Bailout Watch: Uncle Sam's Buying Binge May Not Be Over

THE GREAT BAILOUT

Obama is--we know--a reader,

And also--it may be--a leader;

But it is very hard to lead

A nation so consumed with greed.

It turns the Christ upon his head:

Meekness and poverty stay dead

Within an economic system

Bailing out theft, but never wisdom.

The "least of these" my brother is,

But no one wants to hear of this,

"Spreading the wealth" the Christian way

Becomes a sin; the poor the prey.

It was the age--O don´t you doubt--

To be known as the Great Bail-Out,

As Wealth bailed from the common good

But left the poor to drink the flood.

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I.M. Small of MT 11:01AM November 15, 2008