See, I don't think it's all that stupid.
This fits a long term pattern going back as far as the "heathens to the north" have been able to mark down a record of it.
April Fools Day came about as a result of the Holy Roman Catholic Church punishing w/o mercy anyone foolish enough to celebrate the new year on the first day of Spring. These celebrations usually involved feasting, dancing, singing and general merrymaking, 2nd only to that seen on Midsummer Night.
Twice, at Wounded Knee, the US Federal Government violently put down "rebellions". The first one involved dancing and singing, the second was more about trying to evict the Feds from the reservation (so they could go back to dancing and singing).
Now we have the RAVE Act and strict enforcement against any kind of unauthorized ... dancing and singing or even unauthorized rebroadcast of same.
I don't know what it is about the tired old men who we've selected as kinds, but they sure as
hell don't like dancing and singing!
So.....
Let's Have a SONG!!
EVERCLEAR ~ BLACKJACK LYRICS
Scary john gets his strong arm on
He can break me and make me
Happy with his blackjack
Scary john has the heavy hand on
He smiles without his eyes
Nice and easy with his blackjack
Don?t tell me that
You didn?t see this coming down
Please don?t say that this
Isn?t what you wanted now
Scary john gets his strong arm on
He can break me and make me
Happy with his blackjack
Scary john
Always knows what?s goin on
He is everywhere
Happy with his blackjack
Please don?t tell me that
You didn?t see this coming down
Please don?t say that this
Isn?t what you wanted now
This is your american dream
Everything is simple in the
White and the black
You will never need to see the grey anymore
You will never have to be afraid
When you are happy with the blackjack
I hope you are happy with the blackjack
Scary john
He wants to kill my song
He doesn?t like the fact
I?m not happy with the blackjack
I don?t want to hear the words
He has to say
Please don?t tell me that
You didn?t see this coming
Please don?t tell me
That this isn?t what you asked for
Be careful what you ask for
This is your american dream
Everthing is simple in the
White and the black
You will never need to see the grey anymore
You will never have to be afraid
When you are happy with the blackjack
I hope you are happy with the blackjack
This is your american dream
Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
--John Quincy Adams, Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives [July 4, 1821]