Save The Country
The Top Five people on Twitter are all musicians.
Lady Gaga is number one with 22,131,698 followers.
At number five, we’ve got Shakira, with 15,264,505.
And in between, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Rihanna.
Britney Spears is number six.
Taylor Swift number nine.
In other words, the bankers may have all the money, but musicians have all the power.
And they didn’t get there by tying in with the financial fat cats, but by making music that resonated with their fans. Musicians are beholden to their fans, they control an army, and it’s about time they did something good for our country.
"The case decided Monday, Florence v. County of Burlington, No. 10-945, arose from the arrest of Albert W. Florence in New Jersey in 2005. Mr. Florence was in the passenger seat of his BMW when a state trooper pulled his wife, April, over for speeding. A records search revealed an outstanding warrant for Mr. Florence’s arrest based on an unpaid fine. (The information was wrong; the fine had been paid.)Mr. Florence was held for a week in jails in Burlington and Essex Counties, and he was strip-searched in each."
My eyes bugged out when I read that.
Needless to say, Mr. Florence is African-American. He was in jail FOR A WEEK FOR A FINE HE ALREADY PAID??!!
"According to opinions in the lower courts, people may be strip-searched after arrests for violating a leash law, driving without a license and failing to pay child support. Citing examples from briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, Justice Breyer wrote that people have been subjected to ‘the humiliation of a visual strip-search’ after being arrested for driving with a noisy muffler, failing to use a turn signal and riding a bicycle without an audible bell."
I got fury in my soul
Fury’s gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind
I can’t study war no more
Save the people
Save the children
Save the country, now
Momentarily, Laura Nyro is going to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Way too late. Poseurs have gotten in before this woman with more talent than seemingly everyone on the hit parade today. And sure, Ms. Nyro became famous for writing "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Stoned Soul Picnic", but she also wrote "Poverty Train" and "Save The Country", a huge hit for the Fifth Dimension. Back in an era where we didn’t tell the poor to pick themselves up, but we helped them.
The strip search of Mr. Florence was deemed legal by a 5-4 vote in the Supreme Court. The five empowered by Republican administrations who believed the country had taken a turn for the worse. I ask you, where does this leave us now? If you don’t think you’re liable to get strip-searched for a minor infraction, you’re wrong. We all break the law, oftentimes inadvertently.
But it gets worse. According to the American Bar Association, international treaties ban the strip-search procedures the Supreme Court just deemed legal.
What happened to our country? Are we all just in an endless dash for cash with no morality, no desire to help our brethren, no desire to live in an harmonious culture, more desirous of living in a police state where the supposedly threatening are kept in jail?
The youth have power.
And who do they take their instructions from?
MUSICIANS!
