Like It or Not, You’re Funding Right-Wing Rock
Like It or Not, You’re Funding Right-Wing Rock
These are boom times for right-wing rock, and not just because The Right Brothers’ hit single “Bush Was Right!” now has a music video.
Another “educational” conservative band, Junkyard Prophet, has been busy touring high schools across the country. But these rockers aren’t stickin’ it to the man — they’re being funded by him. The band apparently receives about $1500 per appearance — an amount that several schools have paid out of their drug-free schools funding from the Department of Education. (Junkyard Prophet says it helps students resist peer pressure and “understand the value and beauty of the moral absolutes on which their country was founded.”)
Our sister site, CampusProgress, has details:
The Des Moines Register reported that after one 2004 performance, Junkyard Prophet handed out CDs to a few random students that bore this message: “the death sentence [is] on you due to your sins! The very evidence of your sin will be your death! It is appointed to you to die and after that you will be judged according to your ways! His judgment is so thorough every thought will be brought to the light. When all your sin against God is exposed, how will you escape the damnation of hell?” [...]
[Prophets frontman Bradlee] Dean has also told students that “there is nothing in our Constitution or founding documents about separation of church and state” and criticized the theory of evolution.
According to the band’s website, it has appeared at over 220 schools over the last few years. (Experience Junkyard Prophets for yourself — their music videos are here.) In some instances turned up by CampusProgress, students were told that attendance at the assembly was mandatory and that they would be suspended if they skipped out.
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Oh my mother f’ing GOD!
What next, a “Bush Youth” club?
November 30th, 2005 at 12:29 pmDer Bush Juegen! Seig heil!
I-Right-I and Hermaphrodite will finally like one of my posts.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:32 pmLame losers. We got Bruce Springsteen and U2. This is the best they can come up with? Force kids to listen to crappy prostelytizing music?
Must suck to be a Young Republican. No wonder they drink so much.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:34 pmThis stuff is enough to piss off the Pope and hare-lip the Governor. Those asses get $1500 per appearance and we get the dirty end of the stick! Impeach the bastards! NOW!
November 30th, 2005 at 12:35 pm1) and Prussian Blue will be their musical act at their first convention.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:38 pmThis is sick. My son would take the suspension.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:38 pmWe’re also paying a group of ‘armstrong williams’ characters to print fake stories in Iraqi Newspapers.
Propaganda, cronyism and corruption are the catchwords of republcanism in the 21st century.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-infowar30nov30,0,5638790.story?coll=la-home-headlines
November 30th, 2005 at 12:39 pmRight wing rock paid by tax dollars?????
November 30th, 2005 at 12:41 pmRage Against the Machine kicks their asses.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:42 pmOh well, I don’t really listen to rock anyway, so that is mute…
I am sure you won’t be seeing too many rap artists getting paid to sing his praises!!! Kanye West took care of that for us, so we are permanently off of that list!
But I see many Country and Rock artists being brought and paid for. Clint Black, Toby Keith, and others are selling themselves like hookers on the block for another invite from Bush and his cronies!
November 30th, 2005 at 12:43 pmSo the lead singer disputes evolution. So do I, after hearing some of this group’s music!
November 30th, 2005 at 12:53 pm#1 Mr. P.,
Your first sentence is exactly my reaction when I read this. OMFG!!
For the life of me, I cannot understand how this administration does not view this as a violation of the First Amendment separation of church and state. By all means, they are absolutely free to sing their songs at their own expense in an attempt to make money, and I (like our other fine vets here) would put my life on the line to defend their right to do just that.
But not at taxpayer expense! We have to do all we can to see to it that the Dems win back both Houses of Congress in 2006 in order to impeach and remove from office the President and Vice President.
It’s not simply that I completely disagree with their ideology; it’s that I disagree with their illegal methods of carrying it out. These guys are harming America worse than Crossfire ever did. Can we get Jon Stewart to tell them that? It worked on CNN.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:54 pmOUTRAGEOUS. And unacceptable. The US Dept. of education has to be called on this. This is illegal. Or contact ACLU to bring a case against the Dept. of Education for using my money to fund this obscenity. I’m going to write them. Also contact your congressmen and senators.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:57 pmMaybe Jon Stewart could be the opening act.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:57 pmIraqVet,
I mean no disrespect, sir, but I suspect that you actually intended to say that the point is “moot”. However, I think that the comment, when carefully considered, is actually BRILLIANT.
The point IS mute. That is perfect!
