Goodnight Bush - No More Tricks
We were at Kepler's Bookstore this weekend and had a good laugh while reading Erich Origen and Gan Golan's politically inspired parody of the children's classic Goodnight Bush . “Goodnight earth? Goodnight heir? Goodnight failures everywhere.” In this month of graduation speeches and thoughts of the road ahead, one future date stands out: 1/20/09. On his recent tour Bruce Springsteen has been playing the haunting title track off his new album Magic . The song is like a nightmare - the nightmare of the last eight years. Good news is at hand though, " the coming end of the worst presidency ever." I got a coin in my palm I can make it disappear I got a card up my sleeve Name it and I'll pull it out your ear I got a rabbit in my hat If you want to come and see This is what will be, this is what will be I got shackles on my wrist Soon I'll slip 'em and be gone Chain me in a box in the river And I'll rise singin' this song Trust none of what you hear...