Monday, July 3, 2017

Fake News ain't New: see Marvin X poem, 1983, the News Ain't News, Ain't Nothin but the Blues!

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The News Ain't News, Ain't Nothin but the Blues

The news ain't news
ain't nothin but the blues
flash
Africa
flash
Asia
flash
Americas
bang bang
flash
inflation up
inflation down
Now a word from your president
American people
prosperity is just around the corner
soon a chicken in every pot
flash
bang bang
the president has been shot
the president has been shot
hurry rush him to the hospital
stay turned
we'll be right back
after a word from our sponsor
flash
stock report
wall street week in review
stocks down
due to budget crisis
flash
falkland islands
el salvador
hondura
guatemala
fillmore harlem liberty city detroit south side
occupied palestine
jews shoot five year old boy
throwing stones at tank
flash
jim jones takes one thousand negroes to heaven with Kool Aid
flash
disco gone
donna summers got the holy ghost
flash
jeffersons happy negroes
smiling all the way to the gas chamber
ha ha ha
flash
news ain't news
ain't nothin but the blues
when I want news
Bob Marley
Billie Holiday
Monk
Sonny Stitt
When I want the news
News ain't nothing but the4 blues
10 million unemployed
they talk about the budget
the budget the budget
Will B.A. nigguh revolt
M.A. nigguh revolt
PhD nigguh revolt
preacher revolt
watch out grass roots
don't be used by democrats
don't be their cannon fodder 
don't be their way back to the white house
don't be used by communists
moscow is not your mecca
take leaders from among yourselves
protect them
with guns
dare anyone to touch them
you will be successful
news ain't news
ain't nothin but the blues
flash
punk rockers shit on white house lawn
flash
nixon was drunk after five
reagan drunk after six
haig drunk all day long
flash
barbara walters interviews sada in his tomb
flash
hey stay tuned
we'll be right back
with a special message
don't change the dial
get your popcorn and beer
flash.....
--Marvin X

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