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JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-03-23 08:41 PM



those who still had testicles
and some who searched
and found theirs
massed together
past squabbles forgotten
for the moment

liberal guy
right wing not shy

past sins of the other
forgiven for the greater good
a bigger threat lunges
menacing both
America is all but lost
diehard Islamist the killer

what did we do
I mean . . . who knew

creeping crud across our land
women haters one and all
at least those who do not wear veils
and those praying not to Allah
found a back door into America
it was called apathy

what can be done
they took our guns

it happened slowly
stealthily across the land
a smile
a nod
we’re not like the terrorists, they said
smiling benign smiles

they took us in
with lies and grins

while the ACLU was busy
kicking Christians in the teeth
no school prayer
no this and no that
but they built their mosque
they live under sharia

they came with hate
to sit and wait

we watched and nodded
smiled, said naught
as they infiltrated our schools
where Christ was not allowed
we were told to look the other way
they are peaceful, don’t you know

we gave to them
their every whim

and now they are standing by
ready to strike
no longer smiling
they’re beating their chests
with centuries’ old élan
sneering at The Great Satan

for their deceit
tanks on Main Street

©January 5, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

© Copyright 2016 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
jjote
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Posts 1088
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1 posted 2016-03-24 06:04 PM


powerful stark poem, speaking of the truth of terrors that creep among us, we turn our heads away, not knowing they have grown horns on their heads.
JerryPat2
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2 posted 2016-03-24 06:08 PM


Ahhh . . . You said it right-on, jjote. Thank you.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

ethome
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3 posted 2016-03-25 06:20 AM


Jerry, I don't know what to respond other than, you hit the nail right on the head.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
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4 posted 2016-03-25 06:39 AM


Thank you Eric.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

ethome
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5 posted 2016-03-25 07:12 AM


Jerry, you might like to hear the fed up view the British have on Islam. Click below
http://dotsub.com/view/72457cbc-fe18-4053-ae3f-6c7639cf4e79

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2016-03-25 07:45 AM


Thanks Eric, for the video. He spoke for me, and that's for sure. We are in this mess because of politicians, because if it had been left up to the common man it would have never happened, at least not the way it has been ramrodded down our throats. Politicians, for the most part, I am certain, are incapable of thinking for the good of the people.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Cari
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Englnand
7 posted 2016-03-25 06:44 PM


Once an individual has arrived at the conclusion that the action he/she is going to carry out an attack which involves the certainty of their own death, then there’s virtually nothing that can be done to stop them.
  
Although it’s by no way a direct compression, America has yet to find an answer to the annual rate of massacres that occur every 64 days on average.
Don’t misunderstand me, all I’m saying is once an individual has the means and mindset to carry out these crimes, then there’s little that can be done to prevent them happening.

Terrorists operate in small cells in countries other than their own because it’s the only way they can operate.   The only defence against their activities is intelligence i.e. infiltration of the cells, surveillance and the collection of world wide information.

A final thought. To even think that the vast majority of the two and a half million Americans of the Islamic faith are potential terrorists is ridiculous. No truer than the Italian immigrants to America in the 1930s were all members of the mafia.

Yes we all have gut reactions to these horrific crimes but we have to be careful to direct our feelings to those who are responsible and not to the innocent members who happen to share the same religion. Because that is exactly the reaction they are looking for, they see that their crimes are excused by other crimes.


Is the blog a true reflection of British views? Well, this article today rather suggests it isn’t. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35898543

JerryPat2
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8 posted 2016-03-25 06:46 PM


Thank you Cari.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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