Rigged Agenda Of The Deplorables - SAD!

Joyfully dedicated to the faithful blind, dancing carefree, behind their blind Christian Sharia piper

nobody will ever disagree,

our wondrous offspring deserve the finest in free-market education

everybody wants crimes against humanity brought to justice,

but, our own citizens will not be judged by some kangaroo world court

everyone can easily see

reckless government social spending mortgages all our futures

no one today seriously denies,

all men created anywhere else, are certainly created equal - equally poor

we are all at least subconsciously aware

democratic majority rule applies at home but not necessarily to puppet allies overseas

it goes without any rational consideration necessary whatsoever,

we must spend more and more on dEfense, each and every year

nobody would be so foolish as to campaign upon

over-population being an issue that should loom large upon our radar

it is a concept just as simple as apple pie:

backward people need only a little military nudge towards corporate democracy

even the very simplest among us see,

exporting jobs will make all our lives better in the end

try and find anyone who does not agree,

rash action on climate change is an unproven and expensive liberal plot

any decent and upright citizen knows,

our government servants need to talk privately to do-it-yourself saviors for political guidance

anyone with half a brain can tell,

a left-leaning conspiracy controls the fake corporate media

nobody supports the nightmare of chemical weapons,

yet we cannot sign a treaty restricting our right to use those we already have

caring mothers everywhere agree,

infants should not suck diesel fumes in bassinets, yet many of the poor still do

loving fathers, uncles, aunts all want to protect their precious childre,

yet coal-fired power plants still patriotically rain mercury into their growing brains

it has been shown by the policies of trusted global financial institutions,

ever-growing universal debt is in the best of both personal and national interests

it is as plain as the nose upon your benighted face,

we are god’s chosen people, standing above all on that shining hill

those with even the barest notion of reality see

too much science and math education destroys a man’s common sense

a large majority of strict constitutionalist opinion leaders realize,

loud mufflers on pickup trucks are a financed expression of personal freedom

it is a folksy, homespun verity that the working man votes conservative

and is rewarded with entitlement cuts right before his job is offshored forever

even simple fools know,

our sacred rights include carelessly tossing fast food packaging in our noisy wake

the average outsourced NASCAR fan admires our leader’s faith,

even as his own sons are sent overseas & his real income falls but the rich cover their assets

nobody cares for the sight of land mine victims,

but a world treaty to control them undermines our precious national sovereignty

according to trusted politicians, exported jobs, crumbled infrastructure and failed education

does not diminish the bright future of our blessed land

it is widely recognized by marketing opinion makers that:

repetition can mold paid soundbites into truths which we should hold to be very self-evident

any truly robust NFL fan of big men in spandex will gladly shout,

all that green environmental bullshit just wastes a real men’s time

any child knows there is a great difference between

a faceless corporation and the genial politician it has contracted with for political services

most all honest working people understand,

jobs and people rank above this vegan nonsense about some kind of a sustainable society

conventional wisdom spun by cosmetically-enhanced, fast-talking experts has proven for sure,

a person or a country must stand either with us or be against us

intellectual evangelicals accept as revealed truth this simple fact:

man takes dominion over all the beasts, since only he is possessed of an everlasting soul

phony news and slick advertising admit of not a hint,

our lifestyles are not sustainable for those few generations yet to come

it is seldom seriously questioned by conscientious conservatives that:

environmental conservation is an optional and minor virtue of limited and dubious value

it is accepted without requiring any serious thought at all,

the fish from our lakes and rivers are not safe for us to eat

there is simply no discussion,

it is the divine right of developers to mold our future in their greedy and leveraged image

it hardly bears mentioning,

the least of Hollywood epics is better entertainment than most any book

there is no argument about these facts:

animals have no souls, legal rights or places in our Father’s heaven

everyone knows,

one needn’t put aside a great deal in order to truly enjoy a richly-deserved Happily Ever After

it is widespread practice,

to finance the newest exciting mass whim instead of boringly saving for tomorrow

we obviously agree even with our most hated enemies,

faith in some one true god must be our guide in all political decisions

there is no debate over the propriety of this tacit axiom:

corporate fathers are the fingertips on the blind hand of the sacred free market

it is generally accepted and considered a non-starter,

this fictional, so-called mass extinction could only come at the hand of god, never man

