An "I shit you not" update

[kellinator]

Over the weekend the John Birch Society littered the law library with flyers.

Ever heard of the John Birch Society? I didn't realize they were still around.



Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues, by Bob Dylan

Well, I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue,
I didn't know what in the world I was gonna do,
Them Communists they wus comin' around,
They wus in the air,
They wus on the ground.
They wouldn't gimme no peace. . .

So I run down most hurriedly
And joined up with the John Birch Society,
I got me a secret membership card
And started off a-walkin' down the road.
Yee-hoo, I'm a real John Bircher now!
Look out you Commies!

Now we all agree with Hitlers' views,
Although he killed six million Jews.
It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist,
At least you can't say he was a Communist!
That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria.

Well, I wus lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds.
I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed,
Looked in the sink, behind the door,
Looked in the glove compartment of my car.
Couldn't find 'em . . .

I wus lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere,
I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair.
I looked way up my chimney hole,
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl.
They got away . . .

Well, I wus sittin' home alone an' started to sweat,
Figured they wus in my T.V. set.
Peeked behind the picture frame,
Got a shock from my feet, hittin' right up in the brain.
Them Reds caused it!
I know they did . . . them hard-core ones.

Well, I quit my job so I could work alone,
Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes.
Followed some clues from my detective bag
And discovered they wus red stripes on the American flag!
That ol' Betty Ross . . .

Well, I investigated all the books in the library,
Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away.
I investigated all the people that I knowed,
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go.
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me.

Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy,
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy.
To my knowledge there's just one man
That's really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell.
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus.

Well, I fin'ly started thinkin' straight
When I run outa things to investigate.
Couldn't imagine doin' anything else,
So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself!
Hope I don't find out anything . . . hmm, great God!

Comments

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

Can I go hide in a corner now?

Re:

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I'll join you. Bring the cookies and milk and some kitty cats to play with.

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan.

John Birch Society

[scarcrest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're still around. Half the time you see a "U.S. should pull out of U.N." letter to the editor in your newspaper, the person's a Bircher or has been reading their ideology online or hearing it on talk radio.

[cinderly.livejournal.com]

Once, I did one of those "How well do you know me" quizzes. One of the questions was which group would Cindy never join:

a) PTA
b) John Birch Society
c) Amnesty International

A small percentage of people actually chose B!

Re:

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that was the correct answer?

[cinderly.livejournal.com]

Right. I suppose I should have worded that as "Only a small percentage ..."

Whoops.