Silence Is The Death of Liberty

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First they tortured a U.S. citizen and gang member ...

I remained silent;
I wasn't a criminal

Then they tortured a U.S. citizen, whistleblower and navy veteran ...

I remained silent;
I wasn't a whistleblower

Then they locked up an attorney for representing accused criminals ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a defense attorney

Then they arrested a young father walking with his son simply because he told Dick Cheney that he disagreed with his policies ...

I remained silent;
I've never talked to an important politician

Then they said an entertainer should be killed because she questioned the government's version of an important historical event ...

I remained silent;
I wasn't an entertainer

Then they arrested people for demanding that Congress hold the President to the Constitution ...
I did not speak out;
I've never protested in Washington

Then they arrested a man for holding a sign ...

I held my tongue;
I've never held that kind of sign

Then they broke a minister's leg because he wanted to speak at a public event ...
I said nothing;
I wasn't a religious leader

Then they shot a student with a taser gun and arrested him for asking a question of a politician at a public event ...
I remained silent;
I wasn't a student


Then they declared that they could label U.S. citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and imprison them indefinitely - and even assassinate them - all without trial ...
I remained silent;
I assumed I wasn't on a list


When they came for me,
Everyone was silent;
there was no one left to speak out.


Inspired by the poem First They Came by Martin Niemöller, which was written about the Nazis.

I originally wrote this poem in 2007. I have updated it with the additional verse about assassinations.

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Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up Near Venice, Dispersant to Blame?

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BP, with the help of multiple federal agencies, particularly Homeland Security, have openly poisoned the Gulf! From Fish Kills to dispersant being sprayed on humans, this situation has gone from bad to worse.

Thousands of dead fish and at least one dead whale were found Monday near a Venice shipping canal. Immediately the BP operatives went to work, citing oxygen levels and microbes yet completely IGNORING the possibility that this was caused by the toxic dispersant that they have continued to spray.

Let’s take a second to look back at the federal governments response to this disaster:

The EPA is letting BP spray a known neurotoxin on the oceans and people of the gulf. NOAA is demanding that scientists keep their mouth shut. The Coast Guard is actually spraying the dispersant. Homeland Security is confiscating samples and notes from multiple independent scientists. Is this really America?



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