Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump, the fortunate son, and a parade.

First, it looks like we finally have an answer to the question of,

what if they gave a parade and nobody came?

Trump had his parade with decidedly underwhelming attendance. What's more farcical

than a president like Trump attempting to co-op the U.S. Army's 250th birthday for his own purposes,

playing fortunate son during it, which reportedly happened. For those who never actually listened to the song, and simply

associate it with the military, because it plays pretty much any time a Huey flies. It's not actually

a pro-military song. It's a protest song that draws attention to the class divide that was on

display during the draft.

I'll defer to Trump on whether or not he thinks it's appropriate to use a song highlighting the draftees experience, with lines like, Some folks are born silver spoon in hand.

Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord. But when the taxman come to the door,

Lord, the house looking like a rummage sale. Sound like anybody you know? Imagine a president

so out of touch that they use a song with the line that says, some folks are born made to wave

the flag. Oh, they're red, white, and blue. When the band

plays hail to the chief, oh, they point the cannon at you. I guess maybe this is a completely

appropriate song for the occasion. You know, a situation where a man known for flag waving,

who walks in to hail to the chief and

required thousands of troops to travel to perform for his amusement and spending tens of millions

of dollars while literally ladling out red, white, and blue punch from silver bowls after rolling

tanks over the Constitution Avenue.

We've had some questions about whether the selection of the song was an intentional choice by

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