i may be a bird in a cage but at least it's your cage

Instead of incisive political commentary, you get music:

[Reckless Kelly -- "American Blood"] 5MB, .mp3. the brass ain't fightin' but they're sure as hell taking a stand/and they'll have to live with american blood on their hands

[Jason Isbell -- "Dress Blues"] 6MB, .mp3. what did they say when they shipped you away/to fight somebody's hollywood war?

[Mike Doughty -- "Ft. Hood"] 4MB, .mp3. i’d rather watch movie stars get fat/i’d rather hang up a flag and be done with it/i’d rather keep the fire and the frenzy out of my mind

[Mason Jennings -- "Ballad of Paul & Sheila"] 4MB, .mp3. hey senator, i wanna say all the things you fought for did not die here today/hey senator, i'm gonna do all the things i can to live my life more like you

[Griffin House -- "I Remember (It's Happening Again)"] 6MB, .mp3. they separate the church and state and keep god out of the schools/so our governments can educate based upon their rules/but people start to wonder if our politics make sense/when religion is our best excuse for national defense

[Drive-By Truckers -- "Wallace"] 5MB, .mp3. Live, Atlanta, GA, 04.27.07. And if you grew up in Alabama when I did, and Lord knows if you grew up when Spooner did, whether you liked it or not, you had to deal with the legend of George Wallace, because George Wallace was the Governor of Alabama for about, ehhh, 24 years or so over a 30 year period. I didn't know you could be Governor for so long. Thank God you can't stay President for that long, if you know what I mean, because as bad as George Wallace was, if he was President right now, it would not be quite as fucked up as it is right now.

[Kate Campbell -- "The New South"] 5MB, .mp3. well that’s the price you have to pay for progress/and to be living in the new south

[Billy Bragg -- "The Great Leap Forwards"] 6MB, .mp3. here comes the future and you can't run from it/if you've got a blacklist i want to be on it/waiting for the great leap forwards

[The National -- "Mr. November"] 5MB, .mp3. i won't fuck us over, i'm mr. november

Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone would have been running for re-election this year, if he had lived; he's been gone six years, he would have hated what this country has become, but he would have loved this election. He would have loved Barack Obama. If you haven't already voted, go out and vote. Make Paul Wellstone proud. I miss Senator Wellstone every day, and when I cast my vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, I thought about him. I thought he'd have liked this election.

Let's make sure it has an outcome he'd have liked, too.