Posted by big fred on April 23, 2008 at 13:18:39 from (130.76.32.19):
In Reply to: OT/war rations posted by n8terry on April 23, 2008 at 08:29:14:
But that was back in the day when the government really knew how to be corrupt! Here's a poem I found in with the stuff in my dad's WWII footlocker, along with his uniforms, flight logs, etc.
A stranger stood at the gate of Hell And the Devil himself had answered the bell He looked him over from head to toe And said “My friend, I’d like to know What you have done in the line of sin To entitle you to come within?” Then Franklin D. with his usual guile Stepped forth and flashed his toothy smile. “When I took over in ’33, A nation’s faith was mine”, said he “I promised this and I promised that, And I calmed them down with a fireside chat. I spent their money on fishing trips And I fished from the decks of their battleships. I gave them jobs on the WPA Then raised their taxes and took it away. I raised their wages – then closed their shops, I killed their pigs and buried their crops. I double-crossed both young and old And still the folks my praises told. I brought back beer and what do you think? I taxed it so high they couldn’t drink. I furnished money with good loans When they missed a payment I took their homes. When I wanted to punish people, you know, I put my wife on the radio. I paid them to let their farms lie still And imported foodstuffs from Brazil. And curtailed crops when I felt mean And shipped in corn from the Argentine. When they started to worry, stew and fret, I’d get them to chanting the alphabet. With the AAA and the NLB The WPA and the CCC. With these many units I got their goats And still I crammed it down their throats While the taxpayers chewed their fingernails. When the organizers needed dough I signed up plants for the CIO. I ruined their jobs and I ruined their health And I put the screws on the rich man’s wealth. And some who couldn’t stand the gaff Would call me up and how I’d laugh! When they got too hot on certain things I’d pack up and head for Warm Springs. I ruined their country, their homes, and then Laid the blame on the ‘nine old men’.” Now Franklin talked both long and loud And the Devil stood with his head bowed. At last he said “Let’s make it clear, You’ll have to move, you can’t stay here. For once you’ve mingled with this mob I’ll have to hunt myself a job.”
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