Neil Young eviscerates Donald
Trump in searing open letter:
‘You are a disgrace to my country’
Independent (UK),
by
Clémence Michallon
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
2/20/2020 2:57:33 PM
Neil Young has published a searing open letter in which he bashes Donald Trump as “a disgrace to my country”. Young posted the missive online on Tuesday. The Canadian-born musician, an outspoken opponent to the US president, announced last month that he had become a US citizen and intended to use his new voting rights to support the Democrats. In his new open letter, Young also reiterates his support for Bernie Sanders, whom he previously backed in 2016.(Snip) “Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our environment, and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.” Source corrected.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
blueline 2/20/2020 3:04:20 PM (No. 324622)
Thank you OP for that reminder that, years ago, Neil Young was found to be irrelevant here in the south by the boys from Jacksonville. Neil: nobody cares WHAT you think.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jalo1951 2/20/2020 3:05:54 PM (No. 324624)
In the tradition of our Founders you may say what you wish. And I may ignore you which I will.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Quigley 2/20/2020 3:07:26 PM (No. 324625)
To quote bela lugosi: “What a strange obsession! [Mr Young], I suggest you consult a physician.”
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 2/20/2020 3:07:56 PM (No. 324627)
Another Hollywood moron who should stick to their knitting. Isn't he Canadian?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jimincalif 2/20/2020 3:12:17 PM (No. 324633)
Another multi-millionaire socialist. how many houses does he own?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Moritz55 2/20/2020 3:12:20 PM (No. 324634)
Meh
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/20/2020 3:14:11 PM (No. 324637)
Isn't your country Canada? Eh?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
4light 2/20/2020 3:14:35 PM (No. 324639)
I thought Canadians were nice.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Laotzu 2/20/2020 3:14:52 PM (No. 324640)
And yet he changed citizenship to the USA. Canada must REALLY suck.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 2/20/2020 3:17:02 PM (No. 324641)
Neil Young supports Socialism, totalitarianism, full term abortion, and is a shill for globalists. Thanks for letting us all know, Neil, what an utter imbecile you really are.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 2/20/2020 3:20:15 PM (No. 324644)
Open letter to Neil Young: Golf Foxtrot Uniform
Go back to Canada, moron
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Mofongo 2/20/2020 3:23:26 PM (No. 324646)
Shut up and sing!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 2/20/2020 3:23:37 PM (No. 324647)
Eviscerates... Yeah. Right.
Like PRESIDENT Trump cares what some drugged out hippie from an old band who only became a US Citizen because he hates the President of the USA thinks.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
curious1 2/20/2020 3:29:04 PM (No. 324649)
That's OK Neil, your 'country' isn't the United States of America, a republic, so shut up already and go home to 'your country'; whether it's NK, or China, or Venezuela or Nicaragua or Cuba, or other socialist garden spot - there are no walls or guards keeping you in America.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
NancyD 2/20/2020 3:30:21 PM (No. 324652)
Neil Young is a socialist and a commie. Why didn't he become a citizen of Cuba? What?? Doesn't he like to be controlled? He is such a fool.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
snapper451 2/20/2020 3:31:40 PM (No. 324654)
Neil, go breed with Taylor Swift and we can see if science is correct about two negatives produce a positive.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 2/20/2020 3:31:41 PM (No. 324655)
Neil, many of us have thought you and your politics were a disgrace to our country for many years. Guess it's all about perspective.
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*YAWN*
Neil who?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
WhiteMale 2/20/2020 3:34:11 PM (No. 324658)
Who?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
clancyb 2/20/2020 3:38:47 PM (No. 324660)
Hey Neil, I just cancelled you vote.... I too recently became a citizen after being here for almost as many years as you......I did it mainly so I could vote for President Donald J Trump! Go MAGA! So there you moronic idiot....you want Bernie? yet you became a citizen so you could get what you already had in C-eh N-eh D-eh
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/20/2020 3:42:10 PM (No. 324663)
The Independent is very leftwing. Expect oerheated anti-Trump diatribes and language.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 2/20/2020 3:45:50 PM (No. 324665)
Rock stars. What's they not know?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Clinger 2/20/2020 3:46:29 PM (No. 324667)
Thanks 22, welcome aboard.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Historybuff 2/20/2020 3:46:53 PM (No. 324668)
So, Neil, what took you so long to become a citizen of the USA? How many years did you live here before you recently became a US citizen? Why now?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
bad-hair 2/20/2020 3:51:27 PM (No. 324670)
Let me fix that for you. I am an ex Canuck who also received US citizenship last year. I will be more than happy to cancel out Neil Youngs vote. MAGA
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
davew 2/20/2020 3:52:35 PM (No. 324671)
Neil Young's parents divorced when he was very young after his father had multiple affairs. He never finished high school and is not very well educated in any formal sense. He is the perfect personality type to fall for socialist propaganda despite his talent and success in music. In some ways his early life is similar to Bernie Sanders who never held a steady job until he got elected mayor of Burlington VT in his 40s.
