I'm leaving DU

[Goldmund]

Yes, this morning I was a naive, apathetic and deluded soul just like you are.

And then he came into my life:

http://www.americawestandasone.com/video.html

This video makes me want to go out and beat up on some poor people! It makes me want to go to church and go to NASCAR races.

Been nice knowing you. But be warned: after you see this patriotic masterpiece, you will see the light of the Freep too. It will also be YOUR last post on DU.

[davidinalameda]

1. my cholesterol raised 200 points from all the cheese in that video

I'm speechless--that is the worst exploitation of patriotism since Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA

[ET Awful]

2. LMFAO . . . What the FUCK was that?

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Why am I getting twisted versions of like a psychotic uber-patriotic Journey or Foreigner concert? :)

[Goldmund]

5. We must carry ooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnn!

[d_b]

67. I saw this gem posted on here a few days ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=118629

Still able to make me roll with laughter. The American flag tide that breaks at his feet and the placing of his hand on the black kid's head are the best.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. That one has leni riefenstahl beat by a mile!

Amer-i-caaaaaaaaa! caaacaaa

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Somebody posted that one yesterday

My comment:

Like most works of political propaganda as art, it's awful.

[graywarrior]

6. Who's the dude?

and why is he wearing a rag around his right leg?

[Goldmund]

7. It doesn't matter -- we are all ONE!

He got bit by a snake that said "don't tread on me"

[ET Awful]

8. Judging by the facial scarring, somebody alread trod on him :) n/t

[ET Awful]

9. Like I said, he's a flashback to Journey and Foreigner arena rock

ballads :).

[hyphenate]

38. Ah, but Journey

and Foreigner had decent singers and some good tunes!!!!

[MisterP]

18. by appearances, I'd say Tina Turner

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

28. And why isn't he in uniform?

Get a haircut, hippie! :rofl:

[Goldmund]

29. See post # 24

[Mnemosyne]

10. OMG!!!

My stomach hurts, and it's not just my ulcer.

My repuke fundy sisters will LOVE that one.

I prefer this... http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/

Thanks for the post Goldmund, I came to sympathize and tell you it's O.K. lol

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. Now THAT is a good song

and a great video.

[proud2BlibKansan]

48. I want to hear the imposters

This is a great song for spoofing.

[Goldmund]

52. How would you spoof it?

Is there possibly a way this can be more ridiculous than it already is? I think this is innoculated against all parody.

[proud2BlibKansan]

53. But it says there are imposters

and by golly I want to hear them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

68. Well there is a statement on the webpage

That says it has been spoofed.

[Mnemosyne]

65. An oldie but goodie! And I love the video too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

72. Great video!

I love this. "I know it's just a song, but if the whole World sang along, how much longer would it be this way?" :think:

[Webster Green]

11. Yipes!.....That sucks!....

Pure mindless nationalism. What a fucking waste of bandwidth!:boring::eyes: :silly: :shrug: :puke:

[graywarrior]

12. Just keep me away from the people who like it

the ghostly things creeped me out

[raysr]

13. Who the

fuck is Dennis Malalone? That sucks!

[hyphenate]

39. I know a Dennis Madalone

but I don't know if it's the same one. He used to be a stunt coordinator in Hollywood.

[Goldmund]

41. Yup, that's the one!

[Darranar]

14. Hilarious! Thanks for posting. n/t

[ralps]

15. What The Frell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is really awful. Please don't go

Goldmund. Who will work on jeffgannon.org :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals:

[Goldmund]

19. I will be with you in a different way!

I must now go with the angels.

YOU MUST CARRY OOOOOON!!!

[jmowreader]

16. It's more like I see what I had for dinner

I think that's a Cheesy Poof!

This is really hideous--and the shot with the woman in front of the headstone turning so you can see the baby in her lap (obviously the widow and now-fatherless child of a 9/11 or Bush's Guernica victim) is even creepier than the angels.

OTOH, it's better than Gloria Jane, the freeper country/folksinger who did "America's Shame 2005."

[Neshanic]

17. One should not do music videos going commando....

With all those awsome graphics, at least someone could buy him a pair of boxer briefs.

I just threw up a little in my mouth at the end.

[2bfree]

20. That was a joke..............right?

I thought it was a toungue in cheek spoof................it had to be.

[Goldmund]

23. nope

My post was obviously a joke. But the dude is dead serious.

[Scout1071]

21. I'm speechless.

[rockymountaindem]

22. Didn't he used to be with the Bee Gees?

[Goldmund]

24. He was actually...

...the longest-standing stunt coordinator of the Star Trek series.

This is his big musical break.

[hyphenate]

40. So it IS that Dennis

Madalone. I don't remember him being much of a Freeper, though. He used to be fairly laid back when I know him in the early 90s.

[progressoid]

25. Must.... Resist.... Urge....To... Shop... At... Walmart...

Gawd almighty I feel something swelling inside me. I'm so full of patriotism, I gonna spew.

