# POLITICS AND CORPORATE POWER

I encourage you to seek and make an opportunity
to view (3) documentaries.
First - ( GASLAND PART 2 - BY JOSH FOX )
---- Presented this week on HBO ---
It is a very revealing documentary on corporpate power's influence
on today's politics regarding the Hydraulic Fracturing process ( Fracking )
to extract natural gas from the Earth. This is an abuse that has/is impacting
not only American's lives but is also effecting household globally.

Second - ( HOME - NARRATED BY GLENN CLOSE )
You my have to buy a copy from Amazon if it is not available on Net Flix
--- I need to get me another copy --
This documentary is the Most Spectacular Aero footage of the landscape
of world with mind opening facts about our denial as custodians
of this precious planet.

Third - ( THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA )
--- Presented on the HISTORY CHANNEL )
I was amazed at the contrast of sameness of the power tactics
 John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America. Their names hang on street signs, are etched into buildings and are a part of the fabric of history. These men created the American Dream and were the engine of capitalism as they transformed everything they touched in building the oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance industries. Their paths crossed repeatedly as they elected presidents, set economic policies and influenced major events of the 50 most formative years this country has ever known. From the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War I, they led the way.( source: Histoty Channel )---- Thus I AM REINSPIRED TO REPOST MY POEM ~ SAY ~
~ SAY ~

WHAT WE SAY

~ WHAT WE DON’T SAY

~ WHAT WE WON’T SAY

~ WHEN WE SAY

~ SUPPOSING ~ OPPOSING ~VERBAL POSING

~ THE REGURGITATING OF ~ WHAT ~ OTHERS SAY

OUR HELLOS AND GOODBYES

~ THE ACKWARDNESS OF THE UNWANTED ~ SURPRISE

~ THE LONLINESS OF HIDDEN TEARFUL CRY’S ~

THE TRUTH ~ THE LIES

~ THE PETRIFIED ~ THE CRIPPLING

~ THE DEVASTATING TRAIN WRECK DERAILING ORDINARY PEOPLES LIVES

~ REALITY ~ REALIZED

~ WHEN TRUTH ~ BECOMES LIES

THE BALTANT IMMORTALIZED

~ AS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS BANQUET ON THEIR RATINGS

~ THE TV ADS

~ THE PANELS SORTING THRU DATA AND VIDEO FOOTAGE

~ THE OPINION POLL GATHERING

AS ALL UNFOLDS

~ THE PRICLESS VALUE OF WE

~ IS TRUMPED BY THE OMNIPOTENCE OF THE DOLLAR

PROTESTERS AND BANNERS AND RALLYIES AND SLOGANS

~ THE CRESTING WAVES AND RECEDING SHORE LINES OF WHAT WE BELIEVE

~ A WHIRLPOOL OF CONSCIENCENESS

   ~ A FLUX, A TIDE

   ~ SUNLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT BEAMING FROM HEARTS AND MINDS

   ~ THIS IS OUR RIVER CONSTANTLY TORTURED BY DROUGHT   

   ~ POLITICAL AND CORPORATE ABUSE RIGHTS

WHAT WE SAY

   ~ DON’T SAY

   ~ WON’T SAY

   ~ STRUGGLE TO PRIORITIZE AS SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCES

   ~ THE NUTRIANTS OF THE LAND – ARE THE PEOPLES VOICES

SO WHY

~ DO WE SAY

   ~ ANYTHING OF TRUTH - - - ANYWAY

     ~ WHEN MONEY AND POWER

      ~ WILL MAKE IT ALL

         ~ LIES

IT IS BECAUSE

~ THE CHAMPION OF FAIRNESS AND THE STALLION OF HOPE

   ~ ARE STILL ALIVE AND DEPENDING ON US

SO, LIGHT UP YOUR VOICES

~ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMERICA’S CRY

TNC3

THOMAS N. CORBETT 3^RD.

July 7, 2013

#POLITICS AND THE GREAT WHY ( Part One )

Here we go again, start up your engines – get ready - go - around and around the track once again on our political issues.

 It has been a blatant building of a staircase of bitterness

starting with Senator Mitch McConnell’s “ We must make this

a one term President ’’ to a Republican Congress rejecting any 2^nd term

proposed agenda of progress from President Obama. Former Republican

Presidential candidate Herman Cain; now a Fox News commentator said

; Americans were duped by President Obama and that Americans have a serious ignorance problem. Wow! Double Wow!

 Now the Surpreme Court has opened the door for Republican governed states to set in place voter rights hurdles to thus enable the Republican Party an absolute potential to win the White House in the 2016 Presidential election.

Is anyone still blind? Is anyone still not concerned?

Silence is Golden only to the well-off benefactors in a Democracy.

Today being a Government Official whether it is State or Federal for many

people is the secure career path of perks and a self glorified righteous delusion

of serving the people. However this is no new phenomenon to the American

landscape : political mud slinging and covert corporate power manipulation.

Like any hound protecting its meat wouldn’t you bite. We, the American

People have grown extremely tired of the shamelessness and outright deceptions a though a populace of intelligent and perceptive people does not exist.

The flowers of our society have not benefited from the rain of a struggling economy,Due in part to deregulation and corporate greed, much less the repeated tragedies f natural disasters upon communities.

Sidebar: A small local example – a million dollars spent by the Arlington, Virginia

Government on building a single hi-tech bus stop shelter.

