I think she left very little question about the intention of her song. I'm guessing she wrote it about the end of Bush's first term, when hopes and fears were high, depending on how a person thought the election might turn out. Then, of course, Bush is elected back in. The media colouring world events with their own slant, the disappointment after election day, the disillusionment with the way the country voted, etc. I think this is a pretty thinly veiled dig at Bush.
pdaoust summarizes very well, IMHO. The right for Norah to express her displeasure is clear, in our free country. It's a beautiful thing. The attempt to quash dialog on the subject that Norah obviously felt compelled to write/sing about goes against that right, and is wrong ( :)). I suspect velocityJE is Left and not Right. velocity, would you care to disclose? Perhaps there are other artist's lyrics we can apply the Maladroit Test to...
pdaoust summarizes very well, IMHO. The right for Norah to express her displeasure is clear, in our free country. It's a beautiful thing. The attempt to quash dialog on the subject that Norah obviously felt compelled to write/sing about goes against that right, and is wrong ( :)). I suspect velocityJE is Left and not Right. velocity, would you care to disclose? Perhaps there are other artist's lyrics we can apply the Maladroit Test to...
I think she left very little question about the intention of her song. I'm guessing she wrote it about the end of Bush's first term, when hopes and fears were high, depending on how a person thought the election might turn out. Then, of course, Bush is elected back in. The media colouring world events with their own slant, the disappointment after election day, the disillusionment with the way the country voted, etc. I think this is a pretty thinly veiled dig at Bush.
pdaoust summarizes very well, IMHO. The right for Norah to express her displeasure is clear, in our free country. It's a beautiful thing. The attempt to quash dialog on the subject that Norah obviously felt compelled to write/sing about goes against that right, and is wrong ( :)). I suspect velocityJE is Left and not Right. velocity, would you care to disclose? Perhaps there are other artist's lyrics we can apply the Maladroit Test to...
pdaoust summarizes very well, IMHO. The right for Norah to express her displeasure is clear, in our free country. It's a beautiful thing. The attempt to quash dialog on the subject that Norah obviously felt compelled to write/sing about goes against that right, and is wrong ( :)). I suspect velocityJE is Left and not Right. velocity, would you care to disclose? Perhaps there are other artist's lyrics we can apply the Maladroit Test to...