream
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach and complain if they can't swim
They say things are done for the majority
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's a lot like what my painter friend Donald said to me
Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over they're done
The Last Great American Whale
-Lou Reed

While we're quoting Lou Reed, I'll throw this political asshatery out:

"Are you political, Lou? Audience: "Yeah, are you?" LR:"Political about what? You give me an issue, I'll give you a tissue and wipe my ass with it."
At the Bottom Line 1978. Take No Prisoners.

Kinda sums up my political mindset.

Check out the video. I was at this concert...one of the best evah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4outnu6os