 |
Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+ |
Custom Search
|
|
|
||||
| Welcome ! | Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link | 10-June 02:13:00 AEST | ||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
Array
(
[sid] => 49448
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => USING YOUR FEAR AGAINST YOU
[time] => 2004-05-28 09:02:48
[hometext] =>
[bodytext] => Bush under fire over terror alert President Bush has come under fire for his handling of the domestic war on terror after a warning of a possible al-Qaeda attack in the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3752163.stm O/ A sleazy political trick From the master of the sick Generating more fear Translate to votes right here Republicans of old Use this hoary trick Make Americans scared It is truly sick If you make them scared enough They will vote for the hard That’s the winning ticket That's the winning card Make them sick with fear Make them anxious too Make them vote this way Then they’ll vote for YOU! Such an old old trick But this is a desperate time We can’t win on our record So its time to use the slime To paraphrase a saying All’s fair in love, war and politic But this latest lie is easily seen As crass, sleazy and awful sick Just like they did before Post 9/11 they used it to the max Get them so scared The sheep move in a pack Now we need a distraction Away from news so bad Get the people worried Then we won’t look so sad As November gets closer We will see this more and more Scare stories to gain your votes Their morality hits the floor Now you see this corrupt band Liars and deceivers all They can’t win honestly And make this slimy call Do you see them now so clear? Have you got the message yet Our leaders are all liars Remove them - or regret Such a mess they’ve made of this From the beginning to the end The world is MUCH more dangerous And America without a friend [comments] => 4 [counter] => 167 [topic] => 41 [informant] => steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
|
Menu
· 
Poetry
Community
Members
Areas
Reference
Search
Top
Others
Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©
Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster
All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com
All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.
Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com