This is interesting. Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart has sent the Republican National Committee a 'cease and desist' letter on the use of their song "Barracuda". However, they are really powerless to stop it since that song is now a part of the public domain.
But what's really interesting is that one of the song's co-writer's, Roger Fisher, is "thrilled" that the Republicans are using the song. He says it gives the group free publicity plus he is earning royalties off the song every time it is played. Whatsmore, he is an Obama supporter and every penny he gets from the Republicans, he is donating to the Obama campaign.
Palin's nickname, as you may recall is "Sarah Barracuda". Thus the use of the song.
I would like to say that the above arguments that were an attempt to classify several on this thread as racist was outright circular and useless reasoning.
Identifying a group of people for statistical purposes is not and never has been racist. Identifying a culture, class, or color of people and using that info to find out a commonality is not and never has been racist.
if ANYONE that says republicans are racist simply on the basis that there are only whites in the party then by that same argument they are making racially insensitive remarks.
It's political correctness and it infringes on a legitimate conversation that is long over due to be had.
here's a little known and unreported fact : MORE republicans voted FOR the civil rights act than democrats. look it up.
ok so you "conservatives" think that a former mayor of a small town and governor of 2 years in a state with a population of @600k is more qualified than either obama or biden? you are willing to put aside your "conservative" values and honestly believe that her 17 year old daughter isn't beign forced to marry the 16 year old boy who got her pegnant? You look forward to her speech becuase you want to belive she is samrt... and she may well be an elloquent speaker. But someone else wrote the speech for her. She is just a last minute pretty face female to sway hillary supporters. Look at what lieberman is saying... tryign to get democrats to switch party lines. GW Bush isnt even going near the convention. McCain wants to stay in Iraq for how long? was it 100 years? oh wait, sorry, he cut it down to 8 years... I guess you guys like sending our children to die on the onther side of the globe, scared, dirty, sleepless... and then they have to come how with injuries and emotional scars if they survive. Iraq = Oil. wkae up you "conservatives" and smell your own bullshit.
QFE ! Let us Europeans have voting right on this one, we'll get Obama in faster than you can say "no more war!". I mourn the loss of my country's men&women in uniform as well as those of US allied forces. It didn't have to be this way and neither did this break in Euro-US relations. Many Europeans will never forget the infamous "this is 'Old Europe'" comment - bed down your enemies and enstrange your old allies seems to have been the motto during the Bush administration
ok so you "conservatives" think that a former mayor of a small town and governor of 2 years in a state with a population of @600k is more qualified than either obama or biden? you are willing to put aside your "conservative" values and honestly believe that her 17 year old daughter isn't beign forced to marry the 16 year old boy who got her pegnant? You look forward to her speech becuase you want to belive she is samrt... and she may well be an elloquent speaker. But someone else wrote the speech for her. She is just a last minute pretty face female to sway hillary supporters. Look at what lieberman is saying... tryign to get democrats to switch party lines. GW Bush isnt even going near the convention. McCain wants to stay in Iraq for how long? was it 100 years? oh wait, sorry, he cut it down to 8 years... I guess you guys like sending our children to die on the onther side of the globe, scared, dirty, sleepless... and then they have to come how with injuries and emotional scars if they survive. Iraq = Oil. wkae up you "conservatives" and smell your own bullshit.
QFE ! Let us Europeans have voting right on this one, we'll get Obama in faster than you can say "no more war!". I mourn the loss of my country's men&women in uniform as well as those of US allied forces. It didn't have to be this way and neither did this break in Euro-US relations. Many Europeans will never forget the infamous "this is 'Old Europe'" comment - bed down your enemies and enstrange your old allies seems to have been the motto during the Bush administration
both of you just don't get something. Europe is powerless to do anything about it. Look what happened to France, they got bombed by the ENEMY and were so afraid they voted in the party that the ENEMY told them to. Or did you forget that?
yes....OLD Europe...the one WE had to rescue from TWO world wars because they were POWERLESS to do so themselves. you don't know history.
I got a little secret for you guys. When Europe blames the US for it's problems; Says we're the reason the ENEMY hates us or them, who actually does anything to protect them? THE US DOES. EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's like a little circus, the UN pouts and pouts saying that the offending nation or group has to stop what they are doing and of course nothing changes. then they look at US and expect us to fix it, but of course they don't want to be blamed if anything goes wrong, so they send US in to fix it and reserve the right to blame US if a stray bullet hits a kid playing in the streets in the middle of a battle zone.
If you think there is no real threat, then why don't you just take the locks off your front door. See how long it takes for your house to be ransacked. Because with out a strong defense, the entire world will come and take what you have. (The reason Canada has no need of a strong defense is because of the US)
You can't have it both ways, either you call bush an isolationist if he won't play ball with Europe the way they want or you call him a cowboy if he does what every one else is too cowardly to do but wants to be done. stop worrying about what other ppl think about you in life. You can't please them all, that's the difference between an insecure person and a leader. Palin knows how to lead, Obama has ZERO executive experience. It took Obama and 300 PAID advisors 3 days to figure out that Russia has Veto power on the UN security counsel. 3 daYS? This man is no leader.
