We’d Burn Our Guitarzan Record, But First We’d Have to Find It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFRHyi1jvDE
What? Ray Stevens is still around? And he’s got a new anti-Obamacare song that O’Reilly likes?
O’REILLY: So 48 years ago — 48 years ago in this country we could make fun of Arabs… We could make fun of people in a general way, and certainly, Ahab the Arab was a general parody. But now, we can’t. What has changed in America?
STEVENS: I think we’ve gone overboard with the political correctness, just like so many other people think the same way about that. And I don’t know. We’ve got to come out of that, I think.
Oh, Ray. Yes, we’ve gone overboard with political correctness, but even that was twenty years ago, you old fart. And you don’t need to defend Ahab — just say the times were different, and leave it at that.
Because two old white farts complaining about “political correctness” sorta makes the point, y’know? Lookathat, lookathat.
O’Reilly laments that you can’t make fun of Arabs anymore: ‘What has changed in America?’ [ThinkProgress]
whats changed is that now you can tell your mindless listeners to not donate to desperate people because it might make your political enemies look good and stay on the air.
thats whats changed.
Here he comes, look at that, look at that
There he goes, look at that, look at that
And he ain’t usin’ no brains
Oh, yes, they call him the Jerk
Look at that, look at that
Dumbest thing on Tee Vee
Look at that, look at that
He’s just as proud as he can be
Of his ideology
He goin’ give us a peek
a woman buried for days is pulled out yesterday and instantly bursts into song.
This Ray Stevens fellow? I groped his daughter once, fumblingly.
@ManchuCandidate: Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf? For the love of God, man, he’s been dead for years. Whats next, Ted the Janitor?
@Prommie:
I liked Hank… and mentioned him because he did win an intertubes People Poll as sexiest celeb about 7 years ago.
not so sure about Hank but his music was sexy. in a single eyebrow kind of way.
Bill must be mellowing – why didn’t he just say what he was thinking:
BillO’s internal monologue: 48 years ago, you could come back from lynching an uppity n*gger, slap the ever-living fuck outta your wife for no reason and then light up a Cuban cigar without anybody saying anything. What’s happened to this country?
It’s called “progress”, Bill. And it’s why, despite the temptation, people are unlikely to break into your house, tar and feather you, and run you out of town for your racist caveman bullshit.
Mighty tempting, though. :)
Who is Ray Stevens? Why is he an expert on the good ol’ days? Besides being an old asshole?
fuck ray.
check out these guys. I just discovered them so they are probably old stuff.
now I want to see the stage show. I find monks robes strangely hot.
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