Fun and Games

This is obviously a satire of the Bush administration, mainly of their push for, and handling of, the Iraq war, told through Bush and his crony's point of view. I think it makes its point without being too biting and pulls the whole thing off pretty well.

The band's early attempts at political commentary (e.g., "Second Best") were too subtle to be truly biting. I'm glad to see they're no longer fucking around -- this song hits where it hurts.

This song is about the Neo-cons. They knew what they were doing. They knew this war was coming and they lied to get the US in there. In short, they knew, and they are laughing because about half of 300 million people bought a lie. They don't really care much about the death of others, only their goal - Reform the middle east to become little America, complete with puppet governments, leaders dependent on US cash and troops, and open new markets for their jeans and Pepsi Cola's as well as establish American military might, increase military funding, test out new shiny weapons, assert power in the world, and install bases near Iran for the next war. Oh, and destroy science and teach everyone that the earth is only 4000 years old, instead of billions, get rid of health care and replace it with tax cuts, and log, log, log.

And the people will respect the Gallup pole.

It also speaks about America's military policy. Half the troops go into the military for one thing: They're poor and need money for cash and insurance. So there is no need for the draft. There are plenty of people who are so desperate that they'll do anything for money, including risk being blown in half.

A wonderful concept: Keep enough people poor so that they'll do anything for cash, even sign up. It ensures a steady number of troops, and since it's mostly the poor suffering, the rich can laugh, laugh, laugh.

This is probably one of the most blatant and entertaining songs I've ever heard that blasted the Bush administration so thoroughly.

I told my mom not to play this one around my dad... I laughed hysterically when I finally understood the lyrics (I wasn't paying much attention the first few times I played it), then I cried at the realization that they were spot-on.

Dear Steven Page, You are my HERO.

And the piccolo in this one makes me quite happy. But the fact that it's musically hillarious makes it all the more a great song.

Why did you fail to see?

It was a gag It was all for a laugh And they were shocked and they were awed and they were blown in half

i remember on the first day of Gulf war II, when we had all of the news footage of ships shooting Tomahawk Missiles from a distance. They kept telling us that the military was using the "Shock and Awe" Strategy. We also had reporters in hotels in Baghdad watching the pretty lights. Gruesome, but we made it "cool" How kind of us to start a civil war in a foreign country. I know that wasn't our intention at the beginning, but it is what we did.

BNL are GREAT!