Why Newsbusters hates the new Eagles album.
Why Newsbusters hates the new Eagles album.
In a 1731-word diatribe, Newsbusters’ Warner Todd Huston lays into the new album from The Eagles, which is “just one long, sustained attack on the integrity of the United States.” As Swampland’s Ana Marie Cox notes, Huston’s objection isn’t just that The Eagles wrote about global warming; “it’s also what they didn’t write about.” From Huston’s post:
Not a word about Islamofascists trying to blow us all up, though. Nothing about bin Laddenists cutting off people’s heads, women being stoned, young girls being murdered with “honor killings,” or homosexuals being summarily executed from our pals the Eagles! I guess they have forgotten about 9/11 and our enemies in radical Islam like so many of their ilk.
Huston’s Newsbusters bio says that he is known for his “thoughtful commentary.”
UPDATE: Clear Channel also recently dropped Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-Iraq war album “Magic.”
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November 5th, 2007 at 11:54 am"one long, sustained attack on the integrity of the United States..."
...that, if you want to actually go to a store to buy, you'll have to go to Wal-Mart, a store known for American integrity.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:55 amYIPPEE!! This ought to help the Eagles sell at least another 500,000 albums, as many peosple didn't even know they were coming out with a new one.
(BTW, it is great, sounds a lot like their older stuff and some great political tunes in it.)
November 5th, 2007 at 11:55 amI can't tell if she's being serious or not. Sounds like sarcasm to me. :)
November 5th, 2007 at 11:56 am…that, if you want to actually go to a store to buy, you’ll have to go to Wal-Mart, a store known for American integrity.
Comment by slappy magoo — November 5, 2007 @ 11:55 am
You can also order it online or download it online from thjeir website and it is about 12 bucks, if you don't want to go to Wal-Mart (which I don't).
November 5th, 2007 at 11:59 amAnd what about the MOLEPEOPLE?!?!?!??! Not a word about their nefairious plans for world domination. Is it possible that the enviroleftists and the islamaofacists are in cahoots? with the molepeople? Jeepers, where the dickens is that Donny Rumsfeld when you need him.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:59 amThis guy Huston is right! Why, I hadn't thought about it, but the latest CD from Eagles of Death Metal doesn't have a word about Islamofacism. . . oh, wait.
Wrong Eagles. Sorry.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am"They called it Paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace Paradise
And kiss it goodbye"
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November 5th, 2007 at 12:00 pmNever fear, I'm sure Tobey Keith will cover that for all the people who don't have enough fearmongering in their music.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:02 pmThis is an interesting admission by the right. If you don't buy into their fearmongering and rail against their strawman threat-du-jour, you've challenged 'American Integrity', because, without a doubt, our national actions for the past 7 years are completely unsupportable without these scary things as 'justification'. So, even if you don't complain about torture or rendition or wiretapping, by their calculations you are still attacking 'American Integrity'.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:02 pmHuston’s Newsbusters bio says that he is known for his “thoughtful commentary."
If "thoughful" means disjointed and dyspeptic - then, yeah.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:02 pmDon't know about the Eagles, but Bono's U2 had some interesting things to say about the war on terror in a Rolling Stone interview this week (I usually couldn't care less what celebrities have to say about politics...Their opinions are no more valid than anyone else's. But at least Bono puts his money where his mouth is and really contributes with money and action to what he believes, so he has a tad more credibility when it comes to political commentary):
BONO: When the French have you on the cover of their most treasured newspaper with the headline WE ARE ALL AMERICANS, something has been stirred! [Laughs]
Q: But this administration destroyed that. I know that you have to deal with a lot of these people. . .
Bono: There was a plan there, you know. I think the president genuinely felt that if we could prove a model of democracy and broad prosperity in the Middle East, it might defuse the situation. I don't believe that, and in the capacity I had, I told them that... I want to be very, very clear, however: I understand and agree with the analysis of the problem. There is an imminent threat. It manifested itself on 9/11. It's real and grave. It is as serious a threat as Stalinism and National Socialism were. Let's not pretend it isn't.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:03 pmYou can also order it online or download it online from thjeir website and it is about 12 bucks, if you don’t want to go to Wal-Mart (which I don’t).
Comment by upside99 — November 5, 2007 @ 11:59 am
I know, which is why I prefaced my comment with "if you actually want to go to a store to buy..."
Still have to admit, for Don Henley to be the kind of douche who always wants to tell you how YOU'RE effing up the planet, being in bed with eco-unfriendly Wal-Mart is doubly douchey.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:04 pmI'm glad this unfortunate looking fellow (and TP) has brought this album to my attention! Here's a line from it for you:
“And we pray to our Lord, who we know is American. He reigns from on high. He speaks to us through middlemen and he shepherds his flock. We sing out and we praise his name. He supports us in war; he presides over football games. And the right will prevail, all out troubles shall be resolved. We hold faith above all, unless there’s money or sex involved.â€
November 5th, 2007 at 12:04 pmWhat integrity?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:07 pmComment by mary — November 5, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
When Henley, Walsh and Frey decide to REALLY sarcastically kick some ass, there may not be too many better at it.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:07 pmI guess that makes Walmart Pro-Islamofascist.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:09 pm"bin laddenists"? WTF??? This has got to be a spoof.
