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Careful What You Ask For
Do you really want theocracy, to thin or blur the line between what makes us get along, and what God had in mind? That means you’ll have to tell the truth, and never get divorced; make no income from interest … Continue reading
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Tagged control, daily poems, fundamentalism, governments, power, religion, theocracy
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What fools would try to wrest a nation’s fate
What fools would try to wrest a nation’s fate from tyranny imposed by those with wealth who presuppose as theirs the right to rule because none dare to meet them face-to-face, who in religion’s name defy what gods they claim … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged America, democracy, founding fathers, governments, history, nationalism
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Emergency Petition to Save the Courts
MoveOn.org has got a petition drive going that’s worth looking in to. I did, and here’s the message I sent to my Congresspeople: Checks and balances means when one branch of the government is conservative, another is by necessity liberal. … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, balance, correspondence, democracy, governments, leadership, partisanship
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Bipartisan Blues
The fascist right … the commie left … the accusations fly, with neither side, in truth, much worried ’bout the little guy; they do not represent him, even though that’s what they claim, ’cause behind all their rhetoric, they’re pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged America, democracy, division, governments, partisanship, politics
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Thoughts on the 9/11 Report
Well, I have done it. Purchased the “official” 9/11 report. And read it through, at least at this time on a cursory level. I will re-read it in detail, of course. There are a few things that trouble me. They … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission, analysis, books, fear, GI Gurdijieff, governments, justice, partisanship, politics, terrorism
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One from General Eisenhower…
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the … Continue reading
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Tagged alerts, control, democracy, Dwight D Eisenhower, governments, liberty, military, power, prosperity
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America, I know your secret
America, I know your secret: there is no deep intellectual struggle fermenting in your collective mind — that’s for the coasts to sort out amongst themselves, with their isolationist disdain for solidarity, thinking that beyond the Holland Tunnel, above the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, coersion, governments, hypocrisy, ignorance, independence, patriotism, rebellion, secrets
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