Ryan's Favorite Band Writes Brutal Op-Ed Against Him Tom Morello & Paul Ryan At Odds As Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Rejects His Appreciation
Paul Ryan has previously cited Rage Against the Machine as his favorite band, but the group's guitarist isn't returning the niceties. In a blistering op-ed published Thursday night on Rolling Stone's website, Tom Morello blasts Mitt Romney's new VP choice as "the embodiment of the machine our music rages against."
In painting Ryan as antithetical to progress, Morello compares the Congressman's appreciation of RATM to Charles Manson's love for The Beatles and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's liking for Bruce Springsteen.
At the heart of Morello's distaste for Ryan is "his guiding vision of shifting revenue more radically to the one percent." He goes on to say Ryan has plenty of "rage," but claims its "A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment."
The Grammy-winning guitarist has a history of outspoken activism. Together with actor Mark Ruffalo and Coldplay singer Chris Martin, he has recently advocated for a "Robin Hood Tax" which would levy a tax on all financial transactions. That money would then be used to assist those who suffered at the hands of the recession.
I guess if "their political thinking at the elementary school level. Not exactly deep thinkers in that band" it says a lot about Ryan's choices of music.
Maybe someone who's more of a "deep thinker" like Ted Nugent would be more appropriate.
Democracy4Sale wrote: And it's "all about you", isn't it Fred....
Why, yes it is. I am such a Randian Objectivist. BTW, the second chapter of Atlas Shrugged is coming out before the election, and you can get the DVD of the first chapter on [url=http://www.amazon.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.amazon.com[/url].
Surprised about Lynyrd Skynrd because they have written anti-gun songs.
Dave Mustaine? Also suprised to see him go wacky like that, he used to be a Dem a couple Presidents ago. Even went to the DNC.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves Orcs."
--John Rogers
Randroid
A follower of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy, with emphasis on the more cultic aspects of the movement. Often marked by exclusivist rhetoric, dogmatic individualism, and determinedly narcissistic self-praise.
To a Randroid, being nice, charitable, altruistic and fair is to be a morally reprehensible person and such things are vices.
A hero to them is a selfish man who takes what he wants, does what he wants and cares only about himself.
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