Barack Obama

For about 6 months now, I've had a small Barack Obama banner in the upper-right corner of the front page of this site. I have occasionally made my personal political beliefs known on the site before, such as when I posted some exhortations against invading Iraq back in 2002-2003. I took a lot of flak for those, but public opinion seems to have caught up with me.

I haven't had any complaints about the small Obama barrier, until today, when I received this email from a banjo player with a mid-Western old-time group:

OBAMA!?

Please remove all [of our] music from your play list. We won't have our music perceived as supporting a web site that endorses a racist.

Of all the stupid shit, John. Politicizing a once friendly and all-inclusive web presence like SITG.

Farewell;

[name & band name withheld]

Not sure why this fellow considers Barack Obama to be "a racist," but as he requested, I have removed his band's music from my computer and current and future playlists. If anyone else whose music is played here wishes not to be associated with my website, please let me know and I will be happy to stop playing your music.

thanks,

John