Thursday, June 2, 2011

They're Winning

Their billion points of too-bright and greedy light outshines some tired socialistic duty
It’s certainly no contest between living for today and preserving some hazy future
Encouraging vapid consumption politically trumps calling for savings and patience
Trumpeting military preparedness drowns their puny and weak squeaks for peace

ATVs lead the accessibility charge into the heart of our under-performing public lands
Fast food has saved us so much time that the raw oatmealers can’t ever even catch up
By the time this blind little fish suit is settled, all the rivers will be dried up and dead
Clear-cutting those last tiny remaining stands of old-growth is pretty much assured

Our kids are kneeling down in school and not hearing that they’re kin to monkeys
We can squeeze unlimited war funds from squishy liberals with no strings attached
Stalling for more research is a good strategy to maintain the cozy status quo on all eco-issues
Selling the yokels on local control lets us buy them out and get on making money fast

Family values and Jesus’ word make simpler sense than sustainability and preservation
Just increasing national debt is easier to rationalize than socialistic tax and spending
The fast profit in building cheaply has triumphed over making things which last
Education is for geeky loosers, not kids chosen by their mom’s god to lead the world

They’ve convinced us by making those jobs only fit for hopelessly desperate foreigners
We celebrate our independence with loud explosions and hot dogs, not tofu and tea
There’s just no more discussion that holiday’s are only to promote consumer spending
Rest assured that we know all about those liberty-threatening climate change wackos

Without any medical studies we found out ourselves that Crank is the only diet that really works
Political pitchmen have demonstrated that the profit motive will yield universal healthcare
The environment that supports it all is performing badly against people, jobs and money
They’re battling climate change by adjusting home thermostats to suit their t-shirt comfort

We’re making our skies cleaner by moving our factories to hungry lands overseas
Obese black men in NFL tights keep us from books as we graze supine before financed HDTVs
Literalist biblical interpretations are winning the debates against scientific results
They’ve succeeded in convincing us of the important differences among colas and beers

They’ve assured us we need not argue anymore over past lies they told the world
Their self-satisfied and smug smirks have shown that conservation is for quivering vegan rabbits
The coal industry has taken the marketing lead to a clean, independent energy future
Big oil has secured its tax shelters and successfully blocked subsidies for renewables

We’re successfully displacing native plants and animals in every single part of the globe
Threats of costs in jobs and money score major victories over living rivers and clean lakes
The global rich are capturing an increasing majority into a hopeless slavery from birth
They’re winning big since they represent the zenith of our treasured moral superiority

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