[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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           KEEPING JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES IN OUR LEGISLATION

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, several mean-spirited and inhumane proposals 
have been made with respect to children and welfare since the November 
election. Despite the lessons of history, practical experience, social 
science, and common sense, it has been proposed that poor children be 
taken from their mothers and warehoused in orphanages. It has also been 
stated that the mothers who can not find jobs after 2 years on the 
welfare rolls should be thrown into the ranks of the homeless. Instead 
of advocating a long-term economic stimulus to provide thousands of 
jobs for welfare recipients and others, we are being told that a 
certain segment of the population should be abandoned. The logical end 
point for such indifference will be similar to what is presently now 
taking place in the streets of certain South American cities. Bounty 
hunters are being paid to shoot orphans in the streets of Brazil. 
Children have been labeled as pests and large numbers of citizens have 
applauded the discovery of piles of murdered youth in the alleys. The 
situation is an abominable one; however, this is a logical consequence 
of the irresponsible neglect by public officials. In rich America there 
is no need to flirt with this brand of savagery. The policy must be to 
provide jobs to all of these who are able to work; provide a basic 
income for all parents. A firmly established long-term job-creation 
program would guarantee that in America we will never be tempted to 
discard our Judeo-Christian values. All human life is sacred. This is a 
nation that will never allow any group to shoot orphans in the street.

                           Shoot the Orphans

     Shoot the orphans
     In the street
     Keep the neighborhoods
     Ultra neat
     Raise your ratings
     In the polls
     Slash and burn
     The welfare rolls
     Shoot the orphans
     In the street
     Soft Jesus Christ
     Was dead wrong
     The weak are free loaders
     Only the strong
     Really belong
     Suffer the dirty urchins
     To bleed in the night
     Keep bloated bellies
     Back in the alleys
     Way out of sight
     Shoot the orphans
     In the street
     Civilization is
     A wonderful thing
     Overflowing plates
     For the few
     It will surely bring
     But when the wretched
     Dare to meet
     Feed them bullets
     Without wheat
     Shoot the orphans
     In the street
     In right wing weapons
     We take great delight
     Murdering mass dreams
     We think it only right
     That opportunity be assaulted
     Every day and each night
     Too soft on crime
     Great liberal of his time
     Long haired Jesus
     Was all wrong
     The meek are free loaders
     Only the strong
     Really belong
     Cut the welfare rolls
     Raise your ratings
     In the polls
     Keep the neighborhoods
     Ultra neat
     Shoot the orphans
     In the street.

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