Quite remarkably yesterday, the affirmative action politician known as Kamala Harris advocated for the implementation of a social justice standard based on the lyrics of a 1978 rock song by the band Rush. Yeah, this actually happened.
With a southern border in crisis, an economy in a state of chaos and massive inflation crushing the American people, Kamala Harris is worried about environmental racism and trees not getting enough social justice. WATCH:
“There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the Maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can’t be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the Forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream ‘Oppression!’
And the Oaks, just shake their heads
So the Maples formed a Union
And demanded equal rights
‘The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light’
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw…”
The Stupid—It Burns
The young hippies are dumber than the old ones. Its funny watching them gravitate from one cause to another hoping the next one will be their Viet Nam.
Is that a copywrite on the protest sign???
Either that or it’s a Twitter hashtag
© vs. @
You nailed it. That’s EXACTLY what these young ANTIFA types “believe” they’re latching onto … some meaningful protest such as one against an illegal War that we had no will to prosecute effectively.
They live the most pampered lives of any human to ever reside on planet earth … AND … they’ve killed off God (or so they believe) … so they need to INVENT a reason for their nihilistic lives.
They are like the blind stumbling around in perpetual darkness.
And, since they did not even get a basic education, they will always be like lemmings.
They’re part right … while it’s not mine to judge, they’re exhibiting all the symptoms for a seared conscience (1 Tim 4:2) and so may have ‘killed God’ to themselves.
She’s so smart that she completed 500 piece jigsaw puzzle using only 429 pieces
“Here’s where we seperate the awkwardly feminine from the possibly Canadian …”
Ah, the Ocho.
Kamala Harris is Hank Johnson in a pantsuit….
For those who aren’t familiar with Hank Johnson, click below:
Rep. worries Guam will capsize? – YouTube
Have you seen this one? Ol’ Hank is the gift that keeps on giving!
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hank+johnson+midgets&t=newext&atb=v295-5bc&iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2VPiXvGpURc
Love the parity SD. Sometimes you just can’t make it up!
The higher thoughts of Neil Peart will never be understood by these morons. RUSH is well known to teach lessons of every variety both instrumental and lyrical.
Yo, evil demoncraps! The song isn’t about trees.
There is no use wasting time to explain it to them. We are stuck with them until Heaven comes our way.
the Rush album ‘2112’ was dedicated the the teachings of Ayn Rand. I think the band ‘gets it’.
I cant even begin to describe my molten anger or painful exasperation as I read the news today writ large or edifying articles herein….
Wtaf ……
My husband suggests I just stop reading the news…but how can one do so when there are children and future gradchildren at stake…
I sometimes wonder if I have the salt to rise up as my forebear did fighting The Revolution…but where and when does that uprising begin???? Can any of this even wait until a Federal Election cycle????
My husband further suggests I find a more public outlet for my outrage and frustration…but what would the backlash be for my military son or popular musician son…???
There are days like today where I truly worry about our Nation….my Faith guides me…but the absolutely oppressive fog of current events makes me worry excessively…
Without a huge force of parents correcting the course of their now young children (i mean all cities and towns nationwide)…and absent a determined force of those who are like minded …I truly fear for what is to come…
I feel as though…apart from those who come here to share…I speak to those trees and nothing more…to successfully challenge the comforts of the status quo and convince others among whom we live of the direction toward which we are heading is many times simply too insurmountable…….cannot the masses see they are marching toward their own nationwide doom????!
Man o man…..today’s news cycle truly ‘got’ to me……sigh…
Are you in Central TX?
Could be?
If so, I started a group for women just like you. We call it group therapy, but we’re active too. If you’re not, there are millions and millions of us with pent up need to “do something” and lots of things that need to be done. You probably know a core group of 5-6 of them and with their friends and random people you meet on SM or airplanes, it’ll grow. It might save some marriages too!
Really……wow!!!!! And here I thought I was so alone….
I hope our paths cross.?
