But I can’t verify that Poodie Locke said it either. But I’ve also heard from some who say that Poodie Locke-Willie Nelson’s long-time stage manager and one prone to such humor-was the first to say it. If I had a hunch, not based on fact or research whatsoever, I would say that at some point Waylon Jennings probably did utter those words about Garth, and they probably made it out to the greater world through his son Shooter Jennings. But just like the urban myth that Kentucky Fried Chicken had to legally change their name to KFC because the birds they use are so genetically altered they can’t be classified as chickens, if you parrot something enough, people take it as fact. And if he did ever say it, that he is the originator of the quote. The problem is there’s no verifiable records of Waylon ever saying it. And if you don’t believe me, just mention Garth’s name in the right (or wrong) company, it it will come flying out at you unsolicited. To tens of thousands, or maybe hundreds of thousands of people, the totality of their Garth hatred, the alpha and omega of their anti-Garth argument, rests on this quote. Forget all his music, past and future, whatever merits his music might have beyond the flashy stage show, however much the test of time has validated his music or not. For some, it is the totality of their argument against Garth.
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This is the quote that has been attributed to Waylon Jennings that you are likely to see in much greater frequency now that Garth Brooks has come out of retirement. Pegida’s manifesto calls for Germany’s Judeo-Christian religious culture to be protected, and it has been looking to raise the alarm over the rise of the influence of Islam on European countries.“Garth Brooks did for country music what pantyhose did for finger fucking.” The movement’s anti-immigration rhetoric came as a public embarrassment for Angela Merkel's government, which has proposed a new immigration law that would boost immigrants' integration and ban Islamists fighting alongside ISIS in Syria and Iraq from returning to Germany. Police presence was stepped up as clashes were expected, but the events were peaceful, with no arrests made.Īt its peak, Pegida attracted up to 25,000 people onto the streets of Dresden in an anti-immigration rally in January. The counter-demonstrators rallied in favor of a friendlier refugee policy and putting an end to racism.
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Marching with German flags, PEGIDA demonstrators carried banners denouncing what they labelled “religious fanaticism” and the “Islamisation of Europe,” sang the national anthem and chanted slogans. Their opponents meanwhile held counter-rallies. Thousands of #PEGIDA supporters march through Dresden - Ruptly August 11, 2015Īround 5,000 PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans against Islamization) activists marched through Dresden on Monday evening, protesting against asylum seekers and Islam.Ī similar rally took place last last month when thousands of PEGIDA supporters marched through the streets of Dresden and Munich. “This system is crazy, because in big cities there is often a lack of housing, while in Goslar we have the space,” Junk told the Guardian. So the bigger and wealthier a town, the more refugees it's obliged to accept. Last year, the town took in nearly 50 refugees, and 41 so far this year.īut towns are allocated refugees according to a formal quota system, based on population and per head tax revenues. Unlike fellow European politicians who shun refugees, fleeing war and violence in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Mayor Junk has been doing his best to bring more immigrants to Goslar. The conservative Christian Democrat Party mayor doesn't want Goslar to turn into a ghost town as a result. Over the last decade Goslar's population has dropped by 4,000 and is currently losing up to 2,000 people a year, with elderly residents dying and youngsters moving away to bigger cities. It is currently facing a severe demographic crisis. Oliver Junk says he wants to take in more asylum seekers to boost his town's shrinking population and economy.Ī town of 50,000, Goslar is 70 km south of the state capital, Hanover, at the foot of the Harz mountains.
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The mayor of the west German town of Goslar, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been creating a buzz for his unorthodox immigration policy.