Really? God, I can't even imagine that. Perceived irreverence aside, that was just bad music. It was sophomoric, shallow, bland, predictable, with that constipated deadpan Scott Stapp seriousness that makes me want to feel sorry for music.

Jesus, and how fucking edgy could Billy Joel ever get, anyhow? "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, that was Christmas in Fallujah....brought to you by Nabisco...this next one's called Uptown Girl...[crowd cheers]..."

I don't want to align myself politically with Billy Joel or the Dixie Chicks or Barbra Fucking Streisand. People like that make the rest of us who want to see our Glorious Leaders' heads stuck on pikes look bad.