If your initial usage was intentional then I applaud your sense of humor and masterful use of language.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:58 pm#7
“As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq.”
Exactly like they were (still are?) doing here in the US.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:58 pmCrappy Music = Crappy Music
November 30th, 2005 at 12:58 pmUmm. . .where’s the part where marriage was a sin for the first 200 years of Christianity? When they found they could control who had sex with whom . . .they caved and made it a “God given Institution.” And my shrink says I’M crazy. . .
November 30th, 2005 at 1:01 pmAll hail the American Taliban! Don’t you feel sorry for these guys? This is the best their God can do for them; Dubya and a lame ass Christian based rock band. What abunch of limp dicked wussies.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:02 pmIraqvet-
Absolutely. If Johnny Cash were alive, he, along with Rick Rubin would put out some songs that are anti-Bush, because in one of his last interviews, he expressed dismay over the war. The Dixie Chicks also opposed the war and the media and country radio banned them for quite awhile. They have a new CD coming out in January or February of 2006. Kris Kristofferson,
Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle have expressed their dislike of Dubya.
Sadly, I have to let you know that 50 Cent did support the war and thought that Kanye was out of line. Well,
if you have a movie and too much bling too promote, you’d sell out to the establishment. But fortunately, he’s in the minority. We’ve heard a lot of anti-Dubya comments from Eminem and of course, Public Enemy.
By the way, you might consider getting satellite radio.
XM or Sirius will play not only anything that Clear Channel never plays, but even the Dixie Chicks and Mr. Johnny Cash. I have XM and I enjoy it more than the limited playlist my local Clear Channel stations have.
If you have any Qs about satellite radio, let me know.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:03 pmgood post, but let’s be very clear…
there is nothing wrong with funding messages about avoiding drugs..
the problem is in the religious aspect.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:07 pmMr. Schneider,
What is ironic is that a true conservative/republican would be appalled and irate that public funds were being used in this manner. Free enterprise is a beautiful thing and I agree wholeheartedly in the right, and would defend the right as well, of this band to sell their performances to the public.
In this case, though, this is pure, unadulterated, government propoganda and every parent should be beside themselves in outrage. And for the trolls out there, I would be equally appalled if this story was about a group called the “Lefties” and there songs were about how f’d up bush is. All propoganda, especially when forced upon the recipients, is wrong and illegal. There is no “nuance” or gray area.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:07 pmOld Testament Rock; light on forgiveness, heavy on retribution. And how hard is it to find words that rhyme with “hell”?
November 30th, 2005 at 1:08 pmPessimist…I WELCOME intelligent discourse, if we can get to a point of civility and understand the objectives that can help ALL of us…
I am sure we will have disagreements, but the basic principles of freedom should be the same for ALL!
I meant “mute” as in muted and toned down to zero…becaust moot would have offered me no credibility on the subject….
Thanks, once again!
November 30th, 2005 at 1:10 pmJIMBO…
I know 50 Cent did not agree with Kanye, but he and Kanye are at odds anyway, and NO ONE would accuse 50 Cent of being a pillar in the black community…
He turned on Vivica Fox, The Game (his employee) and many others. For him (sadly), it is a trend that provides him a headline with little credibility in serious conversations…
However, there has not been ONE record made by a rap artist that supports Bush! There have been many that have opposed him and called him an idiot…
But, any artist (Including Johnny Cash) would have a hard time opposing Bush now, because of the way they are terrorizing the media! The Dixie Chicks, Linda Ronstadt, Kanye West, and others who made statements were censored from other events because of FCC pressure from the White House…
Just proves that (pardon the copyright infringment), “freedom is not free” anymore!
November 30th, 2005 at 1:19 pmantidrug,
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The message is irrelevant, the tool itself is wrong. Propoganda is a terrible thing and it is never justified.
Now, I am not saying that I am for or against drugs, religion, teen sex, evolution, etc… However, I will say that I am for freedom, democracy, and education, and propoganda is an enemy of all three.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:20 pmBunch of uneducated, stupid, brainwashed trash with a guitar. I’m starting to hate organized religion.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:24 pm#21. I respectfully disagree. If you don’t want me to do drugs because it will destroy my life. Then fine. But if you don’t want me to do them cuz you think I’ll go to hell according to your religion, then back off.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:27 pmI’m going to start an Islamic praise-Allah band, and I demand to be funded by the US government exactly the same as these maroons.
There is no legal reason for them to deny funding except religious discrimination.
