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Electoral Dysfunction
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Do we want to continue corporate control of government, health care denial industry in charge of health care denial, and a generally timid march to the center, or do we want the rest of fascism right now, extra charge and no waiting?
folk political satire
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Songs to afflict those who make everyone else uncomfortable.
Dave Lippman travels the world taking the air out of the windbags of the week, de-distorting history, and rewriting the classics with parody and thrust. He also presents the world's only known singing CEO, the Bard of the Bankers, Wild Bill Bailout, who employs anti-folk songs and interventionary anthems to explain (and enforce) that the business of America is none of your business, that those too big to fail are also too big for jail, and that the jobless and foreclosed must bail out their own boats.
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Podcasts • Parody
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Peak #38
Peak in subgenre #5
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October 26, 2012
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MP3 7.1 MB • 160 kbps • 6:12
Story behind the song
One never knows what to do at election time, when one is me. I've never actually voted for anyone for President - only against the other guy....
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ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION (O Say) Oh say can you spot Why I might be distraught An election so bought Democratic? You’re dreaming (Taps) Day is done, Vote for one Of the parties of Wall Street, what fun! It’s the guy nobody likes versus the guy who likes drone strikes Oh how I hate to get up and go voting Oh how I’d love to remain in bed Now it’s true that social change comes from the bottom not the top Once the money’s hurled, the flag unfurled, we may as well go shop Two-party dance? Not a chance One will rob you with a smile the other with a fountain pen it never stops, speaking of flops can we abolish the Senate? And whoever lives in the White House Is mainly cause for me to grouse In general to emigrate I’m willin’ Although I was glad when he gave the national medal to Dylan I’m sure my niece could make peace in the middle east And none of these bozos will Some are spineless and witless The rest scare me sh** less I’ve had my fill - my Uncle Bill said hey Don’t throw your vote away OK I’ll keep it here on the window sill Mic check, I’m such a wreck Sick and tired of it turning out just the way I sensed it would There’s nobody to vote for, but plenty to vote against, I could be Convinced we been Port-au-Prince’d There is a system called preferential voting Where you rank the candidates in order of your doting And when your favorite loses you may get the second one you’ve chosen But for me, it’s the reverse I rank ‘em by degree that I’m opposin’ them Truth be told, I don’t like ‘em cause they’re corporate I’ll be bold: I don’t like ‘em cause they’re tall If you must know, I don’t like politicians What’s the word I’m lookin’ for, oh yeah: at all! OMG this whole thing is so disgusting Are these the guys our kids are meant to be trusting? Please believe me, I never meant to set it up this way son It’s been like this since way before Ronnie Ray-gun (folksong army) Remember the campaign of Eugene Debs That’s the kind where we all could be found They may have won the election But we had the moral high ground It’s a question with no answer Body politic has cancer When the doctor says we’ll try two-party chemo What am I supposed to say, “Oh primo!”? But as the NDDA has made clear If I were President, I could make you all disappear (My Way) You know this system stinks, it’s past its sell-by date Even so methinks I should decide which one to mainly hate Shall I hold my nose and vote or trade with Fred in North Dakota Or write in Bernie Sanders then say that’s all she wrote-a (& Jill Stein) (It Don’t Mean a Thing) It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got them swing states like Florida That’s where we decide which candidate to hide from Cause he’s the one that’s horrider There’s oh so much at stake, but I’m a vegetarian If these two are my suitors, I’m not marryin’ (I’m getting married in the morning) I’ve got electoral dysfunction Ding dongs, how can I vote for them Look at these choices We’ve lost our voices Got the constitution wrong that time Any time our future is decided By a guy who bought that many ads Please give me your attention I’ll bet you my pension We – are – screwed. Between the one who sold us out And the one who’s more devout I’ll take – a – Quaalude. (Morning is Broken) System is broken, vote of no confidence Money has spoken, it’s people too (She Works Hard for the Money) They get votes with the money Super PAC’s their Easter bunny Do it all for the money Guess that’s why they’re so far right (Battle Hymn) Both get money from insurance, banks, law firms and agribiz HMOs hedgefunds, securities, that’s really who they is I’ve got sticker shock, I think I won’t be buying Their mouths are moving, they’re lying (If In Only Had A Heart) When Obama gave the telecoms Immunity for bugging moms He really crossed a bridge Mr. Bain would let them bug your mattress, toaster,
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