Please... tell me it's a spoof. How did this Huston feller learn about the 'bin Laddenists"? Did he look 'em up on the Google? Ya know, that series of tubes that Stevens informed us about...
It's not a spoof???? Oh Lord, are we scr*wed!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 12:09 pm"Not a word about Islamofascists trying to blow us all up, though. Nothing about bin Laddenists cutting off people’s heads, women being stoned, young girls being murdered with “honor killings,†or homosexuals being summarily executed from our pals the Eagles! I guess they have forgotten about 9/11 and our enemies in radical Islam like so many of their ilk."
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Hmmm...I didn't know that covering these topics was a requirement for a CD release nowadays. I assume that there will be similar outrage over this lack of coverage on Britney Spears' latest album?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:09 pmOK, Eagles, get busy with that "Islamofacism Song". Here, I'll get you started:
President Bush wants you to surrender to him
So he tries to make you afraid of Islamofacism
But he knows that works only if the light is dim
So he lies from the dark, he lies from the dark
The neocons have their own fascist goal
November 5th, 2007 at 12:09 pmAnd they really want to own your very soul
They don't care about the ultimate toll
So they lie from the dark, they lie from the dark
Oops..Obviously that should read "U2's Bono" is posting #12...Not "Bono's U2." Sorry....
November 5th, 2007 at 12:11 pmOh, the "integrity" of the Bush gangster regime, traitors all.
Decider Musharraf.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:12 pmNot a word about Islamofascists trying to blow us all up, though.
Yeah...there probably isn't any mention of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, or other fictional characters, either.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:13 pmWe seem to be in a new era of blacklisting. You must comply!
November 5th, 2007 at 12:14 pmRemember when Freedom of Speech was part of America?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:17 pmThey had a few songs but only made it as far as the editing room.
It was too difficult to tap and dance to 'islamofascist satanist' or 'Lopping off our heads'. Besides what rhymes with Osama bin Ladennist and behaedingcists?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:19 pmRemember when Freedom of Speech was part of America?
Comment by raynman — November 5, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
And honor?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pmThey are so impoverished for their propaganda sustenance and fear diet that they need it from the eagles?
As was the case in the fictional movie 28 days later maybe we can starve these zombies of their terror sustenance.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:22 pmA blogger who doesn't like an album is news on thinkprogress.
Ridiculous.
But you have opened the can of worms that conservatives don't want opened: the fact that most musicians lean wayyyyyyyy left.
It must suck to have to constantly remove songs from your ipod because an artist doesn't use whitehouse talking points as lyrics.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pmI googled "honor truth justice" and this is the first item that came up:
“Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.â€
Theodore Roosevelt quote
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/americanism-means-the-virtues-of-courage-honor/397540.html
November 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pmBesides what rhymes with Osama bin Ladennist and behaedingcists?
Comment by Your Conscience — November 5, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
Rush's cyst?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:24 pmNever fear, I’m sure Tobey Keith will cover that for all the people who don’t have enough fearmongering in their music.
Comment by hellinabucket — November 5, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
I personally would love to put a boot up Tobey Keith's ass.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:25 pmMore on NewsBusters and other members of ConWeb can be found here...
November 5th, 2007 at 12:26 pmI assume that there will be similar outrage over this lack of coverage on Britney Spears’ latest album?
Comment by missmolly — November 5, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
Nope, Britney is a big supporter of W so she can do whatever she wants.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pmWarner Todd Huston (is that his first name or his title?), in his counterexamples, presents nott one piece of evidence for America's integrity, but a whole steaming pile of excuses for America acting without integrity.
They're bad people! Barbaric! And they're trying to blow us all up!
Someone who understood the meaning of the word integrity would understand that none of that makes any difference.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pmEveryone always thinks it’s me.
Comment by Boogeyman P — November 5, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
History, kid, you have a history.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pmGuess this means Billo, Sean, and Rush won't be buying this album. Too bad, maybe they'd learn something.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pmAnd what integrity would that be? The Integrity we had before GW666 and his band of criminals?
GW666 Integrity -
Lied to us about not being forwarned about 9-11 and did NOTHING to stop it.
Lied us into attacking and then the occupation of a country that was no threat.
Then war profiting from that war and looting the national teasury.
Having no plan on ending the war on on purpose, because there is no end.
Doing nothing about New Orleans.
Tax cuts the extremely rich, cutting programs for the extremely poor.
Torturing prisoners then saying we don't torture, when it is obvious that we do.
Yeah GW666 and his band of Fascist Brownshirters sure have some integrity - NOT.
