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jade dragoness
Member

since 2003-01-25

Posts 76

0 posted 2003-02-13 03:47 PM

We all know the new color code.

Today is an orange day.

Orange has never been my favorite color,
but I love to eat sweet juicy navel oranges
and watch orange sunsets over the Pacific.
Orange is a really troublesome word to rhyme,
enough to make a would-be poet cringe.
I think it contrasts quite well with blue,
and the Denver Broncos think so too.

Today is an orange day.

Eat an orange a day and stay
happy and healthy...
unless of course
you ingest the kind our government used
in Viet Nam.
Agent Orange.
Have another orange today.

Agent Orange has been linked to
cancers, respiratory ailments,
even Diabetes Mellitus type ll.
Did you know that a government
agency, the Bureau of Land Management
used Agent Orange in May 1969
(accidentally of course)
as an herbicide
to control 'undesirable grasses'
in Washoe County Nevada?
The location is aptly named
Massacre Lake,
the BLM project was called
"Operation Massacre."
And our federal government still
officially denies having used
agent Orange domestically.
(It took them until 1993 to decree
a "presumption of causation" order,
to allow Viet Nam vets to be treated
for symptoms caused by this orange.)

So have another orange today,
courtesy of the loving government of the USA,
the very one that wants you to believe
they always have your best interests
and survival at heart
on this new
Orange Day.

Happy Valentine's Day.

[This message has been edited by jade dragoness (02-13-2003 03:48 PM).]

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

1 posted 2003-02-14 07:30 AM

yes, i know,
but still, the song remains, the same,
and i rather live in the good old USA, anyday

bbent
Senior Member

since 2001-01-07

Posts 521
Alaska

2 posted 2003-02-14 11:49 PM

some interesting thoughts on some of the many uses of orange...I like mandarin orange spice tea.You go girl!!!

Live like it's your last day...
Dance like nobody's watching...
Love like you've never been hurt...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2003-02-15 03:55 AM

got me thinking...

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