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I Want Off Of This Ride!
Some would have you believe
we are on a course with progress
well if this is the definition of progress
like Lennon, "don't you know that you can count me out".
Now lets lets talk about the environment
Superfund uses taxes, is charged with cleaning up
and yet Tyson Foods can still pollute rivers
Obama and Clinton sing their praises
Let's look at the current president
originally for oil platforms everywhere
took a disaster to change his mind
still touting nuclear power for the arsenal
Once in we know what happens
the next president does away with regulations
so if an accident does come
business says "not our fault" and then runs
As for nuclear well they tried to push
a site in Nevada for a dump
bring it in via rail
who cares if the Vegas population gets sick
The advertisers lie
parents bare it and sigh
polluted humans continue to die
Mother Nature hangs her head and cries...
"and the wheels on the bus go round and round"
we are on a course with progress
well if this is the definition of progress
like Lennon, "don't you know that you can count me out".
Now lets lets talk about the environment
Superfund uses taxes, is charged with cleaning up
and yet Tyson Foods can still pollute rivers
Obama and Clinton sing their praises
Let's look at the current president
originally for oil platforms everywhere
took a disaster to change his mind
still touting nuclear power for the arsenal
Once in we know what happens
the next president does away with regulations
so if an accident does come
business says "not our fault" and then runs
As for nuclear well they tried to push
a site in Nevada for a dump
bring it in via rail
who cares if the Vegas population gets sick
The advertisers lie
parents bare it and sigh
polluted humans continue to die
Mother Nature hangs her head and cries...
"and the wheels on the bus go round and round"
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Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
12th Jan 2013 6:39pm
What a powerful poem with an amazing ending. "Mother nature hangs her head and cries..." Fantastic line, JAZZMANOR. Great flow and delivery in this poem.
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re: Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
12th Jan 2013 6:50pm
Oh thanks, I must confess it doesn't read to me like a poem, probably because I am so conditioned to rhymes. (which explains the ending)
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12th Jan 2013 11:57pm
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13th Jan 2013 5:46pm
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Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
13th Jan 2013 10:15pm
A beautiful cry from the heart in style...
But whilst 'Jung's' "Eve, Helen, Mary and Sophia" want their Ipads, hair dye and all other things so intensely,...
as 'Freud' says they "will simply choose to forget" the downside to maintain their lifestyle.
Really we are back to the ruthlessness of nature again. We are, and always will be part of it and its progress or demise.
But whilst 'Jung's' "Eve, Helen, Mary and Sophia" want their Ipads, hair dye and all other things so intensely,...
as 'Freud' says they "will simply choose to forget" the downside to maintain their lifestyle.
Really we are back to the ruthlessness of nature again. We are, and always will be part of it and its progress or demise.
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re: Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
13th Jan 2013 11:35pm
Hobbes' "state of nature" will conquer us yet? If I was smart I would hang out Calvin and Hobbes...
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14th Jan 2013 8:28am
Hobbs is Obama and Calvin is the banksters.
Someone put strings on Hobbs so that he pretends to do something whilst the Banks get away with murder?
Someone put strings on Hobbs so that he pretends to do something whilst the Banks get away with murder?
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14th Jan 2013 4:08pm
I could go with that except I am not sure Calvin and Hobbes' behavior is as premeditated. Maybe Hobbes but not Calvin.
Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
14th Jan 2013 3:09am
Jazzmanor, magic political write,
We all have a hard deal, have you heard of George Soros, and what he's done for America, n' I don't mean his humanitarian acts either, check him out. He's evil.
KG Loved the poem.
We all have a hard deal, have you heard of George Soros, and what he's done for America, n' I don't mean his humanitarian acts either, check him out. He's evil.
KG Loved the poem.
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re: Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
14th Jan 2013 3:39am
Yes I am aware of Soros' darker side as I am also alert to how Tyson Chicken gets praised by the last two Democratic Administrations while it sends toxins into the Mississippi River. Top polluter in at least two states. Tyson to it's credit is trying to fight hunger but that doesn't excuse the pollution.
Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
14th Jan 2013 11:01pm
Very astute commentary on the times we live in.
You have deep insight into the human condition and are a superb writer!
You have deep insight into the human condition and are a superb writer!
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re: Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
15th Jan 2013 1:38am
Well thanks---the problem is describing the times is easier then finding solutions.
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re: Re: I Want Off Of This Ride!
15th Jan 2013 4:56pm
Thanks. I would love to give credit to the music I was listening to when I wrote it, but that was one of the few times I didn't have any on...