Yes, the times they are a changin' (Masters of War SS visit Boulder)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04321/412504.stm

Back in the days when this was a free country, it was possible to sing an antiwar song like "Masters of War" without having to give the Secret Service a second thought.

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Decades after the trauma of Vietnam, the public's attitude toward the military has become less skeptical than it was at the beginning of the Cold War. Since 9/11, most Americans prefer to let the yellow ribbons on their car bumpers debate the issues for them. "Support the Troops" has become shorthand for "Don't Ask Questions." In the context of today's politics, the lyrics to "Masters of War" can't help but come across as both radical and prophetic.

A day before the talent show, the Secret Service paid a visit to Boulder High School and corralled the school's principal, who quickly vouched for his students' patriotism. Most of the chatter that had been swirling on talk radio about the band was nonsense, but the Secret Service had to check it out. Rather than risk another second of embarrassment, the agency quickly cleared the band.

The next night, the Coalition of the Willing performed before a sold-out crowd of young people who'd gotten a crash course on the threat to their civil liberties. An American flag was the band's only backdrop, signaling the anarchy in their souls.

"How much do I know / To talk out of turn? / You might say that I'm young / You might say I'm unlearned / But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / Even Jesus would never forgive what you do."

[Tsiyu]

1. Puh--leeeeze

Don't these spookie SS folks have enough to do what with the CIA being purged and Osama still out there? A high school band? Can you say sig heil? ( with apologies for poor German spelling)