it is just common sense that rich investors from out of town

can best exercise local control over zoning and development

who would argue with the right of the party in power

to gerrymander voting districts, thereby ensuring its own continued re-election

it simply makes sense that mafia gambling on Indian reservations will eventually be

a long-term solution to native american substance abuse, unemployment and poverty

an unquestionably good business practice is to merge, downsize, reduce benefits

and pensions,export, outsource, collect huge bonuses and escape to hidden and locked compounds

no one will deny that our brave leaders must stay the course without cutting and running,

and that their motives are pure and their evidence untainted

it is a pattern seen often in the history that we have so blithely ignored,

the proudly ignorant and accidentally privileged, head us blindly towards a fall

nobody argues the government’s need to maintain its absolutely secret when spying for our

security, since our constitution provides no right to individual privacy

everybody accepts the fact that our boys sacrifices must not be in vain

despite the illegal, immoral, deceitful preemptive wars of liberation ordered by their leaders

it’s just ordinary common sense,

it would be a serious mistake to make too many changes, especially all at once

Flag-Waving Nationalists

Self-sacrificing petroleum patriots offer to brave so-called arctic wastelands

          to harvest the oil beneath its unproductive surface

This to help us to gain our vital energy independence and for export, as well

Drilling for god and country they can bring us a few sips

          to be guzzled and forgotten on one of our many wasteful, unnecessary trips

and take away forever anyone's chances

          to ever see one more of the few remaining bits of unspoiled habitat

Wise patriots tell us of our duty to consume

          and to ride in ever larger vehicles to the newest malls

and of the moral value of imported plastic decal flags upon our foreign cars

Caring patriots protect our economy from junk scientific theories

          Knowing conservation is simply a lifestyle choice, much like being gay

Their wisdom protects us from expensive action until all the facts are in

          They nobly save us money and jobs from that liberal plot

they have recast as climate change

Industry-oriented patriotic lobbyists draft policy with wise company executives

          Making sure to grease the skids of progress with cash contributions

Thus do we move forward in this land of faith-based democracy

          By-invitation-only, laboring in secret behind safely closed and soundproof doors

Practical patriots discern the nonsense in scientific discourse

          And lead the way in discrediting studies counter to their policies

using the twin lodestones of moral beliefs and campaign donations

          Framing the discourse of scientific research as a political debate

Helping our dumbed-down people to grasp the complex issues that we face

Morally focused patriots justify their actions with their faith

          Having god beside them on the podium grants them an otherwise-lacking inner strength

enabling them to distinguish black from white by casting out the gray

          Leaving them with unshakeable faith in the righteousness of their cause

Pontificating patriots should be listened to as they describe our many enemies

          Never asking us to examine our own hallowed lifestyles

Never questioning the correctness of the great causes which we champion

Militarily-oriented patriots ensure we are ready for overwhelming pre-emptive defense

          Annually stoking the war machine with ever-increasing billions

Ready to defend shopping malls against the incoming missiles

          Unable to capture disheveled ragheads in dirty clothes and sandals living in caves

