Current Events

TOPICS:

11/1/04

Bin Laden Tape Fake [2]

11/1/04

NEWS: Geeks Spend $100 Million On Nothing [4]

11/1/04

NEWS: Bushonomics 101 [3]

11/1/04

Gobal Vote 2004 RESULTS

11/1/04

Powell Says Insurgents Winning

11/1/04

Your Voter Rights (with Phone Numbers)

11/1/04

NEWS: Amnesty Releases "Made In America" Torture Report

11/1/04

NEWS: Bush and Iraq [2]

11/1/04

Johns Hopkins University: 100,000 Iraqis Killed? [2]

11/1/04

Election Night Parties [2]

11/1/04

11/1/04

"One day left"... a letter by...

11/1/04

Judsge bars challengers from Ohio polling places

11/1/04

Go Ohio Board of Elections

11/1/04

NEWS: Powell Carries Water for Beijing

11/1/04

NEWS: Joey Ramone was a Republican [5]

11/1/04

One Day To Go - Who's Going To Win? [2]

11/1/04

only 33 more days!!

11/1/04

NEWS: Scientists Cast Doubt on Hypoallergenic Cat

11/1/04

NEWS: The Missing Explosives

11/1/04

The French hate Bush, LOVE the Arafat [4]

11/1/04

NEWS: Unscratchable DVDs, Thank Fuck For That [2]

11/1/04

NEWS: Jews Harassed at Auschwitz [6]

11/1/04

NEWS: Homeland Intelligence Chief: "We Have to Abridge Individual Rights" [2]

11/1/04

The Economist Endorses Kerry

11/1/04

electoral-vote.com places kerry in the lead [2]

11/1/04

Bush needs a new theme song [2]

Baka_Amerikanjin

10/31/04

Australia Manditory Voting

10/31/04

NEWS: Civilian Casualties in Iraq Woefully Underestimated [2]

10/31/04

BUSH: Greatest recruiting sargeant for al-Qaida

10/31/04

10/31/04

Another "Opinionated" Woman For Kerry

10/31/04

"Bush takes 6 point lead after new bin Laden tape"

10/31/04

In Need of Research Help

10/31/04

The unwired & the unpolled

10/31/04

Show Your Support for Kerry With User Icons [4]

10/31/04

Orange Alert! How Halloweeny!

10/31/04

Bush Is Going to Be Reelected. [2]

10/31/04

Could I sell my vote??? [2]

10/31/04

Bush's First Acceptance Speach

PAGE:

1 ...

313 | 314 | 315

... 487

retweet

NEWS: Joey Ramone was a Republican

PAGE:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

UpTight

I'm lost

December 2003

NOV 01, 2004 06:41 AM

bean said:
the idea that "if you are thinking for yourself and making your own decisions being a conservative is your choice" is ludicrous. It's a self-conflicting statement. By definition, if you're making your own choice, you can choose whatever philosophy suits you.

yes - THAT'S MY POINT!!!!

Who the hell is anyone to tell you that punks shouldn't be conservative (or indeed Liberal - it works both ways)?

What sort of person are you if you believe them and let opinion sway your choice of party?

Liberal, Conservative or whatever - the choice is YOURS, not some other dweeb's

Individuals and free thinkers will do their own brain work and come to their own decisions.

This is why "Rock the Vote" is so patronising. It treats people like idiots. I don't need Bruce Springsteen to tell me what to believe in. I have my own brain.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2004 by UpTight]

TattooQ

Media, PA

June 2004

NOV 01, 2004 09:05 AM

I wouldn't classify him as a punk ,but I have seen Jeff "Skunk" Baxter(Steely Dan,The Doobie Bros.) on C-Span speaking at conservative conferences about such punk themes(sarcasm noted) as nuclear throw weights ,defense-related issues,etc. A very impressive speaker.

r00kers

Nederland, CO

February 2003

NOV 01, 2004 09:11 AM

Oddly the Ramones did a song called 'Bonzo Goes to Bitburg' which was a scathing criticism of Reagan. It was produced by Phil 'I didn't shoot nobody' Spector.

knockdown

Italy

September 2003

NOV 01, 2004 09:12 AM

I couldn't read the complete thread. But it seems that conservativepunk kind of "manipulated" the statements, that is in the way they are taken out of context. Ben Weasel recently (well, kind of) addressed the topic in hisblog.

And about Joey, saying that he was a republican is laughable.

Koenigsegg

I'm lost

July 2004

NOV 01, 2004 09:34 AM

when every single person i know that is my age is a bleeding heart liberal, maybe the only way to rebel is to go conservative. maybe it's the new sociopolitical vanguard

Akrasia

Ireland

August 2004

NOV 01, 2004 10:05 AM

newsflash

Republicans need to look hip for the elections so they go and dig up a dead rockstar to be their mascot.

Joey might or might not have been a republican but there is no guarantee he'd have been a bush supporter.

Let him rest

beedlebaum

Brooklyn, NY

March 2003

NOV 01, 2004 10:09 AM

Akrasia said:
newsflash

Republicans need to look hip for the elections so they go and dig up a dead rockstar to be their mascot.

Joey might or might not have been a republican but there is no guarantee he'd have been a bush supporter.

Let him rest

Looks as though he was buried in a political Pet Cemetary.

DrNecessitor

San Jose, CA

January 2003

NOV 01, 2004 11:17 AM

r00kers said:
Oddly the Ramones did a song called 'Bonzo Goes to Bitburg' which was a scathing criticism of Reagan. It was produced by Phil 'I didn't shoot nobody' Spector.

Actually, it was produced by Jean Beavoir, who is credited with co-writing the song with Joey and Dee Dee. Johnny was okay with the title for single release, but when it was decided that the track would appear on the Animal Boy album, he insisted that it be changed to "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down."

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

NOV 01, 2004 11:23 AM

bean said:
the idea that "if you are thinking for yourself and making your own decisions being a conservative is your choice" is ludicrous. It's a self-conflicting statement. By definition, if you're making your own choice, you can choose whatever philosophy suits you.

yes - THAT'S MY POINT!!!!

Who the hell is anyone to tell you that punks shouldn't be conservative (or indeed Liberal - it works both ways)?

What sort of person are you if you believe them and let opinion sway your choice of party?

Liberal, Conservative or whatever - the choice is YOURS, not some other dweeb's

Individuals and free thinkers will do their own brain work and come to their own decisions.

Ah. Okay, yeah, I agree with you. It was, perhaps, not the clearest choice of words that threw me.

TheSeadog

Reunion

September 2004

NOV 01, 2004 11:44 AM

AceTracer said:
I think Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" is one of the best rock riffs ever, I also think he's a fucking whack job. My taste in music has nothing to do with my taste in politics, so I couldn't care less what they believe in as long as they rock.

Yeah, that's pretty much my stance. Let the musicians do what they want to do, so long as they keep making music. Me, I'm just going to keep making up my own mind. Something I wish more people would try that.

r00kers

Nederland, CO

February 2003

NOV 01, 2004 11:52 AM

r00kers said:
Oddly the Ramones did a song called 'Bonzo Goes to Bitburg' which was a scathing criticism of Reagan. It was produced by Phil 'I didn't shoot nobody' Spector.

Actually, it was produced by Jean Beavoir, who is credited with co-writing the song with Joey and Dee Dee. Johnny was okay with the title for single release, but when it was decided that the track would appear on the Animal Boy album, he insisted that it be changed to "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down."

I stand corrected. Fuzzy memory and all, the lyrics speak for themselves.

PAGE:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5