Buck Fush
November 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pmI've been trying to sign up to get on Newbuster's comment thread, but no dice. I guess they don't let you in unless you profess undying loyalty to conservative causes in your signup profile. Probably a good policy on there part, because the posts generally put forward pretty weak arguments that are burstingwith logical fallacies, feigned outrage about cherry-picked "issues", etc.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:31 pmP is back and I'm immediately name jacked. Is that you P or your butt buddy CT. I know you two travel in pairs.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:32 pmold TR... the first of a long line of Presidents who believed in expanding the American Empire at the cost of Democracy, the common soldier, and the common good.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:33 pmI think that's Mr. P's way of saying that he likes you Shayne.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:34 pmComment by lcossey — November 5, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
Sigh. You're probably right of course. Not many people safe to quote anymore.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pmCan you say "desperate"? How about "frantically desperate"? They're toast. They know it. We know it. They know we know it. They know the whole world knows it. They're acting like frightened cornered dogs. Who often turn and bite. Don't be surprised to see some blood shed before this is over.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pmI think the Admin is deleting the wrong Shayne's posts?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:38 pmSo I guess that was P/CT crapping up the Thinkfast thread just as we suspected. Now they're crapping up this one. And I guess there's no moderator here during the day to stop these punks.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:40 pmNewsbusters opens another front on the War On Ilk.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:41 pmI thought TP made registration obligatory in order to cut down on namejacking...
November 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pmFake Shayne, "basement dweller?"
November 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pmNo, work shirker.
You're the one so sad and pathetic to have nothing better to do than troll on here being just as big a jerk you can be. You have absolutely nothing to contribute here and seek only to derail threads. That's where you get your enjoyment.
Like I said, sad and pathetic. Try getting out and meeting people. Maybe some day, with lots of therapy, you'll actually find some people who like you.
Mr. P likes Zooey. CompTROLLER likes me. Unless they are both P but I don't think so.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pmwould somebody please stab Todd Huston with a steely knife and just k!!l the goddamn beast!
November 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pmI thought TP made registration obligatory in order to cut down on namejacking…
Comment by Luis M — November 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
It was interesting that one of our regular trolls last week explained exactly how it was done, even while pretending it wasn't him doing the namejacking. In all probability, this is the little idiot from Virginia, who in the past has namejacked at will and then cried like a little baby when he was namejacked in return.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pm"Not a word about Islamofascists trying to blow us all up, though."
This reminds me of a flap about the Epcot Center attraction, Spaceship Earth. Those of you who have visted Epcot at Walt Disney World are probably familiar with the ride attraction inside that giant golf ball, in which you ride in a little track-driven car past a number of scenes depicting the history of communication.
A number of evangelical zealots wanted to organize a boycott of Walt Disney World (one of many boycotts attempted by the religious right for a variety of reasons) because -- get this -- the attraction showing the "history of man" wasn't biblical. In other words, Epcot was getting blasted because their little ride didn't show God creating the earth, the Garden of Eden, Noah's flood, etc.
What these people failed to understand (probably because their knees were so busy jerking) was that the attraction wasn't about the "history of man" -- it was about the history of communication. And Christianity appeared in that history twice for significant contributions -- Christian monks keeping literacy alive during the European Dark Ages by reading and transcribing the Bible, and the Bible being the first book printed on the Gutenberg press. Emily Litella had nothing on this group.
Now, a blogger of the same ilk wants to castigate the Eagles for failing to include certain issues on their album. There truly is nothing new under the sun.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pmNothing about atrocities by SOC Forces in their albumn? Hear the story at NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15994993
November 5th, 2007 at 12:45 pmI'll be buying the new Eagles album.
Screw FOX.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:46 pmScrew Clear Channel.
Maybe some day, with lots of therapy, you’ll actually find some people who like you.
Comment by Wilco — November 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Therapy won't work for a sicko like this one. Heavy doses of thorazine and lithium with some recreation electroshock therapy might work though.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:46 pmThat's funny Billy Hill. You have no basis for any of it but attacking because you fear is a tried and truth method used by the republothugs. Simple projection instead debate. Try to frame the other side instead of facing evidence. Using infantile scare tactics and bullying to get your way.
Funny, old and predictable.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:47 pmComment by Billy Hill — November 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Billy, your feeble attempts at character assassination are laughable.
Let me know if you want a point-by-point debunking of your ridiculous lies.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:47 pmClear Channel. Clear of thought, of free speech, of opposing views and clear of being true americans.
I'm staying clear of Clear channel.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:49 pmOh no, as a Progressive I am scared of everything….. HILLBILLY
Oh the irony hillbilly. Did you notice that you went on to rant about all the things you're afraid of. And that you're angry at progressives for not being scared the way you are. I know you'll never grow a pair but maybe you could try and grow one ball for now you wanker.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:49 pmAt least mr. p and his Cheeto-eating buddies at GMU are not name-jacking on any thread that has critical thinking involved.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:50 pmComment by Billy Hill — November 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
During Reagans era you were cheerleading for Bin Laden and the freedom fighters.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:50 pmMy friends and I have been staying clear of anything Clear Channel for years. And they wonder why music sales are down? They think we want to hear the same old "classic rock" all day? Or thug music? Or pop-tart crap? All while censoring out the music they don't approve of? Uh, no.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:52 pmHalf of America’s college students are at a community college (the first two years of a four year degree) at some point, yet I think everybody should go to yale. Do it all for me! Do it all for me! Do as I say!
I’m old, secluded, and judgmental. I’m also unAmerican, yet I live here.
