Enough is enough. We either use our freedom of speech or speech will be the booty of the 1 or 2% — we are under a plutocracy* grown ever more arrogant and bald faced with fascist intention.* To live in a state of spies is intolerable. A government that spies on us is not our government. We either are serious about realizing a democracy or accept to live in a fascist plutocracy.* (This is not name-calling; it is naming.*) ¡He dicho!
and voice your objection
*plu.toc.ra.cy n., pl. -cies. 1.
Government by the wealthy. 2. A wealthy class that controls a
government. 3. A government or state in which the wealthy rule. [Greek
ploutokratia : ploutos, wealth (see pleu- in Appendix*) + -cracy.]
American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. and Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers; 1979
*fas.cism n. 1. A philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with an ideology of belligerent nationalism. 2. Capital F. The governmental system of Italy under Benito Mussoulini from 1922 to 1943. [Italian fascismo, from fascio, bundle, group, assemblage, from Latin fascis, bundle. See bhasko- in Appendix.*]
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. and Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers; 1979
*fas.cism (fash´iz'm), n. [It. fascismo
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, College Edition, 1968 edition,
The World Publishing Company, publishers
-------------Blowing the Whistle
“This is a matter of extraordinary consequence to American intelligence.”
-----------------------------------------Republican Congressman Peter King
--------------------for Deep Throat, Dan Ellsberg, Karen Silkwood,
--------------------Philip Agee, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden
--------------------and all heroes who blow the whistle to wake us.
A matter of extraordinary consequence
to American intelligence indeed,
and not it only is the intelligence
of the U. S. citizen
that such puts to the test
but our possession of a spine.
Am I not to be grateful to be told
I am being spied upon?
------being stolen blind?
--------------being lied to?
my neighbor being murdered?
Am I a fool?
----------------Or frightened so
that I give up my freedom that easily
to the spies, the liars, the thieves,
murderers that keep me scared?
Forget security of which we've little of;
let everyone have a conscience,
--------------a whistle,
and spine enough to blow it.
This is not a poem
------though the lines are broken —
like a whistle blown
this is a call, a warning, an alarm —
----------Wake up!
---------------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2014
¡Basta y basta! O ejerzamos nuestra libertad de palabra o la palabra será el botín del 1 o 2%
— estamos bajo una plutocracia* cada vez más arrogante y
descarada de intento fascista.* Es intolerable vivir en un estado de espías. El gobierno que
nos espía no es gobierno nuestro. Seamos serios en realizar una
democracia o aceptemos vivir en una plutocracia fascista.* ¡He dicho!
*plu.toc.ra.cy s., f., pl. –cias. 1. Gobierno por los ricos. 2. Clase
rica que controla el gobierno. 3. Gobierno o estado en cual rigen los ricos.
[griego ploutokratia : ploutos, riqueza.]
The
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
American
Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. and Houghton
Mifflin Company, publishers; 1979
*fas.cismo s.. m.1. filosofía o sistema de gobierno que aboga por o
ejerce dictadura de la extrema derecha, típicamente a través consolidando el
liderazgo estatal e industrial a la vez con una ideología de nacionalismo
bélico. 2. F mayúscula, el sistema de gobierno de Italia bajo Benito Mussoulini
de 1922 a 1943. [Italiano fascismo, de fascio, bulto, grupo,
asamblea, del latín fascis, bulto.]
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. and Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers; 1979
American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. and Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers; 1979
*fas.cismo (fas´is’mo), s., m. [It. fascismo <fascio, grupo político,
organización, club fascis
Webster’s
New World Dictionary of the American Language, College Edition, 1968 edition
The
World Publishing Company, publishers
---------------Soplando el pito
“This is a matter of extraordinary consequence to American intelligence.”
----------------------------------------- Diputado Republicano Peter King
-----------------------para Deep Throat, Dan Ellsberg, Karen Silkwood,
-----------------------Philip Agee, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden
-----------------------y todo héroe que sopla el pito para despertarnos.
Asunto de consecuencia extraordinaria
para la inteligencia americana en verdad,
y no solamente la inteligencia
del estadounidense
tal pone a la prueba
sino su posesión de una espina dorsal.
¿No agradeceré que se me diga
que me espían?
-----que se me roba a ciegas?
----------que se me miente?
que es asesinado mi vecino?
¿Seré bobo?
---------------O ¿tan asustado
que tan fácilmente entrego mi libertad
a los espías, los embusteros, los ladrones,
los asesinos que me tienen miedoso?
Olvídate de la seguridad de la cual poco tenemos;
que todo mundo tenga conciencia,
-----------un pito,
y suficiente espina dorsal para soplarlo.
Este no es poema
------aunque las líneas sean quebradas —
como pito soplado
esto es llamada, advertencia, alarma —
---------¡Despierta!
-----------------------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2014
y expresa tu oposición
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