The latest creepy “brainwashed kids singing” video is out. The “get out and vote” video, produced by the Goodby Silverstein & Partners ad agency (of “Got Milk?” fame), smacks of “Mmm Mmm Mmm” except with slicker production values and laced with doom and gloom instead of the “Dear Leader will save us” hypnotic optimism of 2008.
At no point are Obama or Romney mentioned by name, but gee, I wonder which way the people who produced this lean:
The lyrics:
Imagine an America
Where strip mines are fun and free
Where gays can be fixed
And sick people just die
And oil fills the sea
We don’t have to pay for freeways!
Our schools are good enough
Give us endless wars
On foreign shores
And lots of Chinese stuff
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
We haven’t killed all the polar bears
But it’s not for lack of trying
Big Bird is sacked
The Earth is cracked
And the atmosphere is frying
Congress went home early
They did their best we know
You can’t cut spending
With elections pending
Unless it’s welfare dough
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
Find a park that is still open
And take a breath of poison air
They foreclosed your place
To build a weapon in space
But you can write off your au pair
It’s a little awkward to tell you
But you left us holding the bag
When we look around
The place is all dumbed down
And the long term’s kind of a drag
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And yeah, we’re blaming you
You did your best
You failed the test
Mom and Dad
We’re blaming you!
*****
Kids coaxed into collective song like indoctrinated North Korean zombies are warning against the U.S. getting dumbed down?
It’s almost as if somebody forgot to tell those kids that they already owe over $16 trillion and it’s going up fast thanks to the people who are using them for crap like this.
