{"id":827,"date":"2014-10-03T19:28:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2014-10-03T19:41:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T19:41:05","slug":"i-said-id-make-a-voodoo-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/i-said-id-make-a-voodoo-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"I Said I’d Make a Voodoo Doll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Voodoo<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of corruption became apparent. I think in hindsight, it would take more than a voodoo doll to sort out this crooked lot, and its an insult to voodoo dolls, which compared to our politicians and bankers, have feelings too!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I said I’d make a voodoo doll
\nOf a banker, and of the Taoiseach too
\nAnd pierce it well with many pins
\nAnd smash its head in two!<\/p>\n

For if we could get rid of the rich men
\nWho work only for their own kind
\nOur little country – indeed the world
\nAs a better place it, it would find.<\/p>\n

Usury is condemned in the Bible
\nOnce upon a time we read and believed in what we saw
\nNow we suffer for making finance dance to the laws of Satan
\nFlying in the face of Gods Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of corruption became apparent. I think in hindsight, it would take more than a voodoo doll to sort out this crooked lot, and its an insult to voodoo dolls, …<\/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":[571,55,130],"tags":[663,818,1039,1040],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-politics","tag-austerity-2","tag-politics-2","tag-protest","tag-voodoo","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-dl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1965,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/god-is-not-a-banker\/","url_meta":{"origin":827,"position":0},"title":"God Is Not a Banker","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"24th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This was written after the referendums we rejected were rerun... 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