Kid Rock now embarassed to be a Republican

[Michchamp]

Link.

?People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn?t we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.?
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Can we un-ban tLiar just so he can read this, then re-ban him before he can comment?

 

[zyxt9]

Let's look at the actual quote a moment, shall we?

“That’s one of the times I’m fucking embarrassed to be a Republican,” he seethes. “It’s fucking Republican lawmakers passing those laws, you dumbasses. They already did it in New York and they’re trying to do it in Michigan. I’ve even called some of those guys to try and stop it.”

ONE of the times. Most people will have issues with the party they support. Anyone who is 100% agreeing with their party of choice is a fucking extremist asshole, regardless of whether they are to the right or left.

I applaud him for calling out the Reps for this. They absolutely deserve the negative publicity and I think it is awesome that he is striving so hard to cap the ticket cost to his concerts. There are many other things the extremists need to be called out on, but this is as good as any for the moment.

Too bad we can't somehow cap Obamacare costs in a similar fashion. DOH!!!!

 

[Michchamp]

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Too bad we can't somehow cap Obamacare costs in a similar fashion. DOH!!!!

you don't even know the first thing about that. you don't understand what the law does, how it affects health care costs, and how the states choices figure prominently in that. In fact, I'd go so far to say it's far too complicated for someone like you to even begin to understand. Even if you wanted to make the effort, you wouldn't know where to start, and after 5 minutes of trying, you'd give up.

I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

 

[Michchamp]

Let's look at the actual quote a moment, shall we?

?That?s one of the times I?m fucking embarrassed to be a Republican,? he seethes. ?It?s fucking Republican lawmakers passing those laws, you dumbasses. They already did it in New York and they?re trying to do it in Michigan. I?ve even called some of those guys to try and stop it.?

ONE of the times. Most people will have issues with the party they support. Anyone who is 100% agreeing with their party of choice is a fucking extremist asshole, regardless of whether they are to the right or left.

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you also must've missed that quote about paying higher taxes and spreading the wealth.

also, "one of the times" implies there are more than one. here at least two, and wealth equality and fair tax rates are a pretty big two, contrary to pretty much everything the current GOP stands for.

 

[turok]

Never thought that I would ever see any male with long hair proclaiming themselves to be republican/conservative to begin with. It runs completely contrary to why males grew their hair long in the 60s as a means of distinguishing themselves from the straight-laced, uptight establishment who were pro-war.

I am aware that there are many rockers now who came out of the conservative closet long after their heydays were over, such as "Alice Cooper" (what Republican congressman worth his salt, would have wanted to be photographed with, much less spotted hob-nobbing with the gender-bending, doll-abusing, guillotine-beheading, snake-charming, dead-baby loving Alice during the early 70s?)

Other rock and roll notables, such as Gene Simmons, the tongue-lashing demon of KISS, the late punk rocker Johnny Ramone, the rock candy singing Montrose/Van Halen lead-singer replacement Sammy Hagar, and last but certainly least the rightwing whackjob Ted Nugent all profited from seemingly being uninhibited, liberal, and censorable. Can't picture "The Nuge" going on stage during the 80s @ the RNC, and serenading the crowd with such ditties as "Cat Scratch Fever" Wango-Tango", or "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" while clad only in a loincloth...lol!!

I know that there are more, such as some members of the rock band Styx and Rush, who allegedly have used some "randian" terminology in their music. But the latter did smoke some "bad-ass weed" back in the day. I had the pleasure of acquiring a sample long ago, albeit indirectly. Maybe they are more Libertarian?:shrug:

All are hypocrites to me b/c they used their musical "talent" and appearance to become wealthy within a counterculture, far from the mainstream manner, while "faking it". None of them would be acceptable in any conservative enclave just a mere 25 years ago, but obviously since the 80s, the lines have "blurred" quite a bit.

Right, Condi?

 

[Michchamp]

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Other rock and roll notables, such as Gene Simmons...

actually, I am not surprised he is a republican.

 

[tinselwolverine]

A) “People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn’t we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.”




