SHEEP

Reading about all the various political posturing associated with 9/11 and the segment of the American public that buys into it with willful ignorance reminded me of The Housemartins, particularly the first track below, "Sheep." You see, back in the '80s, when Conservative politics were grinding both England and America down to size for fun and profit, there were a number of bands who actually wrote about what was happening. Listening to a number of The Housemartins' songs today, it struck me how little has changed in the quarter century (!) since they first emerged on the UK popscene. There may be a Democrat in the White House, but there's a Tory at Number 10, and Conservative interests continue to drive political and economic discussion, and regardless of what the rest of us think, it's the gullible, fear-driven sheep who make the political decisions that ultimately shape our government, our lives, our world...