Ah! I remember when Joanie sang this song! (I was 18 and in the service at the time). I never thought I would hear it again, and was resigned to the Byrd's and Dylan versions! It's great, and it ain't me, babe....

Damnit, you beat me by 2 hours. Senator Byrd cracked me up.

If I wanted to harm Black Americans, I'd join the Democrats.

After all, Robert "KKK" Byrd is "the conscience of the Democrat Party!"

>> ^quantumushroom:
I can understand liberal jadrools' personal contempt for McCain, because with liberals it's ALWAYS personal.
Hey, I don't agree with much of what McCain has done in his career, but implying he's a racist because of a few boos by idiots is just pathetic.
You want a Klan member to boo? Go wiki up Robert KKK Byrd, the Dems' "conscience of the Senate."
Barack X is a phony, a substance-less lightweight unfit for the Oval Office. He aligns himself with a racist "preacher" who Gawd-damns America and no lefty bats an eye, but a Black man holds McCain's umbrella and suddenly it's the Jim Crow south again.
Race- and class-obsessed marxist liberals, a shameful lot and a lot of nothing.


1. i agree with your point about mccain.

2. if a "preacher" i knew gave up his student deferment in the past to voluntarily join the Marines and subsequently became a Navy valedictorian and corpsman, became a cardiopulmonary technician, was assigned to the Bethesda Naval Hospital as a member of the President's medical team, and after six years of active duty was awarded three letters of commendation by the White House, I'd say he has the right to damn America as much as he wants.

I can understand liberal jadrools' personal contempt for McCain, because with liberals it's ALWAYS personal.

Hey, I don't agree with much of what McCain has done in his career, but implying he's a racist because of a few boos by idiots is just pathetic.

You want a Klan member to boo? Go wiki up Robert KKK Byrd, the Dems' "conscience of the Senate."

Barack X is a phony, a substance-less lightweight unfit for the Oval Office. He aligns himself with a racist "preacher" who Gawd-damns America and no lefty bats an eye, but a Black man holds McCain's umbrella and suddenly it's the Jim Crow south again.

Race- and class-obsessed marxist liberals, a shameful lot and a lot of nothing.

I am in love with Obama Girl! She's not only beautiful in every way, she kindly tells the truth in an appealing way. Way to go, Obama Girl!

Byrd

Couldn't see the end of the video: it jammed at 3/4 the way through.

A country that can't be erotic will be neurotic. People are ashamed of their titillation and profess to abhor what they really want. So they chase out our decent leaders (Clinton, Spitzer) and enable our indecent ones (Bush).

Four thousand dead Americans and nearly a million dead Iraqis isn't a moral issue for Americans, a stain on a dress is.

Puritanism is a menace. And it is a convenient wedge to divide us from our real needs and ethics.

Was Spitzer on to any connection between Bush and Co. and the housing/banking crisis?

Byrd

Ah the Senate's biggest Coot

He used to be a contender, but now he can barely keep his brains from dribbling out of his nose.

*feeble voice* "You want some popsicles? I got a whole crate full of popsicles in my basement, muscly-arms. Get yo' fat ass back here!"

This is the same Senator who was so upset over dog fighting

Seriously? Jimi has no soul? are you retarded?

I think Bill Hicks said it best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbVkX7jdAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkA6zugNMQ

Oh and considered by who exactly? Well lets take a look at the top 100 guitarists as voted for by the readers of rolling stone

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and the number one spot goes to...??? Jimi? oh no that can't be right. Now who is this eric johnson noob? Is he even on the list? oh yea that's right...he's not.

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Tags for this video have been changed from 'vegas, nudie suits, gram, parsons, country, folk, byrds' to 'vegas, nudie suits, gram, parsons, country, folk, byrds, 60s' - edited by swampgirl

I guess I should have given it more time.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Jake-Byrd-Celebrity-Avenger-Crashes-OJ-Press-Conference

Not to take away the impact of this video but Senator Byrd is a hypocrite! The Senator from West Virginia is known as the King of Pork. Maybe he figures by shinning a light on the trillions the military wastes that we will be distracted from the billions that he wastes.

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_byrddroppings_porktally

hahaha... t-3:25min ... Byrd is awesome

While the clip is amusing, I'm not a huge fan of sound bites. Too much of the media is dependent on them. However, I would like to add this quote:
Byrd also said in 2005: "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times . . . and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."

QM: If you think Byrd should never be forgiven, then why would you support a drunk/junky like Bush?

I hear conservatives say they only want to talk facts and the liberals only call names. Then the Conservative turns around and calls the liberal names (elitist, anyone). As a moderate, I'd be amused if the two groups weren't trying to tear the country apart.