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COMMENT HERE even if you never comment or are too cool for memes or whatever. If you can't upload a song all you have to do is tell me what it is and I can probably get it off the hub. :P Only like 10 of y'all have answered and 71 people list me as a friend... ;)
yeah, that was pretty much pointless whoring. Um... look at my icon! It is pretteh. deutscheami made the base, on the topic of which, posticonic can NEVER do with enough pimping. BEAUTIFUL bases.
ETA: Ah-ha! A point!
So, reading this week's Listener, and it's pretty much all about The Election. Yeah, we're all shocked. Anyway, reading it, because Jane Clifton is way, way too right-wing to be writing two articles in that magazine (fsss, don't try to tell me she's not secretly rooting for Brash) I became sort of catatonic with terror about the coming election. Um. But then, there was a poem! it is of the awesome and I reproduce it here in full, with thanks to Brian Turner, who hopefully won't mind too much. :)
No Problem at All
After Brash and Key
As long as the country's always moving forward
and we're part of a modern economy
and you've all got a grip on the facts,
the reality is
there'll be no problem.
As long as you pay attention
to the signals you're getting
from the rest of the world,
no less,
and do it our way,
it'll be no problem. Get it?
As long as you remember
God helps those who help themselves
and there's no easy way to the top
there'll be no problem at all.
As long as you're prepared
to take it on the chin now and then,
as we all have to, and look to the future
we'll all be the better for it,
believe us, no problem.
As long as you accept that
all the money you receive,
however and from wherever,
if one can put it like that, is yours alone
there should be absolutely no problem.
Trust us.
As long as no-one dares argue
that there's a difference between
what you earn and what you acquire,
or cares about what you do to get it,
we can all agree there is no problem
and the country can progress
and become part of the real world.
That's what everyone wants, surely,
so there's absolutely no problem.
As long as you believe
growing inequality does no harm
to society,
then there's obviously no problem,
no problem at all.
And as long as you understand growth
has only one meaning,
and that's to do with finance,
more money in your pocket,
then there's no problem there, either,
no problem at all.
Trust us.
It'll be done and dusted by lunchtime,
not a problem.
--Brian Turner
yeah, that was pretty much pointless whoring. Um... look at my icon! It is pretteh. deutscheami made the base, on the topic of which, posticonic can NEVER do with enough pimping. BEAUTIFUL bases.
ETA: Ah-ha! A point!
So, reading this week's Listener, and it's pretty much all about The Election. Yeah, we're all shocked. Anyway, reading it, because Jane Clifton is way, way too right-wing to be writing two articles in that magazine (fsss, don't try to tell me she's not secretly rooting for Brash) I became sort of catatonic with terror about the coming election. Um. But then, there was a poem! it is of the awesome and I reproduce it here in full, with thanks to Brian Turner, who hopefully won't mind too much. :)
No Problem at All
After Brash and Key
As long as the country's always moving forward
and we're part of a modern economy
and you've all got a grip on the facts,
the reality is
there'll be no problem.
As long as you pay attention
to the signals you're getting
from the rest of the world,
no less,
and do it our way,
it'll be no problem. Get it?
As long as you remember
God helps those who help themselves
and there's no easy way to the top
there'll be no problem at all.
As long as you're prepared
to take it on the chin now and then,
as we all have to, and look to the future
we'll all be the better for it,
believe us, no problem.
As long as you accept that
all the money you receive,
however and from wherever,
if one can put it like that, is yours alone
there should be absolutely no problem.
Trust us.
As long as no-one dares argue
that there's a difference between
what you earn and what you acquire,
or cares about what you do to get it,
we can all agree there is no problem
and the country can progress
and become part of the real world.
That's what everyone wants, surely,
so there's absolutely no problem.
As long as you believe
growing inequality does no harm
to society,
then there's obviously no problem,
no problem at all.
And as long as you understand growth
has only one meaning,
and that's to do with finance,
more money in your pocket,
then there's no problem there, either,
no problem at all.
Trust us.
It'll be done and dusted by lunchtime,
not a problem.
--Brian Turner