dear tipper gore, get a real cause this time around.
so the al and tipper gore breakup is kinda sad. after 40 years of marriage they just grew apart. well it’s not really sad, not like, infidelity, scandal, or abuse would be sad. it’s more like what a drag, they got through all of the really hard stuff like political life and raising children and now they want nothing to do with each other. which is sort of understandable in that we humans live so long, we sort of need to have 9 lives. or else we die inside. like that james joyce story “the dead.” it’s that kind of sad.
anyhussy, the story is al travels a lot and tipper is tired of being just a wife and wants to accomplish something on her own.
don’t do it! i remember you, tipper gore. I remember your last big crusade was to make the music industry place labels on records that contained explicit lyrics so parents would be warned about violent and graphic content contained in music theirs kids were listening to.
does it get anymore uptight? let me remove that stick for you. i mean, christ tipper, you need a box of franzia, some crushed up percocet, and a judas priest soundtrack.
not cool, tipper gore. shoving your family values and fundamentalism on others with warning labels is just asinine. it’s censorship and i don’t like it one iota! let me clue you in on a few things:
some people just have the bad chemicals.your little tipper stickers can’t change that. even if we removed all of the catcher in the rye books, marilyn manson albums, twisted sister music videos, quentin tarantino movies, grand theft auto video games and south park tv shows from the media, violence would still happen. it’s human nature.
explicit lyrics don’t cause people go bad. studies show that teens who commit violent crimes are predisposed to violence and have underlying mental health issues such as depression, low self-esteem or anxiety. in other words, the violent crime would have happened anyway. experts also think that children who engage in risky or antisocial behaviors are drawn to hard, defiant music just because it simply supports their view of the world. not because they want to get all riled up and go kill a dog.
in fact, it’s also been shown that people who are angry to begin with become happier, calmer and more relaxed after listening to music, even if its heavy metal if that’s their preferred kind of music.
so what this is tipper dear is society wanting to make the media the scapegoat for all of its ills. well guess what, violent behavior by mankind existed long before we had any of the media we have today. and it will continue to exist as long as the human race subsists.
hear this: if your child goes bad and you want to blame marilyn manson, then you’re seriously missing the fucking point.
the tipper sticker brings out the punk in me and makes me want to buy this music all the more
i am responsible for raising my child, giving her a moral foundation, caring for her physical and mental health, observing her social behaviors, and helping her should anything go awry. I’d be embarrassed to blame a video game for my child’s behavior. that’s as lame ass an EXCUSE as there ever was. let’s own up people.
then again tipper dipper, your labels pretty much glamorize hard core music and make it more rad. the forbidden fruit syndrome. so maybe you’re much cooler than I thought. but you’ll never be as cool as al. he’s all about clean air and water, climate change and global warming. now that’s something to spend some time on.
You go girl!
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patty punker Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
thanks smashley!
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I have seen kisses, even had a few…..that is NOT a kiss.
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patty punker Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
i know, right? that is some bad couples body language.
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Ok, don’t hurt me….but I don’t really have a problem with Explicit Lyric stickers in theory. I sort of equate it to movie or tv ratings. I think it’s nice to throw a parent a clue or two that maybe, just maybe, they might want to make a point to listen to that record BEFORE letting your six year old memorize the lyrics to “Fuck the Pain Away.” There’s such a large volume of content thrown at us every instant, I can sort of see why parents don’t have a chance to review every single thing before their it comes into contact with their kids. (PS I have no kids so obviously take what I say with a grain of salt. Mildred and Lucy have yet to sing “Cop Killer” in my presence, though.) What I find annoying is when Walmart refuses to sell music labeled as explicit and insists on selling an edited version. Like just because the word fuck is bleeped out, no one could possibly figure out what goes there.
Longest and least funny comment ever.
PS I’m only going to visit Al’s side of the Interwebz from now on.
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patty punker Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
hurt you? only if i kissed you too hard.
i just think they’re a waste of time. parents can’t keep their kids from being exposed to all graphic or violent content unless they turn off the news and keep their kids at home. if the kid is going to break because of a few rap songs in the music library, then there are bigger issues to contend with. it’s just one more attempt to place blame for violent behavior elsewhere. superman comic books would have been banned in the 50s for the same reason, and we all know the world didn’t go to hell in a hand basket because of superman.
i also think it gives parents a false sense that they’re doing their jobs. teen suicide doesn’t stop when the kid is prohibited from listening to explicit lyrics. not to mention, there are plenty of violent teens out there committing heinous crimes in the name of god and jesus. stickers on the bible?
but the silliest thing to me is that the labels actually sell more of these records. duh.
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Elly Lou Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
I used to have to cull through lyrics and recommend whether or not a record got the sticker. Me. The woman who says fuck approximately 497 times a day. Half the times that I said the disc needed a sticker? They didn’t do it. So yeah, the false sense of security is for realz.
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patty punker Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
i would have loved that job just so i could listen to music all day and not have to focus on anything else. ps: thanks for your super smart comments! i like a girl who is obsessed with vaginas and makes me think.
That kiss is about as real as …..global warming. In fact, I think the reason these two dorks split up is because Tipper no longer believed in it. ALGORE needed to latch onto a cause to make himself relevant. Now that the tide is turning against him, Tipper is looking is for a new wave.
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skullboy Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
keep on watching your fair and balanced fox news! they rely on numb-nuts to keep their ratings up.