Comment by Shayne — November 5, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
Poor bastard, I didn't tell your mother to homeschool you. Now it's my fault you can only get into a community college. Take it out on her not me.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:53 pmAt least mr. p and his Cheeto-eating buddies at GMU are not name-jacking on any thread that has critical thinking involved.
Comment by upside99 — November 5, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
Have you been to the Thinkfast thread?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:54 pmAhmadinajad….well I am sure he is an honorable man and we can talk to him and try to understand his position. -Silly Billy Hell
Billy, he is not the ruler of Iran, he has no power over the armed forces or over the people. What he says means, really, very little. I,for one, dont try to understand his position nor pay attention to him.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:55 pmShayne I think you just hit the proverbial nail right on its head!
They resent those of us who aren't scared of all of those things like they are! I don't like everything I see these days (that's for freakin sure) but it doesn't mean I have to FEAR and hate those things.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:55 pmcongratulations eagles. pissing of the right wing nut-o-sphere is not an easy thing to do.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:59 pmIf every one will just buy the Eagles CD, learn the lyrics and we can sing ourselves to freedom and harmony in the world.
Comment by Billy Hill — November 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Maybe if we send them 10billion dollars we can spend our way to freedom and harmony, oh wait, it didn't work in Pakistan. My bad.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:03 pmThey resent those of us who aren’t scared of all of those things like they are! I don’t like everything I see these days (that’s for freakin sure) but it doesn’t mean I have to FEAR and hate those things.
Comment by mary — November 5, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
they fear what they don't understand which, by the way, is a hell of a lot!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:04 pmout of my f---ing cab!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:08 pmNothing about bin Laddenists cutting off people’s heads, women being stoned, young girls being murdered with “honor killings,†or homosexuals being summarily executed
No way, I can't believe the Eagles didn't reach out to the prized jihadi demographic.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pmThis whole discussion is a bit absurd, what with the yelling about what a musician chose not to write about...
Just a small word though on Toby Keith: he's professed on live national TV that he's a lifelong Democrat. He was lied to just like the rest of us.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pmUp ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering Islamofascists trying to blow us all up……
Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
wait! hows 'bout - "they stabbed it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the islamofascists"?
nah! never mind.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:11 pmMaybe Hotel California will be the new Hanoi Hilton, where all us "bad Progressives" will be sent to be reprogrammed by Blackwater.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm#81 - I beg to differ. I heard Toby Keith profess to being a life long repug. I believe it was on the profile section of CBS Sunday Morning.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:17 pmI haven't heard much of it, but I don't want to set foot in Wal-Mart to buy it... as for the subject matter, it's very pro-American as far as I am concerned to point out the things that are wrong with this country with the hope of improving it...
November 5th, 2007 at 1:20 pmJust a small word though on Toby Keith: he’s professed on live national TV that he’s a lifelong Democrat. He was lied to just like the rest of us.
Comment by svtdragon — November 5, 2007 @ 1:09 pm
I don't believe it for a minute. He started his own record label and probably couldn't attract acts admitting he was such a big Bush supporter so now he's claiming to be a Democrat. Plus he was the main basher of the Dixie Chicks for their comment about Bush. Would a Democrat do that?
November 5th, 2007 at 1:20 pmComment by IgnoranceIsNotBliss — November 5, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Didn't see you beat me too it. I guess svtdragon believes if he types it we'll believe it's true.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:22 pmWhat happened? Did the little namejacking stalker get "disappeared"? Too bad loser!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:24 pmout of my f—ing cab!!!
Comment by upyernoz — November 5, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
LOL!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:24 pmpersonally, i'd have to agree with "The Dude". Not a big fan of the Eagles, but not for the same reasons as that bone head, Todd described.
I haven’t heard much of it, but I don’t want to set foot in Wal-Mart to buy it… as for the subject matter, it’s very pro-American as far as I am concerned to point out the things that are wrong with this country with the hope of improving it…
Comment by Pete Bogs — November 5, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Check out my post at #5, you can order it or download it from the Eagles'website. No Wal-Mart in the middle!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:35 pmDoes anyone know if Ann Coulter can sing?
Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
With an Adam's Apple that big, I would bet she/he can sing like a f'ing bird ....... a chickenhawk, anyway.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:38 pmMy guess is coulter sings like a drunken Banshee.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:39 pmOr is it a Manshee in her case?
November 5th, 2007 at 1:39 pmHuston has too much time on his hands. I think he should worry more about something that is actually affecting him like...Obesity.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:55 pm"Outrageous" Not a word about leaving Bin Laden in Pakistan near 50 "nukaler" warheads with a whole lot of supporters. How dare they compare the 3000 lives lost in 9/11 to the 300,000 (who really knows) that where lost as a result of the Iraq war. I mean they attacked us without provocation... er, I mean we attacked them without provocation, er well...
"Life In The Fast Lane" is getting a whole lot faster.
One thing is for sure, there may not have been Iraqi's involved in 9/11, but there certainly will be next time. Thats what one gets for bombing people into submission in an ever expanding technowar world.
But don't worry, the conservatives are being prepped to kill those traitorous liberals if/when we get attacked again.
