Politics and holy stains
too much rain in California
too much fire in Oklahoma
and thirteen miners in West Virginia
this January 2006
trapped underground
July 2002 nine miners
trapped 77 hours
with the all of America
a long long time to hold our breath
how much waste & greed does it take
before we all pass out?
Early in this mornings program you said
“I don’t think there has been any abuse of wiretapping.”
From as far back as J. Edgar Hoover
we know wire tapping, by our government,
has abused this power,
and spied on people with dissenting voice
including Vietnam War protesters.
My question is why your “thinking” doesn’t include
the facts of history?
“The fact that somebody leaked this program
causes great harm to the United States,” Bush said.
“There is an enemy out there. They read newspapers.”
May 20, 2003
“Senior U.S. officials said the chatter
suggests a significant attack inside
the United States might be in the works.”
(full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/20/terror.main/)
The “terrorists” have long known thru “senior officials”
their wires and phones and computers have been breached
now they know via “leaked…cause great harm…”
was Not to “the United States” the great harm
was to King George Bush por que
now we the people know we also too
are being spied upon via
cookies library cards et al.
Washington Journal C-SPAN 1006
first two callers of the year:
equally highly emotional
with their opposing held truths
rich man praising Bush with holy fervor
poor man bashing Bush with holy terror
a few reports of welfare fraud sets the rich man’s hair on fire
the few reports of now billionaires sets the poor man’s hair on fire
the Left and the Right’s powers held in One Disembodied Body
Thy name of this body is Corporation
Dis Embodied Corporation given equal rights of we the people
How did this happen?
ask George Orwell
failing that ask John Wheat Gibson
The information highway is near complete
with contradictory facts to sate every ideologue
Question of the morning:
What do you want from Washington this year?
Answer:
For those who who live there who took oaths
of, in de facto, service to we the people,
recall the essence of the tale
of an honest Mr. Smith who Goes To Washington,
give back the dishonorably acquired riches to the people
and take back their honor.
In plainer words:
It’s time to roast the Pork.
roger peter look and see
we all become masters of survival
some more dishonest honest or druthers
be kind to yourself
in any disparagement
half is yours half is mine theirs
everyone loves a teddy bear
(be leery of proprietorship
it is only comely in little children
and they
only step on your toes,
the big children go for the heart)
“the life unexamined
is not worth living”
my beloved
Mother of the Night and Day
are your best friends
paraphernalia manipulation creation
is only loopingly plausible
little big horn is aplenty
stars are born and die
the burden onerous
our personal past is our guide to future
stations a time of down
by the old mill stream
o the joy
to awake to the smell
of heavenly bread!
a very fine one you’ve picked there brother John
who ties the tongue like winter holds the seed
yet aware the beating there within
with rhythm of the ages sages it only takes
three wisdoms patience of the waiting
waiting the howling calm of the wind
tick tock three o’clock all tis at the well
music train clef’s then flats
Tipperary is not too much further now
and Tripoli has doubled in the past
cards are shuffled waiting for the deal
what is dreaming who is now awake
remember then
“It’s best to not take one’s self too seriously.”
of course my subject is my losing or more succinct
never truly knowing surely perhaps
once shedding discipline it is remarkable
the search for that which is most valued
changing muses in the stumbling along
of course lives are fraught with imperfection
full of denials and rejection
i try and i try but i
still hold remnants of the Vatican Rag
the “I’m not worthy will never be”
worthy of what and to whom i say
you priestly priest who scolds me not to think
or the false hearted friend who condemns my habit
while indulging his because it is manly
the fingers in the dark find f and g
paused like the eyes in candle light
to the silence between the in and out
will there be a 4:44 o’clock
between the tock find either you or i
after the tick is :41
most likely there will be a next tear drop to fall
she’s here :42
the walking stick is handy in the parlor
:43 one howling wind returns
. . . . . . … .. .. . . . . . . . .
4:44 a.m.
take my hand beloved
we’ll walk on thru this vex’ed land
full of little gods with giant posturing
where the meadowlark never sings
soul spirit lives in little things
we’re off to join other underlings
in the land of peace and plenty
John Warner John Warner
one powerful senator
opens the senate floor
with only one senator
99 having no prior notice?
brings up a bill
asks for objections
no one objects surprise surprise
John John approves the bill
and calls the session ended.
erstwhile exes
all be passes
If one says they are taking themselves too serious
isn’t it possible they are?
Can Rice be legally forced to only show success in Iraq,
or even any picture she paints for the world,
Or is there any outside force on Ms. Rice to orate
any thing she has clear knowledge is not true?
If so – is it not more honest, if it is honest,
to decline to answer as a matter of national security,
that is of course if we have even a few honest members
of OUR national security
to whistle blow when there is blatant dishonesty?
That depends on what “it” is.
If winning means Iraq will be a true democracy
where Sunni rights, as a minority, will be protected,
and women get equal rights,
and the Saddam trial is seen by the world
as a fair and equal judicial system,
that would be a world of good.
But
if “it” is
what worth, in other words
how much of our American democratic principles did we sacrifice
9/11 did strike fear into the hearts of Americans
a national 911 call so to say
and how many lying lies have we the people been told
to increase that fear as if
the 45 minutes to a real mushroom cloud was not enough fear
then that fear was proved falsified intelligent information
to the biggest lethal crooks in the world today are those who falsify “facts”
how trite and false the sound of “as a matter of fact” as if
calling something a fact makes it a fact
“Sloganeering from the Right and the Left does not enhance any debate”
How is Israel like America today?
Both are in a quagmire,
otherwise known as a stalemate.
Both leaders of these countries still believe
if they “just stay the course” they will win.
How long, O America, O Jerusalem,
is it 58 years now?
It is not Bolivians fault Americans want Cocaine
instead of the medicinal benefits of Coca.
The best of America is Beautiful
but she is no longer a teenager
one might say, middle age, the question is
will she still represent liberty in old age?
Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
in exchange give tax cuts for billionaires.
That glee you smile while counting the money
will never add up to bliss
Raptor rapture leads to rupture
Ask the camel who wouldn’t be seen
in a needle’s eye.