Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Who says I'm not patriotic?

ap file photoSusie over at Suburban Guerrilla was the first to remind me that it's Flag Day today. I've never been one to make a fuss about this kind of thing, but I'm getting tired of hearing all this "why does the left hate America?" bullshit. We don't hate America. We love it. That's why it hurts so fucking bad sometimes to watch what's going on around us -- in our name, under our flag, and ultimately on our tab. Of course it makes us mad. So here's an old AP file photo of Abbie Hoffman about to get arrested for loving the flag so much, and wearing it. He did federal time for that, which you might remember the next time you pass a shelf full of flag sweatshirts and flag buttons and all those flag snowglobe tchotchkes.

Plus, here's a happy flag day song from my favorite tribal love-rock-musical. Sing along, if you like.

Don't Put It Down

Om mane padme om
Om mane padme om

Folding the flag means taking care of the nation.
Folding the flag is putting it to bed for the night.
I fell through a hole in the flag
I'm falling through a hole in the flag
H-e-e-e-elp!

Don't put it down
Best one around
Crazy for the red blue and white
Crazy for the red blue and white

You look at me
What do you see
Crazy for the white red and blue
Crazy for the white red and blue

Cause I look different
You think I'm subversive
Crazy for the blue white and red
Crazy for the blue white and red

My heart beats true
For the red white and blue
Crazy for the blue white and red
Crazy for the blue white and red
And yellow fringe
Crazy for the blue white red and yellow

-James Rado, Gerald Ragni, Galt MacDermot
(Original Cast Recording of "Hair")

Posted by alphabitch at 6/14/2005 11:03:00 AM

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is this, yer sick of bein' called unpatriotic? Well maybe if you weren't such a baby eating, tree hugging, soldier hating, darwinist, satanic commie. Maybe we wouldn't call you that!

I don't know why you liberals don't just move to Cuba, You do not belong here in the Greatest Democracy on Gods green earth!!!!

Abbie Hoffman did not love the flag! he wanted to turn this country into an enormous free love pot smokin' #$%^hole! He had no right to the flag, not like the star and stripe bikini clad bud girls at NASCAR. No Sir! IF you do not aspire to live your life by a beersoaked angry rascist country code of ethics you are not an american at all!



(Or maybe if Hoffman had added some sequins, like a pro wrestler, his message would have been better recieved)

6/18/2005 6:14 PM
Anonymous said...

Hello !

I'd like to know if, as you found the lyrics of that song, you knew where to find - on the internet - the guitar tabs that go with it... ?
If you do, it'd be lovely from you to tell me :)

Bye-bye,

Dindy.

8/29/2006 3:10 PM
alphabitch said...

Dindy,

I either listened to the song and transcribed it or looked on the liner notes of the recording. I don't have the guitar tablature and I don't know where to look, other than to try to find it via google or some other search engine. The songbook/sheet music from the movie does not include this song, but I don't know whether there is a songbook in print of the broadway show.

8/29/2006 3:34 PM

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