{"sf1_id":350526,"sf2_id":"lmX70rpe","title":"Politics","author":"Riverweasel","words":1271,"posted_at":"2012-03-06T17:50:00.000Z","tags":["Anger","Poem","Political"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/350526-politics","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/lmX70rpe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/00/c9/00c919cc-698d-4cfc-9ac4-0644e1c331a3","description":"#5 of Poems\n\nMy response to what has become my utter lack of desire to be associated with where I grew up anymore.","content":"War never changes, it never has and it never will\n\nThey all go out to fight an enemy because they're bad\n\nThey're told that they threaten us by not bowing to us\n\nAnd they don't question that, they just listen\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTheir commanders send down orders, telling them to engage\n\nSend out the raining of bombs and artillery on the ground\n\nThe screams of the dying civilians below them all\n\nDrowned out by the fighter's engines\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe remains of the country that was razed to hell and beyond\n\nIs now clutched within the grasp of our merciful hands\n\nWe're going to build a new government for you, one of democracy\n\nSince, as you can see, it's running so well back at home\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWell, heck, shouldn't these cowardly residents be enthralled\n\nWe just took down their murderous leader\n\nAnd absolved them of his terrible tyranny\n\nNow they get to have the hand of America guide them\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut while we're at it, while we rebuild this nation\n\nLet us remind you of our ultimate goal\n\nWe're totally here to help you out, it's not a guise at all\n\nBut now that you have no military, where's your oil?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat? You don't want us to have your oil\n\nYou're not appreciative of the fourteen permanent American bases\n\nWe have so generously built inside your nation\n\nYes, we never had permission, but we need to stay around for your security...forever\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nYears go by, and well, I guess you never really did have any weapons\n\nBut all is well, your American friends are here\n\nKindly performing drug raids, and manning check points, blowing your houses up\n\nYes, we accidently killed fifteen of you, but we think one of them was a terrorist\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHaven't you heard of how fantastic America is, we're the land of the free\n\nWell, we were, up until about thirty years ago, but pay that no mind\n\nWe're going to set you guys up great, go and vote for your officials\n\nWhat the hell? Why'd you vote for them?! No, not allowed, try again\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh, don't get mad. Can't you see how democracy works\n\nWe give you the option to vote, and then you vote how we want you to\n\nYou don't like who we chose for you, what do you mean?\n\nWe just overthrew your government and put ours in place\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut you don't want our government? You protest our presence\n\nYou want us out? But how, we've only been here shy a decade\n\nOur involvement here has been purely for your sake\n\nThere was absolutely, definitely, no other motive for our arrival\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBy the way, don't get too worried about how your military\n\nCan possibly stand up against your neighbor, Iran\n\nFor you see, we're peacefully negotiating with them\n\nImposing sanctions on their citizens, not blowing them up\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nClearly, you can see the improvement, can't you?\n\nThen again, we aren't sending another fifteen thousand troops\n\nTo Kuwait for any other reason than them wanting to be there\n\nDon't you know, being deployed is the greatest vacation there is\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhile we're at it, please do ignore the new bills we're passing\n\nWe aren't trying to control the internet with SOPA\n\nAmericans knew this, so they protested vehemently against this bill\n\nThat was because they wanted a bill that covered the globe, not just them\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo, now we have ACTA, which proudly gives internet control to corporations\n\nYes, the majority of the American people aren't lucky enough to be in one\n\nBut again, you have to realize, this bill is for their own sake\n\nBecause they are simply too ignorant to know how much they need it\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh, wait! Don't tell me you didn't hear about the new NDAA we passed either\n\nWell, I guess I can understand it, we were rather silent about it\n\nDidn't really tell anyone about it when it passed 93-7 in the senate\n\nBlast the damn newspapers for having the gall to disagree with it\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDon't you people understand what democracy is all about?\n\nBeing a patriot means you always support what I want\n\nWhat I say goes, and if you disagree, you're a terrori....no wait\n\nI didn't say that, you misunderstood; I chose to use the wrong words\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut then again, if you took the time to thoroughly read the bill\n\nYou'd know that we didn't state we can arrest and kill Americans\n\nWe can only do that to terrorists who aren't citizens of the greatest country ever\n\nWhat do you mean when you say it's a trap?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOkay, so technically, if we suspect you of terrorism, you're no longer a citizen\n\nBut hey, it's not like an everyday thing like daring to disagree\n\nWith your god given and always correct government can be called terrorism\n\nWe have to have legitimate reasons to consider you one\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\nSTOP IT! You're becoming too knowledgeable about the situation\n\nFine, if you have more fingers than normal, or have seven days of food\n\nStocked up in your house, we can claim you're involved in terrorism\n\nBut, be real. In the economy you now have, how could you afford a week's worth of food?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd stop complaining about equality. Equality is definitely here.\n\nRich people are on the same footing as rich people\n\nPoor people are just as screwed as other poor people\n\nDo you see now how equality works?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe middle class, really? Screw the middle class\n\nI mean, wait, I mean I'd love to screw the middle class\n\nBecause I love them so much, you know, right, eh?\n\nOh well, you get the point, stop asking me questions\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou're supposed to just agree with me, and be happy you have a job\n\nStop whining about low wages, everyone else's job sucks too\n\nWhy do you think you're entitled to a good, well paying job?\n\nDon't you see all the others out there have accepted us raping them?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat makes you special? You don't have lots of money\n\nYou don't feed my back pockets and whisper sweet nothings in my ear\n\nI don't believe you paid for my most recent land plot in the Cayman Islands\n\nSo, why don't you just shut up and pay your taxes like a good bitch should?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow dare you demonstrate your annoyance with me\n\nOccupy this, occupy that? Media, demean them NOW\n\nThe tea party was a fun thing to praise, but this group just knows too much\n\nThank god they don't have a solution yet, or else I might be in some serious shit\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nPolice, here, you need the extra cash, we need more ground forces serving our needs\n\nArrest everyone and beat anyone you don't find mindlessly cooperative\n\nI give you full reins, do what you must to promote my beliefs\n\nShut down all who oppose me\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAhhh, look at all my zombies. The apocalypse has occurred.\n\nSo many people now resigned to just living with the meager stuff I give them\n\nThey can't whine too much because I'll just raise their taxes, inflate their money\n\nSend their children off to needless and undeclared wars\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'll sit back while my Super Pac feeds me more and more cash\n\nHeck, the day I step into congress or the senate, I've got a 176k salary\n\nFor the rest of my life, even if I only work for two years....or less\n\nMan, isn't democracy great??\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n\u0026nbsp;\n ![/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/body\u003e\u003c/html\u003e](http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png)\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/331734-betrayal.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/350606-my-patience-is-gone.json"}}