January 13, 2008

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01/12/08 - Saturday Forum: A Los Angeles Reader Reports Freeloading Hispanic MTA Riders Forced End Of "Honor System"; etc.

A Massachusetts Reader Has More Bad News For Springsteen Fans

From: Will Baron (e-mail him)

Re: Joe Guzzardi’s Column: Say It Isn’t So! Bruce Springsteen Is An Open Borders Advocate

I enjoyed Guzzardi’s piece on Bruce Springsteen’s vile immigration tribute in his song American Land.

In November, I saw the same Springsteen concert in Boston and am sorry to say that I have to give your readers an annoying Bruce update.

At our concert and those that immediately followed it in Europe, Springsteen, in reference to immigrants and efforts to limit immigration, replaced the word “down” with “out” in his song’s last line.

What Guzzardi heard and reported on was: “The hands that built the country we’re always trying to keep down.”

Springsteen’s revised version is “The hands that built the country we’re always trying to keep out.” See if for yourself here on You Tube at about the 2:40 mark.

I suppose when you reach a point in your life when you have more money than you can possibly spend, like Springsteen, Ted Danson, Sean Penn and others, you try to assuage your feelings of guilt by rallying around the proverbial little guy.

Pity that we in the middle class have no such advocates, only obligations.