On DNA Cheek swabbing

the issue is as it always has been and always will be
are the people protected
in this case
as in others that can come to mind
what protects the people from abuse

if the district attorney and the cops want YOU to go to jail
off you go
the jury might save you
but you are already in a nightmare, yes?

Look no further than any wrongful arrest, conviction and incarceration

the next time I take a walk to the boardwalk
I could be stopped, taken into custody, charged, tried and incarcerated
because someone had described a criminal and I fit the description
then I could be chosen in a lineup
and...you get the picture
it happens
it's a worse fear

now think
this society foot prints all newborns, yes
fingerprints
DNA cheek swabs

what is the protection from error, abuse &  malfeasance

Worms and Tyrants - The Invasion of Iraq

When it rains
you see the worm on the concrete
and you ponder
maybe you act
maybe you have rescued worms in the past
maybe you have squashed them

It is 11 years after
Is Iraq better off?
If you lost your most loved one to a unjust blow
will you ever be better?

Is there a connection from the fall of Saddam
to the fall of Mubarek?

If yes
what is it?

Who is to say that Saddam would not have been squashed
the next day
the next year
that change could come another way
and Iraq would have come to be better now
then then

who gained from Iraq?
we know how
we know what
but who?

Define Politics

My first college year
we were challenged to define politics
and learned
and I have remembered
that politics is
how who gets what
that's it
I'll say it again

how who gets what