Oh Kathryn, you are far from alone! Take heart – as there are many of us – women and men – biding our time. I have several women friends who are also conservative – some willing to stand up, and others still reluctant to risk social scourge. The more you must circulate in the liberal circles because of jobs, family ties, etc., the more difficult it is to speak out. I remind them – silence is assent, and when those in a group cannot even condemn abortion, they might as well express agreement with pro abortion. I recently joined a surprisingly large group of women – Liberty Ladies (a national group with local groups all over the US). I attended a luncheon with Jonathan Emrod (attorney & author) as the guest speaker. There were over 200 in attendance – women of all ages – and total patriots! You may have a local group where you live also. We must discover our fellow travelers wherever they are – so inspiring and confirming. We are on the right side – always remember that. We stand strong and tall, and God is with us. We may not witness victory in our lifetimes, but never underestimate the effect we all can have on the eventual triumph.
Excellent rant, Kathryn.
You are definitely not alone in your feelings & frustration.
Maybe channel your energy into starting at a very local level like volunteering for the local Republican party if it’s not corrupt, or for the local elections at the polls, or wherever they take volunteers that can help educate people to make better choices at election time..
Repub…. Rep….. Republican Party?! ?
We really are men without countries. Our so-called Party is lost, led by wolves like McConnell and McCarthy. We have to look beyond these horse traders or it’s hopeless.
Not hopeless IMHO, just difficult. Until someone with enough gravitas, enough $$$, and enough active support in all 50 states starts a new third party, we have to work to change the GOP from the ground up, starting in each state at local levels.
No one said it would be easy. But there are supposedly at least 23 million registered Repub voters spread out unevenly across 50 states. Are 22,999,900 of those people incapable of volunteering or taking action? I should hope not, so… giddyup, people. (Yes, I and my wife volunteer with our local elections and have for 20+ years)
In previous threads, Sundance has admonished “Don’t look away”.
These are testing existential times as we all know. I know more than I want to and some of it brings me to tears. BUT, there is no currency in being ignorant. And this is why I read, research, and sometimes cry. I have children and grandchildren. I need to know what’s going on so I can pass on to my grands’ parents information that is vital for their well being and power against those who mean to damage their children.
For example, I have just read in Health Impact News that both Texas and Florida… both red states…have started injecting the biojab poison into children . I have just texted my two grown children who have my grands in elementary school this info, asking them to stay alert.
They are working all the hours God sends and have no time to stay up on the important information the way I can.
It’s hard and distressing I know. But we absolutely must not look away. The world is a dangerous place and I want to see what’s coming so I am not caught unawares. Keep reading.
Kathryn, it sounds like we’re married to the same guy! I share your feelings, but I think they just worry about us getting too stressed.
Thank you all for comments below….so so sweet and uplifting.
Years ago I put my money where my mouth was…PTA Pres and active with State officials and actually went toe to toe with NEA reps…
In exchange, my two older children were targeted by other parents….
So I still fly ‘under the radar’….but your collective encouragement is inspiring….thank you!!!!
Find a group of people who can influence many others, e.g., group of pastors who meet regularly. Encourage them to be bold from the pulpit.
Everyone who is aware is concerned, if only upset about gas prices and empty shelves.
Power to the people, was a mantra once. We, the People can resurrect that again and reclaim our rightful place. Start somewhere, vent your concerns and aim high (large numbers to be affected), not just with a neighbor.
What’d I miss?
I am so sick of seeing these morons with gags on their faces I could scream.
When someone talks to me with a mask on I say to them, “Could you please speak up, I can’t hear you through the muzzle.”
“Muzzles”?
Sorry, I was thinking of this.https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/11/05/hamtramck-first-muslim-city-council/6288652001/
I feel the same. Last evening my husband and I were dining in a nice restaurant, seated near a table of four. One couple was maskless, and the other couple both wore masks. They had their cocktails served in front of them, and I lost track of time waiting for them to actually remove their masks and have a sip. Later I saw them eating and drinking – maskless! Cannot figure this out – are the masks a preventive if worn for a few moments, then removed, and put back on when walking to the exit? Mind-boggling!!
Neil Peart just vomited in his grave
A stupid Canadian (with all apologies to non-stupid Canadians) advocating for a song from a Canadian band whose lyrics were inspired by Ayn Rand.
You, Commie Kamala, are a stupid bitch!
I really hate her for this one.
Yep, thats who they dedicated their 2112 album to. Its on the back of the cover.
As always Magabear…,you hit the nail on the head….stupidity and ignorance (for one is innate and the other unacquired knowledge) reigns supreme today…the product of decades of Stupid teaching our spongelike youngsters….
Ayn Rand has been denigrated for decades….a woman who experienced Communism firsthand..
