Conservatives Scare Me

As I drove the kids to school this morning, I heard Twitch speaking with a Dr. David Duncan about illegal immigration. I have no idea of what this Duncan character is a doctor of. If you’d like to hear the interview, here it is:

At any rate, a site supporting the cause was mentioned, so I checked it out just for shits and giggles. My God. The thing is hideous. Even if by some chance I slipped into a coma, came to, and decided that I should give support to such idiocy, there is know way that I would look to that website as a guiding light.

KFIRE.us – Kentuckians For Immigration Reform and Enforcement

One thing that I found humorous was the promotional video that the “webmaster” posted.

What makes the video so comical is the laughter heard during the beginning of the video, and the campy and extremely loud use of Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA as an overdub.

So, what do you think?

I say, “what the heck?” – or “ecky thump?”

Which leads me into a quote of a lyric from Jack White’s Icky Thump:
“White Americans, what, nothing better to do? Why don’t you kick yourself out, you’re an immigrant, too. Who’s using who? What should we do? Well, you can’t be a pimp and a prostitute, too.”

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Here’s two of the music videos. Watch. Think.

Now, having thought about it, what do you think a song about the “War on Terrorism” and the “War in Iraq” would sound like?