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Twilight's Last Gleaming
By John Cory
03/06/06 "Truthout"
-- -- Who are these people? These people who
line their pockets with the lives of our loved ones? These gray men
who lurk in shadows and kill the sunshine of democracy? These people
who wear morality like a cheap suit pilfered from the collection
plate of decency? Who are these people who have turned America into
their own personal ATM machine? These are the people of the lie -
Republicans.
Who are these people? These people who sit in spineless silence
unable to speak in defense of America? These people who mime the
words of our founders, afraid to act with independence? Who utter
the words "We concede," instead of "We the People?" These are the
people who lie down - Democrats.
Newspapers no longer serve the public, only their corporate masters.
They have wedged themselves firmly between the cheeks of power, a
tissue to sanitize the bullshit. The media has finally achieved the
ultimate self-delusion; broadcasting sitcom politics, and talking
points of the throne, it has become the court jester with tinkling
bells and curly pointed shoes: useless, untrustworthy, and fused in
falsehoods and facades.
This is twilight's last gleaming. Attention must be paid. Democracy
is dying.
Bush and Company wants us to be afraid. Republicans sell us fear as
they sell out America.
Democrats wait in the wings, picking up their pieces of silver to
keep mum. Both political parties capitalize on all the fear.
Democrats think we will become so fearful of Republicans that we
will have no other choice but to elect them. That is their
incentive. Low profile, quiet acquiescence, and they think their
silence will be rewarded.
This is not the time for silence. According to recent polls from
Zogby, Fox News, Gallup and CNN, 72% of our troops believe the war
in Iraq is a failure and we should withdraw. 64% of the public
disapproves of Bush's handling of Iraq. 69% of Americans are against
the Dubai Port deal. 52% do not find Bush "honest and trustworthy."
And yet Democrats can find no voice, no fight, no issue to unify
them to protect "we the people." Major print and media outlets can
find no reason to investigate Republican scandals, bribery and lies,
no reason to question an administration that started a war with a
lie and failed its own citizens when Katrina hit, by lying about
what they did or did not know. Katrina, like 9/11, left the boy king
wide-eyed and unprepared. Leader of the free world? Most Americans
think not.
When it comes time for voting, here is what I will remember: the
silence.
If there is a voice for America, let them speak now. Let them speak
for the poor women who not only will find abortion illegal, but will
not be allowed birth control and contraceptives. Let them speak for
the old and infirm who will not be able to have healthcare and
cost-effective drug prescriptions. Let them speak for true family
values of providing for our veterans and protecting our troops with
proper body armor and ending a false war so no more loved ones have
to die for a lie.
But most of all, let them now speak up for the one precious gift
that is America - Freedom. Freedom of speech - Freedom to dissent -
Freedom from illegal domestic spying. Freedom, sweet freedom for
which our fathers, brothers, and sisters have fought and died for
over the past 230 years!
Hunter S. Thompson warned, "Big dark coming soon." Big dark is here.
Our Constitution hangs by a thread. Make no mistake, this is
twilight's last gleaming. It's time to defend America, not sell it
down the river of corporate greed. It is time to stand up, not slink
away to fight another day, because there are no more days. The
monarchs of mendacity under George Bush are dismantling democracy at
every opportunity.
Democrats, you want my vote? Earn it! Get up off your ass and take a
stand! Take back America. Stop whimpering. Throw out your
Republican-lite Bush lickspittles and suit up for battle. We the
people will support you if you speak up for the America we live in
and want to preserve. You cannot claim victory simply because you
kept the GOP from burying the Constitution while you let them drive
it underground.
This is twilight's last gleaming. Who will speak up for America?
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