Go Figure….
Her trumpet calls…via her many literary works…have largely gone unheeded…my own frustrations I shared above must necessarily pale next to what hers would be if she were watching current unfolding events globally….
But then…she would already be living on her own private island…would that I were as well…..
Unheeded by many, true. But not completely forgotten.
Anthem is a glimpse of our future if we fail.
I don’t know any history, but I read the lyrics to mean that nature should be left alone or else the solution will be worse than the problem.
I think the lyrics deliberately made the allusion to trees…and Oaks specifically…to show what happens when one grows mighty and strong with attributes or gifts that are God given…or naturally imbued…and another simply doesnt have those same God given attributes or gifts thus allowing for jealousy or envy or out and out hatred to reign the day…
I mean who doesnt love and admire the mighty oak???
The Rush lyricist was truly on to somrthing…..
Spot on. Oaks/maples (and people) each have their own natures, and ‘equity’ is figuratively and literally a hatchet job.
Neil Peart was always a supreme professor as a lyricist and especially as a percussionist. He schooled everyone one of us, in many different ways. I miss him very much. He died of brain cancer not long ago.
The irony of that will forever be incomprehensible.
The La branch of JoeBamaLa doesn’t understand music nor her target audience. Lol!
Can you imagine a doggy with Kamala Harris
Rush, and everything they represent — perfectly displayed in their (best!) song, “The Trees” — is the exact opposite of what you, Kamala, and all your scumbag buddies advocate! You are, indeed, as dumb as a rock!
Exactly.
Hey Jello, I always wondered if the song was a sort of metaphor for the Canadians (Maples) stepping out from under the “shade” of Britain (Oaks).
How dare she drag my favorite band into this?
Tell her she’s actually quoting Rush. Rush Limbaugh!
I was thinking exactly the same thing. And someone doesn’t understand the lyrics.
It really is time to get out of our madhouse where the inmates control everything
I had a socialist friend who announced that his favorite historical figure was Robin Hood.
He also declared himself to be the smartest person he knew.
The smugness and self-satisfaction of the average leftist is gargantuan.
They want to solve all the problems of the world, and therefore they are the living, breathing solution for all the problems of the world.
AOC wants to give free health care to everyone. When asked how to pay for it she said “You just pay for it!”. Caring is all that matters.
As the Beatles said “love is all you need”. I tried to buy coffee at Starbucks in return for love. They had me arrested.
Hilarious!!!!
Made me laugh….out loud!!!!
Thank you!!!!
Robin Hood stole from the government – king, sheriff, “nobles” -and gave the money back to the tax payers
Monty Python’s response:
“Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the land
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Without a merry band
He steals from the poor
And gives to the rich
Stupid (female dog)” (my edit)
Personally and in the general sense, I prefer closer to the heart.
But Camel is still an idiot. Trees or no trees.
She does resemble Joe Camel…
Maybe this has to do with planting more trees in “low income neighborhoods” , at a $3 Billion dollar price tag.
This is part of the infrastructure bill that just passed.
https://rightnewswire.com/you-wont-believe-what-democrats-are-earmarking-3-billion-in-the-spending-bill-to-do-to-low-income-neighborhoods/
Planting trees where they have no chance at growing.
It’s insane!
It’s Vietnamization all over again and again.
This is an anti-communist song. Anyone who has ever listened to rush knows Peart was a big Ayn Rand fan.
I’m not sure if one of her speech writers played a joke on her, if she is trying to appropriate it, or if she is just an idiot.
I vote for “idiot.”
The song was meant to horrify decent people. She’s an idiot for not researching it and calculating the political implications, but she didnt misinterpret the lyrics.
BTW, Maples shade poison ivy.
My all time favorite band. I quoted the lyrics from one of their songs recently in a comment. I am sure she does not understand it. Neal was into Ayn Rand at the time. It heavily influenced his outlook and lyrics for at least three albums, 2112, A Farewell to Kings, and Hemispheres which included this song. As the story is told, the only way to create equality among trees is with hatchet, axe, and saw. The same can be said for humans and civilization. Kamala probably doesn’t understand the term metaphor.
It seems clear that she has NO idea what the lyrics actually mean. Probably thinks its literally about maples and oaks.
