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Happy New Year |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Change, Two Thousand Nine This year is about to end And a New, about to start The past, just memories Some, that hurt the heart. Our brave Troops are still dying Far too many Families grieve And those wounded coming home Deserve more, than they receive. Some of them are coming back With wounds that do not show Without any help, or support Nowhere to turn, nowhere to go. We’ve two wars we’re waging One, brought about by lies Told, they want us over there While the truth shows in their eyes. Our schools are failing our kids Our infrastructure is shot Healthcare costs, outrageous For those who can pay, most cannot! Our economy is in shambles As the poor bail out the rich Our leaders (?) have all fallen For the con men and their pitch. Families put out, on the street By those orders of evictions While those who did the crime Not indicted, no convictions. Some folks have lost everything They had saved, for their old age While we let it, go on and on Where’s our anger, and outrage? Our middle class may be doomed To join the classes of the poor While we buy those foreign goods And send our good jobs out the door. We leave our borders wide open They come and go as they may They get free healthcare and welfare While we pay, and pay, and pay! We still depend on fossil fuels Shipped here from across the seas Where we spend our treasure In some, unfriendly, countries. Oil companies here at home Want to “Drill, baby, drill!” Instead of trying other ways (It looks like, they never, will!) Some Rights from our Constitution Taken away, without a fight To protect us all, they tell us That. only they know, what is right! Torturing is on the table And, renditions in secrecy People imprisoned without charges By, the Land of the Free! One day, it just may be you Should you choose, to speak out Say something, which you believe They don’t want to hear about. But, we have a New Year coming A new President, for change Let’s hope, for the good of the people Are the things, he’ll rearrange. He can’t do it all by himself He needs us, each and every one If we hope to change our Country We must all help, to get it, done! Just maybe, “Auld Lang Syne” (Translated, “days gone by”) Will just be, a bad memory As we tell the past, “Goodbye!” 12-30-2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984 |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Abe, You tell it like it is. You're my kind of guy. Bobby |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Abe, this is another  You told it like it is, was, and hopefully gonnabe!Very well done! Cheers to the coming new year and your new president of CHANGE. God bless us each and every one of us on the entire planet! Times are tough, but as the old saying goes, "When times are tough, the tough get going". Let us all do our part ~ no matter how great or small, to change the order (and lack thereof!!!) of things. We will be contributing to a new and better quality of life. Cheers to welcoming in the new year, 2009!  Linda |
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