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You’re gonna need a bigger Zune! Also: no offense, but I just listened to your song, and apparently you’re a horrible racist ignorant stupid asshole! (Thanks for the tip, Danny.) (P.S. this is pretty solid.)
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Ha, ha. Nice try Trey Parker and Matt Stone…
I know, right?
America. Fuck Yeah
“I’ll play this Youtube video only when religious totalitarians in Saudi Arabia play it first and then I will follow their lead and example of youtube viewing tolerance.” – Newt Gingrich, rad politician.
Finally, somebody wrote a song that doesn’t capture my thoughts or feelings at all! I’m putting this in my playlist with Cisco’s “The Thong Song”.
hey at least give the name respect and spell his name correctly. Sysqo. Duhhh.
HOLY TALL THANX FOR THE RESIZE TINYPIC
Not enough Ellen Page in small-town Canada: I declare this fake and gay.
She’s pretty.
@SteveWinwood: I’ll allow it. Sustained.
I rest my case.
Unfortunately the jingle I wrote, We’ve Got To Stop The Muslim Community Centre A Qurater Mile From Ground Zero, is less catchy, and will probably have less of the media exposure.
If I’m not mistaken, you’re British, right?. I only bring this up because you’re better informed about this ridiculous non-issue than most people here and it makes me sad.
Do you mind if i stand next to you? Also in sadness?
Interesting fact: I read up on the latest right-wing media-endorsed anger-whirlwind on a blog written by an Irishman that was linked to me by a German. And yes I am British.
Man, the Internet is awesome.
I am British and this makes me awfully sad. After all, isn’t it a giant community centre available to everybody that happens to have a Mosque inside it?
It also happens to be further from Ground Zero than a strip club and a Burger King! Fun facts!
does that burger king offer halal?
It’s also further from: a closer mosque!
They’re planning on opening a Starbucks inside the Freedom Tower, so I guess building corporate franchises and serving decaf double tall non-fat extra-dry cappuccinos ON TOP OF the hallowed grave of thousands of Americans is A-OK.
kingmaker, sadly McDs and Starbucks have come to symbolize the American Dream so it actually IS pretty fitting.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DREAM ISLAND.
Yeah, but the Burger King and strip club are really what America is all about, rather than this whole “Constitution” nonsense you people keep jawing on about.
That kinda reminds me of when “Whoomp There It Is” came out and there was the similar song called “Whoot There It Is” and also there were two versions of “The Macarena” that came out at the same time. You win some, you lose some, Capu Flapu.
Also, I am really disheartened every time I’m reminded how well-informed the rest of the world is and how they know about all the insufferable people who live in the U.S.
Liberal British newspapers love being able to use Glenn Beck etc as an example to say “at least we don’t have it as bad as America” whenever the inherent bias in our own media is exposed. So thanks for that!
Hey Capu, do the british news media types introduce the Glen Beck bits with “And now… for something completely different…”? Ahhhh?
Same here in Canada, and I must admit, the temptation is pretty strong. I live in Alberta (you may have heard of our oilsands? We were killing ducks back before BP made it cool). We’ve had the same conservative party in majority SINCE 1971, and a few weeks ago my (Asian-Canadian) friend was called a racial slur and threatened with a shotgun for supporting a left-wing party.
And still, I sometimes think to myself “what a progressive paradise this is.”
I never thought I’d say this, but I wish these guys would just go back to covering Guns N Roses songs.
I know the lyrics to Night Train.
tea parties are better at turning 9/11 into a mockery than any mosque ever will
You think that’s bad, how do you think male strippers feel about literally tea-bagging? Probably not terrific, I have no idea, since I’m not a male stripper nor do I patronize such businesses.
We gotta stop the blacks from always votin. Sure they are humans but that misconception soon will change imma hopein. Gotta put our two “sense” in when the Asian are drivin…
We gotta stop the gays from marryin’/ they might be citizens but my tax breaks I ain’t sharin’/ Gotta restore prayers in public school/ to let them know that it’s Jesus who rules…
OH YEAH!
Gotta stop the gays from stealing our thunder. It’s amazing how blacks and Asians still rank under…
Just sayin’.
It’s too bad this issue will likely be resolved before Sarah Palin has the chance to use it as her presidential campaign song!
