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Another Independence Day
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Another Independence Day |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Another Independence Day We’re another year older now And, I wonder, what they’d say Those who wrote our Declaration For our Independence Day? I bet they’re turning in their graves To see, where our Country’s going As we lose those hard won Freedoms And, as our apathy keeps growing. Our Government spies on us “Big brother”, has come here As they try to control us all With deception, lies, and fear. We have elected leaders(?) Who don’t care about our Nation Who give our Rights away In favor of, the corporation. They have us in another war Where we surely don’t belong And some say, “A hundred years” Would not be, too long. We have Troops coming home Who are living in the street As they seek, help and care From a system, they can’t beat. They give our treasury away To what, they call, “foreign aid” While we have hungry kids at home And students, who can’t make the grade. Our roads and bridges are a mess Folks lose their homes to banks We have illegals getting a free ride And ask for more without, one, “Thanks!” They have given us a giant debt Our children, will have to pay While making other countries rich With our jobs, they give away. The Communists control Almost, everything we buy Like the old “company store” While our treasury, they “shanghai”. Foreign oil controls the rest While we have technology To use, alternative sources To produce, our energy. We have Federal agencies Who work for the lobbyists While people get sick, and die To protect, those larcenists. Our World is on the brink Of a catastrophic end For, the sake of the dollar While we sit back, and pretend. No, I don’t think they’d be pleased Those Founders, of our Country They’d say, “We’re sure disappointed!” Of what, we’ve come, to be. Maybe it’s not too late, though If we try to mend our way And there’s no better time, than now On this, Independence Day! 07.02.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
~sigh~ Each year we stray further away from our founding ideals, I fear. Thank you, Abe for always remembering what 'WE' declared, so long ago. |
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