tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post5068287460116606577..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Word: Stephen Colbert on the State of the UnionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-86038054326807439662018-01-31T11:21:27.039-05:002018-01-31T11:21:27.039-05:00It might be well to review the lyrics to the Grate...It might be well to review the lyrics to the Grateful Dead song, Wave The Flag, given such contrasts:<br /><br />Wave the flag, pop the bag, skin the goat, learn to cope<br />Bell the rat, trap the cat, ball the jack, chew the fat<br />Read the signs, connect the lines, pay your fines, save your dimes<br />Pick up time, light the fuse, making time, pass the juice<br />Eat at days, hide in caves, pull the tooth, stretch the truth<br />Feed the poor, starve the war, pick up chicks, catch the fix<br />Get your kicks, pick up sticks, trim your wick, take your pick<br />Try your tricks, impress the chicks<br />Wash the fence, dig the den, live the vain, die in shame<br />Catch the fool, burn the stew, shine your shoes, sing the blues<br /><br />Wave the flag, pop the bag, bell the cat, trap the rat<br />Ball the jack, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, lose the keys<br />Read the signs, connect the lines, pay your fines, read the rhyme<br />Shot the breeze, lose your keys, don't be late, what I say<br />Stretch the truth, pull the tooth, feed the poor, starve the war<br />Cash the fix, get your kicks, trim your wick, take your pick<br />Try your tricks, impress the chicks<br />Wash the fence, dig the den, live the shame, die in vain<br />Catch the fool, burn the stew, shine your shoes, sing the blues<br /><br />Songwriters: Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter<br /><br />Later the song lyrics changed and the song became the US Blues:<br />Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?<br />Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.<br />Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.<br />Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.<br />Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.<br /><br />Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.<br />I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.<br />Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.<br />Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?<br />I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.<br />Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.<br /><br />Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.<br />Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.<br />We're all confused, what's to lose?<br />You can call this all the United States Blues.<br />Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.<br />Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.<br /><br />Written by Jerome J. Garcia, Robert C. Hunter<br /><br />"I thought it was a pretty good speech. It was a close to an apology as he could get." Lt. Merrick, USS Cain<br /><br />Except "Clean Coal" - as Dr. Stein says, "There's no such thing." Coal is dirty period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker%27s_pneumoconiosis<br /><br />And, we don't need it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy<br /><br />Cheers, TomTom Puckettnoreply@blogger.com