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The Bassturd

VOTE THE BASSTURD FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012!

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WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE THE BASSTURD FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012 - AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THE BASSTURD CAN DO FOR YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY. ____________________________________________________________ ______ Greetings patriots! America is at a crossroads. It has become painfully clear to anyone that has been paying attention that the "old" American way of life has been mutilated by the corporate infiltration of our government. Let there be no doubt, we live in a fascist state. The public interest has been overshadowed by private interest. We no longer have a federal government that functions as a forum for public policy discourse. Almost all business done at the federal level is business that benefits private corporations. How did this happen? How did we lose our democracy? I’ll tell you how. We stopped paying attention and treated our country’s politics like it was a football game, rooting for our favorite team with no regards to the substance and implications of our team’s proposed game plan. We shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves though. The mass-media has certainly facilitated this shift in our public discourse by allowing only the information they want you to see and hear to filter through their outlets. If you haven’t already figured this out yet, you should probably stop paying attention to the American media, especially cable news. They are a for-profit entity that is beholden to the same corporate masters as our elected representatives in Washington. Get your news online. Read blogs and articles in foreign newspapers. Get as much perspective from as many different sources as you can, and then make up your own mind. Stop letting the media and the corporate financed campaign ads tell you how to vote. Decide how you are going to vote by doing some independent research. Then, make a reasoned decision and help save your country. ____________________________________________________________ ______ A PLATFORM THAT WILL CHANGE AMERICA FOREVER - HOW WE CAN FIX OUR BROKEN GOVERNMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN! ____________________________________________________________ ______ On November 16th, 2007, I officially announced my candidacy for the 2012 presidential bid. I am so committed to the cause of saving America from itself that I am launching this campaign five years before the election will take place. No other potential candidate can claim that they possess the resolve and determination to begin campaigning this early. I feel that the best way to truly build up a grassroots movement is to plant the seeds early so that your movement can take root, flourish, and then become totally unmanageable. We have a chance here to start a real revolution. I am not a politician, I am not a businessman, I am not a lobbyist, I am not a special interest group, and I am by no means wealthy. I have had absolutely NO experience in public service. I didn’t go to an Ivy League school. My only qualifications for this job are that I am a U.S. born citizen and in 2012 I will be 35 years of age, thus fulfilling the ONLY two constitutional requirements for running for President of the United States.Some critics may say, "Well, you’ve got no qualifications. Why would I vote for you?" Because silly, I’ve got no qualifications. I’m just another American citizen. I am a college graduate who still toils for low wages at shitty jobs. I know how hard it is for the millions of Americans who live without health insurance coverage because I am one of them. I know how poverty has afflicted and decimated our urban ghettos because I’ve lived in them. I know how harmless marijuana is because I’ve smoked it. I know why so many people in this country are falling behind because I’m falling right along with them. I know how desperately our public schools are in need of funding because I attended one. I know how our once prosperous rural farmlands are quickly devolving into rural ghettos because I grew up in Iowa. I know why America’s government doesn’t work because I’ve studied it. I know why people may doubt me as being a serious contender for president because I doubt myself. But the point is that I am no better than you or anyone else. I’m simply another run-of-the-mill American citizen with a bold plan for our nation’s future. We’ve relied on the big money establishment to tell us how things are going to be done in this country for way too long. It’s time we stood up and collectively shouted "ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT!" We need a leader who is only beholden to the public good. No more of this lip service from the two rich contenders about how much they care about the poor and how much they will do to make America a better place for working families. What do they care if a family crippled by debt can’t declare bankruptcy because of Bush’s new law? What do they care if millions of people in this country still slave away at demeaning jobs for a minimum wage that essentially allows the earner to live in poverty? What do they care if you live or die fighting in what they call a war, but what is really a business venture? They don’t care, and their actions and policies have proven that time and time again. Nothing will change in this country as long as this establishment remains in power. That’s why The Bassturd is the right choice for President in 2012.In a few days I will put up my platform here so that you can scrutinize it to your heart’s content. Please check back soon! ALSO NOTE that I have added one of those SNOCAP media player things to my profile. Please buy some songs and help us build up the war chest. Every penny earned goes directly to The Bassturd for President in 2012 campaign fund. Thanks for reading and may "Bob" continue to curse America.-b. turd- .
This is the animated music video for "Bling Ballz" that my good friend Pope TCB made. ENJOY!!! ____________________________________________________________ ______THE COMPLETE BASSTURD DISCOGRAPHY: ____________________________________________________________ ______ FULL LENGTHs ____________________________________________________________ ______"131 Songs About An Unhealthy Obsession With A Girl I’ve Fallen Hopelessly In Love With" - 1996 - Stone Cold Shit Records - cassette only release - 90 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Perry’s Poop - Vol. 6" - 1997 - Stone Cold Shit Records - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Bassturd Goes To Vegas" - 1997 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Body & Blood of Jesus Christ" - 1997 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "A Very Merry Bassturd Xmas" - 1997 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Love" - 1998 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 90 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Hate" - 1998 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 90 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Vote Oscar & Larry for President & Vice P." - 1998 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Constructing The Perfect Pop Star" - 1998 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Beer & Clothing In Las Vegas" - 1998 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 90 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Unappealing Love Contraption" - 1999 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Live From Yo Mama’s Bedroom" - 1999 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Enter In Rear" - 2000 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Bangler" - 2000 - Stone Cold Shit / Four States Fair - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Rock Honky" - 2000 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "High Concepts Dumbed Down For The Masses" - 2001 Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Blunt / A Mouth Of Teds" - 2002 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Lungs Get Dirty" - 2003 - Stone Cold Shit - cassette - 60 min. ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Musical Healer" - 2004 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ EPs ____________________________________________________________ ______"Operation Deprogram Civilization" - 2005 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Lo-Fidelity Field Recordings of Music by Munchkins" - 2005 - Stone Cold Shit-CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Octopus" - 2005 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Odd Endz" - 2005 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Bassturd vs. Skullcaster" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Meatfish" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Band Themed" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Five Covers" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "EP 9" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Improvised Live" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Blue Collar Christmas" - 2006 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "You Can’t Spell Unemployed Without EP" - 2007 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Penguin Wagon" - 2007 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Cockfire Miracle" - 2007 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "The Living Shit" - 2007 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "For Those Who Travel By Air" - 2008 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "A Loss For Words" - 2008 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______ "Bling Ballz" - 2008 - Stone Cold Shit - CD ____________________________________________________________ ______

