A Self-Dialectic: Musings, Diatribes, and other such Observations; or

(The strategery of staying the course in the nucular age with WMD’s and the War on Terror)
a.k.a., ‘the Diary of a Megalomaniac Hidden in the Bush’ -

What primeval, primordial trigger is it that gets pulled at the first hint of spring that causes testosterone induced chef's cuisine to flourish on the grills of American patios, and equally opposite, what unseen force is it that mutes this trigger at the coming of the red grass season? Is propane a seasonal gas?

What unseen primitive force is it (?) that drives the man, for the most part, into the wilderness when the colors change, so that bragging rights are earned to stake the claim ‘I dropped that somma -bitch with one shot’…when referring to the whitetail deer splayed out lifeless on the ground before the drinking - er, hunting - buddies.

What genetic aberration is it (?) that hearkens man back to Neanderthal beginnings when the gridiron is set for the ultimate display of violent ground acquisition, otherwise know in the ‘civilized’ world as football. And what drives a supposed man of high stature (yeah, Prez Bush) to stand before those who stare in awe (or perhaps disbelief) as he proclaims ‘stand clear, I’m gonna’ crank this baby over’, when referring to the starting of the engine on a Caterpillar Bulldozer… (photo op)

writing©GW Crow 2008. all rights reserved.

The 'What is wrong with my country' rant...

What is wrong with America? This is not the country I once knew. Don't take this wrong - I am a patriot - but did I drift off to sleep like Rip Van Winkle just to wake to this hellish nightmare of a world we are now in? Did we all? I can't let my children walk to school, or play outside, or go to a Saturday Matinee like I used to, because of ill minded individuals...sick bastards all...who would do them harm.

Why is the divorce rate in my country so high, and why is it more 'normal' to have been divorced than to have remained married to one spouse? Someone please tell me what is wrong with my country? We travel to the moon and Mars...why? Is it to look for signs of intelligent life because we can find none here, or is it to find a place to propagate the race after we deplete this earth? We can travel to the outer realms of the universe but we can't cure the common cold, let alone major life-threatening disease. Someone tell me please, what is wrong with my country?

What are Crips, Bloods, MS13, and Skin-Heads? And why? Why such hatred? Why the killing? What is wrong? PlayStation, Nintendo, TV....what is wrong with my country? Where did the family time go? Where has the printed book gone? Where is Timmy and Lassie? Text message, cell-phone can't do without, e-mail.....what is going on here?

'Joe the Camel', 'Joe six-pack' and 'Joe the plumber'...God, I can't take it any longer! CEO's growing fat while the poor grow poorer, Government ran by Corporate 'Big Business'...whose interest is at heart here? Politicians are simply that....self-serving finger pointing criminals with the law on their side....they are not servants of the people...what, you thought because you voted for them that they work for you? Silly human race! Wall Street going belly up while my IRA goes nose first to the ground because of a few greedy individuals...what is wrong with my country? Terrorism....no! That's a Government ruse...keep 'em running scared and we can pull the wool over their eyes...think not? Explain the last 8 years. The Bush Administration must have thought 'how damned stupid are these people' as they laughed at all they have gotten away with. Stupid gas must have been pumped into the air I think. Code yellow, code orange, ...where did that go, code blue? Anybody know? It happened overnight.

There are 'terrorists', yes indeed, but not just of Middle Eastern descent though...do you not remember Eric Rudolph, the far right wing Christian abortion clinic bomber? Do you remember Ted Kaczynsky, a.k.a. 'The Unibomber'? Okay then, surely you recall Timothy McVeigh, the American who detonated the truck bomb in Oklahoma City...have we forgotten them? They were Americans. What's going on here? Why the extreme hate? Sure, there are extremist's everywhere...not just those who brought down the towers, whoever they were....all functioning under the influence of hatred. I'd hate it too if we were being 'democratized', ripped off and influenced by another country. Hey, wait a minute man, I'm talking about US!

China? ...oh, that's just Big Business taking advantage of child labor there and enormous tax breaks here. Hell, I think I do hate us for what we do and what we don't.....a hatred of a broken country, a broken system, a broken people....what is going on here? Somebody please tell me.

