Thursday, November 17, 2011

The King of Feces and Urine

Rep. Peter King was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN this evening, and the key words of his anti-Occupy Wall Street screed were “feces and urine”. He kept repeating how he understood the freedom of speech stuff, but he didn’t understand why people would want to live in their own feces and urine. (As if he didn’t know!)

This reminded me of that old Christmas Special song “Silver and Gold” from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Rep. King could sing it with “Feces and Urine” instead of “Silver and Gold”. It’s the perfect time of year for it, too, with winter and snow on the way, and all that Christmasy spirit in the air to go with the scent of feces and urine. He should make it into a political ad!

Here’s the song “Silver and Gold”: