{"id":2895,"date":"2016-07-01T00:52:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2016-07-01T00:52:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:52:40","slug":"nineteen-thirty-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/nineteen-thirty-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen Thirty Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

“This could be 1939 again”
\n~ Told to be by a Czech Roma freind of mine, now alas deceased, long before the Celtic tiger roared, never mind the rise of Trump and Farange and the current crash and its aftermath and the so called “War on Terror”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Woman<\/a>
Woman gives Nazi salute at Donald Trump rally in Chicago.
Image: L A Times<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When hate trumps hope and fear fools folks
\nWho see what is not there being blind
\nBy choice when ignorance is valued over education
\nFor whats wrong a scapegoat we look for and find…<\/p>\n

The poor faulted by the poor for being poor,
\nThe rich their riches are held as suspect
\nWe hold all responsible bar those that are
\nSoon wicked words mean by war the world is wrecked.<\/p>\n

When the blood has into the ground seeped
\nBodies are buried: costs and profits counted
\nThe profiteers for profits and egos sake
\nMelt away: their problems by blood spilled surmounted.<\/p>\n

This time of fear and suspicion is familiar
\nInnovation resented: ignorance celebrated over education
\nThis could be 1939 again I once was told long long ago
\nBefore the crash, the clash of faiths and nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“This could be 1939 again” ~ Told to be by a Czech Roma freind of mine, now alas deceased, long before the Celtic tiger roared, never mind the rise of Trump and Farange and the current crash and its aftermath and the so called “War on Terror” When hate trumps …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2996,2967],"tags":[2998,3000,2973,2997,2999],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-american-presidential-election","category-america","tag-2998","tag-2016-us-presidential-election","tag-donald-trump","tag-hate-speech","tag-this-could-be-1939-again","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-KH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3450,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/seven-deadly-sins-of-donald-trump\/","url_meta":{"origin":2895,"position":0},"title":"Seven Deadly Sins of Donald Trump","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Grab em by the pussy ~ Will this make the inaugural speech of Donald Trump? 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