Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:40
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Oliver Anthony in his own words:
https://youtu.be/cv9uMXiY29s
He's a pretty thoughtful guy and comes across as quite intelligent.
I wonder if the many liberals bashing Oliver in the above posts would like to retract some of their comments after listening to him speak?
https://youtu.be/cv9uMXiY29s
He's a pretty thoughtful guy and comes across as quite intelligent.
I wonder if the many liberals bashing Oliver in the above posts would like to retract some of their comments after listening to him speak?
Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:28
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Ah, authorial intent. Does it matter?
Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:25
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:
This may be stunning, but lots and lots of people don't view the world through a partisan lens. They have thoughts and ideas based on what they perceive, and express them without regard to the political ramifications.
Yeah, we call them "people of the land," "the common clay of the New Piedmont." You know...
Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:19
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:None of these dopes can follow the money. Wherever he lives in NC is almost certainly receiving more from the government than they pay in, and it isn’t going mostly to poor people. A lot of it is going to military bases and defense contractors, a lot is Social Security and Medicare, plus military retirement and Tricare since NC has a lot of military retirees. And the benefits that do go to poor people pay almost all the money directly to local businesses and institutions (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, nursing homes, schools, grocery stores, and their vendors and employees), providing a lot of good jobs in the community. It’s just ridiculous how all these guys think that military contracts are private sector money but payments to hospitals are government waste. When I worked in Congress, the biggest complainers about government spending were retired military working for defense contractors and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the job.
He lives in Farmville, VA
Beautiful country
+1 Oh, yes!!
Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:18
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
This may be stunning, but lots and lots of people don't view the world through a partisan lens. They have thoughts and ideas based on what they perceive, and express them without regard to the political ramifications.
This is all true, but looking at things through a political lens is useful, particularly given that this is an explicitly political song, what with the condemnation of politicians. This all just reinforces the point I, Jeff, and a few others have made that the lyrics and messages of his songs are utterly incoherent.
Or, maybe, just maybe, you are attempting to view the song through a partisan lens when that was not his goal at all. So, because it does not meet your partisan views, it is incoherent to you.
In an interview with the Free Press following the overnight success of his viral so-called blue-collar anthem, the country singer said he hopes his music will inspire listeners to stop relying “on someone 150 or 500 miles away from them to solve their problems.”
“Nobody in Washington, DC, no one in the federal government’s coming to save us,” he said, according to a clip posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
“The people that are going to save us are each other.”
https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/viral-singer-oliver-anthony-claims-government-wont-save-us/
The neat thing about art is that it invites analysis and criticism. Neater still, an artist may set out to convey a particular concept or message, but that does not mean they were successful in doing so!
As evidenced by the fact that he is objecting to Republicans latching on to his thoughts on the plights of rural men, he was, indeed, very much unsuccessful in conveying his message. One of the reasons he is unsuccessful in conveying his message is because his lyrics are incoherent.
Anonymous
08/25/2023 16:04
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
This may be stunning, but lots and lots of people don't view the world through a partisan lens. They have thoughts and ideas based on what they perceive, and express them without regard to the political ramifications.
This is all true, but looking at things through a political lens is useful, particularly given that this is an explicitly political song, what with the condemnation of politicians. This all just reinforces the point I, Jeff, and a few others have made that the lyrics and messages of his songs are utterly incoherent.
Or, maybe, just maybe, you are attempting to view the song through a partisan lens when that was not his goal at all. So, because it does not meet your partisan views, it is incoherent to you.
In an interview with the Free Press following the overnight success of his viral so-called blue-collar anthem, the country singer said he hopes his music will inspire listeners to stop relying “on someone 150 or 500 miles away from them to solve their problems.”
“Nobody in Washington, DC, no one in the federal government’s coming to save us,” he said, according to a clip posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
“The people that are going to save us are each other.”
https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/viral-singer-oliver-anthony-claims-government-wont-save-us/
Anonymous
08/25/2023 15:57
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:
This may be stunning, but lots and lots of people don't view the world through a partisan lens. They have thoughts and ideas based on what they perceive, and express them without regard to the political ramifications.