He may be projecting his resentment and anger at his father on President Trump who he fantasizes is a philanderer and phony who abuses women. It would be interesting to see how many of Bernie's Bros fit this profile.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
cosmic charlie 2/20/2020 4:04:39 PM (No. 324673)
Neil Young was a burnout in 1970, and he is still a burnout in 2020! Although, I do like some of his music! MAGA2020
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Obviousity 2/20/2020 4:06:39 PM (No. 324674)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (plus the creature hiding behind the screen door).
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
zzzghy 2/20/2020 4:07:14 PM (No. 324675)
He's dumber than he looks if you can imagine that.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/20/2020 4:08:03 PM (No. 324676)
An open letter to Mr. Young: Please to not write anymore. You disgrace yourself---and most people think you are a stupid fool. Is that your goal?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav 2/20/2020 4:10:55 PM (No. 324677)
"Southern man don't need him around, anyhow..."
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Rather Read 2/20/2020 4:11:05 PM (No. 324678)
Neil Young became an American citizen couple of months ago in order to criticize the president. He was always a lefty and hasn't learned much in his old age.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
DVC 2/20/2020 4:17:11 PM (No. 324680)
I was amazed to find that this mouthy, irrelevant Canadian has just last month gained American citizenship. Apparently JUST so he can vote against Trump in his first citizenship move.
A real shame that he was granted citizenship. Where to do I go to complain and get it revoked?
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I have his hit LP from the late 1960s. I never listen to it.
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Fans don't pay you to do politics Neil... Shut up and sing. Leave the politics to the adults in the room. What a moron......
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
hotcorner 2/20/2020 4:22:52 PM (No. 324686)
Another Canadien that should go home and shut his mouth.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/20/2020 4:38:49 PM (No. 324692)
Your country is Canada, hippie.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Aud 2/20/2020 4:45:29 PM (No. 324699)
I’ve always called Young “the whiny-voiced guy”.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
JustCause 2/20/2020 4:49:26 PM (No. 324701)
Obviously Neil's mother neglected to teach him:
It is better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
MAGA : KAG : 2020,2024, Give President Trump back his first term
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 2/20/2020 4:52:00 PM (No. 324702)
He probably wants to be relevant again. I don't think so.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
AltaD 2/20/2020 4:53:14 PM (No. 324704)
More accurate headline: Aging Pop Singer Throws a Temper Tantrum.
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Check out this nasty picture of Neil:
https://www.jambase.com/article/neil-young-csny-tour-2020
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
NYbob 2/20/2020 5:15:47 PM (No. 324716)
What a stupid, rich, singer. Instead of being super grateful for what the US has given him, he whines about it like the punk he is. 'natural resources?' I guarantee you old Neil uses more resources than anyone posting here. How much land have you secured for just you, Neil? How many private flights have you taken? How much natural resources have been ravaged so you can gather a crowd to listen to your out of tune, scratched voice? 'Our' environment is doing MUCH better now that President Trump has been in office for almost 4 years. You haven't noticed, because you are stupid, but the USA leads the world in cleaning up the 'environment.' here and elsewhere. Ship your wrinkled butt to the Amazon and whine to the illegal lawyers and stone age farmers, if you are really concerned. YOUR friends aren't friends of freedom loving people of this Republic. Commies smell, which is why you fit right in.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
wjr 2/20/2020 5:17:15 PM (No. 324717)
Neil Percival Young OC OM is a Canadian American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and activist, considered by some as one of the most influential and prolific songwriters of all time. Wikipedia
Born: November 12, 1945 (age 74 years), Toronto, Canada. Not much of an American.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
andyboy 2/20/2020 5:33:41 PM (No. 324723)
I have always turned to washed-up, drug-addled rock musicians when it comes to informed political insights. I am shocked -- shocked -- that a millionaire celebrity would endorse a Democrat candidate, LOL. Good luck, Neil. You used to be a disgrace to someone else's country, but now you've apparently become a disgrace to ours. Hope you eventually find that heart of gold you've been searching for.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
DVC 2/20/2020 5:35:22 PM (No. 324724)
I presume that Mr. Young will vote in California, and therefore his vote will be pretty irrelevant. It seems extremely unlikely that Trump will obtain anywhere near the 50% point in California where Mr. Young's newly minted Canadian-American vote will make any difference.