Perceptive patriots help us to discern the truth from all the lies

          the right thing from devilish left-wing deception,

The righteousness of the measured and true course that we follow

          from the godless rhetoric of the heathen foreign idolaters

Great patriots, after consulting their moral compasses, inform us that

          we are either with them or, at our own great peril, against them

and that God blesses our lofty moral rectitude as he smiles down upon us

Responsible patriots trip over each other adopting tougher stances

          Each boasting how they will spend more money to kill and to destroy

Pumping up the bogeyman who wants to eat the children in your homes

          And exalting a ‘Defense’ budget greater than the entire world combined

True patriots free up our natural resources for holy commercial development

          protecting us from the evils of a pernicious creeping socialism

Let us thank them for the steadfast nature of this selfless vigilance

Larger than life patriots smile down upon us from all forms of the media,

          Guaranteed a place in our collective heart

Promoted by those wise contributing conglomerates

who provide all the information a good society should ever need

Discredited patriots no longer play roles in our wondrous progress

          Their actions erased from soundbite media history

At least until their party swings into power once again

Patriotic analytical wonks tell us that business profitability is increased

          and prices lowered by cutting benefits and outsourcing jobs overseas

while, at the same time, arguing just as strongly, it appears

          that increasing energy efficiency and improving conservation

are simply non-factors with regards to the economy of our great society

Corporate patriots help steer the ship of state

          Bravely offshoring ingredients and keeping wages low

Signing memoranda sending research and production overseas

          Stoutly maintaining the hallowed nature of free enterprise

by pumping up the price of their stock for yet another whole quarter

          thus ensuring more criminally-unearned multi-million dollar bonuses

Down home patriots drive loud pickups and watch NASCAR on TV

          Take their lessons from the bible and don’t read too goddamn much

They defend their rights to ignorance and a share of our forests

          They responsibly vote for those who raised their taxes,

helped un-insure them and approved sending their jobs far away

God Better Bless America

god better bless america

          if the sonofabitch knows what's good for him

goddamn well better bless america

          bastard’s either with us or against us

god forbid he don't bless america

          we'll send the bombers in to really fuck him up

god, you'd better bless america

          we've already told them what you’d say

goddamn sam, we demand your non-stop blessing

          from sea to shining sea

god will assuredly be blessing america

          before he blesses any other land

god bless us and protect us

          for we have chosen ourselves as your people

god you better hear our prayers

          since we’re the ones who pay your bills

god you best be listening

          so that we can shut our own eyes and ears

god, if you cain't bless america

          we can damn sure find someone else who will

god don't you get behind on them blessings

          because we count ‘em every day

goddamn you god, we have earned thy blessing

          which we intend to be about to receive

god stay over on our side

          so we can destroy those heathen third world hordes

god bless us one and all

          at least those that share our conservative beliefs

god you best help us to explain what the fuck is going on

          cause we told them that we talked all about it with you first

god bless it, you got to help us stay on message

          now that we have brought you on our staff

         

