Too Sun-Baked?

Jimmy Buffett knows who to blame for the oil spill.

The Obama-supporting musician told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he believed the Bush administration was responsible for the crisis, due to its alleged ties to oil companies.

"To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before [Obama] got there that let this happen," said Buffett. "It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases."

While celebrities from Larry King to James Cameron have already lined up to offer aid to people impacted by the oil spill, Buffett says he also hopes that his sea-side concert next Sunday in Gulf Shores, Alabama will soothe people's anger over the crisis.

"People were going, 'What are you going to do about things?' I mean, hell, I can't stick my finger in that hole. Everybody wishes they could," Buffett told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "What I'm best at is two hours of escapism for people that have to go back and either live jobs that they don't like or whatever...it's that Mardi Gras mentality."

Drinking some kool-aid
Watching the sun fade
All of those seabirds covered with oil
The gusher’s still flowing
Shows no sign of slowing
Time to create a convenient foil

Throwing goodwill away with mindless BDS
Should have stuck with just singing about salt
Some people claim that Obama’s to blame
But I know…it’s that damn Bush’s fault

I don’t know the reason
But people like my wheezin’
My career is based on this one damn song
So I spout simple blather
To prove that I still somehow matter
And having these opinions proves I belong

Throwing goodwill away with mindless BDS
Should have stuck with just singing about salt
Some people claim that Obama’s to blame
Now I think…that this kool-aid’s at fault

I should grow out of this song
But it’s just been so long
Since I had to do anything but cruise
So I ride on my past hit
And mistakenly use it
For permission to comment on what’s in the news

Just throwing goodwill away with mindless BDS
Should have stuck with just singing about salt
Some people claim that Obama’s to blame
But I know…it’s that damn Bush’s fault
Some people claim that Obama’s to blame
Sill I know…it’s that damn Bush’s fault

posted by Slublog at 10:21 PM

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