Date:   3/31/2009 8:22:56 PM ( 15 y ago)
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how can conflict of interest in washington be stunning? as far as i can tell the entire government is in conflict with every interest of the people. whats been stunning is the power grab of the last decade which has only been accelerated by the new administration.

"They used to grow food in Kansas Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw. I can see the day coming when even your home garden Is gonna be against the law."
bob dylan - 1983

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/bob-dylan-union-sundown-lyrics/3621315016/?...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidels


"Union Sundown" is a political protest song against imported consumer goods and greed. It displays Dylan's penchant and ability to take a concept and examine it from every angle in a single song, discussing the greed and power of corporations ("You know capitalism is above the law,/ It don't count unless it sells./ When it costs too much to build it at home you just build it cheaper someplace else." ... "Democracy don't rule this world,/ You better get that through your head./ This world is ruled by violence..."), the hypocrisy of Americans who complain about the lack of American jobs while not paying more for American-made products ("Lots of people complainin' that there is no work./I say, 'Why you say that for? When nothin' you got is U.S.-made? They don't make nothin' here no more'"), the complicity of the unions themselves ("While the union's a big business fan/And they're goin' down like a dinosaur."), and the desperate conditions of the forign workers who make the goods ("All the furniture, it say 'Made in Brazil,'/ Where a women she slaved for sure,/ Bringin' home 30 cents a day to her family of twelve,/ You know that's a lot of money to her." ... "And a man's going to do what he has to do,/ When he's got a hungry mouth to feed.").
 

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