god bless you and keep you, if you stand here right beside us

          otherwise it’s god’s will should we happen to kill you

god, be sure to forgive our trespasses

          as we annihilate those who get in our way

True Blue Litmus Test

    Please say whatever comes to mind as I read the following phrases

Houseplants, organic food, latte and hybrid cars

          Pitiful tree huggers

SUVS, ATVs, Snowmobiles, blue smoke and speedboats

          Patriotic traditional values

PBS, NPR, the NY Times and the Union of Concerned Scientists

          Fuzzy-thinking hopey-changies

Arctic oil drilling, hilltop stripping and easing powerplant regulations

          Common sense energy policy

Stem cell research, global warming and endangered species

          Radical environmentalists

Pre-emptive defense, go it alone exceptionist cowboy nation

          Homeland security

Recycling, clean waterways and Earth Day

          gutless wonders

Evangelical officials, sanctity of life and faith-based initiatives

          Compassionate conservatism

Acoustic music, food co-ops and sustainable development

          Morally relativistic flip-floppers

Folksy and homespun, as prepared by donor corporations

          no child left behind

Bicycles, hiking and attention to global opinion

          socialist government health care fiasco

Loud mufflers, country music and exporting jobs overseas

          Clear skies initiative

Nationalized health care, global consensus and private faith

          Failed policies of the past

Fast food, Wal*Mart and a star wars missile defense

          No mistakes and no regrets

Scientifically-bent, museum-supporting and environmentally-concerned

          Libtard tax and spenders

Gun-toting, bible-thumping and full of moral clarity

          Neo-con theoreticians

Silently spiritual, mass transit supporting coalition builders

          Zombie United Nations puppets

NASCAR fans, NFL zealots and off-shored, real income-reduced patriots

          Backbone of America

Free-range meat, old-growth forest and salmon habitat restoration

          Junk science

Creationism, market-based solutions and the hoax of global warming

          God <Better> Bless America

Tax and spend, government healthcare, soft on defense

          Limp-wristed, molly-coddled squishes

Too expensive in money and jobs, requiring bigger government

          Conservative voice of responsibility and maturity

Pro-choice, contra closed minds and pro-diversity

          Godless baby killers

Staying on message, clear visions and controlled information

          Healthy Forest Initiative

Stale idealism, pinched faces and shrill voices

          Disparaged and marginalized minority

God-fearing, giant powerful autos and chemically treated lawns

          Concealed carry evangelists

Pale skin, failed policies and over-complication

          Activist judges

WallStreet-based environmentalism, corporate self-regulation and Hummers

          Neo TheoCons

Animal rights, environmental activism and sustainable development

          Amusingly misguided

Mortgage and spend, hiring of illegales and glorification of cheap imports

          Heroes of capitalism

Lord of the rings, off the grid energy and organic produce

          Lost, Cut-and-Run dreamers

Pre-emptive defense, missile shields and bunker busting nukes

          Military coffin photo censure

Universal healthcare, equal opportunity and government standards

          Tired, creeping socialism

No net loss of wetlands, healthy forest initiative and commercial leases

          Reasoned environmental stewardship

Recycling, kayaking and foreign language learning

          Clueless one-worlders

Global economy, corporate agribusiness and energy security

          Faceless corporate political puppeteers

Habitat restoration, endangered species and roadless area protection

          Unreasoned eco-locoism

Cost cutting, labor exporting and single-minded self-enrichment

          Stalwart captains of industry

Liberal media, hollywood conspiracy and jewish control

          Conservative talkshow fodder

Good old boy accents, evangelical faith and never admitting a mistake

          Preservers of our precious sovereignty

Curbing noise, family planning and support of women’s rights

          Failed policies resurrected

Intelligent design, theocratic leanings and ability to ignore world opinion

          Crusading free world leaders

Moral relativism, mistrust of organized religion and a scientific skepticism

          Unprincipled and amoral sinners

Revealed truth, dominion over nature and the sanctity of marriage

          Knee-jerk reactionaries

Trust in science, aversion to dogma and willingness to suspend judgment

          Moral bankruptcy

Our God is Better

Make no mistake, ours is the one and only true god, now and forever

We have the proof right here in holy scripture revealed only to us

He has obviously let Satan deceive you into your shameful idolatry to test us

In exchange for our belief, he has granted us an exalted status as his chosen people

We have his full dispensation to smite all the infidels using any means at hand

Our highest aspiration is to be his accurate instruments upon this earth

We can let there be no doubt, for he has spoken with us, and with us alone

After the great and holy wars we will turn upon our own splintered rival sects

There is but one true path to heaven and it is known to our faith alone

God has revealed what to eat and to wear and how to deal with our women

Your heathen temples must crumble before the onslaught of our true faith

You are condemned eternally while we shall dwell forever in his presence

There is no god but god and we live in the absolute certainty of his will

We accept your god insofar as we see that he is really our god in disguise

Our shrines are totally sacrosanct but we must urinate freely upon yours

We scorn your false beliefs and feel no pity for your loss of eternal salvation

Our god is far more omnipotent, powerful and merciful than you will ever know

We temporarily tolerate your false beliefs as tests of our loyalty and devotion

Despite our wretched ignorant lives, a great and eternal reward awaits us

Our god bids us stop these awful deeds that you base upon the adoration of false idols

We go forward with god in our hearts, secure in his knowledge and wisdom

We co-opt your god’s ceremonies when we buy him out and shut him down

We spend our lives debating minutiae over which to fight gruesome wars

Our god is the most powerful, all-encompassing and correct of all possible fathers

We talk with him quite personally and he grants us holy dispensation

We go forth without fear inside our maze of impenetrable rationalization

We rest secure in warm knowledge that we alone follow the one true way

Within our hearts he has placed the mighty strength of a righteous faith

Our actions spring directly from the Word, the Word that he has revealed only unto us

Our god is, by our definition, the most merciful, loving, just and wise

All of your misfortunes follow from the implacable will of his divine retribution

Our suffering serves to strengthen our faith in the mystery of his ways

God is great and he inures us to lives of ignorance, poverty and squalor

Our god is better and we prove this by serving him without question

Death to all those unwilling to accept his mercy, wisdom and salvation

We will smite the unbelievers to spread his light throughout the world

All glory is God’s and we see beyond the sores upon our children’s feet

He directs that we look past our poverty to build mighty armies in his name

Our faith is a comforting filter through which we view all the world’s events

The misery of these lives is but the briefest prelude to our eternity in paradise

Every event, discovery and natural wonder is evidence of our god’s glory

We strive that all our actions but further his inscrutable plan for the future

We revel in the martyrdom he grants us through your blasphemous actions

His hand shapes the world in mysterious ways which we need not question or understand

Despite virtuous lives those who know not our god can never dwell in heaven

All those who lived before our prophet never even had a chance at redemption

Our god illuminates our path with righteousness all the days of our lives

We teach our children well that they too shall be his instruments on earth

Though his omnipotence has been revealed, we must choose to accept it

In his name do we pursue what unbelievers falsely deem as senseless slaughter

Despite his eternal glory we must hold a spiteful, petty vigil against all defamations

