Category Archives: bigotry

Uncle Sam’s Muslim Ban

Posted on June 26, 2018 by soitgoes1984

We want to ban Muslims from coming to America because it is a lot more socially acceptable for Uncle Sam to kill them when they are in their own countries rather than here in America unless, of course, they are … Continue reading →

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March For Women

Posted on January 19, 2018 by soitgoes1984

The President isn’t the disease he is but a symptom. The disease is not new, it is not worse now than it was a couple of years ago or a couple of decades ago or a couple of centuries ago. … Continue reading →

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Typical American Weekend

Posted on August 14, 2017 by soitgoes1984

This weekend has been a typical weekend for the United States. In Virginia, a klan rally gathered around a statue of one of their heroes, carrying torches. They even killed someone and injured many.   A lot of Americans were … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock

Posted on September 23, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Standing on this rock all alone looking glass shattered can’t find home can’t escape sticks and stones thrown by a falling Rome names don’t hurt when Redskins flirt with victory the Missouri doesn’t flow to the sea it flows through … Continue reading →

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The Heart Of Babylon

Posted on July 24, 2016 by soitgoes1984

You say we fight for freedom even though you know its a lie our duffel bags are packed and we’re heading to Iraq and theres a good chance that we’re going to die. We took off from Atlanta touched down in Germany after three days in Kuwait … Continue reading →

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We Buy The Bullets

Posted on July 10, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Who said it was written that some folks should die, who told us that only their families can cry.   We’re all connected on this little blue dot. Whats that? A teenage boy was just shot.   They might not … Continue reading →

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Break The Silence

Posted on July 8, 2016 by soitgoes1984

My hands are red from blood thats shed my tongue was bitten another is dead   Betrayed with silence for too many years time now to break from all the fear   Slavery ended so too Jim Crow but we … Continue reading →

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Sea to shining see

Posted on June 13, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Crocodile tears for those you hate its three cheers for progress but more locks on more gates the hour is late too tired from running around and around and around lost the race we’re drowning in those tears it was … Continue reading →

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Daily Memories

Posted on May 25, 2016 by soitgoes1984

so, it’s Memorial Day sales again and I remember when Cub Scout packs would take up the back of the parade and families would struggle to find shade along Main Street in late May with temperatures rising we shuffled our … Continue reading →

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We’ll call em’ French Fries again

Posted on June 23, 2015 by soitgoes1984

Cartoon drawings of profits splattered with blood draining from the wrists of artists pushing the limits tempting the reality of a world we’ve created since the crusades fought now by Muslim police officers dying in the streets to protect a country that sees no difference sees the same faces … Continue reading →

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