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[aid] => mick
[title] => Democracy is the Illusion of Freedom
[time] => 2004-10-03 10:03:11
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[bodytext] => We live in a country that’s supposedly free With liberty and justice for both you and me I wonder out loud though if we are true to our word I mean just look to Iraq and ask any Kurd Our records now available to government eyes Express an opinion and you could be labeled a spy It’s treason to say this war is not just Who needs to find weapons it’s Baghdad or bust Our leaders are crooks or whores at best In bed with corporations and at their behest They promise the stars and shoot us a moon Delivering nothing but it’s coming soon Now Bush and Kerry are fighting for power While Americans are killed in each waking hour Who needs to see the coffins of our dead We just do as we're told…so easily led Rule is maintained through the peddling of fear Yet our children are dying and Bush sheds no tears It’s not his son who's dead…most certainly not For the elite in this country aren’t of our lot These kids didn’t sign up to line the pockets of the rich They joined to defend our country not be it’s ***** But off you go to the oil fields of Iraq Kill a few terrorists and we’ll give you a plaque Your families will be fine of this your assured We’ll take care of them all while you’re on your tour Believe this one and I’ll tell you another And don’t look for opinions from that grieving mother Flag draped coffins tell the story for me We should be ashamed if we would let ourselves see But the government knows better and protects us they say From the costs of this war that are growing each day It’s a poor magic act done with slight of hand An illusion of sorts spread across our land So I pledge allegiance to this flag But I hope you’ll excuse me if I don’t brag But my gas guzzler is full so what do I care I mean who ever said that war was fair Saddam is gone and that’s all that counts So fill it with premium as the casualties mount [comments] => 1 [counter] => 179 [topic] => 41 [informant] => FatherTom [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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