Well conservatives? How is airport security? hmm? How about port security? Border security? Too costly? WAKE UP IDIOTS. The money we spent on Iraq could have used to fix these problems!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:56 pmDoes anyone know if Ann Coulter can sing?
Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Only one note - B flat, I think.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:02 pmshe'll tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
November 5th, 2007 at 2:04 pmit's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry.
The Admin really deleted a lot.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:09 pmGreat job, guys.
Jesus H. Christ. These people are just plain bugshit crazy. :o/
November 5th, 2007 at 2:24 pmThis record is available direct from the Eagles online for those, like me, who refuse to patronize the walton family.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:24 pmPssst! Mikey!
Can you spell "crocodile"...?
November 5th, 2007 at 2:24 pmCount me out! And to think I use to like them. Well they finally took the “stupid†pill!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Already listened to the album and came to your own conclusions? Or are you taking the word of some goofball columnist you don't even know?
Ha, as if I had to ask.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:27 pmBilly Hill: "Oh no, as a Progressive I am scared of everything…"
You're not a progressive, you're a conservative, so this pathetic post is simply more "projection." If you don't understand the concept of "projection," tough luck.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:28 pmmikey won't listen or read anything that isn't on the rusher's approved list. Otherwise he might accidentally learn howf'ed up his He-Ro, Dubya and the BushCo Boyz really are.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:29 pmNo, but she sure can lie like a rug!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Fixed it for you. No need to thank me.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:29 pmJust for the record, I think the Eagles are awful. Never heard a song by them that didn't make me want to change the station. And I felt this way long before Don Henley develooped heavy-hand-itis.
Just wanted to point out that my not buying their new album has nothing to do with newsbusters. And I'd rather listen to Don Henley's entire catalog than be forced to endure an elevator ride with Todd Huston. In fact, I'm sure my circle of Hell will be getting stuck in an elevator with Todd Huston while "Life in the Fast Lane" is played in an endless loop.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:33 pmWhen entertainers become political they become “fair gameâ€. I have many Eagle’s albums but I won’t own this one!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
Without actually listening to it, how would you know it was "political"?
November 5th, 2007 at 2:35 pmand fair game? meaning you'll take another person's word that it's anti american but not listen to it and still feel you are qualified to cut the album down?
You are such a follower of a fool.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:37 pmMichael: "I have many Eagle’s albums but I won’t own this one!"
Now that he knows they're not stupid, he doesn't want anything to do with them.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:43 pmThe only surprising part of this story is that The Eagles are still around. Sheesh, guys - just retire already!
November 5th, 2007 at 2:48 pmDunno if someone already pointed this out but I think the story about Clear Channel banning Springstien's new album might be incorrect in that I think they instructed their classic rock stations not to play the new album since it's not classic rock. Other stations that they own with a format more leaning to newer rock like Bruce would still be playing the new album.
This makes sense to me. Why would you play twisted sister on a "new" country music station? No, you'd play it on your classic rock or hair metal stations.
Maybe I'm wrong, and I don't like Clear Channel at all, trust me, but I did want to say this might be an internet rumor that they banned Bruce for being "liberal".
November 5th, 2007 at 2:51 pmtoasterhead, they still sing and play very well. They still write good songs. They still draw big numbers and make huge paychecks. They look like they're in a lot better shape than the Stones. Why should they retire?
November 5th, 2007 at 2:58 pmMy thirteen year old daughter is totally smitten with the Eagle, more than I ever was. I don't even know where she first heard the. And that is the demographic that makes money for recording artists. Making them controversial will only help sell cds. Good work News busters.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:15 pmDoes anyone know if Ann Coulter can sing?
Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
Let's waterboard her and see.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:18 pmMaybe I’m wrong, and I don’t like Clear Channel at all, trust me, but I did want to say this might be an internet rumor that they banned Bruce for being “liberalâ€.
Comment by SteaM — November 5, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
ClearChannel allows its "classic rock" stations to play all kinds of new artists, just not those who sing about the truth of how screwed up this country is under the GOP. That's a fact.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:18 pmCount me out! And to think I use to like them. Well they finally took the “stupid†pill!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Did you give them one of yours? You obviously have the best stupid pills.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:20 pmWhen entertainers become political they become “fair gameâ€. I have many Eagle’s albums but I won’t own this one!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
You mean like Tobey Keith? Bashed the Dixie Chicks to death because he was such a big Bush supporter. Of course he lost his record contract and had to start his own label and now he claims Bush tricked him. Oh and the Dixie Chicks won 5 Grammies. I guess the Eagles will be winning a lot soon too if you don't like them.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:23 pmIn fact, I’m sure my circle of Hell will be getting stuck in an elevator with Todd Huston while “Life in the Fast Lane†is played in an endless loop.
Comment by slappy magoo — November 5, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Step away from the Muzak, slowly, slowly, you'll be fine.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:25 pmWell if you’re so smart, tell me?
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Tell you what?
November 5th, 2007 at 3:27 pmLefty... Well, maybe that is true then. I just did some checking on that story and it seemed like it might have been a bit of a rumor. Clean Channel's website is clearly defending themselves about this and saying they DO play Bruce's new album... and they play it a lot.
