Of Course, I Could Be Wrong...: COMMIE CHRIST

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

COMMIE CHRIST

Thanks to SK for sending this cartoon into the MadPriest Mansion.

Hat tip to all the bloggers who have posted it already.

Thanks to Billy Bragg, Wilco and Woody Guthrie for the following...

6 comments:

Ray Barnes said...: Thanks MP. That hit the spot nicely.; 31 August 2011 14:57
MadPriest said...: Brilliant. Spot hitting is my main aim in life.; 31 August 2011 15:02
Strangelove said...: Makes one wonder how so many "Christians" seem never to have heard of the parable in Matthew 25.....; 31 August 2011 20:38
Lois Keen said...: This is why I'm classed as a socialist - because God is.; 31 August 2011 22:30
Anonymous said...: Billy Bragg lives in a mansion-far away from the poor he sings about.; 2 September 2011 02:32
Kitchen Benchtops said...: I love the background music mixed with a good lyrics.; 4 January 2012 13:55

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