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Toby Keith Wonders If the United States Better Days Are Behind It in Happy Birthday AmericaAt first glance, Toby Keiths new song Happy Birthday America may look like a holiday weekend lark, a jingoistic U-S-A! anthem akin to his post-9/11 release Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American). But the Oklahoma songwriter is actually reckoning with the countrys longevity from which viewpoint, liberal or conservative, depends on whos listening.
Seems like everybodys pissin/on the red, white and blue/happy birthday America/whatevers left of you, he sings in the first verse, alluding to both criticism of the country and its far from certain future.
To Keith, the nations greatness American exceptionalism is a theme of the song may be a hallmark of the past, especially for nations who might have relied on the country to lead the way. Who they gonna count on/when youre not there to take their call?/Will the world keep right on spinnin/without the greatest of them all? he asks.
Theres other allusions that suggest in which direction Keith is leaning (he writes fondly about Dubya Dubya One and Two and calls out the burning of the American flag), but he upends any perceived certainty about his politics in the bridge by calling out by the left and the right. On Election Day, Keith says hes left feeling dejected.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/toby-keith-wonders-united-states-154329872.html
You need to get out of Dumbfuckistan now and then Keith. The people I see disrespecting the American flag look and probably vote a lot like you.
doc03
(35,325 posts)millions standing up for the red white and blue. They get all fired up with someone nealing at the National anthom but support an asshole that attempts a coup. F--k Tobby Kieth.
jimfields33
(15,769 posts)Tax it all over 10 million. If we did that to every millionaire, wed be in incredible shape.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)My middle class money is mine that I earned and time is all I have. Neither will EVER go to these backward fascist, inbred, scumbags.
Iggo
(47,549 posts):middlefinger: :middlefinger:
Ligyron
(7,627 posts)Hes a real comedian, aint he.
speak easy
(9,238 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)Iggo
(47,549 posts)We were all, Nah.
Paladin
(28,252 posts)Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Bristlecone
(10,125 posts)Asking for a song-writer friend.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)and opposes Biden fulfilling the obligation.
He has nothing bad to say about Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Who they gonna count on/when youre not there to take their call?/Will the world keep right on spinnin/without the greatest of them all?
F**K Him! His old man should have used a condom.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)I pray on your birthday, America/ the fascists don't break down your door
happybird
(4,604 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)not even because of his politics...he just sucks
Brad Paisley
Garth Brooks
Allen Jackson
George Strait
now there are some wonderful country guys
WHITT
(2,868 posts)We will likely have GDP economic growth over 7% for 2021, but saw a poll that showed Repubs think the economy is terrible and Biden is doing a bad job handeling the economy.