This is all true, but looking at things through a political lens is useful, particularly given that this is an explicitly political song, what with the condemnation of politicians. This all just reinforces the point I, Jeff, and a few others have made that the lyrics and messages of his songs are utterly incoherent.
Anonymous
08/25/2023 15:51
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:None of these dopes can follow the money. Wherever he lives in NC is almost certainly receiving more from the government than they pay in, and it isn’t going mostly to poor people. A lot of it is going to military bases and defense contractors, a lot is Social Security and Medicare, plus military retirement and Tricare since NC has a lot of military retirees. And the benefits that do go to poor people pay almost all the money directly to local businesses and institutions (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, nursing homes, schools, grocery stores, and their vendors and employees), providing a lot of good jobs in the community. It’s just ridiculous how all these guys think that military contracts are private sector money but payments to hospitals are government waste. When I worked in Congress, the biggest complainers about government spending were retired military working for defense contractors and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the job.
He lives in Farmville, VA
Beautiful country
Meh.
what is meh anyways?
are you a follower of Simpsons?
1990s: apparently popularized by the US television show The Simpsons .
Anonymous
08/25/2023 15:47
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
This may be stunning, but lots and lots of people don't view the world through a partisan lens. They have thoughts and ideas based on what they perceive, and express them without regard to the political ramifications.
Anonymous
08/25/2023 15:44
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
That's what happens when the schools in Farmville are crappy.
Anonymous
08/25/2023 14:27
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous
08/25/2023 14:26
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:None of these dopes can follow the money. Wherever he lives in NC is almost certainly receiving more from the government than they pay in, and it isn’t going mostly to poor people. A lot of it is going to military bases and defense contractors, a lot is Social Security and Medicare, plus military retirement and Tricare since NC has a lot of military retirees. And the benefits that do go to poor people pay almost all the money directly to local businesses and institutions (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, nursing homes, schools, grocery stores, and their vendors and employees), providing a lot of good jobs in the community. It’s just ridiculous how all these guys think that military contracts are private sector money but payments to hospitals are government waste. When I worked in Congress, the biggest complainers about government spending were retired military working for defense contractors and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the job.
He lives in Farmville, VA
Beautiful country
“With a crime rate of 33 per one thousand residents, Farmville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30.”
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/va/farmville/crime.amp
Anonymous
08/25/2023 14:17
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:None of these dopes can follow the money. Wherever he lives in NC is almost certainly receiving more from the government than they pay in, and it isn’t going mostly to poor people. A lot of it is going to military bases and defense contractors, a lot is Social Security and Medicare, plus military retirement and Tricare since NC has a lot of military retirees. And the benefits that do go to poor people pay almost all the money directly to local businesses and institutions (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, nursing homes, schools, grocery stores, and their vendors and employees), providing a lot of good jobs in the community. It’s just ridiculous how all these guys think that military contracts are private sector money but payments to hospitals are government waste. When I worked in Congress, the biggest complainers about government spending were retired military working for defense contractors and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the job.
He lives in Farmville, VA
Beautiful country
Meh.
Anonymous
Anonymous
08/25/2023 13:15
Subject: Rich Men North of Richmond
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:None of these dopes can follow the money. Wherever he lives in NC is almost certainly receiving more from the government than they pay in, and it isn’t going mostly to poor people. A lot of it is going to military bases and defense contractors, a lot is Social Security and Medicare, plus military retirement and Tricare since NC has a lot of military retirees. And the benefits that do go to poor people pay almost all the money directly to local businesses and institutions (hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, nursing homes, schools, grocery stores, and their vendors and employees), providing a lot of good jobs in the community. It’s just ridiculous how all these guys think that military contracts are private sector money but payments to hospitals are government waste. When I worked in Congress, the biggest complainers about government spending were retired military working for defense contractors and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the job.
He lives in Farmville, VA
Beautiful country