Which child would jesus collaterally blow the legs off in a
campaign of shock and awe
Where would
George Washington have evened a personal score
Which bloody African crisis is far more profitable to simply
ignore
Where have Jay and Madison and Tom Paine gotten off to
What faceless
corporate figureheads stand tall in their places
Which agency slickly packages the promotion of their
short-sighted agendas
Why is it unpatriotic and practically a terrorist act
If one does
not press Yes in every vote for more defense spending
Why does the illiterate enemy lives in caves wearing dirty
bathrobes and sandals
Why is it called defense when we are the ones attacking
How is it
that all the major lands are wrong, and just we are right
And who are we really, standing alone and righteous, behind
our one true god
Why do the rag-tag enemies rejoice in our invasion
And stream on
in with new recruits and plenty of fresh money -
to places they were never allowed to go to before
how does draining wetlands, cutting forests, relaxing
emissions
preserving
the sanctity of marriage and stopping abortion -
add to our so-called precious national heritage and
traditional family valuesÔ
who would Moses
leave in tears amid the rubble of what was at best a shack
who hides behind the bullshit line
‘My country right or wrong’
why would we think that those who so blindly got us in,
could safely lead us out
why does it cost billions a month to keep me safe here in
the heartland
and why can’t my children read
where are those awful WMDs that were such an immediate
threat to my family
who would take such huge bonuses while sending research jobs
overseas
how much gall
does it require to tell us that it is good for the country
how long until their compounds are breached and we stone
them outside, in the sun
who believes that sales and marketing will innovate when R
& D is in India
who thinks
everybody here will be able to use their college education
who says unemployment figures should not count those who
have given up looking
where does the constitution say corporations control the
executive branch
would
Eisenhower have negated an anti-missile treaty
did Kennedy ridicule government scientists if it helped out
a conglomerate donator
who would provide a semi-conquered people free universal
healthcare
who would
allow 50 million citizens to work without health insurance
who would smirkingly declare “Bring ‘em on” beneath a
“Mission Accomplished” banner
where did the trillion dollar debts come from in those
short, greedy years
why have
giant tax cuts for the rich not trickled down to stem the increase in poverty
Who would profit on packaging worthless loans and then
blackmail society for a bailout
why do our wonderful young people torture prisoners while
snapping cellphone pictures
upon what
unstable high ground do we stand and preach with moral authority
how can those who led us in with their blind hubris lead us
out with our honor
when did our freedom of the press succumb to for-profit
entertainment
it appears
that if no child is to be left behind, then all must finish last
when did simultaneous shouting replace reasoned public
debate
did Lincoln choke on a corporate snack watching football on
the couch
why wont the
arabs pump more oil after seeing our soldiers every day
where would the Crusaders have defecated just to anger local
residents
how is the Middle East better with us dropping drones and
outsiders killing everywhere
why cant ‘old
europe’ understand our need to prostelyze with arms
just how are we safer despite our vast spending in a global
war on terror
how do our ADT-affected children spend hours raptly playing
video games, yet cannot study
why cant all
production, engineering and R&D be done cheaper far away
by what inalienable right should your offspring have the
opportunity to live just as well as you
who would censor the reality of death and war to maintain
popular political support
why is it
unpatriotic to decry a foolish decision acted upon ineptly
where are these bogeymen who cost us half a trillion for
defense each year
how can these children compete for the good careers of
tomorrow -
with mercury in their brains and diesel truck fumes in their
tubercular lungs
what new skilled jobs await the 70% who do not understand
simple interest
who would let corporate timber clearcut just the large trees
that they crave
and
smirkingly give it a fanciful name like ‘Healthy Forests’
who would relax pollution standards and label it their
‘Clear Skies Initiative’
why would the government unfairly relax fuel and pollution
standards for fat SUVs & pickups
who has the
gall to label job exportation a patriotic expression of free trade
who, meanwhile, votes agricultural subsidies to protect
their donor’s corporate farms
who would ridicule, silence and ignore scientists who
present unfavorable findings
who gives
money to the groups whose prejudice is blessed by their god
how does spending millions on attack ads enhance the
electoral process
how, you ask, are we safer at home with our boys dying every
day far away
who, then,
has actually cut off the oil supply and forced us into fracking
where are the good new jobs to replace those farmed out
forever overseas
how is it then that evangelical christians actually differ
from muslim fundamentalists
who
would dare ask: where it is still morning in this land that we demand that god
bless
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