Al Franken's ....."Supply Side Jesus" ..... for the unaware.

[Ichingcarpenter]

Many are unaware of Senator Franken's Great Parody.
Here are a few of my favorites by Al Franken and Don Simpson

























The whole story can be viewed here..

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html

[madfloridian]

1. I am glad to see that posted.

:hi:

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. It was a long time ago when I did the last time

This was long before his campaign and the beginning of Air America
but I thought he still had the "right stuff" back then
if pushed or challenged by an intellectual argument he was able to put it into
lay man's terms... the common man could understand with intellectual wit
and political comedic acidity and accuracy.

Glad you like it.....

I knew after I saw this cartoon strip that Franken's genius was not recognized

[valerief]

2. K&R

:kick:

[MajorChode]

3. That's fucking brilliant!

A plus for you.

[gordianot]

4. I could mail this to an old friend turned right winger but his head would explode.

Think I might do it anyway.

[Fumesucker]

23. It would be irresponsible not to..

Think of the boost to the economy, the hospitals, doctors, janitorial services..

[AlexDeLarge]

24. and

Sunshine Cleaning.

[bleever]

5. K&R!

Thanks for posting this. I was thinking about it yesterday while reading about the project to edit "liberalism" from the Bible.

[nolabear]

6. Hallelujah and amen!

This is wonderful. I had no idea it existed, and I'm about to spread it around.

[central scrutinizer]

7. Another nice "translation"

http://www.thebricktestament.com/

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. With God on Your side....... by Bob Dylan is another one.

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.

Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.


More song and lyrics here:

lyrics:http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/god-our-side

[onlyadream]

20. What the heck?

The bible in Lego form??? How'd they do that????

[pleah]

10. K&R

[ihavenobias]

11. K & R, and the funny thing is conservatives are actually trying to re-write the Bible as we speak.

[Lasher]

13. Yes, turned out Franken is quite the prophet.

:D

[applegrove]

12. Very well done.

[mzmolly]

14. If this doesn't fit right in with the new "Conservative Bible" I don't know what does?

That Al Franken ... such a profit. ;)

[HappyCynic]

15. K & R

[santamargarita]

16. K&R

n/t

[underpants]

17. Inspired by Bradley Whitford

"Josh" on the West Wing-says so in the book

[zeemike]

18. I had never seen this before.

And thank you thank you thank you.
That was fucking great.

[Libertas1776]

19. Ah yes,

I remember this gem. Thanks for posting :)

[Soylent Brice]

21. excellent start to my day.

thank you for posting.

K&R

[Dr.Phool]

22. "The Family" exposed!

[Hekate]

25. Preach it, Brother Al! Praise the SSJ and pass the collection plate!

:bounce:

[Rozlee]

26. Reverend Hagee's Cornerstone Church is down 30 miles south of us

in San Antone. Wonder if I'd get caught plastering this comic strip on his sumptuous money-changers' temple doors? Probably.

[mdmc]

27. --

[backscatter712]

28. Sounds like Jeezus rather than Jesus...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. Gawd I love this sketch!!!!

It's even funnier when he performs it on the audiobook of "Lies..."
There is also an amusing recreation of a play that he wrote called "The Waitress and the Lawyer" :thumbsup:
The only downside to him being in the Senate is that we probably won't get any new books for awhile. :sigh; Oh well.

[Swamp Rat]

30. Thanks for the memories.

I was a BuzzFlash regular back then. ;)