Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em

That's what the Statue of Bigotry says

Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death

and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard

President Obama, or someone at the White House, seems to have liked Makana's music well enough to invite him to perform for the president again, this time at a dinner for the APEC leaders meeting in Honolulu where they're pushing more economically devastating "free trade" agreements. Makana had played at the White House in 2009 but it's not likely he'll be invited back again. As police across America swooped down on Occupy encampments-- Portland and Denver were hard hit-- Makana stopped with the background dinner music and launched into 45 minutes of an awesome Occupy movement protest song. He sang something like 50 versions of he song. Political leaders rarely listen to lyrics.I remember sitting at a table with Dick Lugar at a White House state banquet for Vaclav Havel. Lou Reed sang "Dirty Blvd," his then-current hit. People kind of recognized the melody or something and they kind of danced in their seats. I remember Lugar could barely contain himself. His big plastic smile never even faded when Lou sang:No one seems to have noticed but me and my friend Brian.In other news, President Obama ended the silly shirt tradition at these meetings, forever embittering the Phillipines. Oh... and Obama told China to start acting like a grown up Here are the complete lyrics to "We Are The Many":

Labels: Bush trade policies, Hawaii, Lou Reed, OccupyWallStreet