What I love most though, is that everyone wants to compare Palin to Obama, the media fell for it hook, line, and sinker. McCain's experience with government is the REAL comparison to Obama. Contest over. McCain knows how to temper experience into real leadership. Obama admits he's still on his personal journey. Sorry, not ready for the big chair.
the more republicans embrace the thought of an adolescent being pregnant, the more like democrats they become. I say rock on! Demo's may not like the idea initially, but it will go a long way in the end. A person like Palin who is so outwardly against sex education in schools and for abstinence will be (actually already has) making a prime example of why this is not such a good thing. teenagers do not abstian. They have sex without their parents blessing and get pregnant. I hope they put the issue in the spotlight.
Maybe the reason why sex education should stay out of schools is because it's a topic that PARENTS and NOT teachers should be teaching their children?? Ever thought of that? What ever happened to parental responsibility in this country? For god's sake you people keep wanting to lump all responsibilities to teachers instead of taking care of your own damn mess! Teachers are NOT nannies, they're NOT parents, they're there to teach children topics that will help them succeed and pursue their life's dream! Math, Art, Science, History, Physics etc. Sex is an intimate and private topic, I don't care what you say or how Hollywood has sullied it, Sex will always be a private topic, and as such, only parents should be talking to their kids about sex.
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This is interesting. Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart has sent the Republican National Committee a 'cease and desist' letter on the use of their song "Barracuda". However, they are really powerless to stop it since that song is now a part of the public domain.
But what's really interesting is that one of the song's co-writer's, Roger Fisher, is "thrilled" that the Republicans are using the song. He says it gives the group free publicity plus he is earning royalties off the song every time it is played. Whatsmore, he is an Obama supporter and every penny he gets from the Republicans, he is donating to the Obama campaign.
Palin's nickname, as you may recall is "Sarah Barracuda". Thus the use of the song.
Barracuda
Obama's Nickname is "The One"
What song would best go with that?
I would like to say that the above arguments that were an attempt to classify several on this thread as racist was outright circular and useless reasoning.
Identifying a group of people for statistical purposes is not and never has been racist. Identifying a culture, class, or color of people and using that info to find out a commonality is not and never has been racist.
if ANYONE that says republicans are racist simply on the basis that there are only whites in the party then by that same argument they are making racially insensitive remarks.
It's political correctness and it infringes on a legitimate conversation that is long over due to be had.
here's a little known and unreported fact : MORE republicans voted FOR the civil rights act than democrats. look it up.
Palin still kicking butt today.
QFE ! Let us Europeans have voting right on this one, we'll get Obama in faster than you can say "no more war!". I mourn the loss of my country's men&women in uniform as well as those of US allied forces. It didn't have to be this way and neither did this break in Euro-US relations. Many Europeans will never forget the infamous "this is 'Old Europe'" comment - bed down your enemies and enstrange your old allies seems to have been the motto during the Bush administration
QFE ! Let us Europeans have voting right on this one, we'll get Obama in faster than you can say "no more war!". I mourn the loss of my country's men&women in uniform as well as those of US allied forces. It didn't have to be this way and neither did this break in Euro-US relations. Many Europeans will never forget the infamous "this is 'Old Europe'" comment - bed down your enemies and enstrange your old allies seems to have been the motto during the Bush administration
both of you just don't get something. Europe is powerless to do anything about it. Look what happened to France, they got bombed by the ENEMY and were so afraid they voted in the party that the ENEMY told them to. Or did you forget that?
yes....OLD Europe...the one WE had to rescue from TWO world wars because they were POWERLESS to do so themselves. you don't know history.
I got a little secret for you guys. When Europe blames the US for it's problems; Says we're the reason the ENEMY hates us or them, who actually does anything to protect them? THE US DOES. EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's like a little circus, the UN pouts and pouts saying that the offending nation or group has to stop what they are doing and of course nothing changes. then they look at US and expect us to fix it, but of course they don't want to be blamed if anything goes wrong, so they send US in to fix it and reserve the right to blame US if a stray bullet hits a kid playing in the streets in the middle of a battle zone.
If you think there is no real threat, then why don't you just take the locks off your front door. See how long it takes for your house to be ransacked. Because with out a strong defense, the entire world will come and take what you have. (The reason Canada has no need of a strong defense is because of the US)
You can't have it both ways, either you call bush an isolationist if he won't play ball with Europe the way they want or you call him a cowboy if he does what every one else is too cowardly to do but wants to be done. stop worrying about what other ppl think about you in life. You can't please them all, that's the difference between an insecure person and a leader. Palin knows how to lead, Obama has ZERO executive experience. It took Obama and 300 PAID advisors 3 days to figure out that Russia has Veto power on the UN security counsel. 3 daYS? This man is no leader.
What I love most though, is that everyone wants to compare Palin to Obama, the media fell for it hook, line, and sinker. McCain's experience with government is the REAL comparison to Obama. Contest over. McCain knows how to temper experience into real leadership. Obama admits he's still on his personal journey. Sorry, not ready for the big chair.
Maybe the reason why sex education should stay out of schools is because it's a topic that PARENTS and NOT teachers should be teaching their children?? Ever thought of that? What ever happened to parental responsibility in this country? For god's sake you people keep wanting to lump all responsibilities to teachers instead of taking care of your own damn mess! Teachers are NOT nannies, they're NOT parents, they're there to teach children topics that will help them succeed and pursue their life's dream! Math, Art, Science, History, Physics etc. Sex is an intimate and private topic, I don't care what you say or how Hollywood has sullied it, Sex will always be a private topic, and as such, only parents should be talking to their kids about sex.