.
What’s the use of a constitution
That’s the envy of the world?
(We are told)
There is no sign of restitution
When it can be chopped and changed
To hide fraud and corruption.
As soon as investigation is mooted
We have to change to right footed;
The media becomes the enemy
And fear rules the roost;
Fear the enemy will spread the news –
And other views –
Which will not amuse.
What is there to hide?
Is it more than meets the eye?
Is it too much to abide?
Even old comrades
Are becoming disillusioned
In all the confusion.
©DGA 28 November 2011 07:49
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28/11/2011 at 8:24 am
What is more sad is that a party that has a history of fighting injustice has done a 180…Destroying their own legacy.
Thanks for you visit andyour kind comment.
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28/11/2011 at 8:35 am
I think they are struggling with each other, within the party. The Rainbow Nation under Madiba was so full of promise!
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28/11/2011 at 8:59 am
Great post today thanks. I really enjoyed it very much.
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28/11/2011 at 9:02 am
Thank you. 🙂
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28/11/2011 at 10:08 am
what a very sad state to get into ..where corruption rules!
But keep smiling!
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28/11/2011 at 10:32 am
Well, it can’t last forever – we hope!
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28/11/2011 at 11:44 am
Something I don’t know about, Denise, but it sounds not a little fearsome.
John
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28/11/2011 at 12:02 pm
It is extremely sad, John, that the infighting has begun and will get worse I think, although I hope not for all our sakes.
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28/11/2011 at 12:53 pm
Great protest poem. The only way to beat them is to fight them. Ignore them, you and all South Africans, and they can’t win.
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28/11/2011 at 2:29 pm
Thank you, Tilly. The problem is we have to fight apathy at the same time!
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28/11/2011 at 2:13 pm
Very well put. The bill is not to protect sensitive military or security information, but to stop accusing fingers from being pointed where it is deserved that they be pointed.
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28/11/2011 at 2:32 pm
That’s exactly the point, Col., thank you. The government has admitted that they have a problem with corruption, yet they still want to cover it up… if they can! We will never have a clean government if this is allowed.
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28/11/2011 at 2:43 pm
true that…just recently the occupy wall street group locally was bulldozed in the middle of the night in direct violation of 2-3 local and state laws but then again the laws are only as good as the money that buys them…
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28/11/2011 at 2:58 pm
The citizens must stand up for what they believe is right, Brian. If they fail to do so they will only have themselves to blame for allowing this new bill.LikeLike
28/11/2011 at 8:55 pm
You take the bull by the horns there, Denise. Well done, I like your fearless writing (good poetry too!). And what Brian said (in comment): the laws are only as good as the money that buys them… – too true
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28/11/2011 at 9:57 pm
Thanks so much, Ruth. You and Brian are right, they are bought – and I hate the corruption abounding in today’s world!
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28/11/2011 at 11:30 pm
Unfortunately, it’s pretty much the same the world over at the moment. It would be great to know if they will ever start listening to the ‘little’ people instead of the bankers. I mean, just who is running things anyway? I reckon this would go down a storm at a slam poetry gig. 🙂
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29/11/2011 at 1:41 am
Thank you so much for the visit and comment, Kiersty! I really appreciate your taking the time to read this. Lovely to see you back! 😀
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29/11/2011 at 11:19 am
Secrecy in the hands of Power is the mother of corruption. What they ultimately seek is an endorsement for their corrupt practices. Except for very few subjects that jeopardise the internal security, there is nothing that could be kept away from people except their guilt. People should fight tooth and nail for such legislation.
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29/11/2011 at 11:30 am
Hear, hear, Sunamu. This legislation will give the corrupt members of our government and our society our blessings to continue defrauding our country!
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29/11/2011 at 2:40 pm
“The liberties of people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry (1736-99)
“Think for yourself. Question authority.” – Timothy Leary (1920-1996)
“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.” – Terry Pratchett: Wintersmith, p. 18
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29/11/2011 at 5:15 pm
Thanks for the quotes, Ben. They are all excellent. I think if we fail to stop this leglislation we will only have ourselves to blame. But the whole world is rife with corruption, not just my country.
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29/11/2011 at 5:49 pm
In my darkest moods I suspect it’s all one vast interconnected “diabolical” organised plot.
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30/11/2011 at 12:14 am
I know what you mean… maybe someone will write a book or a script.for a movie!
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30/11/2011 at 5:24 am
They are no different to the previous regime they despised so much – power corrupts etc etc
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30/11/2011 at 7:13 am
Ad infinitum, Bb…
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