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Same Ole--Same Ole..
Feb 6, 2008 | 8:06 PM PST
Category:
Political
Don't budget deficit me you old men with eyeglasses and no
lips who say we can't afford to house the houseless or
to heal the sick.
Don't fiscal responsibility me you devourers of the fat of the
land may it clog your devious up-for-election arteries.
Don't balance of trade me you horny-handed peddlars of
shoddy shares in finger-crossed bonanzas based on
non-existent enterprise.
Don't national security me you who make deals behind our backs
under cover of law-proof dark.
Don't family-values me you who force apart man woman and
child in the interest of an ever-grosser national
product.
Don't state of the union me you unctuous apologists for
quotidian horror may you choke on your aw-shucks-
just-plain-old-me charisma.
Don't pay your speech-writers one more cent on my account
or your column writers or The News Tonighters.
Epoxy in my ears before I hear another word.
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The above is a poem called "Save Your Breath" written by Arlen Riley Wilson, sociologist and poet, 1925-1999.
I thought it is still appropriate today.
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That Old Uneasy Feeling
Feb 6, 2008 | 6:37 PM PST
Category:
Political
The following is a poem written by a woman in 1969, at the time we were in 'another war.'
Almost 40 years have expired. Sadly, the same poem could be written today.
Will it be, that yet another 40 years from now, our child now just being born will feel the same thoughts and write the same futulity?
Does anyone think our world will ever change ---for the better?
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Announcement 1969
As a former love freak
I have an announcement to make:
I have learned to hate.
Hatred is a liberating thing,
It releases energies.
For many years I despaired
Of ever experiencing
True hate.
I always tripped
On the fallible,
The forgivable,
The understandable.
But as the film of love
Cleared from my eyes
I saw them clearly etched:
Those to whom I, my children,
My loves and my friends
Are casually expendable --
For principles, or for
Convenience, or as
A regrettable
Contingency.
All we have built
And hoped for and done
Are nothing to them,
To the grey men
With the artificially
Human complexions.
They are not only here
But everywhere,
An exclusive clique.
Moral appeals
Are pitiful squeaks
Of rats in a trap.
Far better
The bared teeth
And the poisoned
Bite.
Small things can be rabid.
Witness a mad rat.
So tremble, grey men.
Not only I have teeth.
The Day of the Mad Rat
Is at hand,
(by Arlen Riley Wilson, sociologist and poet, 7/16/25---5/22/99)
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How About Nader?
Jan 30, 2008 | 3:00 PM PST
Category:
Political
I looked at a program the other night on Nader. He has been short changed and short shifted all his life. I think he has good ideas. If you think corp america runs politics, and we know they do, for where does all the money come from....if not from them....well, then we need a guy like Nader.
I would vote for him in a heartbeat--would you?:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Who Am I---Really?
Jan 16, 2008 | 11:59 AM PST
Category:
Political
i am not what i think i am
i am not what you think i am
i am what i think that you think i am
..............
think about it
do you have in your mind's eye who you think you are?
but, when you are around people do you not think you are---who you think they see?
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i do.
and does that make us 'undone' and artificial?
how can we change that?...or do we want to?
...........
what do you see?
Jan 8, 2008 | 10:32 AM PST
Category:
Political
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.... imagination is more important than knowledge. (Einstein)
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We never did it that way before....(the thinking to end a culture)
We see things through glasses that view our own life and situation. (not through the glasses of others)
We like things in neatly packaged, technically advanced and proven, scenarios.
We like 'truths' which are complete--non-contradictory.
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What about you. What do you like?
Many of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, 60 Years ago, witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object(UFO) with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell , New Mexico This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S . Air Force and other federal Agencies and organizations. However, what you may NOT know is that in the month of March 1948, nine months after that historic day, the following people were born: Albert A. Gore, Jr. Hillary Rodham John F. Kerry William J. Clinton Howard Dean Nancy Pelosi Dianne Feinstein Charles E. Schumer Barbara Boxer See what happens when aliens breed with sheep? I certainly hope this bit of information clears up a lot of things for you. It did for me.
..facts not verified....received from a responsible e-mailer though....
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