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I am so tired of all this political finger pointing and accusations about anything that gives one party or the other a leg up in getting a majority in congress or slamming any, deemed, incumbent that may be in the way of party advancement. What happened to states rights to select representatives to Washington ,on their merits, by the states they represent? We are not the United States of Washington. We are the United States of America.

 

Just Because You Say It

Just Because You say It
By Franklin Price 
11/19/2017

Just because you say it
Doesn't always make it so
Jumping on the wagon
Doesn't always mean you know

What's happening to our justice
Where guilt requires proof
Heresay and outright lying
Is going through the roof

What's happening to our country
And our body politic
All these finger pointers,
Spotlight seekers, make me sick

Few, if any, journalists
Are proving as they learned
Ratings must be highest
Even if the truth is spurned

What happened to a trial by peers
For innocence or guilt
Now the sword is drawn
And it's driven to the hilt

We no longer work together
All the rules are out the door
If you don't think the way we do
We'll smear your name some more

Be cautious when you throw the stones
Be sure your past is clear
And those of your ancestors
For at least a thousand years

Money can find anything
And pay for people's lies
And twist the truth to benefit
Those people we despise

It's not for We the People
How the government is run
It's  for power, wealth, postion
That's why nothing much gets done

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Arthur Vaso November 19, 2017 at 9:48 PM You have expressed this well, it seems we have lost our social compass, I wonder if part of this is caused by social media, just pondering, nice poem! Franklin Price November 20, 2017 at 8:43 AM Arthur, I believe we absolutely have misplaced our social compass; if not lost it. Social media has allowed people to take sides without direct confrontation. It is too easy to say anything without confrontation. That allows people to totally lie if they like. We're in a no fault place with no responsbility...Sad

Franklin Price November 19, 2017 at 7:39 PM Cay Cay, Yours are the most extensive comments I have ever received. I really appreciate your appreciation. You are so right, these things have gone have gone on since the beginning of the U.S. The difference now, with the internet, is that everyone knows about everything within hours, sometimes minutes. It's hard for anyone to hide anything. If We the People become interested, we can coorect many of these issues. If not, I believe we are on the downhill. Thanks again

CayCay Godwin November 19, 2017 at 12:09 PM I'm applauding. Content applause. Delivery, flow and rhyme applause. I could fill this box and umpteen others with all my responses. Some fail to realize the Civil War was truly based on State vs. National rights. Getting rid of the pledge of allegiance in schools isn't going to help build cohesion or country loyalty. And while I, too, detest the games, from what I've studied they've been played since America's birth. Still, it all hurts and disgusts. More, but the box says I must go. CayCay