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patty punker Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
why do think it’s a hoax? because we had a cold snowy winter? that’s like saying the sun might not be real because last night it got dark. and my car’s not real because I can’t find my keys. ~bill maher
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Linda Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Let me set you both straight. Global warming is an actual phenomenon but is cyclical
and has nothing to do with humans. I think it is great that Al has brought attention to
the need to take care of mother earth for other reasons. I don’t think Al is using this to bring attention to himself, he just isn’t like that. Al is a smart guy who passed
legislation that sowed the seeds for what we now know as the internet. Poor Al misspoke when
he took credit for creating the internet. But scientists like Vinton Cerf who did create the internet
support the notion that it couldn’t have happened without his support in congress. In summation:
Al is a smart guy, a perfect nerd, (nerds rock) whose lack of charisma (which the less bright Clinton had in spades) hindered his chances of becoming President. (I don’t believe in conspiracies about elections being stolen.) PS, If Al was president we wouldn’t be in 2 stupid wars. But if he inherited a war, he would have gone to Arlington National Cemetary on Memorial day. 3 cheers for the moderates!!!!!
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patty punker Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:23 am
you go girl! this kind of smartness is why i want to bestow sexual favors on you. i agree with you on the arlington national cemetary miss.
Yeah, I remember when Tipper was the enemy. Now I have to do the “earmuffs” move on my kids when Ice-T shuffles up on the iPod telling the PMRC to “suck [his] dick, while [he] take[s] a shit all day.” And it’s funny–Ice-T and 2LiveCrew sound like pussies compared to current mainstream gangsta rap. I guess they should have put two of those stickers on each CD.
Great blog! I don’t know why it took me so long to get here.
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patty punker Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
thanks for stopping by! that ice-t has a way with words, doesn’t he?
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A lot of things need some level of regulation, what Tipper was chasing was something that didn’t. I’m with you, Patti. If I catch something in what my son is listening to and discuss it with him it is a lot more effective than making a song with fuck in it a forbidden treat.
Now a sticker indicating some really solid bass lines would be welcome.
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patty punker Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
exactly! i think it’s always better to expose kids to things, rather then pretend they don’t exist, and take the opportunity to discuss and educate kids.
fanfuckingtastic sticker idea!
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i agree completely with you on all points, patty and omawarisan. what i don’t understand is how al wound up with tipper in the first place. they seem like two completely different people and the kiss was forced just like their marriage. it seems that it was a marriage of political convenience like so many power marriages (btw, george and laura were not a power couple although they are perfect together – two sad individuals who were completely taken advantage of by cheney and the gop).
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patty punker Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
bwahahaha! george and laura were the powerless couple.
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I didn’t even know about this crusade of hers. We only listen to Classic Rock in this household so no need for those stickers really. LOL. But I am one of those parents that put on captions when watching DVDs with the kids so we can COUGH really loudly when we see the bad words. Of course that stopped working really when the kids could read… It is kind of funny how I used the same sticker in my latest post for a complete different reason.
(And you are being tagged m’lady!) I DO wonder why they don’t do this to BOOKS. Have you read romance novels? I should really lock them up lest my 12 yo opens any of those books by mistake!
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patty punker Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
put a sticker on it and i’ll read it! can’t wait to read your post. i follow the sticker wherever it goes.
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I think those stickers are fab. They really stand out amongst a shelf of non-stickered CD’s and make it much easier to pick up the ones I want. No fuss!
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i think we should make out.
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Eternally Distracted Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Sounds good to me… I can play some of my stickered CD’s whilst we act like la la la la la lesbians.
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Oh, I remember the PMRC debacle and how fiery and sultry Tipper used to get. I bet AL loved that! My good friend went as a parental advisory sticker one halloween not too long after that. Good times.
On a more somber note, I’m actually a little sad about the death of this relationship. Not sure why really. But it’s probably for some of the reasons you mentioned earlier.
It’s better to burn out, than to fade away. Hey, hey, my, my.
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patty punker Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 2:25 am
wow neil young reference in the house! how fucking cool is that!
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patty punker Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 3:31 am
ps: and with that i’m adding you to my blogroll! xoxo
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Of course Tipper means well, she’s just a bit misguided.
We all need to take more responsibility for our actions, especially raising our kids. I am so sick of the attitude of entitlement that goes on w/kids and their parents. It drives me nuts. “No we don’t think your kid is cute because he interrupts the coach with wisecracks.” “Actually we think he’s a little dickhead and we hope he doesn’t show up to games and practices.”
Sorry, this is my second child/parent related comment today. I guess you know where my head is at!
I hope this was somewhat related to your post.
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patty punker Reply:
June 7th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
entitlement can suck it.
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Oh, jeez- she looked like a corpse. Wow.
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patty punker Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
maybe a sticker would bring her back to life.
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Please let Tipper find something to do that does affect anyone. ANYONE.
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patty punker Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
i know, right!
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Her name is TIPPER….she must be a douche bag. Might as well be Muffy, but that might infer some kind of sexuality.
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patty punker Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 3:56 am
muffy! that’s pure gold.
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Bang on, her campaign in the 80s or whenever was misguided and a waste – dont censor stuff, educate your kids rather than hid them from the world.
I was so turned off by that big fake stage kiss that I lost all interest in Al Gore, of whom I had been a fan ever since he invented the internet (ha ha ha). Actually I think he has done a ton of good raising awareness about climate change.
They are rich famous and have access and influence; will be very interesting to see what good they set out to do.
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patty punker Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 3:57 am
big fake strange kisses are so fucking gross.
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