Son in Marines, Part II - the Kipling Years

Like much of the Blogosphere, Rantburg is writing on this story - of the Volvo-Drivin' upper-middle-class Bostonite whose son joined the Marines.

And he (I presume it was him) added this, with a nod to Kipling:

We are patricians of Boston, intellectuals proud and strong;
We send our kids to private school to avoid the unwashed throng.
When we were young we dodged the draft and got in Johnson's face
For we think our home and country is all the world's disgrace.

For it's Chomsky this, The Nation that, and "George Bush is a clown!"
And "the USA deserved it!" when they knocked the Towers down;
They knocked the Towers down, my boys, they knocked the Towers down,
Yes, the USA deserved it when they knocked the Towers down.
Yes, making mock of uniforms that guard us while we sleep
Lets us feel ourselves superior, and do it on the cheap;
And talking of root causes when we appear on NPR
Is five times more "intellectual" than fighting a just war.

For it's Chomsky this, The Nation that, and "George Bush is a brute!"
And burn the flag in protest when the guns begin to shoot;
The guns begin to shoot, my boys, the guns begin to shoot,
Yes, burn the flag in protest when the guns begin to shoot.

We have no use for heroes, heroism's not our scene,
We cannot understand why John joined up with the Marines;
They're yahoos from the red states; they lack advanced degrees;
They don't even have Volvos! They ride in green Humvees.

Yes it's Chomsky this, The Nation that; but we know we'd lack the soul
To stand up for our neighbors when Todd Beamer called, "Let's roll!"
We're snobbish and self-centered, it's beneath our pride to serve;
But we'll exercise our freedoms, tho' we know they're undeserved!

Great stuff. By the way, the original cite came from Instapundit.

Posted by Mitch at November 26, 2002 04:39 PM