Social Issues – Page 362 – The Burning Platform

UNDER THE BOARDWALK

Yeah, under the reinforced boardwalk, down by the sea, yeahOn a mobility scooter with my obese tatted baby is where I’ll be

Out of the sun(Under the boardwalk) We’ll be havin’ some funnel cake(Under the boardwalk) People waddling above(Under the boardwalk) We’ll be fallin’ in love with fried oreos & fudge(Under the boardwalk) Yeah (riding the tramcar instead of walking)

We finished our vacation week in Wildwood. No more stories about drunken nights at the Shamrock. It is now a construction site, with new $800,000 cookie cutter condos slated to replace a famous institution, which gave me unlimited fodder for at least two dozen articles about the crazy nights spent at our favorite bar over the last fifteen years.

We still see Billy Jack, as he regularly plays at The Cove, two blocks from the old Shamrock, but it isn’t the same. There is another construction boom in Wildwood, but I won’t be lured into buying at the top again. I’ll wait for the crash that may never come. But some things never change in good old Wildwood. It’s lucky they replaced a good chunk of the boardwalk, because I don’t think the old boards could support the obese land whales waddling towards the funnel cake stand or racing down the boards on their mobility scooters to buy a fried twinkie washed down by a 128 ounce lemonade (extra sugar) on one of their eight credit cards.

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Free Men Don’t Ask Permission to Bear Arms!

The world is full of people who want to control you, and you begin encountering them the moment you are born. Your own mother’s intentions for controlling you were pure, as most children think nothing of doing things that can kill them horribly.

Then you meet schoolteachers, who violate your rights by forcing you to learn math against your will. Next come cops, those delightful agents of civil forfeiture and speeding tickets.

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Is Anyone Surprised? Left-Wing Media Doesn’t Like ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’

Via ZeroHedge

Leftists across America have been triggered.

That’s probably not going to come as a shock to anyone, but the establishment media and woke social media response to Oliver Anthony’s gritty coal country ballad ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ is less than enthusiastic. Much like their reaction to Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That In A Small Town’ which blew up the charts in the face of heavy media backlash, ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ is being derided as a “right wing anthem” laced with “conspiracy theories.”

‘Try That In A Small Town’ goes straight for the throat in pointing out the level of anger among rural Americans and conservatives when it comes to the chaos wrought by leftist ideology. The message is bold – “Try that in our neck of the woods, and we’ll rain hell down on you.” Democrats attacked the song as “thinly veiled racism” hearkening back to the days of southern lynch mobs – But of course, the race baiting tactic is long worn out and no one seems to care about the accusations anymore. And, rather hypocritically, leftists once again reveal their underlying racism by suggesting that a song about rising crime can only be about black people.

Oliver Anthony’s song is much more reserved and seems to take inspiration from protest songs of the 1960s and 1970s. The sound is also rooted in the classic country tones of performers like Hank William’s Jr, escaping the boring overproduced robot music of the modern era. Rich Men North Of Richmond is simple, but Anthony’s talent is undeniable. The song is also honest in its observations, so it’s not surprising that the media is unsettled by it.