Randy Newman Critiques The Court During Apple Keynote
2 Comments Published by Kedar January 15th, 2008 in Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Justices and Judges, Samuel AlitoRandy Newman sang a rather interesting song at the conclusion of the Macworld Keynote Speech. Here was the relevant portion of his song:
Its pissing me off a little that the Supreme Court is going to outlive me. Couple young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now, too. But I defy you to find me, anywhere in the world, two Italians as tight-assed as the two Italians we got here. And as for the brother- well Pluto’s not a planet anymore either.
You can find the .wav file here. Calling Justices Scalia and Alito ‘tight-ass?’ Calling Justice Clarence Thomas a ‘brother?’ Oh dear.
Tags: Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court
The “Pluto” remark was offputting too. Was he revoking Thomas’ “black card”? Seriously? Randy F’in Newman? If someone had said that about Obama he would be tarred as a racist before he got offstage.
Calling Scalia and Alito tight-ass is almost complimentary. And Clarence Thomas…. it was not racist.
I have seen “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” performed live by Mr. Newman on several occasions — the audience was more than complimentary.
Ours is an Empire that is in disarry [to be charitable.
Randy Newman is no racist. He never stood on his piano bench and shouted “god damn america”.
This song in its entirety is a biting and accurate commentary on what Mr. Newman has observed in his ~65 years observing America and the World.
Read about him @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_newman