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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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That's what it's about Make your voice be heard Let them hear you shout Scream out every word Now's the time to yell There's no holding back Time to give them hell Go on the attack No more status quo Time to scream the truth Let the people know Visions of the youth. There has been enough Now no holding back Show themthat you're tough Go on the attack Freedom is your call Liberty your aim Time to show them all You won't take the blame When the dust has cleared You will make them see' Everything they feared Is now what used to be. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Votes don't seem to work much anymore... yet, what could happen in the streets and in our states... it would have to be fast, but civil. I wonder if the law will allow...civil. Good stuff, sir. |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
Amen. Great commentary on the state of Egypt. I enjoyed it much! There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Sunshine...the U,S, seems to be the only country in history that had a "Civil War"...talk about badly named  Thank you, as always, faithmaree! |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Yes, and can Egypt be the wave of the future? Can sheer numbers of protesters start to snuff out terrorism? Wishful thinking, but yet we can't imagine what lies ahead. Who would have guessed what happened last week.What country will be next to "fall" to democracy? Good thoughts, master poet Liz |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
wishful thinking indeed, Liz. We can only hope the cure isn't worse than the disease. Whenever I read history or see movies where handfuls of tyrants hold rein over thousands of people, I always wonder why the thousands just don't rise up in masse and overcome them. It's refreshing to see it happen.... |
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Rula New Member
since 2011-02-14
Posts 5 |
Well said sir. Hope to be for their best eventually. Hope you like what I wrote for them immediately after they got their sound heard. |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Seems to me that Hosni Mubarak is another victim of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, although I read his cronies made some money year by year, like Yasser---that's funny. Real dictators do what Kims and Assads and Chavezes do, take protestors to the gulags, and get the world press to help with that, too! So Cairo did not have a Tien An Men Square? Must have been visions of TV crews there! Ah, well, Farouk was a cad, Nasser a liar, Sadat a stone frag... Mubarak the Marcos of Egypt, it's sad when egalitarianism and democracy lag. |
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