obama said that
lincoln was great
because keeping the union
was needed to conquer the continent
lincoln was great
because keeping the union
was needed to conquer the continent
obama outdoes bush's imperialist rhetoric
bush said that freedom
is a gift from the creator
not for any one nation
obama says US is the Great Hope
obama talks of mountain top
as conquest
not spiritual
-- and obama claimed US
not born a colonial power
ha!
appropriate that caterpillar bulldozers
would be today's appeal
economy to subjugate Nature
and destroy Indigenous Palestinian Homes
[originally published at husseini.org on Feb. 13, 2009]