How about this for a song subject?

[capri0mni]

No liberal person ever went to Hell

Bwa-ha-ha!

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[barbthebrazen.livejournal.com]

But...

According to my mom, being as liberal as I am, I'll be on the fast escelator down. This ruins my whole fantasy...

Darnit!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Some famous literary wit type (I forget who -- Mark Twain, perhaps... or maybe Groucho Marx?) said something to the effect of: Heaven was okay for the ambiance, but he preferred Hell for the company...

And now, I have this vision of Heaven as being one big, Republican cocktail party...

Not that I was ever planning on going there in the first place... ;-)

[drox.livejournal.com]

Interesting how those words (liberal, conservative) have been corrupted over the years. Does politics corrupt everything it touches?

Once upon a time, liberal and conservative could both be virtues. Liberal for being free-thinking and generous, conservative for its cautious "if it ain't broke don't fix it" style.

But the old meanings are still with us; they've just got nothing to do with politics. Bottles of sunscreen still say "apply liberally", by which they mean generously.

I recall a newspaper ad for an investment firm that said "We invest your money conservatively so you can profit liberally".

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I don't think the meanings have been corrupted, so much as narrowed, over the years. After all, those particular political labels were chosen for a reason, once upon a time.

Political Conservatives do want to conseverse traditions. Political Liberals do want to be generous toward the "underclass" with government money. But the mistrust between the groups (whether justified or not) has caused each side to become obsessed with the political label, to the extent that they have squeezed all definitions of the word out of our minds.

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The interpretation given for the last proverb I wrote a song for said that it was just Irish "protocol" that said you should tell two stories for every one you're told (and to give more blessings in greeting than you've received). I think this is the proverb that explains that protocol.

Besides, I think it might be fun to write a "Debate with the Devil" type song...