The Liberal Avenger: Who Said MTV Was Anti-Bush?

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"At times, conservatives have even trod into arguing in favor of a war ethos (see, for instance the popular bumper sticker: "War Has Never Solved Anything, Except for Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism"); at other times -- as in all the talk about "shock and awe" in the Iraq invasion -- they have even suggested there is a kind of beauty to violence, especially in the service of the imposition of American will. "

"Let's do the sign of the cross. It'll make us feel real boss."

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"Look, can we all at least agree on one thing -- if the 'I didn't do it' administration is re-coronated, that come November 3, EVERYTHING IS THEIR FUCKING FAULT."

"Arbolist... Look up the word. I don't now, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees."

- George W. Bush, USA Today, 08/21/2001

"There are no mirrors in Bush's church."

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"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends."

- Maya Angelou

"To those who consider the war a mistake but still fear the consequences of military withdrawal, we ask these questions: when will enough be enough? If not now, when?"

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"How much productivity has been wasted, not reducing our dependence on oil, but to entice us to buy more that is made with, and which consumes for its continuance - oil. It would be as if a man who had been poisoned, rather than reaching for the emetic, reaches for another dose of the poison."

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Saturday, May 28, 2005

Who Said MTV Was Anti-Bush?

ABC News (Reuters) :: Nine Inch Nails drops MTV show over image of Bush

(via John Aravosis of AMERICAblog)

I remember hearing a lot of whining during the run up to November second that MTV and its Rock the Vote campaign were tacitly supporting Kerry by bringing up the draft issue.

This story about Nine Inch Nails pulling the scheduled performance of their latest single "The Hand That Feeds" from MTV Movie Awards next week should calm the 101^st Fighting Keyboards. Here's the statement from Trent Reznor himself off of the band's website:

Nine Inch Nails will not be performing at the MTV Movie Awards as previously announced. We were set to perform "The Hand That Feeds" with an unmolested straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop. Apparently the image of our President is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. See you on tour this Fall when we return to America.

Want to bet that MTV wouldn't have pulled this shit if John Fogerty wanted to play Fortunate Son with this picture as the backdrop?

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