THIS IS IT, BOYS, THIS IS WAR!
Sometimes, I almost want to pinch myself when I contemplate how sheerly ingenious some of our citizens are.
About two years ago, I heard the (English version) classic anti-war song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons") on TV, and a thought popped into my head: since, as we all recently discovered, prisoners at Guantanamo were being tortured, by, among other methods, being forced to having to listen to songs of wretched pop singers blaring at ear-shattering decibel levels, why not lock Dumbya, Hatey, Scummy, Kindasleazy, Rove-ing Wiretap, What-a-Card, Wolfman, Bowel, Revoltin' Bolton, Pearl Necklace, Thief, Whoeturd, Instanity, Dimballs, O'Lielly, Krauthammer, Swill, Fuckley, Swiller, and all of the other cheerleaders for the Iraq war into a room, the exits to which would be properly secured and/or non-existent, and force them to listen to "99 Luftballoons" until they oinked for mercy? Of course, this day will never come.
But, some enterprising soul has taken something resembling the the point of this fictitious exercise and has toruned the exercise into reality:
'99 Red Balloons' Video to Air for an Hour
54 minutes ago
NEW YORK
They're kidding, right? VH1 Classic will present a full hour of the English and German music videos for the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons," aka "99 Red Balloons," by German rock group Nena.
The music video presentation, to air Sunday (2 p.m. EST), caps off the cable channel's "Pay to Play for Hurricane Katrina Relief," which raised over $200,000 for Mercy Corps, a humanitarian relief organization.
Viewers could request one video to be played on VH1 Classic for every $25 donation. For a $35,000 donation, they could select an hour's worth of music videos from the 1960s through the early 1990s.
However, one viewer chose something different for his allotted hour, requesting continuous playing of "99 Luftballons," said VH1 spokeswoman Maura Wozniak.
"99 Luftballons" is a Cold-War era protest song that tells the story of 99 red balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalypse when the military sends planes to intercept them
Recently, a group of 15 Republican Congressman got stuck in an elevator, and were trapped for over half an hour. Hey, someone could rig the White House tape recording and speaker system to......, and a false alarm terrorist scare could cause the White House could go into lockdown at 2 P.M. Sunday, and.....
Who am I kidding? At the end of the day, someone would still have to explain the song to Bush. Even if he got the point, the sole question he'd probably concern himself with - the sole manner in which he'd express any curiosity about the song - any sign that the song connected with him - is by asking, "Why would Captain Kirk fly 99 balloons into the sky or use nukular weapons? He has a startship, for Christ's [my] sake!"
About two years ago, I heard the (English version) classic anti-war song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons") on TV, and a thought popped into my head: since, as we all recently discovered, prisoners at Guantanamo were being tortured, by, among other methods, being forced to having to listen to songs of wretched pop singers blaring at ear-shattering decibel levels, why not lock Dumbya, Hatey, Scummy, Kindasleazy, Rove-ing Wiretap, What-a-Card, Wolfman, Bowel, Revoltin' Bolton, Pearl Necklace, Thief, Whoeturd, Instanity, Dimballs, O'Lielly, Krauthammer, Swill, Fuckley, Swiller, and all of the other cheerleaders for the Iraq war into a room, the exits to which would be properly secured and/or non-existent, and force them to listen to "99 Luftballoons" until they oinked for mercy? Of course, this day will never come.
But, some enterprising soul has taken something resembling the the point of this fictitious exercise and has toruned the exercise into reality:
'99 Red Balloons' Video to Air for an Hour
54 minutes ago
NEW YORK
They're kidding, right? VH1 Classic will present a full hour of the English and German music videos for the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons," aka "99 Red Balloons," by German rock group Nena.
The music video presentation, to air Sunday (2 p.m. EST), caps off the cable channel's "Pay to Play for Hurricane Katrina Relief," which raised over $200,000 for Mercy Corps, a humanitarian relief organization.
Viewers could request one video to be played on VH1 Classic for every $25 donation. For a $35,000 donation, they could select an hour's worth of music videos from the 1960s through the early 1990s.
However, one viewer chose something different for his allotted hour, requesting continuous playing of "99 Luftballons," said VH1 spokeswoman Maura Wozniak.
"99 Luftballons" is a Cold-War era protest song that tells the story of 99 red balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalypse when the military sends planes to intercept them
Recently, a group of 15 Republican Congressman got stuck in an elevator, and were trapped for over half an hour. Hey, someone could rig the White House tape recording and speaker system to......, and a false alarm terrorist scare could cause the White House could go into lockdown at 2 P.M. Sunday, and.....
Who am I kidding? At the end of the day, someone would still have to explain the song to Bush. Even if he got the point, the sole question he'd probably concern himself with - the sole manner in which he'd express any curiosity about the song - any sign that the song connected with him - is by asking, "Why would Captain Kirk fly 99 balloons into the sky or use nukular weapons? He has a startship, for Christ's [my] sake!"
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