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| Johnny's Little Pink House |
I was with a friend last Sat. on Monroe reservoir doing a shakedown cruise on his new boat. It is probably the largest lake in Indiana and without a doubt the prettiest lake. Back in the late 70’s I was on that lake almost every weekend with my old junker boat doing some serious drunken skiing. It has been more than 30 years since I had been there and my buddy was showing me some of the changes to the landscape. One impressive addition to the shoreline was the estate of one John Mellencamp.
He was born in Seymour Indiana and now mostly resides in Bloomington, at least he did until he dumped his third wife in favor of Meg Ryan (allegedly).
As we idled by his enormous lakeside mansion and the expansive grounds I had several flashbacks. Not the ones from the 70’s, but several comments made by the Hoosier rocker concerning politics, the wealthy, the poor, taxes, ect. In his expert opinion, the government (i.e. you and me who pay taxes so other people don’t have to get off their ass) needs to give much much more money to the non-producers and to farmers who are not as successful as they should be (even though the government (us) give out billions to farmers in the form of subsidies).
One statement he made really sums up how he feels; he was being interviewed by a network news program several years ago and he was talking about Farm aid. The interviewer asked him about the rework on the Statue Of Liberty that was going on at that time which was being funded privately. He said, “who gives a shit? Let it fall down, they should be using that money for farms”
He is talented to be sure, he as written a lot of great songs, and some really shitty ones too.
Hey, Johnny Cougar, I have a great idea! Lets flush out your obscenely fat bank accounts and give that money out to the needy, don’t fret now, you keep back a mil or two for your own upkeep. That would be enough for most of us, course we wouldn’t be able to live in big fancy mansions on the lake or have big car collections or chase skirts out it Hollywood.
Time for you to step up and show you’re not really a hypocrite John.
Now be honest, you really don’t need all that fluff do you?
Didn’t you sing about being born in a small town and you would die in a small town?
Time for you to put your bundle of money were your mouth is:
I would be interested to see which one is bigger.