Most likely, the Dem candidate will get 65%, so he will make it 65% +1 which is of exactly the same value as if he never voted.
And thanks to our LDotter new American for offering to offset. Unless you live in Cali, it won't offset anything, but if you do - excellent.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
DVC 2/20/2020 5:40:09 PM (No. 324728)
Someone once said:
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
He is a paranoid leftist.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/20/2020 5:41:40 PM (No. 324729)
Has-been desperately looking for another 15 minutes of fame.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
pinger 2/20/2020 5:41:41 PM (No. 324730)
I'm far more likely to consider the political opinions of the bagger at my grocery store than I am Young's.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 2/20/2020 5:43:11 PM (No. 324733)
Yet another old tired washed up rocker that believes his opinion matters.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
LadyHen 2/20/2020 5:44:36 PM (No. 324736)
Neil Young? He's still alive? Wow, learn something new everyday.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Newtsche 2/20/2020 5:45:50 PM (No. 324738)
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river...
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
Bailey 2/20/2020 6:03:05 PM (No. 324745)
why even give this guy another 15 minutes of fame?
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
StrikingViking 2/20/2020 6:11:00 PM (No. 324746)
Methinks President Trump's viscera are fully intact. Neil Young hasn't the gravitas to even nick our brave President. Eviscerate, indeed. Pah!
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 2/20/2020 6:12:05 PM (No. 324748)
I wish these people would not spoil my youthful memories. "Harvest" was one of my favorite albums when I was young. Now he taints it with his nonsense!
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Norway 2/20/2020 6:14:36 PM (No. 324750)
Sad what years of drugs will do...
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
SALady 2/20/2020 6:15:16 PM (No. 324751)
Am I the only person who is getting so sick of this trend in "journalism"? And not just from lie-berals. Conservatives are terrible at this too.
Neil Young did not "eviscerate" President Trump. He said some stupid and nasty words that did nothing to President Trump. I doubt President Trump will even hear about them, but even less care in the least if he does hear about them. Neil Young is a washed-up, brain-fried old rocker. He doesn't have the power to "eviscerate" anybody. In fact, after all the drugs, I doubt he can really put together very many cohesive sentences.
And I bet somewhere there is a conservative writer talking about how some conservative "destroyed" some lie-beral because they said something really harsh about them. And, no, they didn't "destroy" anybody.
Please, God, let this stupid trend stop!!!!!
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/20/2020 6:21:08 PM (No. 324754)
Old man take a look at my life, I'm not like you are. I believe in liberty and justice for all. Dimocrats are in it for their own power. Sorry you cannot see that.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/20/2020 6:32:55 PM (No. 324761)
Lynyrd Skynyrd's got it right.
Neil, your view of the United States is at odds with most people that live here.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
privateer 2/20/2020 6:43:49 PM (No. 324768)
If the Pigwoman could sing, and had just gargled with Drano, her voice would be a little less disgusting than his.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/20/2020 6:45:27 PM (No. 324769)
I read, 'Eviscerate' and started to laugh. To eviscerate someone, you need to have a sharp blade and be close enough to make contact, even if it speaking metaphorically. This bone head does neither. He might as well be howling at the moon. What a loser.
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When considering Neil Young's opinion about someone always remember that once upon a time he thought that Charles Manson was a swell guy.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
judy 2/20/2020 6:50:20 PM (No. 324772)
Why do Trump haters make the news!????
