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Good article overall, but let's not kid ourselves here...

Punk started out as a mindless lashing-out against the status quo. Period, dot. Be they Carter, Sunny Jim, Maggie T., or our matchless RR, the "kids" were pissed off/mad/angry at the powers that were. Punk's ragged little brother Grunge was born in 41's day, and subsequently died an all too untimely death during Boy Clinton's reign.

As I see it, punk has always targeted those of us who long for order, rules, sanity... anything that smacks of grown-upedness. That's it's attraction to those of us who may well hunger for order, but still harbor a large, soft sweet spot for anarchy in some form or other. This hunger crosses party lines on a daily basis, and therein lies the rub -- no organized party can ever lay claim to punk. As soon as a "Green Day" leans Democrat, they lose credibility. The same could be said for our dear departed Johnny Ramone.

A thought still occurs: how much more surprised we are to learn which way Alice Cooper and Johnny Ramone lean than the vast majority of so-called punks? I guess that was your original thrust to begin with.

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