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Life Arts 5/5/2006 at 1:34 PM EDT

Big Oil

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Big Oil

Used to be...

They'd pick your pocket
When you were not Looking

They'd slip it from your docket
And never show the booking

Now ...

They don't even try to hide it!

Now...

They don't even try to slide it...
Out from under your nose

Now...

They walk right up
Put their hands in your pockets
Look you right in the sockets...

And take everything you've got
But your clothes!

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Jim Bush is a 67 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan (more...)

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