Our Democracy -- words and music © by Lee Block 2011

"Our Democracy"

© words and music by Lee Block 2011

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddle masses

Yearning to breathe free,

These mighty words etched

On Ms. Liberty.

We hold these truths to be self- evident

That all are created free,

A Declaration of

Our Democracy.

But these times are tough for the working folks

The unemployed and hungry,

As the rich get richer,

We get austerity.

Chorus:

How is this justice

Equal and free?

Over and over this American myth

That this is Democracy?

So we the people of the United States

ensuring rights and tranquility,

But our Constitution just doesn’t seem

To guarantee --

There is a class war against our sick, old and poor

And our minorities,

As the one percent of the richest steal

Our economy.

So come all good people everywhere

It’s time to stand up tall,

Be you middle or working class or poor,

We are one.

Chorus:

How is this justice

Equal and free?

Over and over this American myth

That this is Democracy?

So we march and act and demand our rights

Through out this great country,

As they try to destroy Medicare

And Social Security.

Stand tall, defiant, united -- we fight back

It’s time to seize the day,

No guns -- non-violently

We civilly disobey.

So come all good people everywhere

There’s nothing left say

We want the hope and change you promised

To save our Democracy.

To save our Democracy.

Here it is 2011 -- the faux government shutdown

Just yelling into the ether...

The assault on Planned Parenthood is a ruse to economically eviscerate the social safety net for the poor, weak, sick, old and working class.

To "save" Planned Parenthood for now, Obama gave up $39 BILLION in social program cuts -- in December he gave the plutocrats an $80 BILLION tax credit extension for two years that will become permanent in 2012 when the Right Wing re-ensconces a Karl Rove/Koch Brothers acolyte in the White House.

Ultimately, though, unless we fight back, anything humane, compassionate, ecological and logical (such as Planned Parenthood) will be dismantled as these bastards reinvent a technological neo-feudal society with 1% of the populace getting whatever they want; and the remaining 99% getting screwed.

Also look @ Wisconsin -- every time the Progressives get close to scoring a victory, the Ruling Class changes the rules, or pulls out a trick that reverses the win -- first, the end-run voting in the bill stripping union rights, and now this miraculous appearance of an additional 14,000 votes for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court that just happens to put the Right Wing ideologue in front by 7500 votes.

This is how it plays -- being the rational parent loses -- the out of control kid still runs amok.

Liberals are real good @ whining and feeling morally superior to the venal actions of the Ruling Class who laugh @ us all the way to the bank, while their Christian neo-fascist stooges replay the ignorance and repression of the Dark Ages.

The question is, what do we do? How do we resist? And is it too late?