Apparently, since 1989, Canadians have been gathering in venues around the world, by the thousands, and chanting, or singing, for the destruction wrought by Katrina.
The fact that normally peaceful Canadians are being blamed is truely tragic. Lee Hipp, of FEMA, issued the following statement:
"We have had it Up to Here with these Canadians, who are Fully Completely to blame for the destruction. It is a shame to see Music At Work for such evil.
The group's charismatic leader, known only as "Gordy" (pictured at right) could not be reached for comment. However, Video footage released this week by FEMA clearly shows Gordy leading one of these groups, clearly drunk and recognizeable by their Maple Leafs jerseys, in singing the following:
Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete
Under skies all smoky blue-green
I can Forksake the dixie dead shake
So we dance the sidewalk clean
My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in
New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim.
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NPR closed a pre-Katrina segment on the dangers of NO flooding with this tune a few months ago. NOs sub sea level elevation lends to obvious flood interpretations of the song. However, Gordy prefaces a live version with "Here's a song about my very favortite nuclear submarine," leaving us to wonder if there is a "USS New Orleans" the sinking of which is the subject matter of the tune. "The water's on fire! The water's on fire!"
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