Ted:  Does this type of cynicism help anybody?

Tim:  Well, I think of satire as a harmless way of venting anger.

Kris: (nodding) I regard it as a cautionary message about how absurd 
       political rhetoric can become.


	PROJECT FREE-DOOM!
	An address by the Hon. Horace A. Greenbauer
	to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee

	"We need smarter bombs
	to neutralize our enemies
	'n guarantee liberty.

	We need a bomb for each citizen
	to defend our values
	'n keep our country free.

	Let's all work together
	so our nation
	can enjoy a stronger economy.

	Let's demonstrate that
	we aren't afraid of attacking others
	to protect our GNP!

	Therefore Honorable Congressmen
	– and dishonorable comrades as well –
	I encourage you to vote for this resolution:

	'Bomb the hell out ahh anyone
	 defying us.'

	It'll make our pockets even thicker &
	give our enemies one sure taste ahh hell."


Ted:   . . . Sometimes satire seems like a poison. Other times like a medicine.

Tim:   Isn't that try of many things? It boils down to when, why, and where . . .


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A satire about American imperialism and military financing in Honor of Lenny Bruce
KEYWORDS: political satire, American chicanery, doublespeak, duplicitous rhetoric 
Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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