There is a constant struggle with those who would pervert his message

Our faith demands a purity which rejects denominational interpretation

Your false pride cannot penetrate that great shield provided us by our god

It is our god’s will that you suffer plague, pestilence, earthquakes and floods

We seek his wisdom and understanding even as we strive not to hear you

Our god is bigger than your god and will help us to bludgeon you into submission

God is good and he bids us blow ourselves to pieces in your offensive midst

Your misguided faith would be pitiful if it did not offend great god so much

Unfortunately, we need your sins that we may see the way of true belief

God is love and for that love do we invade your lands and torture you freely

He speaks to us alone with the one true voice you sinfully choose to ignore

Our god is better and we come together to reassure ourselves all the time

God grants us strength to survive your persecution with even stronger faith

Our god will return at the end of the world - which we seek to hasten

You reject the one true way willingly in his pre-ordained tests of our faith

Our god is merciful and loving but calls on us to wreak awful vengeance in his jealousy

What Is True Conservatism?

De-regulating giant financial entities which are driven only by their overpowering greed

Then stepping in with bailouts to produce inflation along with a recession

or instead, keeping a watchful eye upon those prone to selfish and childlike excesses

drilling unproductive wilderness and coastline for our tragicomic SUVs

          or saving some of that resource for later by buying it from others

as we scramble all available resources to gain a sustainable energy independence

subsidizing mass production to mono-crop our forests and our fields

          or carefully tending to the mystic diversity that we owe to the future

silting up streams and choking off salmon with corporate dams and logging

          or minding that watersheds stay clean and intact for future harvests

encouraging corporations to develop filthy aquaculture mass production

          or preserving our clean water and diversity of species

for the unknown needs of generations that might even yet be born

promoting the impersonal short-term, stock price-based corporate agriculture agenda

          or subsidizing the real stewardship of our precious native soils

with the oft-mouthed, constantly trampled values of Traditional Family Farmers

letting teenagers keep having children because it is a god-given right & abortion is a sin

          or licensing would-be parents via stiff examinations

lecturing fourth generation single mothers on the morality of abstinence

          or providing timely family intervention to break this pathetic cycle

incarcerating without tolerance ever more criminals raised without hope

teaching them real crime in prison and then setting them free upon our streets

             or seeking to identify and correct their problems at very early ages

funding local governments through cutthroat sales tax competition

over cheap, unplanned, unsustainable retail and housing development

or setting thoughtful long-term policy and implementing it through taxation

being forced by threat of being viewed as unpatriotically unelectable

to condone spending ever more billions on the military,

to combat a bogeyman who melts away somewhere into dusty, poverty-filled shadows

or investing at home in our own education, environment, agriculture,

energy needs, jobs, national debt and crumbling infrastructure

insisting that might makes right and that god is on our side

          or listening attentively to those considered opinions of

our European allies, who also happen to descend from our own very forefathers

electing professional, multi-generational politicians

who trade on their names and grow rich from their contacts

or promoting the Jeffersonian ideal of timely and limited service

to one's country as a matter of civic duty

tolerating a putrid mass of strangling tax code spaghetti

created by and for parasite lawyers and bloodsucking accountants

or making taxes lucid, reasonable, understandable and fair

opening up more of our forests for corporate timber and the obese on ATVs

          or diligently looking to preserve what little remains for the future

enriching puppet so-called royal families in their fly-plagued desert homes

          or severing all our relations through alternative energy sources

paying conglomerates to brew biofuel using up more energy than it makes

          or incepting grid-connected solar and wind power on every roof

allowing coal burning plants to increase their mountain-top destroying, mercury-laden,

horizon-obscuring, asthma-inducing, cancer-causing emissions

or subsidizing truly clean coal and fast breeder thorium reactor development

while systematically closing the oldest and dirtiest of the plants

making government smaller and ever more responsive

          or creating the largest bureaucracy ever seen by man

under the sacrosanct euphemism known as Homeland Security

subsidizing corporate agriculture while preaching of free trade

          or publicly calling out the bastards who ruin the land

with their fossil water mining, sewage lagoons, pesticides, fertilizer & antibiotic overuse

as they weave elaborate tax scams to increase their bonuses

allowing nightmare mega-scale domestic animal concentration camps

to pollute the country’s water with their foul fecal runoff

or ensuring that food production does not ruin our dwindling water supply

encouraging our companies to send engineering, research and information technology

