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A Weakened America
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A Weakened America |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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o’er the years I have come to detest the liars, the political liars who invariably lead us to war making sure everyone knows this is a war we have to fight for the good old red, white and blue we, the sheeple nod our heads send our sons and daughters to the slaughter praising them as heroes eh . . . heroes? what they are are dead! if that wasn’t bad| enough we now have a president et al congress talking that talk, walking that walk turning us into an America I do not recognize kowtowing to our enemies shunning our friends someday in the not too distant future the horde will descend upon us beheading the men gangbanging the woman oh yes, we have given up people there’s no fight left the enemy is our government and no one has the courag3 to stop them oh, they shout courage every election time about what they are going to do when they are elected heard it before last election we sweep the halls of Congress this will be different we have people who are ready for the challenge hah! there is no battle on Capital Hill not a damned thing has changed the man is still running the government by executive order the framers of our constitution are hiding their heads in shame things do not bode well for the once proud and good old America how insubstantial we have become how superficial doing barely enough to continue to exist we are in trouble with leaders not strong enough to put America first instead they are disrespectfully trashing the constitution and giving solace to our enemies ©April 25, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (04-28-2015 08:48 PM).] |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
you rock the soapbox here Jerry... and I'm in full attendance! ~d Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
Well said. Thanks for the read. Melton |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Melton, happy you read and commented . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
One of the best of your rants Jerry ... and Oh, So True - we are definitely a country in decline led by "so called" representatives of our will. Show you how far it goes . . . I live in an incorporated city (Oak Ridge North) near Houston, and face to face the Mayor had the balls to tell me, when I was voicing my thoughts, "City Council does what City Council wants" - that's our government, nation-wide. We don't have representatives in this country any more, we have an uncontrollable force called "politicians" that not only control everything. and as long as we let them control their own benefits, salaries, retirements, and more . . . they are "Masters" not "Representatives" |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Tanya, appreciate your comments on my poem. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I know everything you have said is the gospel, Jimmy. It is criminal (literally) what these damn politicians get away with. When you really get to thinking about it, it becomes very depressing. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Criminal is the word for it, Jerry. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, it certainty is, Ida. Thank you for being here. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
trouble is weakened politicians that have no morals or honesty...james |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You got it, James. Thanks. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Great work Jerry! Well written! I enjoyed the vent because it was so applicable. Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I appreciate your thoughts on my poem, Eric. We are in deep trouble here in what used to be the "home of the brave." I fear the future . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
I feel you, Jer. You have rant left in you. That's a good thing. I feel mine's been bled out for the most part, as well as with most others I know. Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahhh . . . Thank you Michael. My rant is tame compared to a merely a few years ago. Still, I spoke my mind. So many of us refuse to do that. America is, I believe, in trouble like we have never seen before . . . Thank you . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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