Why can't I say 'Merry Christmas' but I can say 'Happy Halloween', or 'Happy Hanukkah'....what is going on here? Clinton gets blown in the oval...we get no good Bush....something fundamentally wrong with that. Ted Stevens, Alaskan Senator...charged with what was it, 13 counts of some form of corruption in office...but he'll fight it and run for Senate again....and Mark Foley and sex with Congressional pages....and Conressman Kennedy driving drunk on his way to cast an emergency vote at 2:00am...(yep, I'm being bi-partsan). I had once read this line a long time ago...'I steal a nickel, rich man steals a dime; he writes a best selling novel, while I do the time'.....yeah, it's true.

What is happening? Insurance for all...why no way at all....are you ill? Do you have insurance? Do you need your meds? Do you have insurance? Food for the kids, or my cardiac meds....that's the choice...what is going on here, in America? Christmas around the bend...the ads are coming out, the economy is falling apart...granted, we don't celebrate for the right reason, but kids are kids, and how do you say no, and what if you have no choice but to say no? In America? Land of the Free...land that I love...I've heard it said so many times by worldly travellers (no, I have not been one...France, Burma, Peru...all places I'd love to see, but I can't afford)...go to another country and see just how well off we have it here. Damned! I've gotta' stop now...this is rapidly deteriorating into a rant that will not stop, is counter-productive to my work, and is ruining my day.

I'm sorry if I've offended, but yet I'm not...it's simply the truth, and you know it. I simply 'spoke' it. I'm just exercising my right to Free Speech while I still have it.....America, good God almighty.....what's going on?.......please check my verse and Haiku pages, and for the most part steer clear of these rants....it's just my way of ventilating my wrath before it eats me alive...hopefully you will find a better person on my other links.

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this is no poem

Good advise was given, and good advice was taken -
Ah, the moderate voice of common sense
...and wisdom
I've spent a lifetime of being wrong
...it seems
but this time I chose to listen
To heed the warning signs... 'Train Up Ahead'
'Stay Out' the sign reads... 'Trespassers Shot On Sight'
'No Parking' here... 'No Left Turn' there

When I was a young lad I was full of salt
...a good amount of vinegar too
Just could not be told what was right, or at least wouldn't listen
I had to do it wrong first, the school of hard knocks they called it

I once climbed over an electric fence
...there was no sign to ward me off
With my left hand I pushed it down so I could straddle it with ease -
my hand and balls touched the wire at the same time
and at that very instant I swear I heard the angels sing
My cousin that was with me said I had a halo around my head
... juice didn't quit until the source was drained, see DC won't let go

So over time I've learned to look and exercise caution,
though sometimes in the middle years I must admit
I forget the lesson I learned from that fence
I still wander into the pasture with the bull before I look
... the one place a warning sign could be used
Man, the good advice it could offer

writing©GW Crow 2008. all rights reserved.

Hard Labor

82 Year Old Amish man dies from fall in Lancaster, PA.
82-year-old Oliver Yoder died Thursday night during what Pennsylvania State Police have termed a ‘typical child's game of tag’. Mr. Yoder had finished bedding his plowing oxen for the evening just an hour earlier, and had gone upstairs to go to bed. Apparently 5 to 7 Amish boys were playing a game of tag in a nearby field, when one of the boys yelled ‘Ollie, Ollie, oxen free’. In what appears to have been an unwarranted attempt to capture his ox Levi, Mr. Yoder fell approximately 15 feet from the top of his staircase, fracturing his skull on impact. He was transferred to Lancaster Memorial Hospital, but died a short time later. The boys involved, all relatives of Mr. Yoder, under Amish Law, could be sentenced to a life of hard labor.

Jesus Loco Motive

Verse:
Jesus wants a train set for Christmas
Running circles underneath his Christmas tree
Yeah, Jesus wants a train set for Christmas
For all the little girls and boys to see

Verse:
There won’t be that much this year for Christmas
Washington and Wall Street had their way
Yeah, there won’t be that much this year for Christmas
So big money tell the parents what to say

Chorus:
Away in a prison your head will it lay
If God still exists and he has his own way
The stars in the sky will be memories
'Cause inside of prison only walls will you see

Verse:
Jesus wants a train set for Christmas
Running circles underneath his Christmas tree
Yeah, Jesus wants a train set for Christmas
For all the little girls and boys to see

Verse:
There won't be any manger for Christmas
No wisemen underneath the Christmas tree
Yeah, there won't be any reindeer this Christmas
'Cause they're humping Lehman's anus hopefully

Chorus:
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, George Bush is going away
John McCain has seven houses
While the rest of us can hardly find our way, hey
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, George Bush is going away

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