State of the Union

With President Obama's State of the Union address tomorrow, here's five political songs I get in my head anytime an elected official in a well pressed suit stands behind a podium and tells us how great our country is and how we're gonna make it that much better this year.

James McMurtry - "We Can't Make It Here Anymore"
     'Love thy country' sometimes means be honest about it.

Immortal Technique "The Poverty of Philosophy"
     Foreign policy is local to a lot of people.   

Old Crow Medicine Show - "Big Time in the Jungle" 

     Substitue the date and Iraq or Afghanistan for Vietnam and the story is pretty much the same.  

Black Star - "Thieves in the Night"
     "Not good but well behaved...."

Rage Against the Machine - "Know Your Enemy"
     "All of which are American dreams..."