So who do I believe? I mean do they play Bruce's new album on some of their stations or not? Some say they don't and they say they do.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:34 pm36,000 people a year, die from the flu, in the United States alone.
That's 252,000 people that have died since 9/11.
Why no songs about the horrors of Influenza?
November 5th, 2007 at 3:35 pmSorry, but this just doesn't say "SINGLE" to me:
nary a word 'bout islamofacists
nary a kiss on rush limbaugh's ass-cysts
no doubt about their attempt to thrash this
land of the free and the brave
just one long note, a sustained attack
on apple pie, mom and the war in Iraq
bin ladenists cheer as they load up a track
from this treasonus Eagles screed
UGH
November 5th, 2007 at 3:36 pmNo, but she sure can verbally take apart any liberal!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Actually, Coulter has never taken apart a liberal, and in fact is afraid to appear with them. She, like the cowardly deserter-In-Chief, only appears in controlled situations, where she can spout her lies, then fart and laugh until her Adam's apple bounces, like a typical Repig guy.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pmFEARandSMEAR,
The words read like it ought to be screamed/growled to some thrash-metal. I'm not sure it would be Eagles material either, but might make a decent song. Got any more?
November 5th, 2007 at 3:56 pmComment by NCBlueneck
I hear it in rap. But I prefer hard rock.
Nice work FEARandSMEAR! Encore!
November 5th, 2007 at 4:03 pmComment by NCBlueneck — November 5, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
Comment by mary — November 5, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
As a matter of fact...
http://fearandsmear.com/downloads/FEARandSMEAR-TheProblem.mp3
Enjoy, free song for everyone here at TP. Put it in yer iPod and turn it UP...
November 5th, 2007 at 4:19 pmSomeone should tell Newsbusters’ Warner Todd Huston to "Take It Easy".
Well I'm runnin' down the road
November 5th, 2007 at 4:30 pmTryin' to loosen my load...
Well if you’re so smart, tell me?
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Where do you want to start? The Iraq Clusterf@ck? Katrina?, Torture?, Largest deficit in history? Most corrupt regime in US history? Most lies told to the US in history?
Go ahead, mikey, pick one, and we can start, OK?
November 5th, 2007 at 4:35 pmMichael on Trannie Coulter: "No, but she sure can verbally take apart any liberal!"
Michael, as a Coulter fan, maybe you can explain to us why Coulter has said that she will never debate Al Franken again.
November 5th, 2007 at 4:45 pmDid they ever debate? My guess it was more like Franken says something concrete and Coulter responds with a baseless and spurious "attack" on some bat shit crazy this or that... And so on, and so on...
November 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pmState sponsored censorship of artists? Don't fascists do that?
November 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pmNext, dissidents will be arrested - oh wait, that's already started.
No, but she sure can verbally take apart any liberal!
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
My Mommie is Meaner than Yours - says the 2 year old michael...
How sad, this is the best the GOP can offer!
November 5th, 2007 at 5:37 pmWell if you’re so smart, tell me?
Comment by michael — November 5, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
If you're so smart, why do you need everyone to explain things to you?
November 5th, 2007 at 5:38 pmCan't wait for the book burning. Isn't that next?
November 5th, 2007 at 5:41 pm/sarc
Retraction:
After a re-listen, half of the songs on the album actually are about women getting stoned.
November 5th, 2007 at 5:44 pmthat's funny. redneck americans do all the things that nitwit wants to accuse the eagles of overlooking. what a loser. righties are just such sore, bitter, jealous, hateful losers. (except when they're gloating over something they didn't do themselves)
November 5th, 2007 at 5:48 pmTell her Bartlebee’s at her service.
Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Be careful! She may interpret that as "Tell her Bartlebee’s at her cervix."
November 5th, 2007 at 6:00 pmwell, that's it... now i KNOW i will buy it...
is itunes a better mode than a cd at the music store?
what's YOUR opinion?
November 5th, 2007 at 7:05 pm...
I like itunes a lot, but evidently, the quality of the sound is better coming off of the CD. I can't tell the difference, but that's what some of my friends say.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pmNow, it would like a few things clarified here. First it seems that many people are making fun of that the blog stats that there is no mention of Islam or Binladdinists or whatever. so does this mean that you democrats like all the beheadings are violent murderous rampages by the terrorists that are going on in the middle east (which is the main reason why the US still remains in Iraq)?
What "lies" has Bush ever told to seduce us Americans so he can control us? Exactly, he has told NO lies about the war in Iraq or the situation over there. I don't think Bush is some Anti-Christ who hates Americans and is only keeping the soldiers over there so they can die. Is that seriously what you Liberals think???
No the whole point of the criticism of the album is that it is a complete anti-war and anti-bush album. not to mention anti-AMERICAN in many ways. So if The Eagles, or any other American criticizes the way the country is run, think about this:
-Would it be better to have a insane dictator leading our country who mindlessly slaughters millions of people?
-If you hate America so much, move to Canada. It's probably the most annyoing thing ever to see somebody criticizing something that they could do no better in (and yes, i'm referring to you demorcrats)
-So just shut up, and support your country, whoever the leader may be. Because would rather live in a country like Iraq? didn't think so.