positions overseas forever by citing the inevitability of global competition

or realizing that such services are imported straight back here

and that any developed nation must provide them for itself

letting faceless executives whose only goal is short term stock prices

set policy and retire inside locked compounds clutching obscene unearned bonuses

or demanding a wisdom and a vision beyond mere grasping business acumen

smiling as corporate leaders walk away rich, righteous and free

leaving us to adjust to the reality of a global standard of poverty

or holding them responsible for the debts they have placed upon our children

ensuring americans that their greatest patriotic duty is simply to keep shopping

and that hypnotized consumption is a fundamentalist value

or extolling the virtues of thrift and financial independence

while setting an example by keeping government spending within reason

creating the largest government deficit in all of mankind’s history

          or cutting back thoughtfully during difficult and trying times

demanding that foreigners buy our probably safe, genetically-modified corporate seed

          or working closely together to try and end the world's growing hunger

telling your allies that they are either with you or against you

          or striving for consensus and working together towards a shared future

refusing to sign a global ban on the sick foolishness of chemical warfare

          or leading the world in such a worthwhile crusade

ignoring greenhouse gases and treaties meant to stem their steady growth

          or pioneering profitable methods to deal with this global problem

relaxing pollution standards for the waters of our lakes and streams

          or making them safe to swim in for both the fish and for our kids

deciding that americans are above the laws of any world court

and applying sanctions to others who might be co-operating

or working together on a judicial system which works for the entire planet

refusing to support the international banning of brutal land mines

and continuing their production and export to one and all

or helping farmers and their children to avoid artificial legs and even worse

withholding funding for agencies providing birth control education

          or giving families in overpopulated lands already full of poverty

the ability to choose wisely, just for themselves

turning our national parks over to overpriced corporate property managers

          or keeping profit margins far away from the places

we have been entrusted to pass on to our future generations

interpreting world population growth as a threat to our national security

and determining to respond by increasing our unsustainable numbers

or working to design a rich and sustainable future

for a smaller and far less destructive human footprint

constructing maximally cheap with minimum environmental concern

          or building green with the aim of creating structures actually meant to last

discarding all wrappers, packaging, newspapers, aluminum and glass

since we paid for them and nobody is paying us not to throw them out

or reusing these things to let our children enjoy them as cheaply as we did

spreading the lie that economic growth continues at high rates forever

and burying generations to come beneath the debt of our tax cuts

or crafting a steady-state model that leaves as much as we enjoy today

for those existing beyond the laughably short quarterly horizon we now foresee

being laid off impersonally by some inhumane organization

as a discretionary expense, to be reduced merely to increase stock valuation

just to win a sickeningly large annual bonus for one’s so-called talents

or co-operatively reducing your salary maybe working part-time for a while,

at a place where you might even envision that there could be a future

         

touting free market worship while striving to build totalitarian oligopolies

and labeling any criticisms as socialist, unpatriotic and simply weak

or evolving capitalism to meet the needs of all humanity

aboard this one small blue space capsule that we simply must learn to share

trying to control fast-evolving pests by broadcasting long-lasting poisons

on food crops being raised to sell to your mothers and their children

or finding ways to control these long-term problems

more safely, cheaply and sustainably within the unforgiving laws of nature

encouraging lame urban cowboys to modify their motorcycles and trucks

to leave even more noise in their wasteful and infantile wakes

or enforcing simple common sense when the freedom to make empty noise

clashes with the right to natural peace and sublime quiet

allowing big media to set the body politic agenda via slick repetition

of stocks, entertainment, sports and government propaganda

mixed with 24 minutes per hour of higher volume commercials

and staged combat debates centered upon vital non-issues

or thoughtfully considering personal and national priorities

in reasoned discussion from a thousand different outlets

building the same tacky strip mall packages and

identical cheap convenience store setups at every new intersection

from border to border at the lowest possible costs

or searching for some kind of vision beyond mere stocks and profits

from some wiser group of men than these negligent but rich so-called leaders

whose legacy is greedy scheming behind closed boardroom doors

spinning, staying on message, gaining traction and shoutingly-managing the issues

