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Music Monday – “I’m just a singer of simple songs/I’m not a real political man/I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you/The difference in Iraq and Iran” or “Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list/And the Statue of Liberty started shakin’ her fist/And the eagle will fly man, it’s gonna be hell/When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell”

Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry?

Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got more divided…

 

“Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)?” – Alan Jackson
“Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)” – Toby Keith

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  1. Music Monday – “From the Monogaleh valley/To the Mesabi iron range/To the coal mines of Appalachia/The story’s always the same/Seven-hundred tons of metal a day/Now sir you tell me the world’s changed/Once I made you rich enough/Rich enough to forget my name”
  2. Music Monday – “Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous/Wicked and able, media-ready/Heartless, and labeled/Super US citizen, super achiever/Mega ultra power dosing, relax/Defense, defense, defense, defense”
  3. Music Monday – “Right wingin’, Bitter clingin’, Guns and God Are Our Religion”
  4. Music Monday – “I’m gonna tell you fascists/Sure might may be surprised/There’s people in this world/And we’re getting organized”
  5. Music Monday – “Yeah, this is America/Guns in my area/I got the strap/I gotta carry ’em”

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