-The most obvious aspect of a Liberal is that EVERY SINGLE ONE of them are huge, and i repeat HUGE hippocrites. they can never do anything for themselves. If Bush does something, they criticize it, but if he didn't do that same thing, they still criticize it. They never can agree.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:16 pmBut there are still some good songs on the album never the less. But it would be nice if it wasn't as political.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:17 pmhey tombaker, you got any evidence for what you said in comment #147?
November 5th, 2007 at 9:24 pmNow, if only one, and only ONE, democrat can support what they say about how screwed up are country is and all that crap, i would probably make a website named democratscanactuallytellthetruth.com. after that, i would write a pulitzer prize winning book entitled "WOW! A liberal can acutally tell the truth for once, instead of making up lies that they can NEVER support with evidence. And that is because there is no evidence to support what they say!!!" Pretty soon, i will appear on Larry King Live, and i will tell tabout the miracle that a Liberal told the truth. because your hero Al Gore can never answer a question. After that, my eardrums would probably explode because of the extreme pressure of one truth. But of course that will never happen because no Liberal can support their claims with fact. But it seems when Bush makes a claim, he has dosumented evidence. Hmmm... I wonder???
So i'm asking if ONE Liberal can actually support themselves? Anyone? C'mon, there has to be at least one. Guess not.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:37 pm"If you’re so smart, why do you need everyone to explain things to you?
Comment by republicans hate facts — November 5, 2007 @ 5:38 pm"
If your so smart, then tell me why you can't explain anything? you just have to make fun of somebody else because they are smarter then you. So if you are so smart, you would answer the question. why don't you?
November 5th, 2007 at 9:41 pmComment by zoot1423 — November 5, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
Alright zoot. So, you're obviously not a real deep thinker but you mean well, right?
You have listed a litany of stale cliches in your couple of posts here tonight that, quite literally, come directly from the mouth of right-wing talk radio. So, when no one here is bored enough to engage you about them for the eleventy-millionth time, realize that it has everything to do with the inanity of the question.
But, for your trouble here's a few clues for you to chew on if you so choose:
A) Being blindly allegiant to either party in this country is wholeheartedly unpatriotic as dissent is a necessary component of a functional democracy.
B) It is possible to care deeply about the men and women who fight wars that you vigorously oppose.
C) Victory is impossible against an abstract concept like "terrorism". You cannot defeat an enemy that only exists in ideology. We cannot possibly kill all of the "terrorists" in the world into subjugation because for every one we kill, we create a family of new ones, including a whole new generation of hundreds of thousands of young middle eastern children who are now orphaned due to enormous civilian casualties and collateral hardship I am quite certain that you have never really considered.
http://www.FEARandSMEAR.com
November 5th, 2007 at 10:35 pmmy word... zoot can't even count to 4...
and what grade level of writing IS that?
you are WAY over that one's head, fear...
could be cause for an inferiority complex...
"the problum with you libruls is you think yer smarter than us."
u-yup...
...
thanks colonel... i rather like the itunes also...
November 5th, 2007 at 11:04 pm...
I never said i think Liberals are smarter. They are smart. But they distort facts and figures in the Media and such to make it seem like they are indeed wining.
November 6th, 2007 at 7:48 amFearandSmear,
Why, yes it is quite possible to care deeply about soldiers. But you also have to realize that the men and women who are serving are serving the military by choice. So, yes, you have a right to be concerned, but there should be no reason for all US troops to be pulled out of Iraq. Because what will happen when there really is no protection for the already weak Iraqi government? A civil war would most likely occur, causing the country to spiral into what it was taken out of with the loss of US citizens. So if you would want to have less casualties and deaths, then it would be smart to keep troops in Iraq until the government can take care of itself, which it can’t at the moment now.
And I’m being patriotic way more then you realize. First, I’m not being "blindly allegiant" to Democrats. I base my decisions on what I have witnessed and experienced. I have many Liberal friends, but I don't hate them for it. I would still support our country who ever would be its leader, Republican, Democrat, or even a third party. Now it makes more sense that those who laugh and criticize Bush for doing what he thinks is right are the non-patriotic ones. If you truly supported your country, then you would also support the decisions made by its leader, or any other member of the government. It’s not a sports game, so you shouldn’t support one team and blatantly mock and hate the other. The different parties just represent what they think should be done. But it is all done in good thought for the American people.
And why, what do you know, I have considered that terrorism is just mainly an idea. But it is an idea that needs to be stopped. Do you like the fact that these "ideologist" crashed American planes into American buildings killing thousands of American people? Now tell me, how many major terrorist attacks have happened since 9/11? Also, how many potentially major terrorist attacks have been prevented? If terrorism was truly just an "idea", then why are there all those terrorist camps found? Terrorism is something that can't be completely stopped, but it can be suppressed through actions taken by our leaders. So if you really want your loved ones home then support the USA fully and support its leader. As Abe Lincoln bolded stated, “A house divided against its self cannot stand.†So if you want a less “corrupt†(which I may add that the USA is in one of its best times economically) nation, then support your country.
