Human Chronicles (Part Two)

and here in the United States... the flag of freedom desecrated. betrayed by our own greed, by the sins of 'I, Me, Mine'... carrying the weight of the wars, the patriotic lies, the lives taken, the peoples abused. the karmic curse of Native American blood, the bodies of the slaves, buried beneath the hanging tree. the muffled cries of the immigrants who did our farm work, and were herded like cattle. the ghosts of the common workers pounding the unemployed streets. too long, too long, we've closed our eyes. too long, too long, we've turned the other way! and now we've come to this!