August
20th 2012
Posted under Culture & Media & Music
Is Hank William Jr. a non-interventionist? Maybe so. Check out the lyrics to “Who’s Looking Out for Number One,” which is on his latest release, Old School New Rules. The whole song has a paleo feel, but pay attention to the first verse.
I want to dedicate this song to every working man and
Woman in this country and everyone that’s trying to
Run a business and constantly punished,
Taxed and regulated by the federal government ( Ed: This part is spoken. The singing starts below.)I’m gonna call up a talk show I’m gonna give ‘em a piece
I don’t give a damn about Iran or the Middle East
Cause they been fightin’ for about 2, 000 years you see
And we send billions to Mexico and Zimbabwe
Well I think it’s time for America to watch her own storeSo here is my question to everyone
Who is taking care of number one yeah
New Hampshire got it right live free or die
Don’t tread on us and tell us how to run our life
Don’t matter where you go everyone would like to know
Can Washington DC mind the store
Is there a soul still down on the farm
And who is taking care of number oneOur glorious leader just got back from China and Japan
Where he gave away our job put us down and sold out our plan
Well people here at home are tired of failed programs and loans
I believe they’re ready to change all this stuff that’s going on
Yeah it’s time for American’s to mind their own storeAnd here is my question for everyone
Who is taking care of number one
New Hampshire got it right live free or die
Don’t tread on us and try to run our life
No it don’t matter where you go everybody would like to know
Can Washington DC run a store no
Is there a soul still down on the farm
And who is taking care of number one
Some people may find this trivial, but I don’t. If an instinctual conservative of the sort that Williams is can embrace non-interventionism, then so can the kind of people that make up his audience.
I have always thought that support for interventionism is driven more by emotion than logic. “We shouldn’t allow some little pissant country to push us around!” type of thing. This being based on the propaganda that they really are attempting to do so. So it is likely going to be more productive to attempt to combat it with emotional appeals to America “looking out for number one” and letting these other countries deal with their own problems, rather than intellectual appeals to blowback, etc. which just ignite the “not going to let some little country push us around” sentiment.
pinksheet panther on 21 Aug 2012 at 5:01 am #
Very good post as usual Red. I always thought one of the reasons the paleos had trouble convincing people toward non-interventionism was that they stressed the wrong arguments. Things like “we’re hurting poor iraqi children” and “we’ve got Saddam boxed in and neutralized” or “the jewish lobby” just aren’t that persuasive. The angle they should have played up is “hey! the people in these countries are a gigantic waste of our time and money. They can suck it! We’re out of here. It’s party time!”
Savrola on 21 Aug 2012 at 2:32 pm #
Hank Jr. knows his audience, and he wants to grow old with them, too.
roho on 22 Aug 2012 at 1:09 am #
“Bosephus” may not be articulate, but he ain’t stupid………America is sick of the 300 lb child in the room called Israel!
We should tell them to “have at it if they wish to fight the Arab World by themselves!……And come home.”