Thread: {do not read at mealtime}Immipartheid

Immipartheid
by Bill Dahl
Millions living among us.
Children walking to school.
Pledging allegiance to our flag,
Wondering about the Golden Rule.

Gray market employment,
Wages less than fair.
Economically exploited
Do U.S. citizens really care?

Separate and unequal.
Millions forced to hide.
Living and breathing hope,
The reality of immipartheid.

Liberty and justice -
For some but not for others.
Tears flow from the hearts,
Of undocumented fathers and mothers.

Legislative limbo,
Has established a segregated people.
The majority gathers on Sunday,
To worship beneath the steeple.

Self-righteous, fear-laden fervor,
Legitimizes what observers find so odd.
Is legislated oppression
Condoned by Almighty God?

Mere existence in our midst,
Adjudicated guilty without trial.
Tolerating our own intolerance,
Comfortable in our denial.

Illegal's, criminals and aliens -
Terms used to demonize their plight.
As undocumented men and women,
Clean America's offices at night.

Powerless to advocate an outcome.
Silently adrift in this life's boat.
Perhaps we might lend a hand,
They've earned the right to vote.

What about the bi-lingual students,
Those who excel in English, science and math?
Teachers for the next generation,
Absent citizenship's path.

Excuse, piled upon excuse -
Buried in dishonest justification.
Eliminating immipartheid
Shall provide oxygen to our Nation.

Let's wipe out immipartheid,
Courageously approach this fundamental task.
Let's lift the veil that obscures the truth,
We can't hide behind racism's mask.

Building our homes, harvesting our crops
With hammers, picks, hoes, and axes.
Employers take deductions from their pay
And fail to remit the taxes.

Counterintuitive as it may seem,
Our attitudes must make a shift.
Unraveling immipartheid,
May contain our greatest gift.

Children of One Maker,
Created equal one and all.
We mighty one's must bend,
To help the disadvantaged when they call.

Can we continue going on,
Looking the other way?
Unwilling and unrepentant,
Is Immipartheid here to stay?

The whole world is watching.
Will our hollow slogans become action?
Resolving immipartheid,
Restores U.S. integrity with traction.

The duplicity of it all,
Is the essence of what I abhor.
"Liberty and Justice for All!
Yet, immipartheid we ignore.

Oh, sweet land of the free.
Home of the brave.
Let's eradicate immipartheid!
This must become our rave.

Rise up America!
It's time to face the blame.
Rid our land of this disease.
Immipartheid is its name.

Copyright © 2007 by Bill Dahl. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author. All rights reserved. Rights for publishing this article, in part or its entirety, in other languages, audio and any other form are contracted to Bill Dahl. Reproduced with permission.



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About The Author

Bill Dahl is a creative thinker, freelance writer, social justice advocate and ongoing contributor to the faith and culture dialog. His writings have been published in The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought & Practice, U.S. Catholic Magazine, Spirituality For Today and Plain Truth Magazine to name a few. His poems, book reviews and articles about faith and culture are frequently featured on Theooze.com, Next-Wave, Emergent Village and Ginkworld. For a list of recent publications please refer to http://billdahl.net/about.php.

http://www.ilw.com/articles/2007,1203-dahl.shtm

He's a propagandist ----------- at least here.

What do you expect from a Catholic?

(I can ask that since I was Catholic for alot of my life...)

<barf>

Here's my reply:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-529446-.html#529446

[quote]Forever America
By Wendi Medashefski
November 16, 2007

As a child listening to stories past,
Narratives 200 years old,
A picture began to grow in my mind
Of Patriots bright and bold.

Patrick Henry, that outlaw,
Gathered all his men,
Marched on Williamsburg,
Became America’s number one friend.

Samuel Adams, a tax man,
In Boston he was born,
Through a certain Tea Party,
He showed the British his scorn.

Immigrant publicist Thomas Paine,
Wrote in “Common Senseâ€

Originally Posted by nntrixie

He's a propagandist ----------- at least here.

Yes ... please see this thread re: indoctination of us all
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-539711.html#539711

corhanem

Thanks for your post. I pasted it in an email and sent it to Dahl. Anyone else who may want to drop this propagandist a line, here is his email address.

wsdahl@bendbroadband.com <wsdahl@bendbroadband.com>

His site: http://billdahl.net/

While reading immiparhethawhatsit, Shakespeare comes to mind:

"How vilely doth this cynic rhyme!"

He's not even a Propagantist, He's just a Wacko Flake! He really just needs his dosage increased...