She will have to settle for Ween’s “Homo Rainbow”. I would pay to watch her sing that little number. Give a new context for the tea baggers.
Needs more Bieber. (Mainly, I want to throw a water bottle at this song’s head.)
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What else…?
AHAHAHAHAHA!
Psych! Just kidding, that’s still gross and not funny.
Chug-a-lug, Raymond Mother! Bottoms up. When you’re done, exhale lustfully and wipe your mouth off.
Also you and other people around here keep misspelling “PSYCHE!” You got to get the E on the end, bro.
Okay, now YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! One more, and I’ll hold you in contempt.
(See above joke for reference)
Looks like someone’s trying to establish a meme here. I’m Steve Winwood and I approve this discharge.
The “psyche” is the soul, mind, spirit, etc. A “psych” is a wicked awesome fake-out, bro.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
Right? Ugh. It’s baffling.
I’d cry if I weren’t so jaded. This week has been a doozy with all the crazies.
You can’t cry because you can’t spare the moisture.
We mad!
This is the EXACT SAME melody as my song: “We’ve got to stop the mosque at Century 21.”
I felt like it was going to transition into a PBS special on adult education.
Did you ever hear my song, “We’ve got to stop the Century 21 at Ground Zero”? Obviously, I failed, but it was catchy.
I didn’t. But if you like the genre, you might want to google my hit: “We’ve got to save the McDonalds next to the WTC (Mission Accomplished!)”
Did you also write the song “We’ve got to get a bowling alley put in at Port Authority Bus Station”?
that one kind of wrote itself.
What about the one that goes “We have to put a Subway on a crane at the WTC site?”
I knew I heard that somewhere before…
Like In This One Movie’s Soundtrack
You have to give them credit for haveing the foresight to record this song 23 years ago.
And yet you can’t fault the writers of LOST for failing to plan for Walt? Mans = Hypocrite.
KATE, WE’VE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO
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I could get really really really angry, or I could post pictures of adorable animals.
We have to stop the platypus at Ground Zero. It is the first step on the road to total platypus domination and the end of the AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE ™!
Platypus domination is the worst sort of domination, because it takes us forevvvveer to figure out how to categorize.
Seriously, they are insane. I would list facts but NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME (hint – females sweat milk and males have poisoned spurs).
Thats called intelligent design*
*sarcasm
It really is nuts and I love it. Now I want to spend the rest of my work day raeding about platypus. Though, if anyone can decode my below post, they will know I already sort of have been.
it’s sunday , and no one is going to read this, BUT i couldn’t not throw in a fun fact about hippopotami – they sweat sunscreen. that’s how they can lay around with that shiny skin all day and not get burned.
Now I really want one:
i prefer anger…
Sure enough, Jeff Dunham has a say in this too.
Honestly, I don’t think I’d understand this absurdity of this post if I saw someone else make it.
William of Baskerville knows what you did.
You, sir, are so good. I figured if anyone was getting it, it’d be you.
I would make Kant and the Platypus a superhero team, but I am not sure they would be terribly effective.
Well, Kant wouldn’t be. I am fairly sure a platypus can kill you with its mind.
I think you have your award winning web comic idea right there.
Aw, you guys are right up the top of the list of reasons I’m going to miss Videogum.
Where you going Smith?
Japan for a few weeks, and if I do wander near a computer a few times I won’t really be doing anything besides checking e-mail and, well, maybe not even baseball stuff because what the hell Boston? STOP GETTING INJURED.
May stay there, but even if I don’t I will be in the process of moving and resettling and don’t expect much Internets time for a while.
Enjoy your trip! And because I seem to be turning into my mother at an exponential rate, have fun and be careful!
Thanks! I will be reasonably careful, but not too much so. I don’t think I am going to top my last visit where I was homeless for a few weeks, when on a nine-day walk through the countryside, and was picked up by the cops once….
Well Keep on twittering PT, We would love to have you live blog your japan trip. One Tweet every ten to twenty minutes, NO SLACKING
http://twitter.com/ptsmith_vt
I see what you did there. Upvotes for you.
okay but he’s dead now, which makes this more sad than cute.
I’m sorry, I can’t stop myself, I just WANT one. Do you think he’s friendly? He looks really friendly. I would take him absolutely everywhere with me.
I didn’t realize this was going to post 16 pages down, but my comment stands for ALL of them.
