Saturday, December 13, 2008

Wingnuttian National Anthem

Since the We the People foundation has declared the U.S. in serious constitutional crisis, and has broached the subject of calling a Constitutional Convention, I've put some thought into what a nation conceived and run by wingnuts might look like. First, I do think Wingnuttia would be a grand name for the country. Sort of an in-your-face assertion that this is a nation Of the Wingnuts, By the Wingnuts, For the Wingnuts.

But the most inspired thing I've devised is the three verses and chorus for the Wingnut National Anthem. I'll have it finished by the time they hold their Constitutional Convention, and I'll send it to them on parchment:


Hail Wingnuttia

tune: Far Above Cayuga's Waters (from an earlier tune Annie Lisle by H.S. Thompson)

Far beyond the hazy line
That marks insanity
Stand the brave and noble wingnuts
Yearning to run free:

Chorus:

Hail Wingnuttia
Hail Wingnuttia
Belfries Full of Bats
Always loudly, ever proudly
Don our tinfoil hats



We are ever on the lookout
For conspiracy
Seek the greatest and the latest
Raving lunacy

Chorus:

Hail Wingnuttia
Hail Wingnuttia
Belfries Full of Bats
Always loudly, ever proudly
Don our tinfoil hats

All the normal folks around us
Think that we're unhinged
But we'll always fight the cause of
living on the fringe

Chorus:

Hail Wingnuttia
Hail Wingnuttia
Belfries Full of Bats
Always loudly, ever proudly
Don our tinfoil hats

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