I’m a bass player. Anyone else? Let’s rock, Allah willing or something like that.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:28 pmHey Bassplayer…
You can do a REMIX to Clint Black’s “IRAQ and ROLL”…
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…
Feel free to embellish on the chorus as you see fit…
But, remember, unless you prescribe to the christian initiatives by the White House, your funding may be difficult to pass through…So I’d contact Jerry Farewell (oops Fallwell), Pat Robyousome (oops Robertson), Bishop Eddie Wrong (oops Long) and T.D Fakes (oops Jakes)…
They may be able to help you get along (oops a loan)…
November 30th, 2005 at 1:33 pm(IraqVet, I’ll have to find Iraq and Roll. . . I’ve heard OF the song, just not the actual tune itsef. Clint Black’s probably as foreign to me as my kind of music is to you!)
#29, continued: Come to think of it, I already have the agnostic/atheist side covered. I should get funding already!
Please listen to “Dividing Line” at my link below. . .
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/?aid=3274/album999
Can you find anything negative about what I’m trying to say? But I bet Christian/right-wingers would HATE the message in my music. Spirituality without religion. Togetherness with each other and the Earth. Everything the NeoCons hate.
PS: I told myself I wouldn’t plug my own music here, but I would like fellow liberals to listen to, and comment on, my music. It’s all free at:
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/?aid=3274/album999
I’d also really like to collaborate with other musicians having the same philosophy. In this day and age it can be done online with a high-speed connection via MIDI. I’m a bassist first and foremost but have nice keyboards (VK-8 and Yamaha Motif), a sequencer, and lots and LOTS of hooks and riffs, half-finished songs, and lyrical ideas. If anyone wants to collaborate, I’m willing!
tacurtis1@cox.net
November 30th, 2005 at 1:51 pmI think Bradlee is refering to the Taliban’s constitution! You know, the administration’s policies are not that different from the Taliban ie. roll back civil liberties, discard science in favor of dogma, torture, religious fanaticism. Next thing you know, Bush and Cheney will be sporting beards!
November 30th, 2005 at 1:55 pm#20 And don’t forget about the game (Bulletproof) and the film soundtrack as well … after all, it’s about all the bling you can acquire, isn’t it?
November 30th, 2005 at 2:07 pmSo public dollars are funding Christian Rock shows at our schools? That sounds like a conflict to me (duh).
November 30th, 2005 at 2:19 pm…and yet my Voodoo-Satan band (don’t be a zombie! stay in school! our dark overlord loves a learner!) didn’t get a dime of federal funding.
November 30th, 2005 at 2:31 pm2004 Nashville (TN) Scene “You are so Nashville if” winner:
“You are so Nashville if you need a war to sell records.”
November 30th, 2005 at 3:23 pmEBP- Clint Black’s music is typical of today’s country music….CRAP! He’s married to Lisa Hartman of Knot’s
Landing.
He represents mostly what I call “Hat Acts.” These hat acts include Tim MacGraw, Toby (Baddumbass) Keith,
Kenny Chesney, John M. Montgomery and Mark Wills. They lack personality or anything that’s vocally interesting. They wear hats to try to look tough, but their music is mostly for wusses. They can’t compare themselves to Cash, Willie, Kristofferson, Waylon or
Loretta.
So, you’re not missing anything.
November 30th, 2005 at 4:01 pm#37
“Portland Oregon and sloe gin fizz, if that ain’t love, tell me what is…”
Loretta rocks! And although she campaigned for his father, I would hope she would turn to shrub and tell him, “I wouldn’t dirty my hands on trash like you.”
November 30th, 2005 at 4:22 pmAre there any bored hackers out there that would love to destroy these 2 bands websites?
This is a pathetic attempt to force fanatical religious beliefs upon our children. Moral fascism run amok!
November 30th, 2005 at 6:04 pmGive a Christian Kid a guitar or a stage and what you get is baloney shoved up their butts as kids. What a terrifying experience being a sidekick of Bush and Company. Like the wolf allowing the hare to ride its back across the current. Now I do not wish to demean the folks who go to church and worship this character called Jesus but I can guarantee, if one had to make the decision to worship Jesus or the almighty buck because their economic stability rested on it I guarantee the buck wins. Far as these christian rock kids go, well, as they found out with natalie holloway she was just looking for a bunch of guys to do her just so she could get the attention she never got before. They are all the same, Brain dead nitwits.
November 30th, 2005 at 7:16 pmSure, it’s a catchy tune, but can dead midget Lee Atwater dance to it in Hades?
I give it a 2, Dick.
