vice and corruption

what is the public business of this country?
is it not the private business of each citizen?
Why forbid our civil liberties when  we exercise 
them as long as they don’t bother anyone?

Nowadays if your ship comes in it is docked
by the government. Its my opinion the main 
vice many of us have consists, not in doing evil 
but in permitting it. 

We are no longer the ones who chose our 
politicians. The rich have bought and
paid for them. May Heaven protect our citizens 
if we do nothing about saving our constitution
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February 22, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Well said, the rich call the shots
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