And by the way, you never were able to answer my questions. And what you wrote was extremely hypocritical, figures. And people don’t want to debate me because they have nothing to support there claims. Once again, I never listed clichés, I listed the truth by what I have seen and heard, and I practically never listen to talk radio.
Now, maybe you in turn mean well yourself, but try and be more of a middle man in political issues, instead of just saying stuff to get Bush out of office. It would be the same situation for whoever the President might be. Democrats now who oppose the war are doing so for only one reason, and that is politics. They know that if they oppose the war, more people will like them. Many Democrats voted for the war before, John Kerry and Hilary Clinton to name a few, but now they bitterly oppose it for political influence. Maybe you do like Liberalism more, but that is not the only factor on how you should base your political standings. How about supporting what you think is right.
November 6th, 2007 at 7:36 pmFearandSmear,
Do you even realize why this website doesn't like the new Eagles album. It's not because of the lack of islamofacism mentioned or the lack of mention of women being stoned. It's the whole fact that the Eagles are basically dissin' the US for being in Iraq, just like you, but they didn't mention why. They, The Eagles, are being the non-patriotic ones who are using "stale cliches." The Eagles are saying, "The US is in Iraq for no good reson getting killed and killing innocent people. And it's all Bush's fault. And it's all Bush's fault for Global Warming." So the person who was saying why they didn't like the new Eagles album was saying that because they thought it was unfair and unjust why the Eagles were writting songs like they were. I bet that if The Eagles wrote songs about Bush being the best president ever, and Iraq is a good idea, then you would have written a blog saying why you hate the new Eagles album on your extremely Liberal (and by Liberal i mean you distorting and bending facts so it seems like you are smart) website.
So again, read and interpret things with an open mind and maybe you would learn something. Music is a lot more enjoyable when it's not political. Now, i'm not being "non-patriotic" by hating Liberals (The Eagles), i really like the Eagles and i really like many songs on there new album. But i don't like the idea's behind them. Why don't you actually think on your own for once?
November 6th, 2007 at 7:56 pmZoot,
You have responded here in what seems to be good faith, so I am going to answer you in kind. However, time simply does not allow me to address the many jaw-droppingly obtuse statements that you've made.
Accordingly, I will simply submit for your perusal a link you should visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Wing_Authoritarianism
November 6th, 2007 at 10:52 pmNow first, let's clear some things up. I would very much would like to hear what you have to say on what i wrote before. Because it doesn't make much sense saying, "Your wrong, telling 'jaw-dropping obtuse statements' that you just made up." without even backing your self up. So i please ask you to do so, for my sake and yours.
I looked over the Wikipedia link, and i assume you did also. I would like to say that RWA isn't concerned with a specific political party, so to retaliate, here is a link for your own personal interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Wing_Authoritarianism
Read it over carefully. It very much applies to your website, assuming it is yours.
I've noticed this, and i hope you have to, that arguing with one of the opposing political party is just a waste of time, because neither one will change their points of view, unless of course they intend to. But never the less, i would like to very much hear what you have to say, if anything at all.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:41 pmZoot wrote:
Look, Zoot. I'm sorry to inform you that I have neither the time nor the inclination to drag you by the nose to the facts and common sense.
Your demand of me to do so for your sake and for mine (LOL) is entirely inconsequential and thusly ignored.
I guess you're right... I just can't properly debate you.
Indeed, I will give you the last word and let that gem of yours above hang there in the air like a stale fart.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:50 pmBy visiting fearandsmear.com, i have come to the conclusion that fearandsmear.com is an extremely biased and unchristian website. But if you indeed want to find a solution for how this country should be, then you should look at how it's creators intended it to be. The founding fathers of our nation were deeply religious and based many of the princibles by which we live by on Christianity. So actually do some research.
And also, i have looked into many anti-Bush and anti-Iraq websites to see their "facts" and "common sense." And what i found was nothing more then biased point of view writing. People who write against Bush have hated him for a long time. So using your "common sense", you should realize that what they write is just including facts and stuff that would make him look bad. Micheal Moore is a prime example. He has multiple uses of just partial qoutes, never using the full context. Really any political website should never be taken at full value, because they just write what they want to hear. I admit, i am wrong with a lot of things that i say. But if so, i do not do so intentionally. But i never make up facts to support what i want to hear, i mearly take the facts i see, and base my desicions off that. So i would like to see some real facts, not ones that you or anybody has has tampered with. Until you, or anybody else can provide me with some, then i will continue to believe in what i do. But if i am proven wrong, then i will happily admit it. So, please, as a challenge, somebody prove me wrong. But until somebody can prove me wrong, then what i say remains right, and that means you are wrong FearandSmear. And i will anounce it again, YOU ARE WRONG. all you can say to me is, "you have obtuse lies, and wrong accusations." Really? Do I? At least i'm smart enough to actually say something worth while. Instead of being a typical liberal and never backing themselves up. Every single thing bad about Bush that you, or anybody else has said, is just the stretched truth. If Democrats can't even come up with a bad accusation without tampering with data really says something. It says that you just make up lies so you can get what you want.
Are you annoyed at what i said? Well, once again, PROVE ME WRONG! Then maybe we can reach an agreement.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:50 pm