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thebassturd
Band Members: The Bassturd
Influences: Crispin Hellion Glover, Alice Cooper, Devo, Talking Heads, Wesley Willis, Eugene Chadbourne, Beach Boys, Ween, Bill Hicks, The Dead Milkmen, The Dead Kennedys, Negativland, Secret Chiefs 3, Ghostface Killah, Deerhoof, Butter 08, Black Moth Super Rainbow,The Frogs, Pantera, Jane's Addiction, The Flaming Lips, Immortal Technique, Grand Buffet, Architecture in Helsinki, Battles, Raymond Scott, Peter Gabriel, Warbler!, Blackalicious, Grandaddy, Crippled Black Phoenix, Roommate, Fantomas, Nice & Smooth, Frank Zappa, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams I & III, Adult Rodeo, Palace Music, The Carnys, Smog, Captured By Robots, Servotron, Daniel Johnston, Robert Johnson, Silver Jews, David Bowie, EDAN, Mr. Lif, Del The Funky, Pavement, Beck, Prince, Gary Numan, Brainiac, Nancy & Lee, Kate Bush, Danielson, Louven Brothers, Tupac, Randy Herman & the S.O.B, They Might Be Giants, Troubled Hubble, Barnes & Barnes, Yo La Tengo, Evolution Control Committee, Trans Am, Panther, Minutemen, Geto Boys, Atom & His Package, Bob Taylor's Latest Review, Mathematicians, Phil Ochs, The Octopus Project, Grails, Pretty Things, Os Mutantes, Gang Starr, The Show Is The Rainbow, Drink Me, KRS-1, Bone Symphony, Nico, Teddy & Marge, Danny Elfman, Supernatural MC, Run DMC, Boris, Cheap Trick, Guided By Voices, Guns & Roses, Ice Cube, Le Flange Du Mal, Public Enemy, MC STD, Coolzey, Fat Country Wives, Dr Don, The Nazz, The Miracles of God, The Rhombus, The Worm, Blood Frenzy, Making Hey, Petti Mall, The Gosh Guys, Wendy Carlos, Spike Jones, Neil Hamburger, Kevin Blechdom, Violent Femmes, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Man Or Astroman?, The Shins, Monster Party, Attic Ted, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Gothic Archies, N.W.A, early Genesis, RZA, GZA, Wu Tang Clan, "Weird Al" Yankovic, George Carlin, T-Rex, The Boredoms, ENON, Ed Gray, Southern Culture On The Skids, Mojo Nixon, The Shags, Gary Young, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Dead Prez, Magnetic Fields, LARD, Appendix Out, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Brian Wilson, 16 Horsepower, Rage Against The Machine, Bongwater, Camper Van Beethoven, Moistboyz, Iron Maiden, The Faint, C.W. McCall, The Dudes, and shitloads more.
Sounds Like: One of those pussy bands that you'd hear on the radio... except nothing like that at all. Man, I hate that pussy shit. Nothing but a bunch of fucking pussies.
Record Label: Stone Cold Shit
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Who To Blame For The High Cost Of Oil, (and how you can fight back).