[Goldmund]

26. I know how it feels!

I just came back from Wallmart, where I bought a huge satellite dish for the roof of my car.

[matcom]

27. i just threw up in my mouth a little

but for some funny reason, i now feel like shopping at Wal-Mart

[Maddy McCall]

32. Did you swallow or spit?

:shrug:

[UdoKier]

30. What exquisite torture. In every way.

It wasn't so much freepish, as expressive of the kind of ignorant "Patriotism" you see plastered on fiber-optic flourescent paintings of the WTC with an eagle crying at any swap meet/flea market.


Awful. Do not click that link. It will shorten your life by a year.

[qnr]

31. Thanks. My wife literally choked on her Sun Chip n/t

[MrScorpio]

33. My cheese supply is good for the rest of the year

Why do only the gubmint workers get to die and walk amongst the clouds?

What a load of crap.

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. And I want to know

what is the deal with the flag in the waves breaking on the shore. Isn't that desecrating Old Glory?

[MrScorpio]

51. That whole travesty was nothing but a desecration of Old Glory

Most def

[proud2BlibKansan]

69. It desecrates good music

that's for sure.

[mark414]

34. i wish i had that guy's jersey

that's pretty damn cool, that's about the only thing though

[Goldmund]

35. What, are you trying to tell me you don't like the music and the lyrics???

[qnr]

36. grrrrr

Hey, Mr. I love America (or Umeruca, according to him) and honor the military.... There are five friggin' branches

[hyphenate]

37. It's pretty sappy

actually. But I guess I didn't get a strong Freep sensation out of it, mostly just "he's not so goodlooking" and "he's not a very good singer." Sorry--shrug. Who is he? Someone I should know about?

[hyphenate]

42. Nevermind

my question got answered!

[Goldmund]

43. Sappy??!?!?!?!?

What do you mean "sappy"????

[hyphenate]

45. Sappy

Main Entry: sap·py
Pronunciation: 'sa-pE
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): sap·pi·er; -est
1 : abounding with sap
2 : resembling or consisting largely of sapwood
3 a : overly sweet or sentimental b : lacking in good sense : SILLY

[Goldmund]

47. You must surely be thinking of sapwood

Because that masterpiece definitely wasn't "overly sentimental"!

[hyphenate]

49. Indeed!

**snigger**

[matcom]

44. where exactly IS "Umer-u-ka"?

[maveric]

54. At first I thought it was "Wierd Al" doing one of his satires.

Then when I saw the dude rubbing the little black kid's head in the schoolyard... Wierd Al wouldn't go that low.

That was BAD!!

[LynneSin]

55. I"m now purifying my computer with Nine Inch Nails

Something about listening to "Closer" at top volume will help santize my new computer speakrs and MY EARS MY EARS.

BTW, I choked on an Edy's Tangerine Frozen Fruit Bar. I never thought that was feasible

[Zorra]

56. Judging from the responses in this thread....I am definitely not going

there.

It might be more uplifting to go look at some fresh roadkill.

[LynneSin]

58. You have to go there

The fact that the guy shows that women should be happy that their husbands died in war even if they're left to raise their baby alone.

Damn, and to think I once protested the war

:eyes:

[Goldmund]

59. What LynneSin said

This isn't just bad; it is ingeniously, creatively BAD.

[LynneSin]

60. oddly enough I thought the video was actually very well done

for being a piece of propagandic crap

[Goldmund]

62. No hunk of cheese left unturned.

You know how they put recordings in inter-planetary space probes to describe humanity in case the probe is captured by aliens?

I'm thinking they should only put this DVD in there and call it a day.

[jonnyblitz]

57. LMFAO

touching. :cry: :cry:

[Arkana]

61. Oh---vomit.

Damn, these were new jeans too! :puke:

[solinvictus]

63. Good grief!

A pop version of Lee Greenwood who looks like an 80's hair band lead.

[qnr]

64. My wife and I found an ancient ancestor of his, as shown in this photo

taken from Quest For Fire:

[FizzFuzz]

66. FUGLY singer, crappy tune, horrible stage presence, lyrics for simpletons

Singer repeatedly surrounded by heavenly light. Macho hero worship. One woman in the whole thing, helpless, victimized, the "good war widow", mourning her heroic man (kid looked slightly non-aryan too, if you know what i mean. How distinctly un-RW)

It's got it all.

Barf!!

[ironflange]

70. That is the most sickening pile of glurge I've ever seen

It doesn't even have any comedic value. People will shed tears when they hear this at NASCAR races, then wonder why the rest of the world is so pissed with the USA.

Best touch: "Amer-uh-kah!"

[LynneSin]

71. He changes the pronunciation of America just to fit the rhyme...

...how fricking un-american is that!!!

[Goldmund]

73. Maybe you need to smoke some of your own homegrown

Me and a bunch of friends put that up on my projector on Saturday night, turned up the speakers and laughed until our eyes popped out.