In this article, titled "Republican is the New Punk," conservative columnist Doug TenNapel (who, weirdly, is the creator of Earthworm Jim) argues that since rock and roll was "so central to the inauguration of Barack Obama," that means that, well, Republican is the new punk.

Lefty politics are no longer the fringe and no matter if the voters knew it or not they carved lefty politics into stone. Bill Ayers became the system he once fought against. Sure, they still wear the earring and say “fuck” a lot to maintain street-cred among the academics, but now rock has taken sides — it is for the establishment. Same with journalism, the university and pop-culture. The left has become a cliché. They’re not “Arrested Development” they’re “Golden Girls” with a soul patch. Snore.

Now that the art nerds and punks just became the football jocks and prom queens, a new rebel is emerging from the wilderness. They are the new anti-establishment. One minority force bands together against every other branch of government swallowed by the Democrat octopus. The last evidence of a check or balance against the popular people are now the Conservative Republicans.

The arts have failed. They no longer keep mass culture in check with thought-provoking art that challenges the establishment. Now they’re in charge of spreading the mainstream mandate of the Liberal Vatican. There isn’t an original thought among them, just a thousand-mile stare, a blue logo and the drone-like vocabulary of emotive, vaguely inspiring chants.

We’re the new rebellion against the majority juggernaut that doesn’t take kindly to dissent. Make a fist and show them what happens when they tell you what to think, feel and believe.

If you want me to unite to your cause, then end abortion, give the people back the money they earned, fight terror, keep your hands off free speech on the radio and enable job creators to make more jobs. Until then, screw your hope and screw your change.

Um, PUNK ROCK! It's kind of cute that Earthworm Jim guy, who is the lead singer of a band named Truck, thinks that rock and roll was rebellious up until Obama won the presidency. And I have been at punk shows where the audience started passionate chants of "George! W! Bush!" I'm pretty sure they were mocking the idea of punk being rebellious. Because if Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are the generalissimos of this revolution, their battle's been lost before it's even begun.