Ol' Jed's a terrorist!

Seems like every time I visit Aces Full (James' blog) I end up wanting to steal something from there - and sometimes do - like this mangled lyrics Web site.

There's a lifetime worth of exploring there - but I suggest it's best in small bytes - a few thousand at a time - bytes that is. I got stuck on this one author, Robert J. Pagliaro, and particularly his several takes on the "Ballad of Jed Clampett."

Here's the second verse, for example, from his "Ballad of Osma Bin Laden." (Doing a parody on bin Laden is about as difficult as i can imagine - not much humor in a guy who murders 3,000 people. But then he pulls it off. Hell, you would think with a walking joke for preident we'd laugh more - but it isn't easy to find humor in ugly, visicous little wars, or an economy in the toilet. )

Ok, just listen to the banjo, get a picture of Jed Clampett with his long rifle in your head, then substitute the bin Laden's face.

Well the next thing you know our bombs were in the air,
Qaida folk said "Bin move away from there"
Said "New York is the place you ought to be"
So he loaded up the camel and moved to NYC.
Apple, that is. Sinning fools, gir-lie bars.

But he doesn't stop there, he does another version called
"The Ballot of Jeb Bush" (Yes, the word is intended to be "ballot."

And he gives Pat Robertson both barrells - first with "Here's to you," Mr. Robertson" and later the "Ballad of Pat Robertson"

Oh hell - don't waste time here. Just scamper on over to all the links to Pagliaro's parodies. and prowl!

Thanks James.