Those were peak Rush
makes me sad for today, sigh
Let’s get this straight … the “eco”-zealots insist upon high density urban housing … stacking and packing people like they wish could with shipping containers. Packing more and more people into smaller and smaller urban footprints. Asphalt, glass, and steel.
It’s “environmental” to do so … they tell us. It’s better than ewwwwwww … suburban sprawl.
And THEN … Kamellll’La declares there are no Trees in the urban hell’s cape they have demanded we live in??
Do these people ever listen to themselves?
Kommy Harris should read Joyce Kilmer’s poem Trees and remember, “Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.” But Kommy Harris doesn’t believe in, nor fear God.
Wonder if she realizes that Neal Pert was a major Libertarian and huge Ayn Rand fan?
I tried to read Rand years ago. Awful, boring, obtuse … I c/n finish Atlas Shrugged. But however a poor writer, she was write about communism and liberty. The communists still hate Ann Rand.
Funny, I had the same issue with that book. I put it down
I am extremely ADD, and had a difficult time with Atlas Shrugged, but I persisted and re-read many pages…..got through it and am glad I did…….well worth the effort.
Would prefer this space-hating Democrat just stay away from NASA.
Rush sucked in the 70s and they still suck today.
Silly 🙂 irrelevant opinion of the night.
So the dims took away a rather insignificant but meaningful anthem.
I used to blast this through the redwoods to my antifa loving neighbors across the way…now I’m confused?
Should I remove it from the mix of LBG, Gilacopter and Holiday in Cambodia?
They haven’t taken anything but only shown their perverse (in the Latin original; turned away/around) selves. Mix in some later Megadeth to complete the mix 🙂
Maybe if minorities wouldn’t park their cars on the front lawn, trees would grow there. Maybe if they watered the lawn the trees wouldn’t die. Maybe if they spent some of their money to plant trees instead of buying spoke wheel covers? Or what if they just refrained from cutting down the trees they HAD to burn in the fireplace or BBQ grill?
I go to visit my childhood home every few years just to see what the neighborhood looks like. It was once nearly all White. Now it’s almost all Black. Our 1+ acre lot was full of large decades-old Red Oaks, Water Oaks, Cedars, and other trees. Everything from 4″ diameter to 24″ and that was 50 years ago. The last time I visited almost all the trees were gone. None had been replaced. The St. Augustine grass was thin and yellow. The house was in good shape. The paint on the trim look kept. They simply didn’t take care of their yard.
It’s about culture, priorities, and an aesthetic where one takes pride in one’s home and neighborhood.
You don’t have to be rich or educated to plant an acorn and water it once in a while. SMH.
I love RUSH the ultimate libertarian’s band.
Listen to:
–Closer to the Heart
–Tom Sawyer
–Free Will
All beautiful songs!!
Spirit of Radio
Limelight
Subdivisions
Ghost Rider
Half the World
I could go on and on!
If these loons get their way, Red Barchetta won’t be even slightly figurative.
Furious beyond ration that this illegal alien would suggest the treason and violence required to implement the lyrics of one of my favorites. My 8yo, 6yo, 3yo children know the lyrics to every one you’ve listed above. They also absolutely understand the deep rooted meaning, it’s race (western civilization and it’s progenitor race) and class (the productive/innovative) basis of The Trees. The treason multiplies. We are so far down the road of this communist treason against america that it is unclear whether the structure and function of our country (nationalism/patriotism and the policies that encourage advancement and success) can be regained, or whether it is best to prepare for the reconstruction. Regardless of a large red sweep in coming elections, the treason will not be undone. The statues of my ancestors will not be restored to righteous prominence. Under Trump, Communism in america was near an unanticipated sudden demise at a local / State / national level due to exhaustion of funds in the cesspool cities and the welfare-unions, running out of other people’s money. Now the municipality, union, pension fund, pac accounts, have been filled flush with trillions of dollars earned by the blood and sweat of our american heritage. The blackrobes will prevent most communist policies from being abolished or rolled back, and funds clawed back. The screech of the hook-nose media and treason of the robes will hold the gains as this lethal dose of poison courses though the foundations of America. Witness the judiciary vs Trump some years back. This one is for all the marbles, not just the current trillions, but for the entire future of Mankind, precisely as instructed by their mentor millennia ago. The Light of Humanity has been destroyed. I for one do not accept the disenfranchisement of our seven children, counting the new Angel anticipated in January, nor will I yield an inch of American soil to succession. This coordinated global coup against freedom and liberty must be fought tooth and nail. If, through a long period of travails, we at last, and after great cost, triumph over these vermin, every last one who gave them succor must be tried and executed publicly. No mercy is due those who’ve destroyed our country and stolen our future.