November 30th, 2005 at 7:22 pm“He turned on Vivica Fox…”
i would turn her on too, if i could. wouldn’t you? ;)
yeah yeah, turned against. but i like the other interpretation better.
November 30th, 2005 at 7:36 pmIf I was a student I would be suspended. Why is the taxpayer paying for this? Why aren’t the Right Wing Nuts up in arms since we the Taxpayers are paying for this?
The conservatives don’t want to pay for abortion but we can pay what $1,500 for crab like this. This is outrages!!!
November 30th, 2005 at 8:09 pmComment A: Band obviously sucks and has nothing to offer other than propaganda. From what I know kids won’t fall for this bull**** and the band will be lucky if they don’t get their asses kicked.
On the other hand Comment B: Public funding should be available to fund the arts no matter how repugnant it is to some segments of society.
November 30th, 2005 at 8:19 pmI got kicked out of high school for being a threat to the student’s “moral”. I had a NIN video at school that the principle found grotesque, so they kicked me out. I sure am thankful that I did’nt stick around for shit like this. I used to listen to Manson back in those days. I wouldn’t have got suspended for skipping this event. I would have been expelled for rushing the stage and wrecking the sound gear. I just listened to these band’s music. Disgraceful. I play drums and would battle these clowns anyday of the week and send them home in tears while they pray and whine to Jesus for making them artisticaly retarded. Why did you make me suck so bad god? Why!
November 30th, 2005 at 8:32 pmYou want to stop this crap. Organize, precinct by precinct and get our vote out and take back the country congressional seat by seat. Republicans in the blue states should go down first along with blue state senators …then simply get the truth out in the marginal red states..we can turn this stupid tide back by voting the funders out of office . 2006 baby…if we can’t make progress then after the gifts we have been handed this year the we deserve what we get …democratic party…be advised…we are watching.
November 30th, 2005 at 8:38 pmAny of you who had the patience to visit the Junkyard Prophet website . . . I salute you! You have to endure the retarded intro for as long as it takes you to click skip, then the site takes for ever to load. I got bored and left; I’m sure many others will too. My daughter heard about the Bush Was Right MTV campaign at her high school . . . they had a critical discussion about it in her Mass Media class . . YAY. It’s sad that our schools are wasting money on this; I doubt many kids are impressed by it.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:16 pmWith two teenage daughters and a housefull of their friends, I am acutely aware of the difficulties facing adolescents today. The text on the CD seems to suggest violence or suicide. At the very least, it is a depressing read. All facets of this report are so disturbing. Just one more thing from this administration that make my gut twist.
I plan to write my representatives and the media, and hope others do the same.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:28 pmanybody hear about the kid who got arrested in LA for trying to organize the we cant wait (campaign against Bush and Company on some school campuses)? Its true, they arrested the kid kicked him out of school, is now under House Arrest and lotsa other carppo. Other kids who want Bush out are getting similar treatement in other schools. Dunno how much us small fry have on this blog site but we better get our asses in gear quick!
November 30th, 2005 at 9:30 pmI’ve never even heard of The Right Brothers, so I checked the video. My favorite part was when they embraced Zell Miller. Off their meds and on the bandwagon. And you know these guys 1)Can’t rock and 2)They’re not a very convincing imitation of people who can. I suspect that most kids aren’t fooled by Junkyard Prophet either. If this is the best propaganda they can come up with, we’re going to win.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:34 pmThis is revolting. My kids would not only accept the suspension, but I’d applaud them for it.
November 30th, 2005 at 10:07 pmVivica A. Fox is way older than 50 Cent so she shouldn’t have to hang around with that clown.
These right-wing rock acts have no concept of lyric, melody or talent. I don’t know if Creed was right-wing, but they brought some Christian influence in their music, which is the worst I ever heard. Scott Stapp is the worst rock singer I ever heard. I’m just glad they’re no longer a band.
Oh, and if I ever hear “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood,
November 30th, 2005 at 11:12 pmI tend to get very violent.
JT-
November 30th, 2005 at 11:16 pmIf the Right Bros. or Junkyard Prophet ever came to your daughter’s school, I’m sure she will thumb her nose at those two sorry excuses for rock music. If her school suspends her, they might as well get a PR guy, cuz’
your daughter would do the right thing. :)
Right wing rock? What happened to self-righteous lefty rock that encourages kids to rebel, get high and abort their parents? We don’t need no stinking values in our schools! We need anti-values rock!
