FIRESEED $PEAKS OUT

oh i don't wish to bore ya
with my late-nite ranting
but though i may be reincarnated as a cockroach
i must $peak out...
'the best democracy money can buy'
that was how greg pilaster described our political system
'a state-corporate-fourth estate pact with the devil'
might be another way of putting it
i'm not ashamed to tell ya
and no doubt you won't be exactly surprised
i voted green party in these local elections
along with 197 other foolhardy souls
in my local constituency
198 people who chose to vote for something
instead of against something
unfortunately across most of the city
and indeed the country as a whole
us greens were completely outvoted by the tories
and even the wretched bananaparty...
i mean come on!
in this deprived city
reeling from unemployment
staggering from underinvestment
the populace is so disillusioned with politics in general
and new labour in particular
that most of em can barely be bothered
to turn up at the races
and those that do
think voting tory or banana party is gonna help em
chomsky said that if the left means anything
it means it's concerned for the needs, welfare and rights
of the general population
now i already told you about new labour's pact with the devil
oh it's easy to despair
when you imagine the impact on the poor
of dropping the 10% tax rate
but do these clueless ninnies think for one moment
that by voting for a gang of priveleged
oxbridge-educated public schoolboys
or a bunch of bigoted xenophobes
they are going to remedy society's ills one iota?
one thing is for sure in this country
we get the kind of democra$y we deserve