          or publicly learning from mistakes, incorporating other points of view

and seeking involvement in quietly ongoing, open and non-poisonous debates

permitting contributory corporations to buy up all the media outlets

to serve up the same vapid, franchised media in every town and city

          or nurturing the plurality in our forgotten motto, 'e pluribus unum'

praising the virtues of democratic elections

while buying them with donations to be paid back with favors

or simply admitting that, under our current system, elections are about the money

and evolving our institutions to reinstate the ideals of the past

scornfully belittling science when it conflicts with well-scripted policies

already bought and paid for by corporate payoffs

or adopting the scientific method for rationally and fairly dealing with many

of our most pressing technical issues

invoking the lie of local control to grant outside developers unlimited power

permitting them to rend without foresight, planning or responsibility

or providing coordinated overviews for states, regions and the nation

to ensure a way of life that might even last a thousand years

counseling third world countries to preserve their so precious ecosystems

after having shattered our own and been proven unwilling to restore it

or providing a reality-based example of the benefits of conservation

and then profitably selling related goods and services to the world

touting the benefits of education while marginalizing scientists and

academia quietly through policy and openly in the corporate media

or respecting the educated as our best model for future progress

and our most precious current human capital

searching out the violent and the mindless in pleasure and entertainment

          or seeking enlightenment in the precious little free time we are granted

before we return to cold ashes and thin dust once again

expressing your true inner self via clothes, houses, cars and expensive vacations

          or searching for meaning through study and contemplation         

never saving and then demanding that government pay for your retirement

          or living within your means and laying out your own golden years far ahead

driving a 300 horsepower 4WD all by yourself an hour to work in a cube every day

          or leaving a smaller footprint on the earth and upon your descendants

issuing signing statements and underfunding enforcement agencies

          or impartially enforcing our laws per constitutional responsibility

paying ever more at toney restaurants until the last trendy seafood species

disappears from every ocean

or having the merest shred of common sense to at least leave

a viable breeding populations intact in the wild

ignoring the anonymous industrial holocaust-style production of your meat

          or consuming with forethought about what goes into your body

and having respect for the sacrifice of these other living beings

eating industrial fast food prepared by low-paid strangers who despise you

          or cooking good food and sharing time at home

with the people who are always there to love and respect you

blindly believing in creationism while harshly scoffing at the infidels

        or structuring your beliefs within a framework of reason and good faith,

sprinkled with a measure of respect for the considered opinions of others

spinning drunkenly from one corporate co-opted fad to another

          or cultivating reasoned and explainable values for living

growing fatter and dumber and being a daily target of ridicule

          or growing older and wiser and providing valued counsel

getting botoxed, dyeing your hair, wearing heavy makeup and too much gold

or trying to come to terms with the end of your, so-far, wasted life

spending every evening flipping channels with your stagnating brain disengaged

          or facing the onrushing void for a moment with an unblinking third eye

Who Would Do These Things?

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

When the voice of reason is drowned out...