And is that a tiny deer? With tiny baby deer spots?
I will pet sit any and all of your menagerie when I return.
I want to ask where you are going but I’m not quite ready to turn full internet stalker.
Read up above!
Right, yes. Sorry, I am physically unable to scroll up past that tiny baby deer with its sweet sleeping face and soft little relaxed tail and it’s EARS. But I shut my eyes and made it this one time.
I also can’t control the mom part of me, so BE SAFE!
Needs more star swipes.
You’re a bit preachy, dawg.
I’m confused as to why this band? and other people like them are claiming that Americans died in 9/11. I thought that there were no real Americans in cities like New York.
That is highly situational. Much like the infallibility and literal-nature of the Constitution, New Yorker’s american-ness is totally dependent upon the argument at hand.
You Just Pwnd The Shit out of this Thread, son, Nice.
Thank you, but now I’m just jealous of your skills in the deep magic.
Eh. Some of them were Real Americans from Connecticut, like Angelo on Top Chef.
I like that one part that looks like Inception and that other part with the slap sound effect.
We’ve got to stop the Inception mashups at Ground Zero!
The slap is what makes it really transcendent.
I may fuck this up, but here goes:
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I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK
OH GOD THERE IT IS
(a kings reward for you, lilbob. TO THE MEAD HALL!!! Drinking and dancing FOREVER!!!)
man, i am shouty today.
Shouting about mead is always acceptable.
I think it is an outrage that churches should be built on the same continent ‘Christians’ wiped out 95% of the indigenous population.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GOOOO AWAAYYYY!!!!
I feel guilty for not informing you guys that this is actually a James Cameron quote…
PLAGIARIST COMMENTATORRR
I love when dumb people form political opinions and then write really bad songs about them. It’s so cute!
Green Day?
Yeah, but at least Green Day was right.
M.I.A.
“This song makes me want to build a mosque at Ground Zero.”
-YouTube
“None of this shit matters”
-2012
“Unless we can somehow get to a plane”
-Common Sense
“LOST sucks.” – Gabe realizes how wrong he was right before he dies of old age in his bed and lets go of a snow globe … with a Dharma Initiative logo on the bottom!?
Hey “Steve Winwood,” I think the previous poster is referencing the movie 2012, not LOST. But perhaps I am misunderstanding you. If so I apologize. Good day sir.
Wow, I’ve only just found this blog but i must say the polite and positive correction to Mr. Winwood’s comment makes me feel that somehow Mr. Winwood has hacked your hard drives and found that video that you all have.
Or that he is actually Tom Hanks and you guys who are insiders know this and “so what if he’s not funny anymore.”
But not actually Steve Winwood because even though I tell people Traffic was great (I have no idea if Traffic was great) that Roll With It shit was fucking cocaine clownshoes.
But fuck if it’s not manners on a comment board.
I would really like to have a long thoughtful comment about how appalling I find all of this bigotry, but for once my rage and despair are nearly beyond my control.
I would love to say something meaningful about the ignorance behind equating all followers of a major world religion with a few fanatics; to make the point that we do not ban Christian churches Oklahoma because of the crimes committed by Timothy McVeigh or any other Christian. I want to say something that will make those that disagree with me, that sing songs such as this, change their mind and understand that this type of hate, this bigotry, is the problem. And that it is not only the problem, but is the very attitude that they claim to hate in Islam.
I would love to say something calm about the history of religious intolerance, about the millions and millions of human beings who have suffered and died because of hate like this; to say something sensible that would make the other side listen and perhaps change their hearts.
But I know that I can’t do it and not just because I am too angry myself that this country seems to be devolving at a rapid rate, that the base racism and hatred that I saw growing up and that I thought was abating is flaring back to life at the stoking of horrible monsters like Glenn Beck, who stoke and stoke for no reason other than to increase their own market share. I see that we have reached a meltdown point where it is not longer shameful for people to be hateful and when people take pride in their ignorance, there is no amount of wisdom that can help them I am afraid.
The Nazis bombed London during the Blitz in 1941.
There is a German embassy in London.
I really hope the equivalent British media don’t pick up on these two facts any time soon.
That’s from your Star two weeks ago.