December 1st, 2005 at 4:57 amHas the entire nation become certifiably mad? I thought it was bad when I knew 59+ million were using recycled birdfeed for brains…my despair grows daily. If Deus were remotely interested in playing the ex machina role for Bushwacko, He’d have made an appearance by now.
December 1st, 2005 at 1:49 pmThey have links to freerepublic and Dr. Dino!!!!
Dr. Dino!! Even most creationists have disowned that lunatic!
December 1st, 2005 at 2:59 pmHey,
As far as I can tell, the schools have the right to invite anyone they want who they think will advance some noteworthy goal. Yeah, I as as bothered as anyone by their garbage religious messagery, but I’m sure that is only one part of their entire repertoire, plus, why can’t high school kids themselves be judgmental and choose what part of a band’s message is important and what is not? They are not stupid and we do not need a political correctness litmus test for the music that bands play for them at their schools. For all I know, I don’t think anyone who’s written on this wall would be mad if some liberal band went on stage at a school and attaked religion and the president, that’s hypocritical and a crappy double-standard. Let high school student themselves decide whether to listen to this crap or not, or are you saying that administrators know better and they should protect the right of their schools to only fund liberal-stamped politically correct music?
December 1st, 2005 at 3:11 pmWhat troubles me most is that most people here are saying that we should never, even by mistake, use our classrooms to have a debate about the possibility that non-liberal viewpoints may be correct in some respects. To hell with that, students get a better education, specially at that age, from being exposed to all kinds of opinions, includind trashy non-sensical right-wing music. I was not stupid in high school and neither were my friends, students need no protection from the music or conservative opinions of anyone, they have the right to make up their minds themselves.
I think that Bill Medley, the surviving member of the 1960s Righteous Brothers, should file a lawsuit and force them to change the names of the lame band and CD. Why not adopt the name Vanilla Pudge, in tribute to the Karl Rove Experience?
December 1st, 2005 at 3:59 pmNo one is gonna buy into this especially high school students maybe christian private school student who are fed lies from safe sex to just about everything else. Funny how republicans are no different than the islams themselves training kids to kill just goes to show how facist they really are.http://youcanrunbutyoucannothide.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16141&category_id=250
December 1st, 2005 at 5:14 pmThat guy- Good post, you made me spit coffee out my nose! “…fed lies from safe sex to just about everything else.” Those bastards! There is nothing safe about abstaining from hooker filled bath houses or gettin’ freaky with every neighborhood kid you see! “republicans are no different than islams….training kids to kill….” Yep, I see your point. I can’t even go to a republican rally without some guy in a tie screaming for betty sue to strap on an uzi and mow down an elementary school….
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:54 amHow does teaching young people use a condom have to do with
December 2nd, 2005 at 4:35 amhaving sex with hookers u ignorant son of a b. I wonder why so many teenagers get pregnant in alabama and its because they don’t teach safe sex and all the stuff about alcohol how 2 drinks will kill you ya right.
E-mail Margaret spellings the Secretary of education at margaret.spellings@ed.gov. then e-mail your congress persons and senators at ussenate.com (you can google us house of representatives to get your congress person’s phone #) and let them know that this is unacceptable.
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:16 pmErnesto #57
I agree with you that high schools should be able to invite a band like Junkyard to perform before their student bodies. However, the line is crossed when “federal taxpayer funds” are used to compensate the band. A second line is crossed when the assemblies are made “mandatory” for students to attend. Hopefully you can see the problem with those two conditions.
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:36 pmfyi, just heard that the newspaper in iraq publishing the prop-for-pay stories written by shills is owned by…wait for it…chalabi.
December 2nd, 2005 at 5:28 pmBart Simpson: Hello, Springfield! Now here’s a song that your principal Skinner doesn’t want us to play!
Audience: Boo!
Principal Skinner: That’s not true! This assembly was my idea. I like your inoffensive brand of pop-rock!
Bart Simpson: Screw you man, we’re gonna play it anyway!
December 4th, 2005 at 5:02 pmI remember someone on DU a good while back posted about these guys and than I saw a segment on Keith Olbermann’s show about them and boy is the song and them awful! And I as a liberal Christian, and well just a Christian in general, would never promote brainwashing propoganda. Even in the Bible in the book of Proverbs you’re encouraged to do FREE THINKING. And it is wrong that they’re being paid to do this with tax paying money. I don’t think my dad would like knowing he’s paying for talentless guys to “sing” propoganda. And yes, I too wonder if there is a Bush Youth next. When that happens get me out of here!
