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...American” rock songs were written at least partly as bitter parodies; witness Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” penned as an Okie anthem in response to Irving Berlin’s saccharine “God Bless America.” Not everyone heard Guthrie’s original lyrics protesting the plight of people who “stood there hungry” in line at the relief office; George H.W. Bush, an unrepentant booster of privatization and welfare reduction, somehow managed...
Recently, right-wing candidates seem to have learned their lessons, borrowing songs with more thoroughbred jingoist credentials for their theme music. Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA,” playing sporadically during the 1984 Republican National Convention, and interminably after Sept. 11, is a prime example...
...play in the game." And he's right. Dermatologists, cosmetics giants, pharmaceutical companies, medical-device makers and spas are all trying to get rich selling youth to the nation's aging baby boomers, a group that's nearly 80 million strong and getting more wrinkled by the day, bless their narcissistic little hearts...
...That's what happened to the previous bland blandishment of "Merry Christmas." It was no more a declaration of religious belief than saying, "God bless you," when you heard a sneeze. (Remind me: is that still allowed?) Yet in the nagging belief that an invocation of the holiday might upset some people, usually referred to as "our Jewish friends," the phrase morphed into "Happy holiday" or "Happy holidays" - those days presumably being Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's Day. Problem solved, with no offense...
Just as in Vegas, their fierce competition in Macau will spur other developers to build better and bolder projects that will attract larger crowds. Wynn says he's "rooting for my competitors to do a good job"--even Adelson. "If he can fill it, God bless him. That kind of stuff, notwithstanding the attitude of the chairman, is a great thing for this town...