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[aid] => mick
[title] => I'm Tired of the Lip Service
[time] => 2004-05-08 03:23:01
[hometext] => Everyone tell me they're glad I'm serving their country. But when those same people are asked to sacrifice for the war, I find out all they are giving me is lip service.
[bodytext] => Civilian: Hey are you really in the Army? Thank you for defending our country! Soldier: Everyday I keep hearing this Why don’t you enlist? Pick up a rifle and follow me! Help me defend this country! Civilian: I can’t do that, I have a family Besides, my mom would kill me! I have a job-they want me to stay I’m in college and 1 year from graduation day! Soldier: You’ll still have your job when you get back See the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act Military is full of students and family men Why don’t you become one of them? Civilian: Now listen here soldier, you’re making me angry! I’m too damn busy to join the military! Right here I draw my line You’ll never make me change my mind! Soldier: Okay, that’s fine! But now that I’m back on Reserve status my friends and I need employment Our credit ratings are getting wrecked And we no longer get unemployment checks We’ve been looking for jobs that would pay our bills For 6 months, we’ve found nothing still Who would have thought when we got back to our homeland That the cost of living would be to much to live in!? We are war vets and we are proud! Can you hire some of us so we have jobs? Civilian: I can’t let you become employed! What if you get re-deployed? Our labor situation would be dire Sorry, but Reservists I will not hire! Soldier: Fine, I’ll have to go back on Active Duty! But can you at least get rid of your SUV? Dependency on foreign oil gives money to terrorists So why not get a car that gets better gas mileage? And you can believe me (because it’s true)! That gas prices would plummet, too Civilian: What you ask is crazy! Asking me to give up my baby! My car is pimped! I’m triple OG! I refuse to give up my SUV! Soldier: Sigh…fine whatever. There is one more thing I must ask: Could you please tell Bush to stop lowering taxes? Every cut tax comes out of soldiers’ pockets We have inadequate equipment and slashed Veterans Benefits! Homeland Security is extremely underfunded! Can you at least chip in to protect this nation? Civilian: RAISE TAXES!!!! HOLY *****!!! Are you some kind of mental case? Don’t you know the economy is in the crapper? And Bush says tax cuts will make it better? Soldier: Tax cuts have killed the economy, civilian! We have the worst job rate since the great depression! Before the tax cuts, the economy is great! The government didn’t have to compensate For a trillion-dollar deficit! Civilian: Listen here, see! Bush said only soldiers have to sacrifice and I agree! Stop telling me to do all of this stuff! I said “thanks for defending me� and that’s enough! I hang an American flag in my car And I tell you I want to win this war! But don’t tell me to pay higher taxes, Or get a car with better gas mileage! I will Not help you pay your bills! I can’t believe this! You actually asked me to enlist! I tell you I'm happy for my freedom here But the bottom line is: I JUST DON’T CARE. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 162 [topic] => 6 [informant] => DJ_The_Young_Grasshopper [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 13 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AngryPoetry )
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