DASS DEE ESS FREE EMM, LUV, Dee Ess FRee EM
DS3M
I dunno no DS3Yes or DS3No
“That’s your 6th biggest selling newspaper”
~ The rest of the world, to Britain
No way I can say it any better than mah Mans here, so I will just cosign and say this:
There are ugly, dark elements we are facing that want nothing more than to keep us whipped up and upset. There are entities that feed on negativity, and hate, and seek to keep us in a state of perpetual confusion, angst, and fear, for the purposes of eliciting the emotional response that is being seen.
I’m not going to sit here and tell you that HAARP is causing us to have ill will towards our fellow man.
But the fact that we are being suppressed while this sort of foolish inciting of hatred and anger continues with the tacit approval of the right wing and their press is beyond insane.
They don’t want you to vibrate at a higher rate, because they can not follow you. Better to suppress and feed off of you then to allow you to reach your true potential.
Link text
The last Link was supposed to be this one here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/18/haiti-haarp-and-cons.html
Dont worry, the right wing will have totally forgotten about this “mosque” after the election.
At the end of the day, it’s just going to be Nigel Tufnel staring back at you and insisting: “but these go to 11.”
What really concerns me is that this sort of projection seems to be a common theme in many ‘western’ nations nowadays – what with the burqa ban in Belgium, the minaret ban in Switzerland… People are afraid of a hooded monster that’ll slave their women and cut their head off with a dull knife because they don’t know any better. Professional arsonists like Mr. Beck certainly have their share in this witch hunt, but where are the schools? Where are the quality media? I hardly ever read anything about Islam in the papers without there being a number denoting the casualties. If there’s anything good in this whole argument it may be that people get to talk about it at all, no?
word. can’t say it better.
I don’t think it can be mentioned enough that there is STRIP CLUB 3 blocks from ground zero. And yet Fox News/YouTube songwriters seem to okay with that. I guess it’s one of those hallowed, true American strip joints.
I really hope they don’t replace any of the All-American Hot Dog carts near Ground Zero with Falafel carts.
I hear they’re building a giant dome to block out the sky whenever there is a crescent moon…
As long as all the strippers have American birth certificates personally verified by lawyer/dentist Orly Taitz, it’s totally cool.
Muslim community center: “We bring you peace and religious tolerance”
Americans: “Its a monster kill it! kill it!”
Muslim Community center: “We bring you love and support”
Americans: “It brings love and support! Don’t let it get away! Break its legs!”
a metaphor:
The Simpson halloween episodes are ten million times better than the regular episodes, I believe. They should just go crazy and kill everybody every episode
this WASN’T a halloween episode. it was the classic X-Files episode.
the related exchange:
Alien: I bring you love.
Lenny: It’s bringing love, don’t let it get away!
Carl: Break its legs!
Lisa: Wait! You want an alien? This is your alien.
Mr. Burns: Hello, children. I bring you love.
Willy: Argh. It’s a monster. Kill it, kill it!
Smithers: It’s not a monster, it’s Mr. Burns!
Willy: Aww, it’s Mr. Burns! KILL IT! KILL IT!
Totally valid.
an apt username!
Stealing a line I saw a few days ago:
To be fair, we’ve been building ground zeros next to mosques for almost a decade. (A decade! Fucking assholes)
Who are you stealing that line from? That line is awesome!
I saw it on Twitter and used it as my Facebook status for a couple days. People were the angriest little bees about it!
I’m going to steal that line for every single fight I’m having on facebook right now with everyone I know (because apparently everyone I know is a jerk. I’m skipping my family reunion next week)
Yeah I’ll be keeping this one in my back pocket for just such occasions.
That’s why facebook is garbage: you are under constant surveillance from family members, former high school class mates, etc etc. That kind of proximity is a million times more inappropriate than building a Muslim YMCA two blocks away from a terrorist attack (which is not inappropriate at all FYI)
This guy http://twitter.com/jasonmustian/status/21337496786
This has to be a fucking joke.
Sarah Palin jumps out at the end and is all like “PSYCHE!!! My bad just kiddin’!” Then yall end up feeling dumb for getting so mad
That’s it. I give up. I’m finally ready for the zombie apocalypse. At the very least I can take-out a bunch of assholes with a chainsaw and a machete for a while.
Who’s with me?
Ready
Also ready
In.
Stringer from the Wire. jpeg
Ready!
Does anyone know if these guys play youth group retreats?
