The year in satirical song

For the third year, Eagle editorial board members Richard Crowson and Randy Scholfield have set some of biggest stories of the year to the tunes of Christmas carols. The lyrics of nine satirical carols are featured on today’s Opinion pages. To hear Crowson and Scholfield perform six of these tunes, click here.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

13 Comments

  1. writerdog
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 5:27 am | Permalink

    Well done guys… But don’t give up the day jobs just in case! LOL

  2. JWink
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 8:25 am | Permalink

    The first one, “Auld Lang Kline,” is pretty accurate.

  3. Joe Williams
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    They were great!

  4. J R
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 10:56 am | Permalink

    Trolling JULIE???

    Oh now that is just low!

    I’ll have to weigh in about the songs later. Browser won’t let me hear them and I’ve not seen the paper yet.

  5. CapnAmerica
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 10:58 am | Permalink

    Thanks for that insightful critique of “hatefulness,’ Julie.

    Because nothing says “love” like using the word “faggot.”

  6. CapnAmerica
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    I noticed The Eagle didn’t mention that the cartoonist they run on the op-ed page, Tinsley, got arrested for the second time for DUI.

    You can’t blame him though. His duck character, Mallard Fillmore, went hunting with Cheney . . .

    KA BOOM!

    George W. Bush DUI

    Cheney two DUI’s

    Tinsley two DUI’s

    Beemer two DUI’s

    Man, somebody ought to teach these Republicans about “personal responsibility.”

  7. Ibedevlinya
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 11:04 am | Permalink

    I hear they will perform live in concert at the RentACenter, and that Randy will have a book signing afterwards.

  8. Pam D
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

    awesome

  9. CapnAmerica
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, MR. BUSH

    You’re a mean one, Mr. Bush.You really are a heel.You have lied us into I raq,For petroleum you’d steal.

    Mr. Bush . . . You’re a bad bananaMaking (pause) oily black deals.

    You’re a monster, Mr. Bush.Your heart’s an empty hole.You killed and maimed and bombed them,Yet you want to bomb some more.

    Mr. Bush . . . I wouldn’t touch you, with a (pause)thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

    You’re a vile one, Mr. Bush.We got coffins for your lies.You told us there were weaponsOf mass destruction size.

    Mr. Bush . . . Given the choice between WMD’s and youI’d take the one in which (pause) no one dies.

    You’re a foul one, Mr. Bush.You lied, BS’d and fibbedYour war is full of anguishYour speeches are all cribbed.

    Mr. Bush . . . The exit strategy you promisedWas apparently just (pause) ad libbed.

    You’re a liar, Mr. Bush.You said Saddam’s a threat.That he would soon attack usAnd all of us should sweat.

    Mr. Bush . . . Your lies are an appalling dump heap overflowingwith the most disgraceful assortment of deceptions (pause)I’ve ever heard yet.

  10. Ben Huie
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 4:48 pm | Permalink

    Capn – even better than the eagle’s songs!

  11. Para D
    Posted December 17, 2006 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

    Twas a day on the WE blog

    and the wingers were bleating

    and lying and spinning

    while taking a beating.

    farmgrrl and JR and Ben Hule on threads

    were battling Nathan and Hank and busting their heads.

    CF and Steven and RD and Cap

    had just finished shredding

    some outlander crap……………

    : ) T B C!

  12. Steven Davis
    Posted December 18, 2006 at 3:15 am | Permalink

    Congrats on the new album, guys. _Up on the roof top_ was my favorite.

    Merry Christmas.

  13. Julie
    Posted December 18, 2006 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    Capn-Wasn’t me. I don’t use ‘that’ word.