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    We The People Time
    We The People Time
    We The People Time
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    We The People Time

    By Bill Yuska

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    “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” - Thomas Jefferson.

    Walk the path of this great nation,
    As the decisions create frustration.
    Is the change for better or worse?
    Look for answers within the verse.

    52 poems depicting life and what is happening in the United States today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBill Yuska
    Release dateNov 30, 2009
    ISBN9781452372433
    We The People Time
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    Bill Yuska

    20+ years in Information Technology (IT) that spanned documentation writing, database management and PC and network administration came to an end in 2004 with the start of another recession. Bill found himself unemployable due to his age; becoming just another statistic that would raise the cost for a corporation’s group health care coverage. As job searches continued failing and just turned one frustration into another, he decided to apply years of problem analysis along with his writing ability to determine and describe the underlying problem that America faces today. It seems that he always had the ability to frame a rhyme in time, but could it be made meaningful enough to paint America’s deteriorating landscape? Finally deciding to see if others would understand the jeopardy that greed is inflicting on America that became apparent to him, he started to submit poetry and articles on an internet site where people could freely express their opinions - (http://www.helium.com/users/556782) and were rated accordingly. After minor success, he published “We The People Time” to launch a new career at Smashwords. This was followed by “80 Years + ? = Next Depression”, and “Common, Since 1776” is his latest endeavor. There is always more to learn and among other things, he is very grateful for the free online writing courses offered on the internet since he can no longer afford the cost for higher education. Hopefully, today will be a little better than yesterday, but never as good as the hope for tomorrow.

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      We The People Time - Bill Yuska

      We The People

      Time

      by Bill Yuska

      Third Edition

      Copyright 2010 Bill Yuska

      License Notes

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This book is dedicated to those who believe that the whole is more than a sum of the parts and that ideals, virtues and ethics provide the necessary cohesion to continue building on the foundation of a great nation.

      About This Book:

      This book is a collection of poems depicting life in the United States today and when appropriate, relevant reference(s) to web sites through hyperlinks.

      Table of Contents

      Country

      Just Is

      Ear Whacks

      Their Lies Iraq

      Al Kai Duh

      Owed by Congress

      Deals on Wheels

      Trust What Fund?

      WE the People

      Freedom ’cause

      Where Are WE?

      Pray for U.S.

      Life

      Passing Through

      What is Cool?

      Fate

      Global Warming Maybe

      Final Notice

      Remember

      Tomorrow Time

      Procrastination

      Hope

      Death of Silence

      God Exists

      Swine Flu

      Win-Win

      Reality

      Assets

      What The Dead Said

      Outgo

      Waging Mad

      Venom

      More

      Inter Resting

      Bank On It

      Scam-Ola

      Indentured

      T.A.R.P.

      Seasons

      Forecast Lament

      Spring

      In like a lion, Out like a lamb

      Summer

      Fall

      Winter

      Here or There

      Self Reflection

      Fingerprints

      A Stray Walking

      Once Upon Myself

      Knowing What

      Complaints

      Promise

      Conclusion

      Further Reading

      Country

      Just Is

      Rangel says you had better pay your taxes now,

      I may write the tax law but just don't know how.

      For evasion Richard Hatch sits in a prison cell,

      While I can still ring my lofty freedom bell.

      Charley says I'm ignorant of the laws I write,

      But all you dumb people better get it right.

      You might all go to jail instead of being free,

      But as an elected official it doesn't apply to me.

      Bernie Madoff played a $50 billion Ponzi scheme,

      Separated hundreds from their money with his theme.

      Couldn't pay the money but kept anyway out on bail,

      How much more was hidden before going off to jail?

      Pledge allegiance with liberty and justice for all,

      What caused justice sinking to this low pitfall?

      Lacking wealth or power must play by all the rules,

      According to this justice WE are the motley fools!

      Is justice for sale to those with money or power, where those with neither must surrender their time? Is justice even relevant without equality? Time is the most valuable resource that exists because once it passes; it is gone and can never be replaced. Harry Markopoulos testified that he tried to get the SEC (Security Exchange Commission) to investigate Madoff’s Ponzi scheme for 9 years. Should the SEC be investigated for aiding and abetting?

      Ear Whacks

      An earmark is a politically correct name,

      But embezzlement smells just the same.

      Ten million dollars here or two billion there,

      Do you even consider how the nation will fare?

      A bridge to nowhere or other matters not,

      WE the people gave the money that you got!

      You've been entrusted with an obligation,

      To spend that money to better the nation!

      You spend the money for your personal gain,

      Leaving the nation to deal with the pain,

      As you spend it to get votes in your state,

      What

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