Monday, April 7, 2014

U$ and Them

How ironic
in this land of the free
where,
‘All men are created equal,
that they endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable Rights’
we now
have the best government
that money can buy
(not unlike like our health care system).
Free speech is purchased
with campaign contributions,
and corporations are people too.
We are One Nation under
Adelson, Simmons, Perry, Rowling, Koch, Katzenberg, Jacobs, Eychaner, Stryker and Mostyn     
with liberty and justice for
sale to the highest bidder.


Note: The following were the five largest doners to the 2008 US Presidential election, the first five donated to the Republicans and the next five donated to the Democrats:  Adelson, Simmons, Perry, Rowling, Koch, Katzenberg, Jacobs, Eychaner, Stryker, Mostyn         


Another Note:  This is why I don't normally do political commentary here.  I get so angry that I tend to be heavy handed and clumsy with my writing.  But, meh, one day out of 30.

And last but not least, this is linked to IGRTNaPoWriMo and PAD.

24 comments:

  1. I like it! I also love the label "Really Pissed at the System."

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    1. Thanks Heidi. It's just such a mammoth thing. :o(

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  2. Yep, one big crock as they are nothing but bought puppets

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    1. Someone recently suggested we have auctions rather than elections.

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  3. a sad reality in which we live now
    and the gulf between the haves and nots
    grows every day...

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  4. this is the way of the world.............everywhere the same picture...

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  5. You've got it just right, Mary...$$$ is the basis of our electoral system and I think it's allowed the polarization to take root.

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    1. I'm afraid so, and it seems too big to do anything about.

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  6. I too like it and admire your bravery! It i$n't about free...sad~

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  7. You know I agree with you 100%, Mary. Our state legislature just passed a law forbidding any entity in the state from passing any mandatory minimum wage(--any city or county.) Because, people aren't poor enough here, I guess. Sometimes I get so mad I can't see straight. ;_) I love your ending here--for sale to the highest bidder.

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    1. Thanks Joy. I end up getting so mad I can't talk reasonably about it. Then I end with something like, "If I was queen of the universe I wouldn't allow that!"

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    2. I dub you "Queen Mary" then ;)

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    3. Haha - I missed this at first Margaret. :o)

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  8. I pledge allegiance to… (that is quite a mouthful!) Very clever poem!

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  9. grrr. $%^#&^@#&^. makes my blood boil so much, it turned the moon red tonight ~

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  10. Tell it and keep telling it and so will I!


    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral

    =^..^=

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