lyrics of the week

This song by Dire Straights really speaks to me right now.


Brothers in Arms

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be

Some day you?ll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you?ll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I?ve witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher

And though we were hurt so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die

But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

Americans sign Petition to REPEAL THE FIRST AMENDMENT!!

I... I have no words strong enough to comment on this.

Any way, here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tznR4wPeS4M#movie_player

poem of the week

Further words from Pres. Bush after telling FEMA Director Michael Brown that he was doing "A Heckuva Job" by Calvin Trillin


A qualified guy, I wish I had added.
Your resume's super, even if padded.
We wanted the best to lead FEMA's forces,
And who would know more than a man who knows horses?
You saw that the storm was more than some showers,
And sent off a memo in four or five hours.
You found out that life in the Dome was not Super —

And only a day after Anderson Cooper.
A heckuva job! You know how to lead'em.
We hope to award you the Medal of Freedom.

The LIberal Rocker awards!

It is award season so I have decided to give out awards in these categories. Here are the nominees

Worst Individual of 2009
John Edwards
Mark Sanford
Nidal Malik Hasan
John Ensign

Most Shocking Moment of 2009
Michael Jackson's Death
G.O.P. winning in Mass.
Fort Hood Shooting
Ted Kennedy's Death
Mark Sandford's affair
Palin resigning

Least Shocking Moment of 2009
John Edwards announcing that he fathered a child illegitimately
Health Care Not Passing
Racism still existing
Partisanship still existing


Best Song of 2009
21 Guns by Green Day
21st Century Breakdown By Green Day
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga
You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift
My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson

Best Talking Head of 2009
Rachel Maddow
Jon Stewart
Glenn Beck
Stephen Colbert

Worst Talking Head of 2009
Bill O'Rielly
Keith Olbermann
Glenn Beck
Sean Hannity


Best Movie of 2009
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Julie and Julia
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best YA Book of 2009
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
When You Reach Me by Rebbecca Stead
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jaquline Kelly
The Rock and the River by Kekla Malgoon
My Fair Godmother by Jennette Rassilon


Worst Politician of 2009
Mark Sanford
Sarah Palin
Pres. Obama
Michelle Bachman

Best Unintentional Comedian of 2009
Sarah Palin
Glenn Beck
Mark Sanford
Rod Blagovich
Cary Prejean

Scott Brown Wins Mass. Senate Seat!

GOP nominee Scott Brown has won the hotly contested Massachusetts senate seat. With a final tally of Scott Brown 52% and the Democrat, Martha Coakley, 47%. This is a monumental upset because 2 months ago saying a republican could win in the fortress of Liberalism was unthinkable. Yet very soon Scott Brown, a conservative republican, is going to be sworn in as Massachusetts's senator. This race captured national attention for another reason, Scott Brown repeatedly promised to be the 41 vote against the health care reform bill. That would brake the 60 vote super majority, allowing a republican filibuster. Many have said that this is the end of health care reform. The independent candidate Joe Kennedy received 1% of the vote. Joe Kennedy had no relation to the previous seat holder.

New Facebook page

The Liberal Rocker is on Facebook! Go and become a fan of it! I love shameless self promotion!
And I also love Exclamation points!

quote of the day

Glenn Beck asked Sarah Palin who her favorite founding father was, guess how she answered? That's right she said "All of them" Glenn Beck was buying it and responded that that was "Bull Crap". She then said that her favorite was George Washington, the default answer for anyone who has not studied American History.

"Oh who's you favorite President?"

"George Washington"

"Who's you favorite General"

"George Washington"

Sarah Palin needs to read a history book, in which she would find that Jefferson, Franklin, Madison(my favorite), Hamilton, and many, many others did much much more to found this country than Washington.

quote of the day

"Too many whites are getting away with drug use...Too many whites are getting away with drug sales...The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."
--Rush Limbaugh on Oct. 5th 1995

"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life, so I need to tell you that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication."
--Rush Limbaugh on Oct. 10th 2003

He has yet to serve time or be sent up the river.

quote of the day

"As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska."
--Sarah Palin

I am currently reading her book so you can look forward to some rants in the near future.

Newt Gingrich says something stupid

I know isn't that shocking? Mr. Gingrich said "I believe what you have is a group of people centered in the Justice Department and the Attorney General, whose law firms all gave pro bono support to terrorism, They start every day with a presumption that the rights of terrorists are more important than the lives of Americans."

Of course they do. I can see Eric Holder sitting with his team right now. One of the staffers pipes up "Mr Holder, sir, I think we should try and stop terrorists." Eric Holder and the others burst out laughing "Stop terrorists? Why would we want to do that?" "To help save American lives?" the poor, young, soon to be unemployed, staffer says with his heart sinking lower and lower.."
"Save American Lives?" the Attorney General replies, "You don't seem to get how things work around here. Our motto is terrorist murders first, American's second..." "Wait sir," An aid says, "Remember the new motto.."

"Oh Yes, sorry, terrorist murders first, gays second, communists third, atheists fourth, and Real Americans fifth."


Yeah, no. Mr. Gingrich is wrong, and I think he knows it.

And that's the way it is.

Happy New Year all.

We have a lot of changes in 2009. Some for the better, and some for the worse.

But lets all look together too 2010! Its a new decade! Lets make the most of it.