This Is Our Country

I really thought we were finally rid of the scourge of John Cougar. I thought he was confined to state fairs in the Midwest, never to darken the airwaves again.

Silly fucking me.

I am watching the Panthers-Cowboys game right now (well, I'm doing homework and occasionally listening to John Madden's pithy nuances). Since the game started at 8:15, Chevy ads with John Cougar's lame-ass "Our Country" song have played during EVERY SINGLE commercial break. I'm not lying or exaggerating or anything.

(By the way, I'm referring to him as John Cougar because I assume he's changed his name back to that now that he's sold out again.)

Have you seen the Chevy truck ad? It's got John Cougar singing his song while images of Americana flash by. You know, images like farmers farming, people building a house, Martin Luther King during the March on Washington, Rosa Parks on a bus, soldiers fighting in Vietnam, post-Katrina flood damage, the site of the World Trade Center on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks when they have the two spotlights beaming straight into the sky, and Richard Nixon getting on a helicopter right after he resigned as President.

What the hell is Chevy's message here?

Chevy Trucks: Why march on Washington when you can drive?

Chevy Trucks: If Rosa Park had one, she wouldn't have needed to take the bus.

Chevy Trucks: Wiping out jungle forest faster than napalm.

Chevy Trucks: If FEMA had Chevy trucks, they'd have gotten aid to Katrina victims faster.

Chevy Trucks: No need to bug Watergate when you can drive there.

Chevy Trucks: Let's roll!

Fuckers.