Friday, October 3, 2014

The silence is deafening: calling out musicians ? The Agonist


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During the lead-up to Dubya’s war in Iraq, I found myself allied with strange bedfellows, so to speak: Democrats and the like, who opposed obvious lies and deceptions foisted upon the American public to lead us into war.


Among more vocal opponents were musicians whose work I gobbled up with glee.


People like Steve Earle. Bruce Springsteen. James McMurtry. Neil Young.


You produced excellent work.


But I have a beef with you today.


Why is it that when Barack Obama continues the same policies, on steroids, no less, he gets a bye?


Your silence is deafening.


I don’t say these things to condemn you.


Just trying to wake your asses out of a slumber.




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