2004-09-20 - PSA
political frills
social ills
ignorance kills
sexual thrills
are we on our own?
have our children grown?
do they have a code
as these times erode?
are they in the mode
middle of the road?
are they left or right?
is there cause to fight?
somewhere there's a light
to help us do it right.
maybe we've been polarized, patronized, fed with lies, maybe we've been traumatized in the media blitz; maybe we've been hypnotized, actualized, socialized, maybe we're politicized, justify our fits; shaking iron fists, making legal lists...
can't we all just get along
learn to see we could be wrong
maybe there's a light, a song, a way to do it right
a vision in the night
a merging in the dance
a blend of ordered chance
somehow
come now
I can see your point
hear you
near you
we could rip this joint
we could find a common ground
speak of all the truth we found
not just dog your heart around
learn not to offend a
political agenda
as we come to know
love is not a show
public enemy
250,043
and every one before
all things that we deplore
we try to stop the war
as millions are ignored:
Here is an excerpt from John O'Neill's latest book, "Unfit for Command" that will break your heart: "In 1975, when North Vietnam took over the South, a mass exodus began. Those fearing political repression or fearing for their lives desperately sought to leave the country. An estimated 1.5 to 2 million people set out by sea on anything that would float, risking starvation or drowning. Over a quarter of a million were simply lost at sea. Others were murdered, raped or tortured by pirates. The refugees headed for Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. As late as 1997, thousands remained in refugee camps scattered across Asia, awaiting for naturalization or, even worse, repatriation. If John Kerry and his antiwar associates were correct, if the Vietnamese comprehended no fundamental difference between freedom and Communism, why did so many risk death?"
there's always two sides to a story
don't we both have truth to look for?
can't we take the time to listen
instead of straight-up stone cold dis'n?
don't mean to resort to emotion
but some things demand our devotion
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