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August 12, 2005

Raging Grannies Prove That Hippies Aren't Getting Any Younger

Posted by Dave Blount at August 12, 2005 7:53 PM

As seen on (and fawned over by) NBC, the Raging Grannies — a group of aging kooks with too much time on their hands, not to be mistaken for the relatively tasteful Rabid Grannies — are letting it be known that their sophisticated understanding of world affairs has lead them to disapprove of President Bush and his policies. Their attention-getting gimmicks include wearing large, foolish-looking hats and singing inane protest ditties to the tune of popular songs.

Here's an example of their lyric-writing skills (to the tune of "There's No Business Like Show Business"):

There's no business like war business
The worst business we know
Never mind the homeless and the hungry,
Never mind the people without jobs
Nowhere can you get that special feeling
Than when you're piling up the bombs.

There's no business like war business
The best business we know
Multinational profits going through the sky
They multiply while children die
The same amount buys food and clothes
For everyone all over the world.

I don't think I've heard anything this moving and insightful since the Dead Kennedys broke up.

The Raging Grannies of Tucson normally do their part to undermine resistance to terror and the spread of democracy by performing their infantile act on a weekly basis outside a local recruiting office, but they recently escalated their crusade by actually barging into the office and disrupting business, forcing the police to arrest them for trespassing.

If I were their agent, I would recommend they put their show on the road to Crawford. They might grab a slot as the warm-up act for Cindy Sheehan. I'm sure the reviews from the MSM would continue to glow with admiration.