Merle Haggard turns on Bush - America First

[LSK]

Written by Merle Haggard

Why don't we liberate these United States
We're the ones who need it the worst
Let the rest of the world help us for a change
And let's rebuild America first

Our highways and bridges are falling apart
Who's blessed and who has been cursed
There's things to be done all over the world
But let's rebuild America first

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Who's on the hill and who's watching the valley
Who's in charge of it all
God bless the Army and God bless our liberty
Dadgum the rest of it all

Yeah, men in position but backing away
Freedom is stuck in reverse
Let's get out of Iraq and get back on the track
And let's rebuild America first

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Why don't we liberate these United States
We're the ones who need it the most
You think I'm blowing smoke
Boys it ain't no joke
I make twenty trips a year from coast to coast

Video here:
http://www.merlehaggard.com/

Thom Hartmann pointed this out.

[aquart]

1. Country music is turning on George? Jesus!

[sutz12]

2. 'Bout time, too.

We've come a long ways from "Beer for my Horses." :)

[Minnesota_Lib]

3. Duck and cover! Freeper heads will shortly be exploding.

[LSK]

4. i guess Michael Moore has brainwashed him too

:sarcasm:

[Bozita]

5. Yup. Hartmann says that these folks won't be going back to the Bush camp

Gone for good.

[joefree1]

6. Wow

... double wow.

[tridim]

7. Whoa! That's a serious defection

10% approval can't be far off.

[Eurobabe]

8. Merle's got a good point, while driving home

to PA from Duh-hi-O last week, I was shocked to see the roads along the way, how the bridges were crumbling. This country is heading toward the point of no return, and Bu$h destroyed it from within.

Good job fuckhead!

[aquart]

10. I suppose it's too much to hope

That a limousine full of CEOs would be caught on one of those bridges when it crumbles?

I have these nasty fantasies.

[Scout1071]

12. I agree. A trip to Asia was eye opening for me.

Their cities are so modern it's stunning. It's the way America used to be.

Then, I come home and see our cities crumbling and it reminded me of images in the Soviet Union in the '80s.

[Sequoia]

9. Wow, Mr. Ogi from Miscogi (sp) himself!!!

I'm just floored now. Hey, Homeland Security, time to yank that extra funding for Oklahoma USA.

[LSK]

14. and just when they were about to get funding too

:sarcasm:

[rosesaylavee]

11. And what could be more American than

country music? Its about time Merle got on the bus... others will be following shortly... No one likes to be lied to repeatedly and taken for fools. Ain't that the theme of most country music songs? Who done what wrong to whom and what revenge was taken... usually in a truck. :)

[tanyev]

13. Merle spoke up for the Dixie Chicks.

From an interview posted on his website:

You spoke out in defense of the Dixie Chicks during the controversy a couple of years ago. How do you reconcile that with your "Fightin' Side of Me" and "Okie From Muskogee" fans?

What knocked my hat off was the way people attacked them. My response didn't come until some time later. I let it all go down and watched it happen and thought, "Now wait a minute. Is this not America? Are we not a war for freedom?" It disturbs me that this country is so seriously divided over this war. I don't think since the Civil War have we been so divided about something. Since when is it new for grandma to be against war?

What would you say is the most important lesson you've learned in the music business?

Keep your opinions to yourself. I think it's important that I stay neutral on politics and remain hard to understand. There's some things that have go to happen. We've got to regain control - the people. "For the people, of the people," all that --that's not the current situation. We are under control, and if people don't realized that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.

http://www.merlehaggard.com/latest-news.html

[MadHound]

15. Ol' Merle has been decidedly anti-Bush for a number of years now

In fact I'm not even sure he was pro-Bush to begin with.

Nice to see him coming out and taking a public stance though, good on him.

[Ron Green]

20. Merle Haggard doesn't suffer fools gladly -

and for that reason, he is anti-Bush, I would imagine.

[bullwinkle428]

16. If country music continues to turn against him, in a few months, all

* will have on his side will be "Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's Jug Band"...oh, and Toby Keith! :eyes:

[Lochloosa]

17. Let's see country music fans "DC" Merle.

Com'n, he's a "good ole boy"

[Critters2]

18. By gum, it's boycottin' time!!

I'm fixin' to have me a good ol' fashioned CD stompin'! Who's with me?!

[nytemare]

19. Faith and Tim aren't too thrilled about him either.

Thanks for posting. I think when not just the Dixie Chicks are saying something, perhaps the Chicks shouldn't get so much ire.

[Saphire]

21. Merle has alway's been one of my favorites.

[Joe Chi Minh]

22. I think if he hadn't been a singer, could have been a great actor.

I think his interpretation of "Green Green Grass of Home" is sublime; just couldn't be improved.

[northernsoul]

23. Actually, Merle's been on our side for some time now

He's come a long way from "Okie from Muskogee."

[Bridget Burke]

25. Okie from Muskogee was a bit tongue in cheek....

I believe that he never did smoke marijuana....in Muskogee, that is.

[Ron Green]

26. When he was asked about the first line of that song, he replied,

"Well, we're not in Muskogee very often."

[BlooInBloo]

24. It needs to involve him changing his vote...

... to be worth anything to me...

The bottom line is the bottom line, after all...

[happydreams]

27. He oughta do a concert with the Dixie Chicks

Now wouldn't that be a hoot! :bounce: