Bruce Springsteen: Rocker Charges US Government With 'Un-American' Acts

for all springsteen's flag waving and posing, it always annoyed me that his main acoustic guitar for years was a black yamaha---anything wrong, bruce, with a martin or gibson or even a guild or taylor???

Bruce Springsteen says “What was done to our country was wrong and unpatriotic and un-American and nobody has been held to account"

Sadly it is even much worse than that, as the country has yet to understand what was done to it.

The introduction of regulatory risk-adverseness into the banking system of the home of the brave was definitely un-American.

Bad bank regulations could be used as a lethal weapon of terrorism. http://bit.ly/xdSQLn

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Thanks,
Jim

Bruce made his money the old fashion way, "he has earned it" in a very capitalistic manner. He has been smart enough and surrounded him with handlers whom he has carefully filtered to ensure they give him great advice and helped him build, and protect, his brand into international fame and fortune. It's the American Way.

Is he perfect, no? Do I believe he could be doing more from a philanthropic position, yes. But, only because Bruce's life is so much more private than other entertainers that we really don't know what he does other than the donations he makes to food banks at every concert town, which he has done since at least 1984.

I've seen Bruce LIVE with an without The E Street Band 66 times since the fall of 1980 and am scheduled to see 8 shows thus far on the Wrecking Ball Tour, and I'm excited to hear the CD in full on March 6th.

From a personal perspective, my wife and are middle class, make a decent living putting us in the 99%. I have a small business that has struggled in recent years which I equate not to the economy but to my own business and marketing strategies which have taken longer to reap results than I anticipated. My wife has the steady job with the health benefits that give us somewhat of a safety net, for now, but feel the foundation very tenuous and continue to evaluate each decision carefully balancing the present happiness and comfort with our future.

Thanks for allowing me to express my opinions here and flushing out my feelings about Bruce, his politics, his approach and his new music. And, as always...

"...Show a little faith, there's magic in the Night!

I'm proud of Bruce for speaking his mind. Bruce (and every entertainer, actor, athlete, etc.) has as much right to speak about their opinions and attitudes about what's going on in their country of citizenship as any one of us.

Not only am I proud of him, I believe its almost his (and others with an audience with whom they have emotional capital) civic duty to use to influence those he can. It's no different than any of his fans who also have the right to work for a political campaign, have candidate parties and fund raisers at their homes, etc.

That is what makes America America. It's called the First Amendment! For those of you that tell entertainers to "just shut up and sing" you are asking another fellow American citizen to waive his/her First Amendment rights, which is also your First Amendment right and so I'm not going to tell you not to express that opinion.

Fans that want Bruce to "just shut up and sing" always have the option to "turn off the music and stop listening." Which, to me, is the logical solution.

Bruce, more than any other artist in his generation, is directly connected to previous musical political commentators such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, among others. If you've followed Bruce to this point at any level you already know this and you also know he strongly endorsed Kerry and Obama and strongly took offense to Ronald Reagan co-opting his "Born In the USA" song(s) during the 1984 campaign.

Bruce's music has always been tied closely to his lyrics. You can't separate the music and the message from the man and he wouldn't want it any other way. I find it comical and confusing that a man like Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey is such a fan of Bruce's music, has he not been listening to the lyrics after The River?

I do agree with Bruce's political stance and see myself as a social liberal and economic moderate to conservative and would never tell an entertainer who is proponent of a conservative candidate to "just shut up and sing," especially if their music, lyrics and message were as integrated as Bruce is. It's who they are and they have the right to use their medium to take their message to their audience, who has the choice, in America, to listen and be influenced by it or not.

For those who believe Bruce should forfeit his fortune and just give it away to those who have fallen on hard times because he is no in the 1% are naive and being unfair. Bruce is making political commentary about what he sees as actions taken by certain segment of society that purposely manipulated the playing field and took advantage of circumstances they created for their own benefit.

Some people got caught up in it riding a wave they didn't understand, made very poor decisions and are blaming those who "duped" them, without them doing their due-dligence (many Madoff victims fall in this category). Investing is a risk. We all make decisions and have to live with the results of those decisions.

No offense, but please just shut up and sing.

Hey Bruce, speaking of income inequality, I've gone through a failed bankruptcy and a home foreclosure and currently make $32/hour, though I have no benefits or insurance and if I don't work I don't get paid. You're worth $200 million. Why wait for the government? How about distributing your own income - since you're part of the 1 percent - and help me out? I have all of your albums through Human Touch/Lucky Town and have paid to see you four times. Why don't you and your mega-rich celebrity buddies put your money where your mouth is, "Boss."