No Rock And Roll Fun

AFGHAN RUG: America isn't having the best of times in Afghanistan right now - they seem to be accidenting to death an awful lot of kids, opponents of their presence are taking strength and pinching ideas from the Iraqi resistance and for some reasons the parents of a Canadian also accidented to death by the US won't just take the medal and be happy with that. What to do to cheer the boys up? Hmmm... can't do the George Bush and the plastic turkey again, that's been sort of ruined for everyone now the world knows the troops in Iraq weren't even eating turkey that day, so... why not send for Henry Rollins? Oh, sure, it might seem an odd choice - Rollins with his history of slagging of the Commander-in-chief standing in for ole' Uncle George - but Henry, it seems, was delighted to be invited and start spewing out quotes that sound more like a recruitment poster than a punk hero: "“In America, on the news, we see the exclamation points about this whole thing, casualties, helicopter crashes, because it makes for good news and it’s very important when we lose all those people; but what we never hear about, what I’ve found out today, are all the good things that are happening to this country because of all of you that are here,” Rollins expressed to the crowd. “I’m about to start of 50 or 60 speaking dates all across America and by the time I’m done with them they’ll all know what I saw, so you can count on me for that.”[...] “What I didn’t expect was to meet so many bright, amazing people, who are so focused on their jobs, so highly educated, and so fully intense; and I’m quite in awe.”

Clearly, now Bob Hope's dead, Henry is sensing his chance to become the new Force's sweetheart.