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anyone but Bush is not good enough | Poem

anyone but Bush is not good enough
when the alternate is still
Cross and Bones
Michael Moore for sure gots fear
war crimes are only symptoms
war
is the crime!
Fear is a gut reaction
The reptilian brain reacts savagely
The rational brain with thought
Fear need not consume human's free will
Donkeys and Elephants
Disguised in white shirts and ties
ties
New York Times
(no change in foreign policy here)

World Times
(the unpublished news media)
records current events in light of history
of humans warring over basic survival needs
to
wars to control land and natural resources
to support oppulent throw-away lifestyles
one sypmtom:
in third world countries the rich are fat
in America the poor are fat

give just enough Americans The American Dream
two chickens in every pot two cars in every port
one worker able to support an entire family
and they will love their leader who promises more
more
more
and of course "protection"

where is Homeland Security when OSHA reports:
48,000 deaths due to workplace related diseases and truma?
64,000 deaths due to pollution
where is the war on those WMD's?

where is Homeland Security
when Harvard's School of Public Health reports:
80,000 deaths due to malpractice in hospitals?
when the Istitute of Medicine reports:
18,000 deaths due to lack of health insurance?
when a Medical Journal reports:
100,000 deaths due to effects of medical drugs?
where are the safety laws that failed to prevent
42,000 deaths due to vehicle crashes
adding up to the grand total,  per year,
to 362,000 preventable or at least reducible deaths

chorus:

o say can you see
any gunpowder on me?
if you do brush  it off
cause
i ain't marchin' any more.

- Pen Chant

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