The Concert for Valor: Bruce Springsteen's Unfortunate Song

Anti-Military Anthem Played at 'Concert for Valor'  "Who would have thought that that Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown, accomplished musicians all, would be so, well, tone-deaf? But how else to explain their choice of song—Creedence Clearwater's famously anti-war anthem “Fortunate Son”—at the ostensibly pro-military “Concert for Valor” this evening on the National Mall?

 

"The song, not to put too fine a point on it, is an anti-war screed, taking shots at "the red white and blue." It was a particularly terrible choice given that Fortunate Son is, moreover, an anti-draft song, and this concert was largely organized to honor those who volunteered to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

 

"On a musical level, “Fortunate Song” is not a bad song—that's one hell of a riff. But the “Concert for Valor,” a Veterans Day event sponsored by HBO and Starbucks, in front of the Capitol Building, was not the place for it."

 

 

Weasel Zippers only comment was, "What an absolute douchebag" but I'm sure they meant it in a nice way.

WaPo: Bruce Springsteen’s antiwar songs at Concert for Valor didn’t go over too well
... "But it was the song’s third chorus that really got people’s dander up on the Mall. In that one, Fogerty insisted he “ain’t no military son.” Here’s Springsteen singing the offending lyric as Grohl and Brown bang their heads:" ...
 

Code Pink Holds Anti-Military Protest Outside Event Honoring Veterans… Video
"Keepin’ it classy.

"Via MRC:

On Veterans Day a free concert was held on the National Mall in honor of those who have served their country in the United States Military.  Many of these men and women lost their lives or have been seriously injured for life in service to their country.
But the fact that the night was to honor our fighting men and women didn’t seem to bother the leftist, anti-war group “Code Pink.”
The group decided to stage an anti-war and anti-military protest right outside the gates where attendees were entering the concert.
One U.S. veteran protesting with Code Pink said that, “technically,” he served in the U.S. military during the Reagan Administration – but, “I was a Communist in the Army.”

Net Neutrality: Obama’s proposal to regulate the internet signals desire for confrontation with the GOP

Hot Air   ... "Barack Obama has invited a fight with the GOP over his support of regulating internet providers, and an emboldened Republican Party is more than happy to engage him over this issue. This is just the latest signal to suggest that the White House wants confrontation rather than accommodation with Republicans in his final two years in office."

Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese

USA Today   ... "Obama eschewed the Red Flag limousine service that ferried other leaders one by one from a nearby building to a banquet, cultural show and fireworks at the aquatic venue. Some Chinese went online to criticize his preference for the familiar security of a U.S.-supplied vehicle, while others understood his choice, but what happened next surprised many here..."
Via Lucianne
 

MSNBC’s Fun Election Night Coverage

Washington Free Beacon    "As MSNBC’s party of choice took a beating in the polls last Tuesday, the pundits and anchors reacted with foul language, bad predictions and poor cell phone etiquette."
 

Via Legal Insurrection   "MSNBC has a serious ratings problem."

"Ace notes the sagging numbers:"

MSNBC’s Ratings, Like Obama’s, Are Sad
This story has been noted for some time, though it’s getting a fresh look today from some media analysts.
Bill Carter wrote a big piece on MSNBC’s declining ratings in mid-October.

Though it has mostly happened quietly, which may be a comment on the cable network’s larger status in the media landscape, MSNBC has seen its ratings hit one of the deepest skids in its history, with the recently completed third quarter of 2014 generating some record lows.
…
During the third quarter, Ms. Maddow reached an average of 183,000 viewers in the audience component that most matters to MSNBC’s advertisers, viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, her lowest total since she started her show in 2008.
More worrying is the slide for “Morning Joe,” which has, for much of its time on the air, enjoyed status as one of the most talked-about shows in media industry circles. Now the heat around the show seems to have dissipated. For four straight months, and six of the last eight, “Morning Joe” has trailed CNN’s new morning entry, “New Day.”

Did Chuck Todd Say Too Much About MSNBC?   "Not only does Chuck Todd concede that MSNBC is openly leftist, the NBC host writes that “perhaps most frustrating to Team Obama was that even their allies weren’t always allies.' ”  (Emphasis in the original)
 

VOTERS ARE GIVING YOU ONE MORE CHANCE, GOP

Ann Coulter (Cartoons added, TD)

... "Libertarians and tea partiers, you were fantastic this election. I have a lot on my plate right now, so it's kind of a relief that I'm not going to have to drown you.
"Third-party libertarian voters didn't cause us to lose any elections, except probably in Virginia, where Republican Ed Gillespie nearly pulled off a come-from-behind shocker. But no one saw that one coming -- other than, presumably, the people who ran Gillespie's amazing Redskins campaign commercial. Those GOP consultants should win whatever big awards political consultants win.

" We'll call that one an unintentional error by libertarians. Just remember Gillespie the next time you're thinking of casting a protest vote. Unless it's against Marco Rubio, in which case, you may cut loose. 

"Tea partiers prevented an outright Republican win only in Louisiana, which doesn't matter because there's a runoff. They are now united behind Bill Cassidy. BUT DON'T TAKE THE RUNOFF FOR GRANTED, REPUBLICANS. " ...  Full article

Why are there no songs for the victims of Michael Brown and the Ferguson rioters?

http://terrellaftermath.com/

 Why I Fear for the People of Ferguson   "The violence seen after the Michael Brown shooting, as bad as it was, was but a dress rehearsal for the real show about to begin."

The thousand officers whose deployment Ms. Hostin laments are only the beginning of what will be needed at crunch time.  There will be violent incidents not only in Ferguson, but also in downtown St. Louis and in Clayton, where the grand jury has been deliberating.  If this violence is not swiftly and effectively met, it will spread like wildfire.  As was demonstrated in Los Angeles in 1992, the surest guarantor that chaos will spread is to convey the message that the police are unable or unwilling to do anything about it.  It took three days for us get our act together quell the ‘92 riot.  May they have better luck in St. Louis.

 

Don't Shoot Coalition in Ferguson: a facade for progressive social activists

 

Michael Brown's parents speak at UN   "The idea that UN member states should be lecturing the US about police brutality is absurd. But hypocrisy never stopped the UN before so don't expect that to change with this incident."

The idea that UN member states should be lecturing the US about police brutality is absurd. But hypocrisy never stopped the UN before so don't expect that to change with this incident.

INCREDIBLE! Ferguson – BRAVE MAN STANDS UP TO LOOTERS!!