Simple, yet effective country song about the state of our nation and how fed up most Americans are. (h/t – GP reader Spartann)
Unfortunately, standing up against the Obama Administration carries a heavy price.
Bryan Glover, an assistant coach at Grassland Middle School near Nashville, co-wrote the country music song, “When You’re Holding a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail.”
It was co-written by a parent who has a child on the team. Glover, 26, said he emailed a copy of the song to friends, family members and player’s parents through his personal email account.
And that’s when all the trouble started for the self-described independent conservative.
“The coach called me and said parents were upset – that I was being politically incorrect and the song had racial overtones,” Glover told FOX News Radio. “An hour and a half later I was told I was being terminated.”
“I was informed that I was being let go because of the song,” he said, denying claims there were any racial overtones in the song.
Racial overtones? Good lord. Hasn’t the “race card” expired already for overuse?
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
And the soft tyranny of political correctness runs roughshod over free expression yet again. Are we surprised by this?
While it’s flat-out insane to claim that the lyrics have “racial overtones,” I can’t feel very sorry for the guy — by emailing the song to parents of children on the team, Assistant Coach Glover was creating the impression that his employer (i.e., Grassland Middle School) might endorse the song’s unabashedly partisan politics.
Some basic sense of professionalism should’ve made him think twice about mixing politics into a job that involves coaching other people’s children, but instead of showing a glimmer of contrition, the dipshit
singssays:“I’m just a blue-collar guy, trying to make a living, trying to chase a dream.”
Translation: The Teacher’s Union is not pleased with the anti-Obama song. The race card is the straw man.
OUCH! The TRUTH hurts, guys: (From a 2007 report)
The Bush Economy Has Left Many American Families Behind
Jobs Have Become Harder To Find — The economy, which created more than 200,000 jobs
per month between 1993 and 2000, has averaged only 72,000 new jobs a month since 2001 –
only about half the pace needed to keep up with the growth of the working-age population. (See
Chart 1.) This weak job market has left over 900,000 more workers unemployed and increased
long-term unemployment by 65 percent. The manufacturing sector has been particularly hard hit,
with a loss of 3 million jobs.
Hard Work Is Not Being Adequately Rewarded — American workers are more productive
than ever, but they are not benefitting much from their increased output. Productivity has grown
robustly since 2001, yet the real income of a typical family has fallen by almost $1,300. (See
Chart 2.) Real income has declined for most households, but our most vulnerable citizens have
fared the worst: in 2005 (the last year for which data are available), the official poverty rate was
12.6 percent. That is 37 million Americans living in poverty – an increase of 5.4 million people
since 2000.
Families Are Being Squeezed — Rising energy prices and health care costs are making it harder
for American families to make ends meet. In 2005 (the last year for which data are available),
46.6 million Americans were making do without health insurance. From 2000 to 2005, 6.8
million people lost their coverage. Those with health insurance are losing more and more of their
paychecks to premiums, without receiving more generous benefits.
Families Can’t Afford to Save Enough — Household saving rates went negative in the third
quarter of 2005 and have hovered near zero ever since. As costs are rising and incomes are
falling, American families are being forced to go deeper in debt. Data after 2004 are not yet
available, but between 2001 and 2004 alone, the typical family took on $14,000 of additional
debt. That is an increase of over a third in just three years. Families have had to devote more of
their income to debt service, and they are finding it increasingly difficult to make payments on time.
Yeah, let’s bring back the Bush economic policies because they worked so well BEFORE!
Steve, Jim Jones called; he wants he Kool-Aid back.
Steve has set up a straw man. This election isn’t about Bush. As the primaries are showing, big government Republicans are being thrown out too.
So, is steve actually trying to make the case that the USA were worse off with 5% unemployment and $200 Billion deficits under Bush than they are with 9.5% unemployment and $1,400 Billion deficits under Dear Reader?
I really, really hope the DNC runs with that message. I really do.
Steve want a bacon treat? I give them to my doggies if they go pee outside before they go to bed. Or do you want the New York Times as paper liner in your parrot cage Steve? Steve want a cracker? Who knows, Steve could be a hybrid between a dog & a parrot. He’s great a regurgitating Leftist talking points like a good Obama Zombie.
Great song! “They think big thoughts and they dream big dreams, but it’s another man’s sweat that pays for their schemes.”
Exactly!
As for the folks who claimed it has some kind of racial overtone? Freaking unbelievable. I guess some people simply can’t deal with the fact that Obama is an awful President, one going down in flames.
I think the racial overtones are obvious. Bruce, I really don’t know why you can’t see it. A few years ago, some SF Bay local wrote a similar song about Bush/Cheney. I never thought I would be one of those people who would want to stay out of the political process, but I now fully understand why people opt not to vote. Our elected officials are not about doing the work of the people; they are deeply indebted to small groups of monied interest who push specific agendas. I would love to find 537 people who have a small std deviations about the middle, but I have a better chance of finding elephants that fly.
Because **any and all** non-left-wing criticism of Obama is “racist”?
Or because of some better reason? Oh Ralphie, pray do tell!
I am too blinded by bigotry and single-mindedness to see the obvious racial overtones in this song.
Hopefully, some patient person will lay it all out for me in fundamental terms and capital letters. I need help like that. Please use a crayon. I can stay focused if the letters are big and the words are simple.
Thank you.
I too looked for the ‘racial overtones’ and I finally found them, I am frightened and ashamed to say.
When I played the song backwards, looking into a mirror in a small city in North Florida (Tallahassee), holding a Confederate flag and yelling ‘N—–‘ at my reflection, at the top of my lungs….
the scene, is indeed, filled with racial overtones.
{Puts imaginary flag down and returns you to your otherwise cute lil song.}
ILoveCapitalism, see Rodney’s post – hopefully that will clear it up for you. It is admittedly difficult to make a particular point in these comment sections unless it is blatantly obvious, which is why I refer you to rodney’s post.
When there’s no defense…pull the race card. But guess what, Ralph. The race card is old and worn out. Doesn’t even work on us anymore.
Am I missing something or is the word sarcasm lost on some of you? Doesn’t Rodney’s post make it obvious. Probably why I directed the comments to Bruce as he would clearly understand.