"DRILLING FOR FEAR MAKES THE JOB SIMPLE"*

According to Rocky Mountain News,

DENVER - Dozens of fans walked out of a Pearl Jam concert after lead singer Eddie Vedder took a mask of President Bush and impaled it on a microphone stand.

Several concertgoers booed and shouted Tuesday night for Vedder to shut up as he told the crowd he was against the war and Bush. He impaled the mask during the encore of the band's opening show of a U.S. tour.

"It was like he decapitated someone in a primal ritual and stuck their head on a stick," fan Keith Zimmerman said. (full story)

Apparently the alleged walkouts (oooooh, dozens! yikes!) occurred during . . . the encore. You know, the end of the concert?

My bigger beef is that this is another example of the press' desire to give equal voice to very different-sized groups. Anti-war demonstrations number in the hundreds of thousands. "Pro-America" (read, "anti-anti-war") demonstrations always seem to stop at "dozens" or "several".

Anyway, go Eddie! The best part is that you can't boycott Pearl Jam, because their fans are all on their side already, and more importantly they couldn't give a shit if their record doesnt hit #1.

Speaking of boycotts, how are the Dixie Chicks doing? Hehehe.

* - from Pearl Jam's "Bushleaguer"