Comments on Springtime, for taxes, in America...

A slightly adapted Talking Heads song just came to mind: "We're on the road to serfdom..."


Posted by Sam Duncan at March 20, 2009 04:10 PM

From the headline I thought this was going to be a parody (if that's the right word) of the song from The Producers: "Springtime for Hitler and Germany".

Cute song, though.


Posted by Laird at March 20, 2009 09:04 PM

Laird, me too!


Posted by Alisa at March 21, 2009 01:30 AM

Wow.
"I'll Godwin that thread in two, Mike"
:)


Posted by Bod at March 21, 2009 02:01 PM

Youse guys know me to well. I can't even slip a literary reference past you these days ;-)


Posted by Dale Amon at March 21, 2009 03:10 PM

Dale, I'm sure Mel would be stunned and delighted in equal measure to hear anyone refer to his work as "literary":-) "Men in Tights", the opera?


Posted by Alisa at March 21, 2009 03:42 PM

"We're on the road to serfdom..." - Interesting line of thinking. Remember the rhyme:
"When Adam delved and Eve span. Who was then the gentleman?"


Posted by DavidC at March 21, 2009 10:17 PM

Hey, Bod, I don't think that counts as a true "Godwin". It was a real song title!


Posted by Laird at March 22, 2009 05:43 AM

In the 'No quibble too petty' department: "Springtime, for Taxes, in USA" would be more faithful to the meter of the original.


Posted by PersonFromPorlock at March 23, 2009 01:57 AM

Serfin' USA!


Posted by Alan K. Henderson at March 23, 2009 08:24 PM

Ah, Alan beat me to it!

Everybody's gone serfin'
Serfin' USA!

Actually, the "mad as hell" scene from the movie Network is circulating like wildfire on facebook. An old college buddy and I were joking around and cooked up a cockamamie idea to have the same screamfest, but when to do it? Tax Day! April 15, noon ET and equivalent times in other time zones. Noon ET--the politicians and financiers more likely to be out for lunch, to witness people pouring into the streets screaming.

Here's a link to this facebook group/event, please join us, especially Amurricans. Should appeal to the tea party crowd so active nowadays!

"I'm Mad As Hell - April 15 2009 Yellfest" :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=59887953180


Posted by kentuckyliz at March 27, 2009 04:06 AM
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