You should post a comment on their wikipedia page about it and see if anyone corrects it later
Stupid freedom of religion as guaranteed in the constitution, hurting our feelings.
Seriously, do these people have any arguments that are NOT based in religious bigotry and racism?
It’s about appropriateness. Like on John Stuart’s show last night, the bit with Charlton Heston saying it’s totally appropriate to have an NRA show near Columbine. That has nothing to do with religion, friend.
Apples and oranges. This is about denying the rights of a religious and ethnic minority on the grounds of “sensitivity”. No Steve, it really does have to do with bigotry. There’s a strip club and a betting parlor near the Ground Zero. Is that appropriate? Why? Never mind the fact there’s ALREADY a mosque near Ground Zero. Should we tear it down because it’s inappropriate? How far away should a mosque be before it’s appropriate to construct one? Never mind the fact that THESE Muslims have nothing to do with the attack at the world trade centre. Never mind the fact that the Muslims who perpetrated the attacks on the world trade centre were Wahabists, a violent conservative sect of the Sunni branch of Islam, and the people who are starting the Cordoba house are Sufis, which is a mystical, pacifistic interpretation of Islam that can be practiced by either Sunnis or Shias. Never mind the fact the founders have already spoke out against and do not approve of acts of terrorism. Never mind the fact that it’s not even a mosque, it’s a community centre. None of this matters of course, because all Muslims think and act totally alike and believe all the same things and all hate America.
Sorry about being all seriousgum.
@Asa Hawks – YOU MAD!
Yeah, funny that.
This makes me extremely sad. But at the same time, glad of the fact that none of my facebook friends (or real-life friends) feels this way. I’m proud of myself for staying vigilant about who I surround myself with, including you monsters. Thank you so much for being awesome, you guys.
You’re welcome, bro.
I’m a sis, but thanks anyway, Steve.
We’re all bros here, just some of us are lady-bros.
I really want to know what this guy looks like.
Go look in a mirror
SNAP!
What do you guys think about politics?
It’s not pretty.
And to the both of you I say, “Enjoy the Pulitzer.”
Follow up question: do you guys think politics is important and if so, what opinions do you have?
politicking and government are two very different things.
that is to say, what do you mean
Is that a “The Day Today” quote? It sounds like it was written by Chris Morris.
And if not, that I’ve just comapred Steve Winwood to Chris Morris, which I think…. *checks Revelations*… yep, that’s one of the signs of the Apocalypse
say what you will about this guy, that electronic handclap coinciding with the line “it’s a slap in the face” is pure production genius.
I’m having a pretty epic youtube comment war with a guy who just called me a terrorist for not liking an Alan Jackson song. Join the fun! http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=fvj6zdWLUuk
Don’t feed the terrorists
This guy gets it. I mean, I’m no genius, but I know a red blooded American when I see one and he is spot on. When it comes down to it, I don’t want a mosque in a location where the ground zero isn’t even visible. Put it in the village, let the queers deal with these terrorists. Yes, everyone who practices this religion is now deemed a terrorist. It’s easier that way. I’m just saying, it’s much easier and less time consuming to just base everyone’s life story by their appearance (shout out to Arizona!). Let’s face it, if you have a sitar and shop at Linens and Things for headwear, you might be a terrorist.
“We’ve got freedom of religion, I understand”
NO YOU DON’T. YOU OBVIOUSLY DON’T.
p.s. hears you hears you hears you hears you hears you hears you hears you hears you hears you
Two words: Microsoft Songsmith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E
Youtube commenters FTW
Unlike the Islamic Center, this song IS NOT protected by the First Amendment. On the contrary, Conspiracy to violate rights is a Federal Felony as is INCITING OR ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE a conspiracy to violate rights. (Federal Statute 18 USC 241)
(i.e. Organizing a cross burning is a conspiracy to violate rights. Writing a song telling people we should get together and burn crosses is inciting or attempting to cause a conspiracy.)
Not only should Trade Martin be sued, but he and everyone involved in the making and promotion of this song and video should be indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, which I would personally love to see. Perhaps sitting in Leavenworth for a few years will teach them the meaning of the word FREEDOM.
At least 59 Muslims died on 9/11 including children and pregnant mothers. The World Trade Center was attacked by Al Qua’ida. The Islamic Center is being built by Americans. Therefore, who is this “They” this song speaks of?