Please, sir, tell me why there's no black Superman, KKKkryptonite?
"God only makes Caucasiansuper-heroes."
Please, sir, tell me why we stick a man on the moon when life on earth's so cheap?
"Son we gotta do our bit for the world trade deficit."
Please, sir
Please, sir
Tell me why
If "God is love," I'm so dysfunctional
Please, sir, tell me why there's so much vagrancy
"Layabouts get a job." - Well, there's an opening for a part-timeUnabomber
Please, sir, tell me why my life's so pitiful but "the future's so bright."
Well, I'd look ahead but it burns my retinas
Please, sir
Please, sir
Tell me why
If "God is love," I'm so dysfunctional
Phrase first used less than a year after President Kennedy
announced the moon landing program, but then used by others soon
after. Lowell Purdy coined the phrase to criticize Kennedy about
the federal farm policy:
"Nothing is impossible in this age of miracles,” he said. “If we
can put a man on the Moon, we surely are capable of seeing that
our temporary surplus agricultural products are placed in many
hungry stomachs of the world.”
Ted Kacznski was "initially called the Junkyard bomber", but this
was changed when the FBI led a task force against him labelled
"UNiversity and Airline BOMbing".
"Bright future" generally means a positive future, but here it is
used with a more grim outlook, likely referencing the 1986 song
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" written by Pat MacDonald.