Truth to Power

Rudie Can’t Fail

How you get a rude and a reckless?

Don’t you be so crude and a feckless

You been drinking brew for breakfast

Rudie can’t fail</em>

Rudie Can’t Fail, The Clash London Calling

A rudie, or rude boy, is defined in Jamaican/reggae culture thus:

RUDE BOY: a criminal, a hard hearted person, a tough guy

That pretty much sums up Mr. “Noun, Verb and 911” in a nutshell.

“rudy.jpg”

Thankfully, this Rudy did fail, ending one of the creepier presidential bids in our lifetime. Rarely has a man so unfit for public office attempted a run, and hopefully he’ll crawl back into the shadows, pimping himself out on speaking tours and sitting on a few boards, where he won’t be able to cause too many deaths.

Because if he had won, we’d be singing a different tune I suspect:

What are we gonna do now?

Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?

‘Cause they’re working for the clampdown

They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!

When we’re working for the clampdown

We will teach our twisted speech

To the young believers

We will train our blue-eyed men

To be young believers</em>

Can ya tell I picked this up yesterday?


Recently on Ink 19...

Dark Water

Dark Water

Screen Reviews

J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.

The Shootist

The Shootist

Screen Reviews

John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.