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Frank Zappa: Slime is the tool of the Government (and of modern politics)

April 20th, 2008 No comments

[I ran this originally as a “page” rather than as a “post”, when I had simply put up Zappa`s lyrics.  Since “posts” might be more visible to visitors I`ve decided to post this as well.]

I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting them up here.

Does these resonate with anyone else?  I have noted a few thoughts further below.

I’m The Slime

I am gross and perverted
I’m obsessed ‘n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I’m the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can’t look away
I make you think I’m delicious
With the stuff that I say
I’m the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I’m the slime oozin’ out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don’t need you
Don’t go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That’s right, folks . . .
Don’t touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go.

 

Zappa speaks of the mass media, but one could easily say the same about
the political discourse coming not only from the MSM, but also from the
Bush administration and from each of the political parties, as well as
what we hear from various rent-seekers. They don`t discuss their own
agendas, but give us pap and slime.  This is what Glenn Greenwald is has been shining a spotlight on for some time, and now examines in the context of the recent Clinton – Obama debate, and discusses in his new book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics.

Manipulation by pushing and pulling on the strings of human nature
is the name of the game of those who wish to exploit us.   Preying on
our patriotism (as I noted in Goering and Madison on War) and feeding partisanship – which powerfully influences our perceptions, as I noted in a recent post, Nick Kristof on politics: why we conclude that I’m right, and you’re evil – has been a hallmark of the right, and particularly of the Bush administration
(viz., fear of “Islamofascists”, of gays, of baby-killers, of
“enviros”, of immigrants, of atheists, and of “America-haters”).

Interestingly, Andrew Sullivan asserts that the Clinton campaign is morphing into the Rovian right

Query:  Is Obama selling slime?

 

[P.S.  No, I am NOT self-identifying as a rent-seeker; and slime is not my game.]

Frank Zappa: Slime is the tool of the Government (and of Republicans and Hillary?)

April 17th, 2008 No comments

I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting them up here.

Does these resonate with anyone else?  I have noted a few thoughts further below.

I’m The Slime

I am gross and perverted
I’m obsessed ‘n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I’m the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can’t look away
I make you think I’m delicious
With the stuff that I say
I’m the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I’m the slime oozin’ out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don’t need you
Don’t go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That’s right, folks . . .
Don’t touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin’ along on your livin’ room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can’t stop the slime, people, lookit me go.

 

Zappa speaks of the mass media, but one could easily say the same about
the political discourse coming not only from the MSM, but also from the
Bush administration and from each of the political parties, as well as
what we hear from various rent-seekers. They don`t discuss their own
agendas, but give us pap and slime.  This is what Glenn Greenwald is has been shining a spotlight on for some time, and now examines in the context of the recent Clinton – Obama debate, and discusses in his new book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics.

Manipulation by pushing and pulling on the strings of human nature is the name of the game of those who wish to exploit us.   Preying on our patriotism (as I noted in Goering and Madison on War) and feeding partisanship – which powerfully influences our perceptions, as I noted in a recent post, Nick Kristof on politics: why we conclude that I’m right, and you’re evil – has been a hallmark of the right, and particularly of the Bush administration (viz., fear of “Islamofascists”, of gays, of baby-killers, of “enviros”, of immigrants, of atheists, and of “America-haters”).

Interestingly, Andrew Sullivan asserts that the Clinton campaign is morphing into the Rovian right

Query:  Is Obama selling slime?