The foolish student hears of the Tao and laughs aloud – Lao Tzu

when the people measure their success

by what they see in movies

honest work and a real education

must be viewed as the pointlessness of losers

when the old are not respected

even though they are still alive

and the latest thing is so important

the most recent must be forgotten

when the voice of reason is drowned out

by songs of clever hype

and the ignorant swell with a pride gained by rejecting learning

it is effortless to mold their children to be just the same

when accessibility means that ATVs and snowmobiles

should run free throughout our forests

then personal watercraft and vapid speedboats

can emit their smoky exhausts underwater

when the land is ripped and cut while still alive

without regret, much less any ceremony

domestic animals are held like hostages

inside concentration camps for slaughter and cellophane

when all we eat is poisoned by

petrochemical concoctions

that make for higher yields

mass production has won the day upon thy fruited fields

when societies forbid a woman's learning

but let her raise their leaders in bare feet

as they grow more ignorant and even poorer

they look outside for someone they can blame

when anonymous conglomerates

provide for all your needs

and interlocking directorates invisibly set the country's course

the ultimate seamless integration looms nearer every day

when strip malls drape all potentially profitable street corners

destroying our uniqueness

and digital signals coat us uniformly with slick advertainment

some of the disillusioned brothers take up vows of silence

when the government routinely informs us

not to eat the fish from our lakes and streams

and lets asthmatic children breathe diesel fumes on their way to school

regulation is expensive and could easily cost you jobs and money

when every year is up among the ten hottest ever seen

and all the glaciers on the equator melt like soft ice cream

and tropical diseases spread far to the north

the clean and killing cleaning frosts of winter disappear

when the government warns against junk science

and politicos rail against so-called fuzzy maths

they still ask us to believe the facts they cite

when pushing the agendas of their financial benefactors

when the media ignores humanitarian crises around the globe

and concentrates on chewy nonsense, safe for their advertisers

then the great cats and the primates can be driven into extinction

as the old trees are cut down and the pygmies are sent to live in town

when real men spend their free time

in expensive, brutish recreation

swilling canned drinks and greasy food

suddenly they are sixty with prostates swelled like lemons

when the citizenry disdainfully make no attempt

to grasp the way the things which support them work

and dismiss such tasks to others

they are quickly fleeced by crooked techies, they pay with overdue credit cards

when all the faithful pray to a god who they still believe

must bless their fair land the most every day

and is, with all certainty, playing on their side

they can admit of a solemn righteousness with all this in his hands

when all our government becomes an aristocracy

with royal families and traditions

their lawyers and lobbyists will rule the legislature

passing the requested laws of tithing corporations

when your land is a better and safer place to live

but you are not quite sure how or why

you know for certain that you must be for it,

for you definitely cannot be against it

when its either gay or sissy to worry about the planet

or think about the future

it becomes simpler to go off to some impoverished land

and pound a backwards people

when golf is considered quite a sport

even though you are forced to ride about in a little cart

and Doing Lunch is passed off as some form of real work

good jobs await other’s children in the future that you shape

when you waste a lot more than you were ever worth

yet your wants seem never to be fulfilled

and you are not quite sure where your desires come from

then media hypnosis has you blindly in its net

when you see the new construction and increased traffic every day

while on your long way once again to more pointless work

at last you will no longer even wonder

why it will never make a lot of sense

when there are always more people around this year

than there ever were the last

you realize the pointlessness of trying to escape the crowds

already gathered anywhere decent that you go

when all you seem to do is work

and the time goes by so fast

it is easy not to notice that

this vapidly-consumptive lifestyle cannot last

when you can look up suddenly

after thirty years have passed

and see there is no end in sight

what happens when you realize that you cannot run much longer?

when you have come so damn far that

all your dreams somehow don’t matter any longer

since you now have other interests

what can you look back upon that makes any sense at all?

When all the rain that falls cannot wet the soil

And all the days of winter cannot cool the air

How far are we, really, then

From those dusty camps full of haggard, begging refugees?

When all the wild places are convenient to identical corporate storefronts

And our forests become dull backyard amusement parks

At last the only wildness remaining in the West

Spews from our reckless minds

When all the fossil fuels have been guzzled down

And there is not enough water to go around

While the hot wind blows dust into every corner

How will our great war machines be run?

When no one can save up enough to provide for their own future

But the dirty screaming mobs demand an ever larger circus

Resource wars will provide us with safe and pleasant diversions

And things will keep on moving right along, in the same wrong direction

When the average Bangladeshi child is better educated than your son

You will, nonetheless, find him entitled to a future in the first world

For have not your surrogates: television, internet and his game consoles

forged him into a job-competitive leader of this new global order?

When even grandmothers are filled with pointless anger

Why are the Canadians, Germans and French so much less violent

Who made it so easy for you to hate and wound and kill

No matter if the enemy is your brother or a stranger in a foreign land

When we have wiped out all the charismatic mega-fauna

And the wildlife that children know consists of only

Stray cats, giant rats, flies, roaches and ugly spiders in their beds

Who could believe your old stories of clean water and fresh air?

When all the boomers are outsourced, downsized and laid off

they see that they have nothing left to show

except their monthly payments for sixty something foolish years

Note with what great style they ride off, leaving their mess in your lap

When the monsoon fails to come because the hot seas no longer circulate

More than a billion Indians will show us a new way

While a billion more hungry Chinamen build houses, schools and factories

On their very finest farmland which already barely feeds them

When all the porpoises are dead from military sonar and factory tuna fishing

There will be one less silly debate through which we have to suffer

And jobs and the economy can more easily assume their rightful places

Along with canned entertainment, at the center of our lives

When all the scowling Imams governing by the Koran are killed or captured

We can send in the evangelical missionaries to set them straight at last

A couple rigged and sorry elections and maybe a few fast food franchises

Should set them happily upon the glorious path of freedom and democracy