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A Tennessee middle school football coach said he got fired after he wrote a song that criticized President Obama.
Bryan Glover, an assistant coach at Grassland Middle School near Nashville, co-wrote the country music song, “When You’re Holding a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail.”
It was co-written by a parent who has a child on the team. Glover, 26, said he emailed a copy of the song to friends, family members and player’s parents through his personal email account.
And that’s when all the trouble started for the self-described independent conservative.
“The coach called me and said parents were upset – that I was being politically incorrect and the song had racial overtones,” Glover told FOX News Radio. “An hour and a half later I was told I was being terminated.”
“I was informed that I was being let go because of the song,” he said, denying claims there were any racial overtones in the song.
Williamson County School Superintendent Mike Looney disputed Glover’s account and said his dismissal had nothing to do with the song.
“Absolutely not,” he told FOX News Radio. “That’s a false claim.”
Looney said he was not allowed to go into specifics but acknowledged he spoke with the school’s principal and was satisfied with their handling of the matter.
“They presented me with logical, legally defensible reasons for doing so,” Looney said. “As far as I’m concerned they’ve handled the matter appropriately.”
Glover said he’s angry over what happened and believes he lost his job because his song was critical of President Obama. And he’s not the only one.
“It was a disgrace and we have to stand up for the guy,” said Michael Katsaitis, who has a son on the football team. He said he met with the principal of the school after Glover’s firing and is convinced his dismissal was a result of the song.”
“The first thing she told me was that Bryan’s song was derogatory to our president,” he said. “He shouldn’t have fired over that song.”
Glover said he is seeking legal counsel and may consider a lawsuit against the school.
“First and foremost I’m a conservative,” he said. “I do support what the tea party movement is all about but I’m more Republican than Democrat. I’m an independent conservative who thinks the government tries to have their hand in way too many things.”
“I’m pretty heated,” he said. “I’m just a blue-collar guy, trying to make a living, trying to chase a dream.”

Following are the lyrics to his song:


He was a little man, just turned three
Took the present from his daddy’s hand
A genuine toy hammer
He started beatin’ to beat the band
He hit the floors and the wall, broke a lamp in the hall,
Started swinging at the puppy’s tail
When you’re holding a hammer
Everything looks like a nail.
He was the president, number 44
He says, “Trust me, I’m here to help you
I have got some big big plans
You’re gonna love what I’m gonna do.”
There’s no problem too big or small
He thinks he’s got an answer that just can’t fail
When you’re holding a hammer
Everything looks like a nail.
He thinks big thoughts and he dreams big dreams
But it’s another man’s sweat that pays for those schemes
He don’t care how the little people feel
‘Cause saving the world is a big freaking deal
So he does his business behind closed doors
And pretends that the world is just begging for more
When the stuff hits the fan he says, “Don’t look at me
If you got trouble, blame 43.”
Now Congress is saving Wall Street
While they’re watching Main Street fall
They got health care all figured out
But it don’t seem to care much at all
As soon as they save the planet
They’ll put the fire out in hell
When you’re holding a hammer.
Everything looks like a nail.
He thinks big thoughts and he dreams big dreams
But it’s another man’s sweat that pays for those schemes
He don’t care how the little people feel
‘Cause saving the world is a big freaking deal
So he does his business behind closed doors
And pretends that the world is just begging for more
When the stuff hits the fan he says, “Don’t look at me
If you got trouble, blame 43.”
There’ll be a party come this November
When we’re gonna set things straight
All good people gonna gather ‘round
Gonna show what made this country great
We’ll run off the schemers and backroom dealers
So the Red, White and Blue will prevail
When we’re holding the hammer
When we’re holding the hammer
Everyone of them looks like a nail.

Hmmmm.............. Hard to see what their grounds for firing him were based on those lyrics.

Click for the song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH46DTAkxo




He'll make more money when this song becomes a big hit than he would teaching school .
Tennessee middle school assistant football coach, age 26, fired for a song he wrote and played!
When you go to the link for the song, there are a couple of sites that give the news on the firing.
This could be the next number one hit country song.
It's the best effort yet at encapsulating the outrage at the oversteps of this government in an entertaining song.
Apparently the guy was fired over the song because some parents complained.

I'm confused -- where was the racist part???

That makes two of us.

wpoppert wrote:I'm confused -- where was the racist part???

That would be anything said against "the chosen one". It's a really neat scheme the Democrats have that anyone who doesn't agree with Odie (bama) must be a racist!!

Just my 2 cents..... Rob

Obviously none of you have been paying the slightest attention...any criticism of obammy is considered racist merely because hes a man of "color."

Personally I think all us white fok aught to jest take our stuff and be quiet for a little bit....jes watch n see what happen during de nex lection...we aint gonna win de battle against de liberals....dey gonna keep on keepin on an ain nuttin wee can do bout it....lessen yu wanna rattle dey jaws den u be in trouble...

dorminWS wrote:That makes two of us.

Make it three. There are plenty of country songs a lot worse than that! Unbelievable.

They played this song on john boy and billy awhile back. Damn good song and he should sue the school for dicrimination against a patriot? Probably wouldn't get too far in a liberal court setting though.

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This is BS, hope he sues and gets back pay with a little punitive damages on top.

Not familiar with TN, am I wrong in assuming its conservative Southern business as usual kind of state?

Kreutz wrote:This is BS, hope he sues and gets back pay with a little punitive damages on top.

Not familiar with TN, am I wrong in assuming its conservative Southern business as usual kind of state?

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For the most part, yes. But Nashville is one of few urbanized places in TN where you might actually encounter politically-correct metrosexuals.