B) From Rolling Stone:


“That’s one of the times I’m fucking embarrassed to be a Republican,” he seethes. “It’s fucking Republican lawmakers passing those laws, you dumbasses. They already did it in New York and they’re trying to do it in Michigan. I’ve even called some of those guys to try and stop it.”

What the fuck do A and B have to do with each other? What does how much money, say, Justin Verlander makes have to do with Republican lawmakers making laws?

And if Kid Rock feels he's overpaid and should donate a lot of money to firefighter and police officer and teachers he can. And if he wants to encourage his celebrity friends to do that, he can do that.

Kid Rock is just a dumbass, it seems to me-what he's saying doesn't make any sense.

 

[turok]

actually, I am not surprised he is a republican.

Yeah, maybe nowadays, but when the band first became popular in the early 70s, they were considered by most middle-aged parents to be evil illegal drug/alcohol abusers (they were indeed half-right, as it turned out) and their name really meaning "Knights In Satan's Service". Due in large part to Detroit's legions of mostly teen-aged concert-goers back then, who embraced the makeup and costumed group as their very own, (Detroiters LOVED their local TV clowns like Milky and Bozo, and their face-paint) the group then quite shrewdly produced a live album recorded @ Cobo Hall, titled "KISS Alive" that quickly went gold, and helped to propel them to national and later international success.

Coincidentally, I attended that famous concert back in '75, and @ the last minute, when a neighborhood friend offered me two extra main-floor tickets b/c his brother and gf could not go. The four of us including his gf and my late date were also in the picture on the backside of the album....but were just a bit too far back to be clearly recognizable.

No teenaged KISS fans back then, many who soon became members of the KISS Army, knew that Gene Simmons, (aka Chaim Witz) and the band's lead singer Paul Stanley (aka Stanley Harvey Eisen) were actually IRL, the Jewish businessmen/entertainer equivalent of Clark Kent, also being sober teetotallers, both who most likely avoided even smoking pot.( but who likely couldn't avoid getting a "contact buzz" from the huge clouds of pot smoke haze floating in the air during their concerts).

Yet one of their first hit songs was ironically titled "Cold Gin"...lol!! So only half of the band, being "Ace" Frehley and their original drummer, Peter Criss, actually "practiced what they preached" onstage and in the studio. But their notorious alcohol and drug abuse eventually was to became to their detriment. when both were kicked out of the group, (and more than once). It is likely that the biggest reason that Peter and Ace were permitted to reunite with the band in the late 90s, is b/c Gene and Paul quickly realized that it was yet another means of making even more immense profits as a result, plus once again putting on the face-paint that was once $ucce$$fully $ynonymou$ with the band's cartoonish image.

KISS band members are now the only rock and roller remnants left who still wear what was once the extremely popular platform-shoes/boots era of the middle 70s. No one else can successfully pull it off anymore...that is...unless maybe members of the Tubes decide to reunite..haha!!!

 

[tinselwolverine]

The rock star is trying to cap ticket prices to his shows at $20, “share beer, parking, hot dogs,” reserve rows for friends and designate the next 16 rows for paperless ticketing. The latter, though, is where he’s running into trouble with his party.

What does this mean? What Republican entity is concerning itself with the way tickets are distributed or not distributed to a Kid Rock concert?

 

[zyxt9]

you don't even know the first thing about that. you don't understand what the law does, how it affects health care costs, and how the states choices figure prominently in that. In fact, I'd go so far to say it's far too complicated for someone like you to even begin to understand. Even if you wanted to make the effort, you wouldn't know where to start, and after 5 minutes of trying, you'd give up.

I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

First, Mr.Atheist, your joke at the end there is pretty funny, wanted to give you some props for that.

As for my understanding of obamacare, my family has already started to feel the effects of higher costs for not only medications, but physical therapy and doctor visits, not to mention several family members in the medical profession at various levels, including billing, who have seen the increased costs first hand.

But you are right, I am clueless as to how bad it will eventually become.

