Land of the...uhh...free?

By hate_doll

"save our country"
"save our county"
"buy the bombs"
"buy the bombs"
Let our teachers slowly quit
Let the books slowly tear
Let the chalk slowly fade away
To nothing
And nothing will be done

...because...

The government has effectively
Sold fear to the american people

***and***

we buy it like sickly sweet cotton candy
Fluffy and tasty, but be careful...
...you might throw up


Wave not the flag of freedom
But the flag of blinded faith
The flag of restricted rights


Let us not send medicine and food,
But soldiers and guns...


->Sorry, we don't do salvation
Maybe you could step out of the office
Of arrogance, and make a left
To hope

But don't expect us to help you out


and remember, we'll never let you down
unless, of course...the money's right


...whytt *03



(thanks to Nightingale and S.R. Parke for last night's little discussion, they inspired some of the thoughts and words in this piece)

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  • Bluegirl On Monday, September 18, 2006, Bluegirl (177)By person wrote:

    sad, but true. Beautifully written. "be careful... you might throw up" yes, INDEED!

  • A former member wrote: amazing! you wrote this so well. i love it!

  • Nesfurata On Friday, October 15, 2004, Nesfurata (58)By person wrote:

    Very good write. I love the honesty and sarcasm -Elizabeth

  • mysticventures On Saturday, August 7, 2004, mysticventures (538)By person wrote:

    GREAT WRITE! - well put - Land of the free my ass - with over 2 million laws on the books?

  • A former member wrote: Tattered. Torn. Freedom forlorn. My sanity scorned.

  • Mistress Morbid On Monday, March 29, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405)By person wrote:

    For some reason this makes me wanna spit, spit all over the damn flag. Lol. This is complete true and raw in nature. I loved it. -Morb

  • Mistress Morbid On Monday, March 29, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405)By person wrote:

    ugh... completely rather

  • Chameleon On Saturday, September 20, 2003, Chameleon (111)By person wrote:

    *burning the flag*...Ah, the tyranny of people led astray...REVOLUTION!

  • Demosthenes On Saturday, September 20, 2003, Demosthenes (155)By person wrote:

    hate, my dear. wonderful. enough said. -B

  • manywalks On Saturday, September 13, 2003, manywalks (750)By person wrote:

    ...sorry, we don't do salvation... that line says it all. ~ mw

  • A former member wrote: Oh, Whytt, that was a perfect synopsis of what we were talking about that night...you did so good with this, and it's blunt truth and you don't shy away from it...

  • A former member wrote: Its a great write. Your opinions expressed bluntly and openly and i love it for that. I disagree politically of course but you raise questions and i respect that more than you can know. ^aura^

  • A Velvet Tongue On Saturday, August 2, 2003, A Velvet Tongue (436)By person wrote:

    And as always, my dark dolly...You wrote it cut throat and brash...Just the way I like it! Love it babe! ~Vel~

  • blackdarkness On Friday, August 1, 2003, blackdarkness (228)By person wrote:

    I agree....great write...well put...

  • Griffin On Friday, August 1, 2003, Griffin (114)By person wrote:

    damn i missed the discussion, well nice write. you would be surprized with the similarites between the bush and nixon administration

  • Ophelia On Friday, August 1, 2003, Ophelia (221)By person wrote:

    Very nice, didn't some one say last night that the flag was made in China. Love this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,O.

  • DarkPoet On Friday, August 1, 2003, DarkPoet (232)By person wrote:

    Hey. I like how you think. Time for a regieme change here at home. Scholar

  • diavolessa On Friday, August 1, 2003, diavolessa (208)By person wrote:

    YUP, I second that. We need some cleaning done here in DC!

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