...balance The Budget ? Tax Religion.

I Was Born In The Late '50s, Was A Child Of The '60s, Then The '70s, Then The '80s, Then The '90s, And I Have Mental Fingers In All Those Pies.

Shut Up, Be Happy. Obey All Orders Without Question. The Happiness You Have Demanded Is Now Mandatory.

We've Never Had A Situation Where Mass Media Has Been So Censored, At Least In My Lifetime. When I Was Younger, Networks Like Nbc, Cbs, Were Independently Owned, And Took Their Jobs As Journalists Seriously. There Used To Be Documentaries Like "the Selling Of The Pentagon."

Growing Up In A Family That Listened To Almost Nothing But Classical Music Had Its Effects, As Well. "california Über Alles," The First Dead Kennedys Single, Was Inspired Musically More By Japanese Kabuki Than Anything Else.

I Don't Think It's Too Hippie To Want To Clean Up The Planet So You Don't Wind Up Dying Of Some Kind Of Cancer When You're 45 Years Old. It Enrages Me That These Big Cancer-research Organizations Can't Be Bothered To Man The Front Lines Of Environmental Protest.