 

[Thumb]

Yeah, maybe nowadays, but when the band first became popular in the early 70s, they were considered by most middle-aged parents to be evil illegal drug/alcohol abusers (they were indeed half-right, as it turned out) and their name really meaning "Knights In Satan's Service". Due in large part to Detroit's legions of mostly teen-aged concert-goers back then, who embraced the makeup and costumed group as their very own, (Detroiters LOVED their local TV clowns like Milky and Bozo, and their face-paint) the group then quite shrewdly produced a live album recorded @ Cobo Hall, titled "KISS Alive" that quickly went gold, and helped to propel them to national and later international success.

Coincidentally, I attended that famous concert back in '75, and @ the last minute, when a neighborhood friend offered me two extra main-floor tickets b/c his brother and gf could not go. The four of us including his gf and my late date were also in the picture on the backside of the album....but were just a bit too far back to be clearly recognizable.

No teenaged KISS fans back then, many who soon became members of the KISS Army, knew that Gene Simmons, (aka Chaim Witz) and the band's lead singer Paul Stanley (aka Stanley Harvey Eisen) were actually IRL, the Jewish businessmen/entertainer equivalent of Clark Kent, also being sober teetotallers, both who most likely avoided even smoking pot.( but who likely couldn't avoid getting a "contact buzz" from the huge clouds of pot smoke haze floating in the air during their concerts).

Yet one of their first hit songs was ironically titled "Cold Gin"...lol!! So only half of the band, being "Ace" Frehley and their original drummer, Peter Criss, actually "practiced what they preached" onstage and in the studio. But their notorious alcohol and drug abuse eventually was to became to their detriment. when both were kicked out of the group, (and more than once). It is likely that the biggest reason that Peter and Ace were permitted to reunite with the band in the late 90s, is b/c Gene and Paul quickly realized that it was yet another means of making even more immense profits as a result, plus once again putting on the face-paint that was once $ucce$$fully $ynonymou$ with the band's cartoonish image.

KISS band members are now the only rock and roller remnants left who still wear what was once the extremely popular platform-shoes/boots era of the middle 70s. No one else can successfully pull it off anymore...that is...unless maybe members of the Tubes decide to reunite..haha!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5IUj42fL58

 

[zyxt9]

you also must've missed that quote about paying higher taxes and spreading the wealth.

also, "one of the times" implies there are more than one. here at least two, and wealth equality and fair tax rates are a pretty big two, contrary to pretty much everything the current GOP stands for.

Meh, he could disagree with them a million times, if he feels more inclined to consider himself a republican, that is his choice. He has always seemed to me to be more moderate than a member of the tea party type of extremist anyway. While I don't always agree with every moderate viewpoint, at least there is a sense of balance that I can respect.

 

[TheVictors]

At some point Kid Rock is going to be embarrassed to be Kid Rock...

 

[tinselwolverine]

At some point Kid Rock is going to be embarrassed to be Kid Rock...

I'm already pretty embarrassed that he's Kid Rock for him.

 

[tinselwolverine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5IUj42fL58

Is it safe, do you think, to wander away from the Tiger board?

 

[Michchamp]

I'm already pretty embarrassed that he's Kid Rock for him.

if you read the lyrics to his hit song "Bawitaba" (yes it's as stupid as it sounds) you'd feel even more embarrassed knowing that a guy from Romeo, MI intentionally wrote them. someone did that.

it's akin to an adult fingerpainting something and putting on his refrigerator

 

[Michchamp]

Can we un-ban tLiar just so he can read this, then re-ban him before he can comment?

disappointed no one laughed (or at least, posted LOL) in reference to this; I thought it would be a funny idea.

 

[redandguilty]

disappointed no one laughed (or at least, posted LOL) in reference to this; I thought it would be a funny idea.

tsmith is laughing his ass off because he thinks you don't realize he can read all this even with the ban in place. he thinks the joke's on you. and he's going to tell kid rock about this thread by writing the url on a golf ball.

 

[TheVictors]

I laughed at the post, but just here to myself at work.

 

[tinselwolverine]

disappointed no one laughed (or at least, posted LOL) in reference to this; I thought it would be a funny idea.

Yes it was funny; was a kind of a busy day I guess, with the Tiger game on, and working and all, I guess people didn't get around to acknowledging it.