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		<title>Faulkner for Congress!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, not me. There is another Michael J. Faulkner running for Congress in New York, against popular Democrat Charlie Rangel. I&#8217;m always amused when a Pastor self-identifies as a Republican&#8230; the party least likely to help &#8220;the least&#8221; among us (Matthew 25). But he&#8217;s a former football player too, so perhaps all the abuse he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope, not me. There is another <a href="http://www.faulknerforcongress.com/" target="_blank">Michael J. Faulkner running for Congress</a> in New York, against popular Democrat Charlie Rangel. I&#8217;m always amused when a Pastor self-identifies as a Republican&#8230; the party least likely to help &#8220;the least&#8221; among us (Matthew 25). But he&#8217;s a former football player too, so perhaps all the abuse he suffered at the hands of his authoritarian coaches has trickled down. I suppose the time at Liberty University, Jerry Falwell&#8217;s school, didn&#8217;t hurt. Well, now we know which branch of Christianity he comes from&#8230; the one that <a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/re-attacks-throwing-god-out-of-the-public-square/411238.html" target="_blank">blames 9/11 on the gays and abortionists</a>, not the one that meets prostitutes and tax collectors and sinners of all stripes with an all-encompassing love and grace.</p>
<p>Oh, it gets better&#8230; in describing his current church, he says:</p>
<blockquote><p>“we are fellowshipping with each other with Agape Love and we are inspiring that excellence to <strong><em>transform the marketplace</em></strong> through excellence in ministry.”</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s a far cry from the Christ that kicked the money lenders out of the temple, said his reign was &#8220;not of this order,&#8221; and told folks to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar&#8217;s. Last I checked, the marketplace was squarely of <strong>this</strong> order. Perhaps this Pastor should stick to spiritual matters. I always get uncomfortable when faith and politics mix. Jim Wallis had it right when it comes to God&#8217;s politics&#8230; <a href="http://sojourners.com/" target="_blank">The right is wrong and the left doesn&#8217;t get it</a>.</p>
<p>Actually parts of his platform sound good&#8230; though I&#8217;ve been watching and he took down his support for school vouchers (while leaving support for charter school expansion). I think charter schools are a good idea, but vouchers would only bring down the already poor quality of public schools in this country, leaving those too poor to do anything but public school with their kids in an even worse position. School Vouchers are not about personal freedom or choice&#8230; they are a covert attempt to undo the public school system in our country. Think about that for a second&#8230; what would that do to our sense of community, our shared heritage, our unity?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s got a tough road ahead of him, up against Charlie Rangel. I guess the least of his worries is how to spell &#8220;Michel&#8221; correctly. =-)</p>
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		<title>Rush, the Racist Bigot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheFaulkner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a song I wrote in 2007, all about the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s use of the &#8220;parody&#8221; song, &#8220;Barack, the Magic Negro,&#8221; set to the tune of Peter, Paul &#38; Mary&#8217;s iconic &#8220;Puff, the Magic Dragon.&#8221; Rush Limbaugh has a way of insinuating that he isn&#8217;t a racist because he didn&#8217;t &#8220;come up with&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s a song I wrote in 2007, all about the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s use of the &#8220;parody&#8221; song, &#8220;<a href="http://milkriver.blogspot.com/2010/01/com-when-will-these-people-evaporate.html" target="_blank">Barack, the Magic Negro</a>,&#8221; set to the tune of Peter, Paul &amp; Mary&#8217;s iconic &#8220;Puff, the Magic Dragon.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Rush Limbaugh has a way of insinuating that he isn&#8217;t a racist because he didn&#8217;t &#8220;come up with&#8221; the term &#8220;<a href="http://theblacksentinel.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/isnt-that-the-magic-negro-calling-the-negro-dialect-offensive/" target="_blank">magic negro</a>,&#8221; or that he&#8217;s protected by satire laws. But this is too simple an argument, the modern equivalent of  &#8221;Well, I can tell racist jokes because I have black friends.&#8221;</p>
<p>Since Obama&#8217;s election as President, Rush&#8217;s racism and hatred have been on even greater display. All of the clips of Rush actually using racist language in the song are from broadcasts prior to the Presidential campaign of 2008 entering full swing. One only has to visit <a href="http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=Rush+LImbaugh&amp;x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank">Media Matters</a> to see what he&#8217;s been up to lately, including advocating a re-do of the civil war. Is there really any question left?  Enjoy the song. If you&#8217;d like to have it for your very own, you can download by right-clicking (or control-clicking on a mac) <a href="http://www.michaelfaulkner.us/Media/Audio/rush.mp3">here</a> and selecting &#8220;download linked file&#8221; or something similar depending on your browser (I use <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html" target="_blank">Firefox</a>).</p>
<p>LYRICS:</p>
<p>Oh Rush, the racist bigot</p>
<p>Spews hatred with glee</p>
<p>In direct relation to</p>
<p>His growing irrelevancy</p>
<p>Rush the racist bigot</p>
<p>Has lost his market share</p>
<p>His last book tanked, TV show stank</p>
<p>Yet he’s still on the air</p>
<p>Little Donnie Imus went <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/12/national/main2675273.shtml">out on a limb</a></p>
<p>Calling b-ball players hos got his butt handed to him</p>
<p>Limbaugh took a lesson from this fateful play</p>
<p>Thinking he could cause his own scandal and bring ratings his way, oh…</p>
<p>Oh Rush, the racist bigot</p>
<p>Spews hatred with glee</p>
<p>In direct relation to</p>
<p>His growing irrelevancy</p>
<p>Rush the racist bigot</p>
<p>In an <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/10/rush.limbaugh/" target="_blank">oxycontin</a> haze</p>
<p>Trying to outdo himself</p>
<p>In more outrageous ways</p>
<p>So Rush found a new target in candidate Barack</p>
<p>And started playing a silly song to distract you from Iraq</p>
<p>But no one really listened, causing poor Limbaugh to whine</p>
<p>And play it over and over again some thirty million times</p>
<p>Then some fancy bloggers made a tape and posted it</p>
<p>Rush he had to smile now someone finally gave a shit</p>
<p>Ask yourself why Donnie Imus said one thing and lost his job</p>
<p>Rush has done worse ten thousand times and folks just wink and nod</p>
<p>Oh Rush, the racist bigot</p>
<p>Has to hate so he can earn</p>
<p>The big bucks &#8211; still, he’ll never match</p>
<p>The audience of Stern</p>
<p>Me I’m a nobody</p>
<p>On a website few do know</p>
<p>But if Rush ever responds to this</p>
<p>You’ll know it’s truth I tell, Oh….</p>
<p>Rush, the racist bigot</p>
<p>Spews hatred with glee</p>
<p>In direct relation to</p>
<p>His growing irrelevancy</p>
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