America

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America

Unless truth be told by some who know,
They use truths they think
Will lead to the spoils of victory.
Ends justify means to those who want
Praise,fortune and fame.

It is the American way.


It is a season unlike any other:
The rhetoric spews forth -
Rhetoric unadorned by substance and little of the truth,
Guessing, they perceive all,or at least enough, will be absorbed
Without thought, consternation or objectivity.

It is the American way.

Vote for me! I'll educate your children! Uniforms, that's the key!
Catholic friends used to tell me they wore the same white shirt for a whole year.
Defying  those Nuns, sweet little boys in khaki pants and soiled white shirts. Were those black outfits at Columbine uniforms?

If only we had zero tolerance then, we would have been on the moon twenty years earlier.

If one more"spewer on ABC, FOX, NBC, CNN, MSNBC or CBS mentions education, religion or family values just one more time - he will lose my vote; but,no matter, it probably won't count anyway - Right Florida?

Motherhood, apple pie, baseball, God, family, taxes, human rights, peace, jobs, justice for all, fair play -touch all the bases!
Don't forgat the forgotten war - excuse me, sorry - Police Action. Nam veterans are still getting dissed! Next up, Iraq and Afgan vets.

Fight crime, drugs, violence, terror, affirmative action.
Cut taxes, repeal Roe vs Wade, reduce government, reform welfare; jobs for all if you can play ball or flip hamburgers.
Do they flip hamburgers anymore?

Pass on the knowlege! Educate! OOPS, I've just lost my own vote! I must keep my word...

It is the American Way.

"Catch" words, phrases, images - we play on words!
War on drugs, Tough on crime, Welfare Mothers, Gangsta Rap, All Rap, Obama, NoBama, Touched the Queen? A teleprompter plus a dog - Lawdy Be!
Hell they did't even like Elvis back then!
Drug dealers, dark town, lazy, dependent, Section Eight, Rednecks, Hillbillies, Sistas, Livin off us!
Have to move to the suburbs or maybe just to the county to escape.

It is the American Way

Remember the pride and reputation we had?
We play fair and and adhere to the rules no matter what.
That is, untill 9 - 11. Fair play dissipates! Anything goes - just get'er done.
Constitution be damned! We say, GET BIN LADEN!!
We are the USA! Then, we say Sadam has WMD; that's it!
Bright young men in the prime of their lives - more than four thousand will never see the sun rise again.

Americans don't torture; we use enhanced interrogation;
Those terrorists, or should we say enemy combatants, deserve no rights; and the world's opinion nor the tresties we signed don't apply to us because WE ARE the USA!

It is the American Way

America my love, where have you gone?

Prayer, old values! Take us back to times past. The Cleavers, the Jackson's - the Jackson's?, the Osmonds, the Huxtable's, the Nelson's, the Jefferson's - Father Knows best. Does he? Where is father?

No teen pregnancies, no drugs, no drop-outs, no delinquents, no single moms -These are new things that didn't exist in times past.
How quickly we forget!

It is the American Way

Now, we got pants saggin on butts, white boys imitating black boys. mama's getting upset.

FUBU, UBOO, BOOHOO, WHO'S WHO. Do something! Save our children!
Call Judge Roy Moore down in Alabama. He enforces and defies the law at the same time.
I love God too but I'm no judge! What a system we have1 But...

It is the American Way

High paid gladiators on Sunday's getting paid vast sums
As thousands of Emperors sit in the stands and cheer them on
Sippin on cold Bud's and hot toddies.
Hit the ball with a stick and get 26 mil!
Tall men in shorts, long shorts, put the ball in the hole and get 75 mil;
PhD's -get upset! Only in America...

It is the American Way

A melting pot we are - Give us youe masses, your tired and weary,
Come to America, the land off the free and home ot the brave - unless you are Mexican or Haitian.

We will provide you an opportunity but, don't forget to stay in your section of the box less we all become contaminated.

The sticker say's, Love it or Leave it! Leave it to where? Beriut? Russia? China? Maybe - Afghanistan? Iraq? The MIddile East? - No,we've messed them up!

So, I guess I'll stay right here, fighting as hard as I can because, I AM an American Man.

And after all...

It is the American Way

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