The Battle Hymn of the Republic 2026

                            Lyrics by Christopher Mahon. Traditional music.

 

     Donald Trump's a traitor and his party backs him up

     The GOP have sold us out to Putin and his pup 

     Their party's full of crooks, and their judges are corrupt

     It's time to clean our house!

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     We the people hold the power

     We grow stronger by the hour

     See the revolution flower

     As we take back what is ours

 

     They broke in to our capitol to cram it in their maw

     They smeared their shit on all of us-- Our history and our law

     They deny the evidence that everybody saw

     It's time to clean our house!

Chorus

     The millionaires and billionaires want more and more and more

     They can only get it by taking from the poor

     Their place in our society's a nasty pus-filled sore

     It's time to clean our house!

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     Their cult is cold and heartless 

     They revel in their hate

     They want to trample all our rights

     And they will call it great

     We'll show them what we're made of

     And send them to their fate

     It's time to clean our house!

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     The spirit of twenty-six will lead us on to victory

     We'll fight for all we're worth so to keep our nation free

     When citizens rise the tyrants fall and that's our history

     It's time to clean our house!

Chorus

 

 I don't imagine myself another Joe Hill, but this song is from my deep heart's core. As we enter these troubled times, we must remember our strength, and hold onto our resolve. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Post (for Elle Cordova)

  

 

 "But she had already stopped in front of a tall door padded with purple velvet. There were voices on the other side-- eldritch voices, the sort of voices that mere typography will remain totally unable to convey until someone can make a linotype machine with echo-reverb and, possibly, a typeface that looks like something said by a slug." 

Terry Pratchett The Light Fantastic, novel  

Pratchett had an imagination and sense of humor that was amazing. Find and read his books!   His discworld is one of literature's greatest inventions. For those of you not in the know, Elle Cordova is one of the most talented people on YouTube. I imagine she's also talented elsewhere, and, perhaps, in real life, but I have no first-hand evidence to that effect. In any event, she has perfected a style of intellectual-goofiness that is rarely seen, and almost never to the level she achieves. There is a kinship, I think, with Pratchett's work. Among other things; she's given personalities to various typefaces. Dare I say that she's given faces to typefaces? Yes. I dare. In certain parts of New York, she would be called a pisser. Everywhere else she'd be funny. And, if I had the skills, there would be some links to her channels. But I don't. So there aren't.