\u2014 Well, as a writer I hate to come right out and tell<\/strong> you what the song is about. A good song is a story, and it tells itself.<\/p>\n But in the interests of playing it safe and hoping that no one perceives their own political reviews as being attacked, I’ll tell you in advance. (In other words, “spoiler alert.”)<\/p>\n For years now I’ve wondered exactly when it was that we Americans (and also, it appears, Canadians) became incapable of tolerating people whose political beliefs are opposite our own.<\/p>\n I think \u2014 I think<\/strong> \u2014 there used to be a time when my neighbor could disagree with me and I wouldn’t hate him for it.<\/p>\n I don’t offer this song as any type of political or even social statement. Whatever your politics are, you are 100% correct.<\/strong><\/span> No need to make your case here, okay?<\/p>\n Moxy Fr\u00fcvous<\/p><\/div>\n This is a now disbanded Canadian group called Moxy Fr\u00fcvous<\/strong><\/span>. Very big in Canada in the early 1990s. They specialized in witty, satirical topical songs.<\/p>\n The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned them to write a series of such songs…including one about “the first” Gulf War.<\/p>\n The biggest reason I’m sharing this song is I love the harmonies. You might. Or you might not.<\/p>\n I also love the verse about “25 years old…25 sweet summers…”<\/em><\/p>\n If you love or hate the song, praise or attack the music. Or attack my musical taste.<\/p>\n But please, do me a favor and \u2014 as I am doing \u2014 leave your deeply felt political beliefs outside. This ain’t about politics; it’s about human beings acting as human beings tend to act.<\/p>\n I’m sharing this with permission of Moxy Fr\u00fcvous.<\/p>\n![\"Moxy](\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/MoxyFruvous.jpg\" "\\"Moxy")