Medal of Freedom for Randy Newman...

...if only I were President, that is. An excerpt:

I'd like to say a few words
In defense of our country
Whose people aren't bad nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they're the worst that we've had
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen...

...See the whole thing on "looka," Chuck Taggart's blog, which includes an embedded video).

Read Randy's Newsweek interview here.