Seal- A Change is Gonna Come

The song "A Change is Gonna Come" has two political messages.  They are different in some respects and they have a 44 year  difference between them.  The original version of this song was by Sam Cooke.  His message with this song was about racism in the 1960s and his hope that a change would come. The lyrics say what every black American probably felt at the time. Life was hard, harder than it should have been, but you had to keep moving on and making it through. It also expresses the hardships that came with a black man merely going to the movies.

I also think that the cover version of this song by Seal has a political one.  Seal released his album "Soul" on October 31, 2008, just days before Barack Obama was elected as President of the United States.  This song was also the first track on the album.  Having this song released at that time in history says a lot about what people wanted and what they were looking for in the world.  The American people wanted change, and Barack Obama ran is entire campaign on "change".  And this song is representative of two eras of change in American history.

Fortunate Son- Creedence Clearwater Revival

When thinking about the music-politics blog assignment, the first songs that came to my mind were by Creedence Clearwater Revival.  I am not sure how many of you have listened to CCR, but for me, they are a favorite.  Most of the time I listen to them just for the beat of the music, but if you listen to the lyrics, you can hear clear political messages, mostly about soldiers in Vietnam and speaking out against the war.  The one that always sort of screams "POLITICAL" to me is Fortunate Son.




(Click HERE to read the lyrics.)

This song is speaking out agianst the Vietnam War and for the men that were drafted to go fight.  The song is about how the "fortunate" men have everything they need and want and are the sons of America, but they don't have to go and fight.  It is the men that are less fortunate that are drafted to fight in a war they possibly don't believe in.  Also, iti is saying that the government asks for more and more from the less fortunate and nothing from the rich.

Pelosi is in afterall, but at what expense?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40357872/ns/politics-capitol_hill/

As a follow up to my previous post, Pelosi has retained her leadership with House Democrats. Is this a good thing? I am a thinking maybe not.  As I stated before, I am not a fan of Pelosi. She gives Democrats everywhere a bad reputation for being extremely liberal and is making the term "liberal" seem bad.

According to the article above from MSNBC, Pelosi's new goal in the new Congress will be to "Block Obama Deals with GOP". Apparently Democrats are afraid that our President will try to hard to please the majority and make deals that don't follow Democratic ideals.  But from what I can tell from this article, it just seems like they want to make more of a mess in American politics.  Our government has enough problems as it is so why do people keep trying to shake it up?

Pelosi Out?

Nancy Pelosi is the kind of person you either love or hate. Clearly, Republicans have expressed the not so positive feelings toward her over the past couple of years. But now that the Democrats are no longer the majority, what will feelings toward her look like? Whether they are good or bad, it seems like everyone is ready for a change in direction for the mew minority party. And according to this Fox News article, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina will be challenging Nancy Pelosi for House Minority leader and other Democrats have pledged to not support her running.

Now, As you probably have been able to tell from previous posts, I am definitely not conservative. And I am a proud member of the Democratic Party. However, this does not mean that I am going to love everything about it.  For instance, I am not a huge fan of Pelosi.  She never seemed to be a leader for Democratic Party, merely a figure head that got a lot of press. No matter what news source I got information from, she didn't instill the feeling that she was doing what the people wanted or what the other Democrats wanted, but what she wanted.  Therefore I am of the belief that when it comes time for Democrats to elect their leader, they should definitely go in a new direction.  The Democratic Party suffered a huge blow this election and I believe Pelosi is part of the reason. Her appearance of not being a team player created a lot of enemies for her and if the Democrats want to regain the trust of the people, they will need to change their course.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/15/north-carolina-congressman-confirms-hell-challenge-pelosi-hosue-democratic/?