{"id":276004,"date":"2018-05-15T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=276004"},"modified":"2018-05-15T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:00:40","slug":"tautological-tribute-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tautological-tribute-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tautological Tribute Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Money, Politics, Love, and Glory<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do those on the inside want to get out? Why do those outside want to get in?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Carl Sandberg, American poet (1878 \u2013 1967)<\/p>\n

My best guess to the answer of why those outside want to get in
\nand vice versa is money, and lots of it, poverty pushing power
\nin Bertolt Brecht\u2019s play \u2018Man Is Man\u2019 a soldier tells his comrade
\nin arms, \u201cI can\u2019t move forward and I can\u2019t move back\u201d Stuck.
\nout of luck in the muck at war with words the economy absurd
\npower corrupts so are those who want power already corrupted
\nwhen were pathways to riches lost found detoured or interrupted
\nis acquiring money the necessary evil to bring people out of poverty
\nonly to perpetuate poverty among others who live in their world
\nthere is of course no glory whatsoever in hurting sisters and brothers
\nthan the politics of love enters the picture with emotional scripture
\na love for family children neighbors country husband and wife
\nwill help the perilous passage between inside and outside desires
\nand help us maintain an even keel as we sail through our life.<\/p>\n

The Plight of Bling Boy Billionaires<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey lied to each other, they lied with an importance of falsifying large. They broke out with impossible propositions. They acted as though they live in a republic of separate laws.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Carl Sandberg (1878 \u2013 1967)<\/p>\n

Do the words of Carl Sandberg\u2019s poem \u2018Chillicothe\u2019 sound familiar
\nSandberg writes, \u201cThey broke out with impossible propositions \u201d
\ncertain members of Trump\u2019s Cabinet take actions quite similar
\nthink of Pruitt\u2019s soundproof booth and travel purchase requisitions.
\n45 picks \u2019em up and subsequently kicks \u2019em out with regularity
\nSandberg, \u201cThey acted as though they live in a republic of separate laws\u201d
\ntoday his Cabinet secretaries operate their departments with similarity
\nabusing privileges in jobs over their head they tighten their jaws.
\nHe stationed billionaires in his Cabinet to his right and to his left
\nthey were appointed regardless of experience or area of expertise
\nwhile most of them continue with what is clearly taxpayer theft
\nwhich seems to be an insatiable bling boy billionaire\u2019s disease.
\nAs the nation watches democracies downfall in horror and fright
\nin broad daylight Trump\u2019s cronies practice their pecuniary plight.<\/p>\n

We Don\u2019t Know the Half of It<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c \u2026 the government at Washington lives. Let it go at that. There are lies, damn lies and statistics. Figures don\u2019t lie but liars can figure. There\u2019s more truth than poetry in that. You don\u2019t know the half of it, dearie.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014From \u201cGood Morning America\u201d by Carl Sandberg.<\/p>\n

A recent factoid printed and broadcast by what the POTUS brands
\nthe \u2018lying media\u2019 says that our 45th POTUS has told more than 3,000
\nlies since taking office. I think most Americans in red states and blue
\nwould agree with the motto \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d. Is a new motto
\nentering commonplace parlance in our everyday speech? Maybe
\n\u201cTrump Tweets A Bust\u201d or \u201c45 Ways Why Not To Trust POTUS.\u201d
\nWho knows whether he\u2019ll make it four years through his first term.
\nnow only two high ranking generals keeping the ship of state afloat
\npersonal and government lawyers and WH staff all starting to squirm
\nTrump oblivious more focused increasing future Republican votes
\nmany voters on the left and right sides of the political spectrum
\ntired of the constant cascade of lies and expectations to get used to it
\nthink of our 45th POTUS as a serious pain in the nations rectum
\nwho tweets daily strategy and policy online off-the-cuff as he sees fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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