Anthem of the (S-H-I-)Tea Party

Came up with this the other day after hearing of Rand Paul's nomination. You know the tune:

Gimme an "S"
Gimme an "H"
Gimme an "I"
Gimme a "Tea"
What's that spell?
What's that spell?
What's that smell?

And it's 1-2-3 what are my taxes for?
Don't ask me I don't give a cent
I don't want no government
And it's 8-9-10 goes the unemployment rate
Well it ain't no ifs, ands, or buts, WHOOPEE for those budget cuts

Anthem of the (S-H-I-)Tea Party
(John Lennon- AlanRockville)

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Imagine there's no taxes
My money's only mine
Government is narrow
Lives by the divine

Imagine all officials
Back out on the street

(Ha-ha-ah-ah)

Imagine there's no health care
No entitlement
No wasted UN bureaus
Our might will build our tent

Imagine all the people
Living for themselves

(You-ou-ou-ou)

You may say that I'm greedy
Well that's true but that’s okay
Cause we’ll win this battle
“World is one” will go away

Imagine there's no liberals
Socialism's dead
World’s gone where it should be
Liberty has spread

Imagine all the countries
Vying on their own

(You-ou-ou-ou)

You may say I'm uncaring
Well that's true but I don't care
Civility’s not for us
In our world we never share





(Join me next time for the flip-side  "Give Banks a Chance")

Proof that Capitalism Works

This is a trying time for the people of Louisiana, and I send my deepest sympathies to them.

But I couldn't help this:

I researched past articles about oil spills and found a VERY old copy of an article written in October, 1978 that provides a proposed capitalist (read: non-Government) solution to these spills using a combination of advanced technology and camels. The article was from a paper called "Not The New York Times", published when the NY Times was on strike (just substitute "New Orleans" for "Santa Barbara"). (The first picture is my scan, the second came from the Times itself (just search for it)).

So far I sent this to John Stewart's and Steven Colbert's blogs.

I'm also trying to contact one of the writers of "Not The NY Times" (Carl Bernstein) to see if he can identify the original author. That whole newspaper was an absolute classic, and I wish I can get a fresh copy.

Thanks for reading.