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Tue Oct-04-11 10:06 AM
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| Two starkly different men |
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On this day in 1967, Woody Guthrie died of complications from Huntington's disease.
Yesterday, ESPN did a decent thing by pulling the Hank Williams, Jr. Monday Night Football intro because he earlier compared President Obama to Adolph Hitler.
Woody Guthrie vs. Hank Williams, Jr. One guy sang about working class people and how they should be in Unions, among other things; one guy compares a man who Hitler would have tried to kill, to Hitler. No comparison. R.I.P. Woody Guthrie. His music lives on long after his death. Will Hank Williams, Junior's music live on long after he's gone? Probably not.
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Tue Oct-04-11 10:10 AM
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| tularetom
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Tue Oct-04-11 10:21 AM
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| 2. Woody Guthrie was supposed to be a 3rd or 4th cousin |
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And used to go fishing with my dad and some other cousins as a kid according to family legend.
I would not degrade his music by even comparing the dreck produced by hank williams jr to it.
In fact I'd even have to stretch the word "musician" by saying Mr Jr is one.
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| jwirr
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Tue Oct-04-11 11:15 AM
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| 3. Hank Williams Sr would be ashamed of is idiot son. |
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Tue Oct-04-11 11:35 AM
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| 4. Arlo is now a republican. Who'd a thunk it? |
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Wed Oct-05-11 09:20 AM
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| 5. Wow. I did not realize that. |
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I guess maybe he got caught up in the "money" aspect of the gop. Or something. Anyway, that's a shame.
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Wed Oct-05-11 09:33 AM
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| 6. A registered Republican, Guthrie endorsed Texas Congressman |
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Ron Paul for the 2008 Republican Party nomination. He said, "I love this guy. Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of the United States had he been there. I'm with him, because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has as much relevance today as it did a couple of hundred years ago. I look forward to the day when we can work out the differences we have with the same revolutionary vision and enthusiasm that is our American legacy." <10> He told the New York Times Magazine that he is a Republican because, "We had enough good Democrats. We needed a few more good Republicans. We needed a loyal opposition."<11>
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Wed Oct-05-11 09:47 AM
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| 7. I have long thought that "Country Music" rots the brain. Here's more proof. |
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