A great version of “Armagideon Time” off of
Live: From
Here to Eternity (1999). The
original studio version was on the Black
Market Clash EP, which was
released in 1980 and then re-released as the full-length LP Super
Black Market Clash in 1983 with
additional material, but, inexplicably, without “Armagideon Time,” which is a
damn shame. I guess they couldn’t pack that much awesome into one record.
In any event, “Armagideon Time” seems to be totally
appropriate for Sequestrageddon (h/t to @DAbitty
for that):
A
lot of people won’t get no justice tonight
The
battle
Is
getting harder
In
this iration
Armagideon time
…
Let’s review what
will happen if Congress does nothing today:
Federal spending is scheduled to
reach historic lows thanks to the Budget Control Act, which placed caps on
spending as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011.
Non-defense spending is already 14 percent lower than it has been at any time in the last
half-century, and it could go even lower if the so-called “sequester,” a series
of automatic budget cuts that will begin to take effect at the beginning of
March, is allowed to occur.
The drop in domestic spending has
already devastated many programs on which Americans depend. But on March 1,
those cuts will get even deeper when the first $85 billion of sequester cuts
take effect.
That will have a
substantial impact on food safety, education, law enforcement, and safety net
programs, according to estimates from Democrats on the House Appropriations
Committee. And if the sequester is left in place for the full year, it will cut
$1.5 trillion and those effects will only get worse …
(Via Think
Progress.)
On the other hand, Paul Krugman, who just recently warned
that the impact of sequestration would be so severe that Congress should “avoid
that damage by kicking the can down the road,” now
says the Republican plan is so bad by comparison, “it’s hard to see why
Democrats should negotiate at all, as opposed to just letting the sequester
happen.”
In the words of my Jewish ancestors: Oy.
Well, at least Krugman’s not adopting Howard
Dean’s “screw the poor, defense cuts are more important than food” approach
… although the results might be the same.
In any event, if we’re screwed no matter what
happens, we might as well enjoy a decent soundtrack while we go down with the
ship. And because I’m widely known for my magnanimity, here’s the original
version of “Armagideon Time” by Willi
Williams:
By the way, according to the
Urban Dictionary, “iration” is “[t]he rasta way of using the word creation.
The letter i is used to refer to god, and all people.” The more you know,
people. The more you know.
So there you have it. Your Friday Clash Song. Music
to eat catfood by.
You know what to do.
Turn. It. Up.
[Cross-posted at Angry
Black Lady Chronicles]
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