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when in the world’s leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit courting kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east 'democratic dictators' in the far southeast and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings is quite OK with his campaign team members his son and son-in-law [ctd. fron line 2...] it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
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Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017 at 5:11 PM UTC
democracy USA? - work in progress (updated whenever necessary...)...
when in the world’s leading democracy a new president starts his office with      making life more expensive for average home owners      signing orders threatening the health of millions      restricting the publications of researchers      denying global warming      encouraging coal and oil companies      forbidding federal employees to talk to the media      going on fantasy trips about “alternative facts"           to justify his ridiculous lies      blaming the media when asking questions and checking facts      barring leading media companies from press conferences      waffling about his Russian connections      refusing to release his tax returns      ordering to build walls to keep out all those aliens,           like the old Chinese did, to little avail      issuing poorly formulated presidential orders           causing confusion and harm and even deaths      banning even green card holders from entering the country      filling his cabinet with all the alligators from the swamps           he promised to clean during his campaign           people who know how to avoid paying taxes and beating the system           but have no clue how to govern now that they ARE the system           and think they can run the USA with its 350 million citizens           as Trump&Cronies;, USA, Inc.,           like their private family businesses, for profit courting kings and monarchs & wannabe sultans in the near east 'democratic dictators' in the far southeast and wannabe czars in russia but hesitating to confirm ties to old allies in Europe, NATO, and the Far East suggesting that having undeclared secret meetings is quite OK with his campaign team members his son and son-in-law [ctd. fron line 2...] it is high time to seriously ask what concept     if any of democracy he has in mind
In view of ongoing developments, this poem is a work in progress and will be updated whenever significant "presidential orders" or some such become public.
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Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017 at 5:11 PM UTC
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