The New World Manifesto

We the People of the New World, in Order to insure World
    Peace, Justice, Liberty, Prosperity and Universal
    Love for all our fellow Human Beings, do hereby
    declare:
We the People take back America, Russia, China, South
    Africa, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, and the rest of the
    Middle East,
We the People take back Germany, take back Japan, take back
    the joy of living, take back our sense of humor and our
    love for our planet Earth,
We the People are living, breathing human beings and not  mere
    machines manipulated by the media,
We the People take back North America, South America,
    Africa,  Australia, Europe, and Asia,
We the People have individual voices and opinions,
We the People are fed up with censorship and crime,
We the People are fed up with poverty, AIDS and all
    the other social and physical diseases,
We the People are fed up with corruption and greed,
We the People want politicians to serve the People
    instead of themselves or special interest groups,
We the People are tired of the experts--
    their titles and degrees are nothing but BS,
We the People aren't ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or some other
    ridiculous three-letter deities,
We the People often kiss in public and are tired of the
    media's hang-ups about sex,
We the People are ordinary folks,
We the People don't need fancy cars and big boobs to
    make us happy,
We the People want to love one another,
We the People write silly poems that never appear on
    the prime time news,
We the People are fed up with the "political process",
We the People want to see some real changes,
We the People want someone who cares,
We the People are more alike than we think,
We the People need health care, education and decent housing,
We the People are tired of excuses and scapegoating,
We the People want clean water and clean air,
We the People need alternative energy sources,
We the People want to save the rainforests, the wildlife
    and the ozone layer,
We the People take back being natural,
We the People are invisible in the media,
Only "freaks" and rich people are shown in the media,
We the People are fed up with media nonexistence,
We the People want to see and touch other human beings,
We the People are fed up with opinion polls,
We the People are fed up with Democrats, Republicans,
    Communists, fundamentalists, racists, and bigots,
We the People are fed up with meaningless labels,
We the People are of different races, sexes, religions,
    and sexual preferences,
We the People can't be lumped into one big herd,
We the People want to transcend all walls and barriers,
We the People speak different languages,
We the People don't always understand each other,
We the People screw up at times,
We the People are only human,
We the People don't have all the answers,
But it's OK since none of us is perfect,
We the People want a better world,
We the People don't need KGB or CIA to protect us,
We the People can work together,
We the People need faith in ourselves,
We the People have a choice
    to take action or to switch the channels,
    to participate or to sit at home,
    to love or to hate,
    to care or to ignore,
    to accept or to change...
We the People can make a difference
    with our voices and our votes!
 

                                         March 26, 1992
                                     --Alexander Shaumyan