Eighteen years ago today you know
I had been listening on KPFK LA to Suzanne Malvaux
On Monday February 19th 1996 Amy’s voice rang out loud and clear
With the War and Peace Report — the Exception to the Rulers
After that day my life changed
My schedule permanently rearranged
I listened — initially on KPFK, later on the DISH
Hardly a broadcast have I missed
Over the years I have come to depend
On DN a beacon of truth without end
Through the years DN documented our excursions
And accurately predicted our immoral incursions
One highlight I recall
Was the most significant of all
When President Clinton called and brazenly boasted and justified
The effectiveness of his lethal Iraq blockade- genocidal in many eyes.
To him it was a source of pride—no mystery
That the blockade was the tightest in the world’s history
And the death of 650,000 kids was quite all right
As enunciated by his secretary of state Madeline Albright
Through the years I have obtained a graduate degree
In the University of Democracy
Tirelessly Amy and Juan have stood for the truth
In a world and country that is most uncouth.
In the wretched state in which we live
where the media has served to give
The go ahead to the engines of war
DemocracyNow has spoken truth so far.
Untold numbers of friends I have told
If you truly want to know what’s happening in the world
Listen to Amy and you shall know
The forces that make the world go.
Howard P Charman MD
2-19-2014