Yes! We Do Have Bananas; We’re a Banana Republic Today!
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The 1922 novelty song endures as a relevant absurdist metaphor, most prominently featured during the Great Depression but soon to be outdone by our Greatest Depression, proof of our ongoing commitment to American Exceptionalism. Originally penned to address the banana shortage perhaps caused by blight and not the United Fruit Company, a pioneer in the corporate coup d’état biz; we are now globally inflicted with no shortage of top bananas or Banana Republics.
Hilarious hi-jinks and practical jokes abound! Slipping on the banana peel of our discarded Democracy we land with a resounding skull-cracking thud prone to a power play best suited to participate in while supine and semi-conscious. Fronted by the sorriest sack of sock-puppets ever to s**t between two shoes, this El-Auction serves non-stop positioning on proprietary propaganda guaranteed to please, perplex and provoke the populace!
All the attendant evils associated with a Banana Republic are obvious and too numerous to mention. However the populace refuses to acknowledge the sham and will insist in bit player role-playing in the electoral sham to pick the top banana. For them I compose, with apologies to Frank Silver, Irving Cohn and Louis Prima the updated lyrics to one of the most popular tunes of the 20th century.
There's a looter on Wall Street.
Whose name is, Mr. Greed.
And he keeps things out of reach,
But denies you of free speech!
When he asks for anything,
He’s never told “Hell No."
He gets yes-es to the death.
And then he takes all of your dough.
Yes we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today.
We've got bean counters, and onions,
And derivative lemons,
And all kinds of fruit, and say,
A hot-house hooker tomato.
And a worthless foreclosed condo,
(Oh, yes), we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today.
Business got so good with him,
He wrote home to say,
"Send Paulson, Lloyd and Tim,
I need help right away."
When he got them in the store,
There was fun, you bet.
Someone asked for bananas."
And we got the whole quartet!
Just try those coconuts,
Wall-street nuts and dough crazed-nuts,
There ain't many nuts like they.
We'll sell you two kinds of red herring,
Debt and Shadow Banking.
But yes, we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today."
Hilarious hi-jinks and practical jokes abound! Slipping on the banana peel of our discarded Democracy we land with a resounding skull-cracking thud prone to a power play best suited to participate in while supine and semi-conscious. Fronted by the sorriest sack of sock-puppets ever to s**t between two shoes, this El-Auction serves non-stop positioning on proprietary propaganda guaranteed to please, perplex and provoke the populace!
All the attendant evils associated with a Banana Republic are obvious and too numerous to mention. However the populace refuses to acknowledge the sham and will insist in bit player role-playing in the electoral sham to pick the top banana. For them I compose, with apologies to Frank Silver, Irving Cohn and Louis Prima the updated lyrics to one of the most popular tunes of the 20th century.
There's a looter on Wall Street.
Whose name is, Mr. Greed.
And he keeps things out of reach,
But denies you of free speech!
When he asks for anything,
He’s never told “Hell No."
He gets yes-es to the death.
And then he takes all of your dough.
Yes we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today.
We've got bean counters, and onions,
And derivative lemons,
And all kinds of fruit, and say,
A hot-house hooker tomato.
And a worthless foreclosed condo,
(Oh, yes), we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today.
Business got so good with him,
He wrote home to say,
"Send Paulson, Lloyd and Tim,
I need help right away."
When he got them in the store,
There was fun, you bet.
Someone asked for bananas."
And we got the whole quartet!
Just try those coconuts,
Wall-street nuts and dough crazed-nuts,
There ain't many nuts like they.
We'll sell you two kinds of red herring,
Debt and Shadow Banking.
But yes, we do have bananas,
We’re a Banana Republic today."
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