Greetings Patriots! As I write this, the price of oil is hitting a new record high of $143 a barrell.  The U.S. media keeps asking the question, "Why is oil so expensive?"  They offer s...
Posted by The Bassturd on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:01:00 PST

"Vote Oscar & Larry For Pres. & Vice P."

Greetings Patriots!Ten years ago I recorded an album entitled "Vote Oscar & Larry For Pres. & Vice P."  It's a concept album about how charisma and charm trump substance in politics. ...
Posted by The Bassturd on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:46:00 PST

RZA & Flag Day

I want to tell ya'll why my pal MC Keef rules.  He is a genius lyricist, he takes perscription speed, and he got me into the RZA show at Emo's last night for free!!!  I was planning on going...
Posted by The Bassturd on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:36:00 PST

Scott McClellan Charges Bush with Treason + Actual Bassturd News

Greetings Patriots;Unless you've been living under a large trash compactor for the past few days, (I know at least one person that has), then you are aware that former White House Press Secretary Scot...
Posted by The Bassturd on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:16:00 PST

Sexism on the Campaign Trail, (plus my review of the new Indiana Jones flick)

Man, this whole Obama vs. Hilary thing is getting way too ugly.  Charges of sexism being leveled at the media, (which are not wholly unfounded.  The right-wing pulpits have been pretty rough...
Posted by The Bassturd on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:15:00 PST

The FLDS - Architecture & Negativeland

Crazy shit is afoot in Texas.  The government is seizing half-a-million acres of private property to build a "free trade" highway, longtime Travis County D.A. Ronnie Earle is retiring, and the FL...
Posted by The Bassturd on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

America Is A Racist Country

Greetings PatriotsLast night I was watching Nightline.  They did a two-part story on Obama’s speech, (the one about race in America), and his former minister, who appearntly has ruffled som...
Posted by The Bassturd on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:20:00 PST

SxSW wrap-up - HOLY SHIT I SAW SOME GOOD SHOWS!!!

I’ll try and keep this breif.  So, once again SxSW invaded Austin.  Since I’m still unemployed I was able to take in tons of shit this year.  Here is a quick rundown of what...
Posted by The Bassturd on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

Bassturd tour diary - February 28th - March 8th - 2008

Greetings Patriots!I just returned home from a long trip around the heartland drumming up support for The Bassturd's bid for president in 2012.  Overall the tour was a success.  I'm going to...
Posted by The Bassturd on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:13:00 PST

"Bling Ballz" IS FINALLY FINISHED!!!

Greetings Patriots!I am very excited to announce that the long-awaited "Bling Ballz" E.P. is finished.  M.C. Keef and I took our sweet ass time getting this thing together, but it sounds great, (...
Posted by The Bassturd on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST