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The American Way
rkhan
04/22/04 at 00:54:23
A Poem For The Planet -
The American Way
[u] By Lynn Landes [/u]


cleaning with contaminants
 
eating poisoned food
 
fluoride in our water
 
explains our nasty mood
 
 
 
racing for the cure
 
but running from the cause
 
the games people play
don't let facts get in the way
 
 
 
educated to be ignorant
 
medicated to be sick
 
it's public policy in America
 
a tragedy, a trick
 
 
 
forged news we're given
 
false choices to make
 
we vote on machines
 
democracy's a fake
 
 
 
brainwash the children
 
with pledges of loyalty
 
as the rich become
 
our modern day royalty
 
 
 
The American Way
 
it's upside down
 
as protesters march
 
led by puppets and clowns
 
 
 
some wear white
 
in abject surrender
 
abandoning the battlefield
 
before justice is tendered
 
 
 
America is special
 
Bush says with a grin
 
the rules don't apply
 
we fight, we win
 
 
 
but reality is a sobering thing
 
we're Rome all over again
 
not built in a day
 
but burning just the same
 
 
 
one day soon the oil will be gone
 
and as the earth grinds on without that lubrication
 
will the wobble increase?
will the planet cease?
 
 
 
let's hope time runs out
 
on the American Way
 
where money is king
 
king everyday

 
 
Lynn Landes is one of the nation's leading freelance journalists on voting technology and democracy issues. She also writes about the environment. Readers can find her articles at EcoTalk.org. Lynn is a former news reporter for <http://www.dutv.org/>DUTV and commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Contact info: lynnlandes@earthlink.net / (215) 629-3553







Re: The American Way
al-ajnabia
04/22/04 at 15:06:33
[slm]
speaking of the oil getting gone,
How old do you plan to be in 23 years?
I plan on being 54, unless somone twists my arm and forces me to be 60, but geeze yall, thats a lot of life left to live after oil.


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