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/20/2020 7:09:39 PM (No. 324782)
While this Canadian musician paid a fee and was granted naturalized US citizenship, you can safely bet that he retained his Canadian citizenship. So he is just another entertainment type looking for publicity. In a hundred years President Trump will still be remembered as the 45th President of the USA, and nobody will remember that wayward Canadian.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
lisa belanger 2/20/2020 7:40:34 PM (No. 324796)
neil young is a p loose he use to date women in l.a.
and get his jolly in limousine i will not detail the acts you can
guess it...holyer than though
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
DVC 2/20/2020 7:40:35 PM (No. 324797)
Not a mark on Trump.
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 2/20/2020 7:41:33 PM (No. 324798)
I had no idea who this person is. I guess I don't get out much.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
chase9365 2/20/2020 7:43:44 PM (No. 324800)
Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.
Neil, you just lookin for some love.
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
Gnana1 2/20/2020 8:00:18 PM (No. 324804)
If we cared perhaps this would be news worthy.
POS.
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
Doconc 2/20/2020 8:25:59 PM (No. 324817)
Fist yourself Neil
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
rochow 2/20/2020 8:37:01 PM (No. 324822)
Does anyone give a hoot what some low life named Neil Young cares about???
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
Bazi 2/20/2020 8:53:26 PM (No. 324827)
Open letter, eh? This is what I did to his open letter: rrrrrrrripppp. Very satisfying.
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
hershey 2/20/2020 9:07:44 PM (No. 324835)
Who? Never heard of him and I sure won't buy any of his crap...
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Reply 74 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 2/20/2020 9:30:34 PM (No. 324840)
Neil is still at Woodstock. It's 1969 in his head.
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Reply 75 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 2/20/2020 9:34:07 PM (No. 324841)
He is a living example of why South Park makes fun of Canadians as cackleheads. Hey, Neal, cowdung in the sand, You're a disgrace to me as an American whose heritage goes back to the mid-1600's.
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Reply 76 - Posted by:
XCenturion 2/20/2020 9:41:53 PM (No. 324846)
Why should anyone listen to some washed up, low talent, old hippy from north of our border?
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Reply 77 - Posted by:
moonlightflip 2/20/2020 11:29:23 PM (No. 324880)
more cd's in my trash now.
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Reply 78 - Posted by:
Canesplitter 2/20/2020 11:52:57 PM (No. 324883)
Go play with your trains Neil.
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When he became a citizen and mouthed off, I watched him on Vevo play at Willie Nelson's Farm Aid. The expression on Willie's face is priceless. You have to be really out of it to disgust Willie.
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Reply 80 - Posted by:
Gazela 2/21/2020 12:42:24 AM (No. 324894)
What can you expect from a guy who shot his baby down by the river?
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Reply 81 - Posted by:
Trigger2 2/21/2020 1:53:10 AM (No. 324908)
However did Young pass the citizenship exam? Was he given the answers ahead of time? Or is that agency giving the exam corrupt too?
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Reply 82 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 2/21/2020 8:59:00 AM (No. 325114)
You are irrelevant Mr. Young, and a disgrace.
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Reply 83 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 2/21/2020 10:10:35 AM (No. 325209)
Hey Kneil! How bout you just keep whining out of tune and leave us alone to vote for the best president in most ,if not all of ,our lifetime.
P.S. Seems I remember that you abandoned your mentally handicapped child a few decades ago. Niiiice!
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Reply 84 - Posted by:
Smart11344 2/21/2020 12:37:41 PM (No. 325406)
Neil Young is non-existant in my domain or world. What did he evr do that he deserves any attention?
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Reply 85 - Posted by:
kono 2/21/2020 6:28:53 PM (No. 325688)
Dayum, so Lynyrd Skynyrd was right about Neil all along... Got no use for him. None atall.
Won't slight Canada, though -- been a big fan of Rush and Van Halen for 40+ years.
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Comments:
A sip of fine Canadian whine: evidently, Donald Trump is a disgrace to the Great White North. "It's better to Bern out than it is to rust?" Or as Lynyrd Skynyrd put it, "I hope Neil Young will remember... a Southern man don't need him around anyhow."