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Spinning, reeling (Free verse) by ecargo

Let's make of it an abstraction; the bombing, death, destruction-- just a reasonable reaction. (Exercise the rhetorical; dismiss dissent as political) [oilOILoilOIL OILoilOILoil] Let's calculate the absence of action: what then could have been the distraction? [Economy falling public schools failing joblessness soaring deficits swelling Bill of Rights gutted resources glutted . . . nothing to see here, move it along:] We've freed the unfree! God bless my country, tis of thee, we'll bring Big Oil to Babylon-- thus our benediction! (Just sustain the fiction!) (Pare it to words no longer than two syllables, present it as a flag-wrapped, plain-talkin' parable, drape atrocity in ambiguity to make it all palatable and keep them all malleable; keep the concept altogether simple.) We'll need a new slogan, keep them focused on the tagline. Don't worry about the headlines- Fox fixed the spin; we're all in it to win! What lies? Nigerian follies? Our intelligence was solid! Tony told us so-- how were we to know? Don't blame our Popular Wartime Prezident(TM)! He only lied by accident! We must admit, your doubt leaves us perplexed-- it's not as if he lied about, say, sex.

zodiac 19-Jan-06/2:21 PM
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