Gee Our Old LaSalle Ran Great

Writes Chris Dominguez:

With the recent blogs on music and such it got me to thinking of the lost art of anti-statist or anti-war lyrics in the tradition of “Fortunate Son” by CCR, George Harrison’s “Tax Man,” or even Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” (which was ironically appropriated as a form of GOP patriotism during Ronald Reagan’s ’84 re-election campaign).

Considering its cast and producers, one of the most unintentionally anti-statist lyrics must be those of the TV series “All in the Family.” Excepting for the mention of our thoroughly statist 31st President, these verses could please just about any paleo-libertarian or paleo-conservative:

Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn’t need no welfare state.
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.