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A Perfect Place |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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"I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF OURSELVES!" (A quote of John McCain while speaking AGAINST the Webb amendment asking that our Military be guaranteed the same amount of time safe at home as they have spent deployed at war) Finally something that makes sense From the floor of the U.S. Senate Hopefully, (though it's doubtful) Maybe, they are finally gonna get it! The people of our Nation Are sick and tired of the game They promise us and they lie And it's always just the same. They waste hours, days, and months With their petty, childish fights Instead of doing what they're paid for Protecting our American Rights. They let the lobbies dictate to them The big money pays their way They "work" a couple days a week Anticipating, their next holiday. Our government is quickly failing While, we the people, just stand by Someday, when it all collapses Will be too late, to ask, "Why?" The arrogance of our leaders (?) Who disregard, the rule of law Who think, they are above it As we look on, in shock and awe. "Shock and awe", another name For the deep, quagmire of Iraq A sad page in World history It's too bad, we can't take it back. No sense, citing all the numbers Of the senseless human cost No use talking about the families And all, that they have lost. We shouldn't talk about the reasons We were told, why we must go We just sat back and believed it Because those trusted, told us so. We can't blame one party or the other Or those on the left or right The red states or the blue states If, we the people, lose the fight. We've forgotten what we stand for We've let the dollar, buy our soul Fear and indifference rule our day Self preservation is the goal. We let our neighbors go hungry Ignore the seniors and homeless Have millions with no health care As for education? We care less! They don't really care about us And spend our Social Security There's no law about income tax But, they tax us all illegally. The cost and waste of energy Is something they condone And a lot of them are getting rich If the full truth, be known. Drug companies and the HMOs Drain us dry before we pass Homeland Security and FEMA Has become, a hopeless morass. Our pets and people have been poisoned Our safety, sold to the Chinese We won't have to fight them off They'll just buy us, easy as you please. Our jobs are sent to foreigners And illegal aliens, take the rest Where did all that pride go That, made us, the best of the best. We took all of it for granted We put our trust in Washington We thought they'd do right by us And now, must pay for what we've done. And then, there's ol' Mother Earth There's some believe it and some don't But, if we might stop the "warming" It's stupid, to say that, "We won't!" If you stop, and think about it Ask, "What thing, have humans done, To make this Earth a little better?" It will be hard, to think of one. This World was once, a perfect place Then, there came, the human race! 07.10.2007 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. [This message has been edited by Abe (07-11-2007 10:20 AM).] |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
You mentioned John McCain, one of my least favorite politicians right now, my definition of politicians...those that promote their own agenda, for their own gain...irregardless of the will of the people that elected them to be Senators and Congressmen, and choose to be politicians...although his idea you mention seems reasonable...for the sanity of the troops...there are many other ideas he proposes that are intolerable... You mentioned global warming...or was it my imagination...and without mentioning Al Bore...the great deceiver...this is part of a cycle of cooling and warming that has been going on forever and will continue with or without us...although I do believe that Americans overconsume...and if other Countrys such as China and India consumed as much as us with their large populations we would be doomed...James |
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