Million Dollar Bus Stop: Northern Virginia Super-Stop Has Heated Concrete Floors,

Does Not Protect From Elements : ( Huffington Post )

 

More than $1 million dollars was spent on this Arlington County bus stop, which has sparked public outcry over the price tag. (Jason Spencer/Patch)

The question with the obvious answers: Who took home the bulk of those contract funds.

These examples go on and on and sadly integrity is replaced with lavish abuse.

There are enough government scandals, corporate abuse and Republican/Tea Party;

Their Tug-of-war encumbering leaves you choking with disgust.

Where is Integrity? Where are our concerned geniuses?

Those who are backed with money and technology and political support needed

to move America into an assured future of new thriving.

~ SAY ~

 

WHAT WE SAY

~ WHAT WE DON’T SAY

    ~ WHAT WE WON’T SAY

        ~ WHEN WE SAY

~ SUPPOSING ~ OPPOSING ~VERBAL POSING

    ~ THE REGURGITATING OF ~ WHAT ~ OTHERS SAY

OUR HELLOS AND GOODBYES

 ~ THE ACKWARDNESS OF THE UNWANTED ~ SURPRISE

     ~ THE LONLINESS OF HIDDEN TEARFUL CRY’S ~

THE TRUTH ~ THE LIES

~ THE PETRIFIED ~ THE CRIPPLING

    ~ THE DEVASTATING TRAIN WRECK DERAILING ORDINARY PEOPLES LIVES

        ~ REALITY ~ REALIZED

            ~ WHEN TRUTH ~ BECOMES LIES

THE BALTANT IMMORTALIZED

~ AS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS BANQUET ON THEIR RATINGS

    ~ THE TV ADS

        ~ THE PANELS SORTING THRU DATA AND VIDEO FOOTAGE

            ~ THE OPINION POLL GATHERING

AS ALL UNFOLDS

~ THE PRICLESS VALUE OF WE

    ~ IS TRUMPED BY THE OMNIPOTENCE OF THE DOLLAR

PROTESTERS AND BANNERS AND RALLYIES AND SLOGANS

~ THE CRESTING WAVES AND RECEDING SHORE LINES OF WHAT WE BELIEVE

    ~ A WHIRLPOOL OF CONSCIENCENESS

        ~ A FLUX, A TIDE

        ~ SUNLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT BEAMING FROM HEARTS AND MINDS

        ~ THIS IS OUR RIVER CONSTANTLY TORTURED BY DROUGHT   

        ~ THE POLITICAL AND CORPORATE ABUSE RIGHTS

WHAT WE SAY

~ DON’T SAY

    ~ WON’T SAY

        ~ STRUGGLE TO PRIORITIZED AS SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCES

            ~ THE NUTRIANTS OF THE LAND – ARE THE PEOPLES VOICES

SO WHY

~ DO WE SAY

    ~ ANYTHING OF TRUTH - - - ANYWAY

       ~ WHEN MONEY AND POWER

           ~ WILL MAKE IT ALL

               ~ LIES

IT IS BECAUSE

~ THE CHAMPION OF FAIRNESS AND THE STALLION OF HOPE

     ~ ARE STILL ALIVE AND DEPENDING ON US

        

SO, LIGHT UP YOUR VOICES

~ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMERICA’S CRY

TNC3

THOMAS N. CORBETT 3^RD.

July 7, 2013

#POLITICS AND THE GREAT WHY ( Part Two )

We, Americans have lived insolated lives from violent civil rebellions and the direct

Effect of war’s turmoil: The bullets and bombs shattering homes and communities.

Yet we, Americans have postured ourselves with an OMG appalled sanctimonious attitude

About the measures our government has needed to employ to insure the continued existence

Our luxury to freely and comfortably thrive as: Families, friends, communities and a society.

The closest resemblance Americans have of a war torn image has been the aftermath

of our natural disasters from hurricanes, tornadoes and severe flooding. However

There is one significant difference between a war torn country and natural disaster events.

It is a people’s opportunity to unify and rebuild verses the civil liberties of a people

being either fought for or the being forced into submission:

The blood shed, The lives imprisoned with fear.

Thus we have a Bradley Manning and a Edward Snowden.

Are they Heroes?

WHO’S REALITY

Events and Circumstances

The lack of, The omission of

Life’s Sweet Romances

Events and Circumstances

Hammering Us

The Rippling Effect moving us down upon our knees

Repeatedly, The Branches of Our Simple Lives – Snapped

Our Harkening echoing across the landscape of Our Trials and Tribulations

It is as though Our Tears are just watering weeds

And the Mighty Hand of the Status Qua will not let us go

Two Beams ~ Our Tragedies and Our Comfortable Nonchalance of Privilege

America’s Via Dolorosa

Sacrifice and Struggle, Sacrifice and Struggle

The Working Poor shall bear the Our Crown Of Thorns

So We kick the can of day to day living

And whistle a tune of ordinary satisfaction as illustrious living

When there is no wind or current on the river

And we silently worship the flowers

Of Apathy and Ignored Dissatisfaction

And make bounty upon our tables

Technology’s gadgets and textiles made in other countries

My Mother’s sewing machine no longer hums

Thank God She taught me: The needle, the thread, the thimble

The Milk and Honey upon this Dear, Preciuos Land

Is Our Belief that We, The ordinary person ~ Is Powerless ~

And the reverberations of such a belief ~ Is ~

That They ~ Not We ~ Have Won The Game

Power and Deception

Are the reflections in the Mirror ~ Grinning ~

~ This Shall Always Be Your Reality ~

By Thomas N. Corbett 3^rd

TNC3

July 2013