December 4th, 2005 at 11:22 pm#61 that guy- it was a joke, relax and let the bong rest for a minute…….the “republicans are no different than Islams” was not the most outrageous thing I’ve ever read on a blog, but it is the most amusing thing I’ve read…..You should teach at the University system I was priveleged to attend, you’d fit right in….keep on blogging, you’re why lefty speak is barreling toward the museum of history….
December 4th, 2005 at 11:35 pmGreat, they cut 60 cent breakfasts and 80 cent lunches for underprivileged kids, yet they have no problem paying $1500 for a bad music show? And they tell us that we’re going to hell for not believing in their invisible idol who ignores moldested children and cancer patients??? How do they not laugh at their own stupidity?
December 5th, 2005 at 4:51 pmT-Mobile Ringtones
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suv
December 27th, 2005 at 12:27 pmwedding ring
wedding rings
January 1st, 2006 at 1:15 pmWhat are you afraid of ?
January 1st, 2006 at 2:05 pmHey, these guys are pussies, fund my Rock Band “Ether”…..myspace.com/ethermusic.
We are young and stand for our own beliefs, being good to people by rocking the F*!K out! We don’t need a book or President’s philosophy. We live in the U.S.A. – Land of the free – Someone out there please buy us a Bio-Diesel Tour Bus so we don’t have to live by the President’s oil that comes straight out his A$$.
Help us tour the country,
Peace,
January 7th, 2006 at 8:24 pmETHER
Free Texas Hold Um…
Do I spell it right? Free Texas Hold Um…
January 8th, 2006 at 12:49 pmWell to all you liberal, tree loving, whining, communists, you can all go straight to hell because like it or not, your all going back down. Ha, and how President Bush showed you all how big of hipocrits you are about a month ago, right now i’d be pissing in your pants afraid of what the republicans will do next about you pieces of shit. yep. but anyways, you all have fun trying to get the democrats to win the next election. It’ll be pointless anyways, because republicans are rising again and their done taking your crap!
– a pissed of 15 year old girl
January 15th, 2006 at 8:56 pmThis is much worse than it sounds. I saw them live and Bradlee Dean has extremely radical views that should not be forced upon High School students. As a matter of fact, they shouldn’t be forced upon anyone. If you see or hear Bradlee Dean speak, you’ll understand what I mean.
-High schoool student from ND
February 1st, 2006 at 1:11 amAs of today,I live in Windsor,Ont.,Can.,but plan to assume my mother’s U.S. citizenship-
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:35 amshe was a Detroit,Mich.,native…Anyway,I’ve got an idea.How ’bout locking the Wrong,I mean,
Right Brothers,Junkyard Prophet,Toby Keith,Ted Nugent,Kid Rock and the other reactionaries in
music in the same room with 50 Cent,Busta Rhymes,Chuck D. of Public Enemy,Kanye West,
Sista Souljah(showing my age with that one)
and Vernon Reid,let them fight it out,and the
survivor(s) will agree to SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!
Can you imagine some band of right-wing nobodies trying to prosyletize high
June 21st, 2006 at 11:03 amschool kids in,say ‘66? Shows how dangerous these people are and that they
MUST be stopped by thinking Americans or you will have no rights by 2010.
I find it funny all you liberals are upset that a group of rock bands are trying to give the youth of this country another option. I see this lot in our society. Liberals upset that some other group is giving our youth a different avenue to walk down. They are only expressing there freedom of speech and freedom of expressing there ideas. Don’t get all out of shape when it just isn’t your ideas.
September 7th, 2006 at 11:05 amWell, i find it funny that the democrats won the election, and whoever posted otherwise was wrong. sure the last post here was over 3 months ago, but i’m bored and have nothing to do today. I have no problem with people wanting to express their radical right wing propaganda, though i would encourage everyone to oppose it, BUT NOT at the taxpayers expense.(if it’s a private catholic school, well then the parents are paying for the propaganda themselves) If i had a kid that went to this school, which my tax dollars go to, i’d tell my child to do anything in thier power to protest this show (non violent). Peace.
December 21st, 2006 at 12:36 pmIt’s ironic that you libs are always trying to pin the facist label on us Republicans. It is only libs that get up in arms when others have a different opinion than theirs. Schools are liberal enough as is. Can’t both sides be represented and actually let the kids decide for themselves. Brainwashing can only be done when one side is represented. This great country is all about choice.
And by the way. Stop all the dramatic whining about right wing conspiracies. It makes you sound like a dramatic teen girl. Give it a rest.
January 4th, 2007 at 1:36 pm