Post by Aaron Graf on Sept 12, 2004 2:48:05 GMT -5
Three Years Ago Today
That horrible day four planes crashed,
Turning two great towers into mere rubble and ash.
The collapse of two buildings by a man whom I despise,
Capturing the image of desperation and sadness in so many peoples eyes.
When the incident was finally over, 3,000 people were dead,
Some of them were foreign and some Americans born and bred.
The nation was wounded, we needed relief.
So we stuck by a "president", who exploited our grief.
He used this tragic moment to set what you can and cannot say,
It was his excuse to challenge your patriotism by bringing up that day.
The whole world was willing to hunt Osama down,
Whether he gets locked up in a jail cell or decaying in the ground.
Six weeks after the attacks he passed a brand new bill,
That was beating our civil liberties and giving them the kill.
To cover up for the intentions it was titled the Patriot Act,
Making America Stalinistic in the name of preventing attack.
But when wondering how we could prevent it Bush wouldn't give any consideration,
To the families of the tragedy asking for an investigation.
But the White House ignored all of their requests,
And then talked about the 9/11 Families to stuff the war chest.
Which would be used for Iraq on claims found untrue,
Was he afraid people would see what was wrong? Or afraid they'd find out he knew.
That he knew the attack would happen, that he was warned repeatedly,
We might have stopped it with much force or even easily.
But the simple fact is, he didn't want to give any time,
To stop these hideous killers from committing this crime.
In 2002, he incited Iraq war fervor,
And claimed that he was democracy's preserver.
He said Saddam had nuclear weapons and links to Osama,
He provided no suitable evidence, but kept riding on our traumas.
So we followed his orders and sent out our brigades,
While leaving almost completely our search in Afghan caves.
The man that he promised had been replaced by Saddam,
Who posed no threat, but his country we bombed.
One year later the fighting persists,
His friends with the oil lobby just couldn't resist.
To have all their projects funded by tax-payer dollars,
While cutting from our soldiers pay and leaving them as cannon-fodder.
A few months later 1,000 Americans crossed the Rubicon,
After being told it was "mission accomplished" but the battle waged on.
A deficit of the 1 trillion replaced the former surplus of the same,
And Enron could get away with anything without feeling shame.
Jobs were being lost to the left and the right,
The media focused mostly on terrorists to invoke panic and fright.
So he found fresh grief and allowed it to be used,
To where it's hard to tell what's worse, whether 9/11 or the way it was abused.
So three years later the trance has barely worn off,
But we still can't question you without a sneer or a scoff.
Trying to make a culture monotone and uniform,
And giving all the news possible meant to propagate and misinform.
The day you used in all cases so that you can get your way,
The tragedy of you taking away our freedom three years ago today.
~ Aaron Graf
That horrible day four planes crashed,
Turning two great towers into mere rubble and ash.
The collapse of two buildings by a man whom I despise,
Capturing the image of desperation and sadness in so many peoples eyes.
When the incident was finally over, 3,000 people were dead,
Some of them were foreign and some Americans born and bred.
The nation was wounded, we needed relief.
So we stuck by a "president", who exploited our grief.
He used this tragic moment to set what you can and cannot say,
It was his excuse to challenge your patriotism by bringing up that day.
The whole world was willing to hunt Osama down,
Whether he gets locked up in a jail cell or decaying in the ground.
Six weeks after the attacks he passed a brand new bill,
That was beating our civil liberties and giving them the kill.
To cover up for the intentions it was titled the Patriot Act,
Making America Stalinistic in the name of preventing attack.
But when wondering how we could prevent it Bush wouldn't give any consideration,
To the families of the tragedy asking for an investigation.
But the White House ignored all of their requests,
And then talked about the 9/11 Families to stuff the war chest.
Which would be used for Iraq on claims found untrue,
Was he afraid people would see what was wrong? Or afraid they'd find out he knew.
That he knew the attack would happen, that he was warned repeatedly,
We might have stopped it with much force or even easily.
But the simple fact is, he didn't want to give any time,
To stop these hideous killers from committing this crime.
In 2002, he incited Iraq war fervor,
And claimed that he was democracy's preserver.
He said Saddam had nuclear weapons and links to Osama,
He provided no suitable evidence, but kept riding on our traumas.
So we followed his orders and sent out our brigades,
While leaving almost completely our search in Afghan caves.
The man that he promised had been replaced by Saddam,
Who posed no threat, but his country we bombed.
One year later the fighting persists,
His friends with the oil lobby just couldn't resist.
To have all their projects funded by tax-payer dollars,
While cutting from our soldiers pay and leaving them as cannon-fodder.
A few months later 1,000 Americans crossed the Rubicon,
After being told it was "mission accomplished" but the battle waged on.
A deficit of the 1 trillion replaced the former surplus of the same,
And Enron could get away with anything without feeling shame.
Jobs were being lost to the left and the right,
The media focused mostly on terrorists to invoke panic and fright.
So he found fresh grief and allowed it to be used,
To where it's hard to tell what's worse, whether 9/11 or the way it was abused.
So three years later the trance has barely worn off,
But we still can't question you without a sneer or a scoff.
Trying to make a culture monotone and uniform,
And giving all the news possible meant to propagate and misinform.
The day you used in all cases so that you can get your way,
The tragedy of you taking away our freedom three years ago today.
~ Aaron Graf
