- Ode
to The OP/ED Writer
- Glen
Hameroff
- OpEdNews.com
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- I write political OP/ED
pieces
- Cause politicians are a
devious species.
- Once our leaders assume the
mantel of power,
- Their decisions are the
gospel of the hour.
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- They act in secret to
protect national security.
- I’ve come to suspect
their purity.
- Power is an unquenchable
thirst,
- You wonder whose interests
go first.
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- Democrats or Republicans it
makes no matter,
- The more power they gain
their friends get fatter.
- Pork is the ambrosia of our
political leaders,
- If unchecked they become
voracious feeders.
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- Government tolerates our
right to pry.
- But secretly they assume
most people won’t try.
- The media are suspect and
accused of left wing bias
- If the public buys the spin
they will walk and not try us.
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- Richard Nixon, Oliver North
and G. Gordon Liddy
- Hundreds more-what a pity.
- When leaders abuse their
power and lie,
- The damage they do is vast
and will not die.
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- So OP/ED writers must
commit to remind us,
- That even a President will
occasionally cuss.
- The news must be vigilant
and cover the story,
- Or our rights will be
consumed by Presidential glory.
Glen Hameroff ghamer4186@aol.com
is a retired teacher living in Delray Beach, Florida. He taught social
studies. "I believe that people still want to be inspired by their
leaders, not simply manipulated. Liberal is not a dirty word and the
search for truth transcends partisan ideology. I am firmly convinced that
war doesn't determine who's right, but rather, who's is left." This
article is copyright by Glen Hameroff and originally
published by opednews.com but
permission is granted for reprint in print, email, blog, or web media so
long as this credit is attached.
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