I’m going to give Harris this one small prop. Maybe we should have listened to her and passed on confirming Kavenaugh.
The decision re: Maine is unforgivable.
Get ready.
They are going to do to climate change what they have been doing to covid.
It’s already ramping up.
— Dems are crying climate change oppression and equity.
— MSM is pushing climate hysteria news and videos
— big tech/political activists are demanding social media ban and delete any opposition to climate alarmism
— the Green New (socialist/Marxist) deal
— a decade of indoctrination of our kids in tv, social media, and schools
She appears drunk.
No, just naturally stupid.
Those lyrics were intended to be IRONIC, their real meaning the exact opposite of what they say superficially.
Well, she finally got something right.
As an obvious RUSH fan, it is come full circle.
Maybe we can look forward to With Hunt, or Working Man in the near future.
All the best SD!
All across the US no one is wearing masks anymore. But still the federal government wears masks. How come covid only effects DC, the Pentagon and federal buildings? (and Target TV commercials)
We wore all hoaxed in 2020 but it’s over now Wearing a mask today, like KH, makes one look idiotic.
April 25, 2021: President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss a plan to offer citizenship as part of a tree-planting proposal he wants the US to help finance when he meets with Vice President Kamala Harris next month, a Mexican official said.
The Mexican leader pitched the initiative, Planting Life, during President Biden’s virtual climate summit at the White House on Thursday and said it could help stem the surge of immigrants to the US border.
It involves planting 1 billion fruit and timber trees, and Lopez Obrador proposed the US grant six-month work visas that lead to citizenship to workers who participate in the program
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/vp-harris-to-meet-with-mexican-president-on-citizenship-plan/
Is she high again? What kind of person sits like that?
She’s foul.
The illegitimate and always incompetent Vice President, is not intellectual in any way. Her only accomplishment, required no brain power, just the ability to perform heels up exercises.
The abject stupidty of these morons never stops!
These are the same ‘minds’ that took 1984, Brave New World, The Prisoner, and other dystopias as instruction manuals…
I love the smell of 2-stroke in the Forest, smells like Victory! Plus its environmentally nessessary for regeneration of Oaks, Maples, Conifers, and Man. City could use some 2-Stroke and D10s irony is a bitch.
The Solution to the “unrest” in that song if I recall correctly
AND I DO….
was described in the final line:
HATCHET, AXE and SAW
I had no ideas that living in an area that has tress and lots and lots of trees made me a pesky white supremacist. Oh yes please, let’s have her as president.
Nothing in my seventy-three years of living has scared me more than the thought of Kamala Harris becoming President of the United States of America.
I have been a Rush fan for decades. I can tell you that this song is a protest against the leftist’s soulless abstraction of “equality” by destruction. It is an echo of the Vonnegut story (https://www.enotes.com/topics/harrison-bergeron) about the hobbling of excellence for some misguided idea of eliminating distinction. Lyricist Peart dedicated his next album, 2112, to a meditation on a dystopian religio-fascist totalitarianism. The dedication was to “the genius of Ayn Rand.” That is the first place I heard her name, and resulted in my reading most of her books. Rush has never been a supporter of fascism, but rather always a voice for human liberty. Also a great band.
Incidentally, Geddy and Alex, why have we not heard from you to object to the Trudeau government’s deplorable oppression of religious freedom? Geddy’s parents met in Auschwitz for Heaven’s sake. I have been waiting for them to speak up. I feel if Neal were still alive, he would not remain silent.
The DNC motto…save the trees, kill the babies. Because, you know, trees are more alive than a human fetus.
And Rush is a Canadian band. Base your U.S. eco justice ism on hippies from our own country!
Kamala has the brains God gave a pine cone. Lets Go Brandon!
It’s just another racist dog park… or something like that.
Here’s how we know it’s not a racist society we live in: Because TREES.
Let’s just imagine we lived in a KKK era country and there were a lot of trees around black neighborhoods. Just what do you think they would say or think THEN? Yeah… I thought so.