The Dixie Stones

It's become increasingly popular in recent years for musicians to demonstrate their ignorance by either ranting political nonsense from the stage, or by putting it in their "songs". The geriatric Rolling Stones, who have been touring since the earth cooled, have decided to add their voices to the din with a new "song" entitled "Sweet Neo Con" (ain't that a catchy title - from Drudge):

"You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of sh*t!... How come you're so wrong, my sweet neo-con."

Ready to drop in the coming weeks, a new Bush-bashing tune from the ROLLING STONES: "Sweet Neo Con."

"It is direct," Mick Jagger says with a laugh to fresh editions of NEWSWEEK.

"Keith [Richards] said, 'It's not really metaphorical.' I think he's a bit worried because he lives in the U.S." Jagger explains. "But I don't."

The full lyric also mocks National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

News about the song surfaced a few weeks ago with many expecting that it would not make the finally cut on the new CD, A BIGGER BANG.

Jagger once vowed not to comment on the political process in the United States.

"I feel very much at home in America. I've spent half my adult life here. I have many personal feelings. But I'm from the school that considers it impolite to comment on other people's elections. Now if I had the vote - and I should have, as I pay so much in taxes - I would have a lot to say."

Now with the elections long over, the tongue is unleashed!

The band kicks off its world tour in Boston on Aug. 21.

I'm guessing they'll put this song in the program at the spot where their audience, now dealing with prostate problems, will be headed for the loo. No one goes to these dinosaur band concerts to hear their "newest" song - they go to hear the classics. This song will just be another bathroom and snack bar break for the band's fans.